J.A.W.

Clifford Brown with Strings Clifford Brown All Stars Clifford Brown & Max Roach Brown and Roach Incorporated A Study in Brown More Study in Brown Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street plus Helen Merrill, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington albums with Clifford Brown and extra material.

I just got this e-mail from CNN: Johnnie Johnson, a rock 'n' roll pioneer who teamed with Chuck Berry for hits like "Roll Over Beethoven" and "No Particular Place to Go," died Wednesday. He was 80.

According to CD Japan it is OOP, though it was released in February 2005. Sometimes things move very fast in Japan...

According to CD Japan this particular reissue is already out of print. HMV Japan doesn't even list it anymore.

The Amazon description clearly states "24-bit remastered". When you scroll down on the page I linked to it says: "Album Details Japanese only pressing, 24-bit remastered reissue of the jazz/fusion guitarist's 1969 album. Sony 2005." I agree, the Sony quote is weird. Edit: The Amazon description doesn't guarantee anything, of course. They've been wrong before, but I wouldn't be surprised if this reissue is indeed 24-bit remastered.

That's a fair price. They're €15 or about $19 in Europe.

Here's the Free Elephant site (in English)

The McLaughlin is 24-bit remastered. Check this Amazon Japan page out - scroll down and you'll see the English description. I'm pretty sure Hiroshi Tanno will be able to get it; no guarantees, though.

Still no news? Over on JC the only (ominous) news is, that shrugs is no longer a registered eBay member.

They usually are. There are hardly any recent Japanese Universal series that are not 24-bit.

Has anyone heard this Kowald CD? Opinions?

Nothing. I don't find anything "wrong" with his playing. That being said, he is definitely not to everyone's taste. You're absolutely right about that. I don't care for Mateen's playing; I have Sunny Murray's We Are Not at the Opera with Mateen (Eremite MTE014) and don't like it, and it seems I'm not alone: I've been trying to sell that one for ages and no one seems to be interested...

Same here.

Grab it while you can!

What don't you like about it?

According to my Black Lion reissue Tonite's Music Today of this Storyville material these tunes were recorded in NYC in February 1956. Discographer/board member Michael Fitzgerald might have the exact/correct info.

Not seeing anything with your link, Mr. K. You wouldn't be lying to us, would you? The auctions all ended early with "Buy it now." Yep!

Stop it, please! I'm running from one CD to another, and back again...

So?

Thanks! Those are great albums and I hope we've inspired a purchase or two.

The 1960s were an amazing decade for rock, first the British explosion - also known as the "British Invasion", which more or less started in 1962 (a couple of years later for our American friends), followed by all those garage/acid/folk-rock bands from across the pond... Fortrunately their albums were pretty easy to get in the Netherlands in those years. Had a great time.

Another vote for the late 1950s/1960s Contemporary albums: Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957), Art Pepper + Eleven: Modern Jazz Classics (1959), Gettin' Together! (1960), Intensity (1960) and Smack Up (1960), the Japanese release Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1956), plus the Vanguard set - I agree with couw's assessment of Pepper's playing during the Vanguard dates.

My fondest memories go back to the mid-to-late 1960s, one amazing rock album after another came out in those years...

AB, You've been listing several of my favorite albums these last few days, such as these two: I wonder what's next...