JETman

Who you callin' "young fellah", old man?

Great avatar! Great minds think alike! Everyone digs Go but Our Man in Paris is my favorite Dex album...it doesn't hurt that I'm a huge Bud Powell Fan. I have an affinity for A Swingin' Affair since it was recorded on the day I was born!

That can't be right, that was the problem with the Collector's choice edition from 1995. Blue Note no longer puts the alternate takes after the master take, they are at the end of the disc. The majority of the alternate IS at the end of the disc. It's just that one minute has been lopped off and tacked onto the beginning of track 2. Sorry if I was unclear.

On another topic, it appears that the RVG of "One Step Beyond" which came out yesterday is AFU. It seems that the last minute of the alternate take of Saturday and Sunday (track 5) is placed at the beginning of Frankenstein (track 2). Yet another Blue Note boo boo!

I never heard of this having skipping problems. Mine works fine. And I have to say the 1995 version (Larry Walsh remastered) is easier to listen to than JRVG and the UK/RVG versions I heard. Mine skipped. I had to exchange it several times until I got one that worked properly. I heard of others having the same issues with their copies. I think Blue Note quietly corrected the problem.

I've got both of those, and they're both very good. Agreed! Snagged these at Tower down at 4th and Broadway in NYC. Boy, do I miss that store (sob, sob).

There are used copies on Amazon going for as little as $7.18 at the moment. That's the Connoisseur version from 1995, which had major skipping problems in the first run. I think Holy Ghost's referring to the RVG that was supposed to be released, but got held back because of our involvement in Iraq.

I hope you're kidding ... I wish I were! Talked to Wenzel this morning. Busy man, also had contact with him today He wouldn't divulge!!! All he would say was that they are awaiting clearance on a couple of things. I assume one is the 1930's Duke Columbia Big Band sides.

I hope you're kidding ... I wish I were! Talked to Wenzel this morning.

Around the time that show was taped Scott performed that piece as part of a concert at Town Hall put on by Down Beat , a performance which ended up on this record put out by Dot ( this is volume one of a two volume issue ) : The tune , dedicated to a singer Scott met in Johannesburg in 1957 , runs nine minutes and features nice assists from Jimmy Knepper , Kenny Burrell , Sam Jones and Paul Motian . I think it's the best peformance on the record . Don't know if it's available on CD though . I recently picked up both volumes on one Japanese cd through Amazon marketplace. Glad I did!

Due to the Universal fires, the tapes have yet to be located!

I'd say "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", but it's a 2 disc set. If you want to start smaller, try "Selling England by the Pound".

The Lucky Thompson is scheduled for release on 2/10/09.

With regard to #4, Mosaic has plans for yet another Akiyoshi/Tabackin Select which includes "Road Time" and other live recordings by that band. I had emailed them about doing Singles for "The Complete Braxton" and "Road Time". This is the response I got: We want to do another Select with Road Time and other live material by the band. We are trying to track down DA Music, the current owners of the Freedom and Black Lion labels.

With regard to #4, Mosaic has plans for yet another Akiyoshi/Tabackin Select which includes "Road Time" and other live recordings by that band.

Actually, I think what you really mean is that there are people on this board who disagree with you... I NEVER said that the Beatles were perfect or that ABBEY ROAD was my favorite or the best album ever. If you read back over my posts, I've pretty much kept my opinions (except those regarding the Stones) to myself.

Not so (at least over here). The Beatles were the loveable face of pop music - things like 'A Taste of Honey', 'Yesterday', 'When I'm 64' etc could link to pre-rock listeners. My parents and their friends ridiculed my musical tastes but they always qualified it with 'but The Beatles are good.' Probably explains why I resisted buying Beatles albums for so long!!!! Ok, using the phrase "public opinion" was probably a little over the top. What I really meant was that the Beatles polarize the opinions of those on this board!!!

You might say the same thing for Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr. Save for "All Things Must Pass", none of the individual Beatles' solo material were consistently good, IMO. There were a few fantastic tracks scattered around, but nothing to make anyone think they would have done any different had they stayed together. IMO of course. Of course. But there's nothing there to make you certain that it wouldn't have been different had they stayed together. Not the point though. Music is music, and each individual listens to what he/she deems worthy. Obviously, if nothing else, the Beatles tend to polarize public opinion greatly.

In pop music, it's unfortunately true. Many jazz artists and classical composers end their careers with a bang. Pop groups tend to fizzle. It is the nature of pop music. The Rolling Stones have not fizzled. They flatlined back in 1973. Since then they've been sucking money from their adoring fan base. The point I was trying to make was that the Beatles, despite all their internal problems, were still able to write and record a damn near perfect album. Anyway, what do you have to back up your statement?

So then you're making an excuse for why the Stones have sucked for the last going on 35 years? Are you saying that the longer a group's career, the smaller chance that they will make a great record at the end of it? That's quite a generalization.

WOW!!!!!!! Some of you guys are starting to sound like you STILL live in your parents' basements!!! Who cares about US/UK issues. The music's all there whether you want to listen to it or not. Over 100 posts and still nobody has named a better swan song than Abbey Road. WOW!!!!!!!

Yes, I was serious about Abbey Road being one of the best, if not the best swan song I've ever heard. As far as Rubber Soul and Revolver go, they are both great albums. But your statement about these being the Beatles' best is quite subjective, wouldn't you say?

"The world of Hank Crawford". MG "Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day", by Horace Henderson (members of the group include Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman Hawkins) I thought so. Can we now move on from Beatle bashing? I am not bashing the Beatles with my Horace Henderson remark. I owned all of their albums as they were coming out and played them a bazillion times. They were huge in my life when I was young. They were huge to everyone, as I remember. I still like their music and think that they were really good. When I listen to their albums now, I am struck by the attention to detail and high quality throughout. I just think that Abbey Road is only one of thousands of recordings that is fine and mature. Fair enough. But I said "final" musical statement. That is, a last album made by an individual or group of musicians. I have just gotten really tired of the Beatles being called "shallow", directly or indirectly. The high quality of their music still comes through to my ears today, even after all these years of mostly jazz listening. And, fwiw, they sure as hell beat Elvis AND a poke in the eye with a sharp stick anyday

"The world of Hank Crawford". MG "Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day", by Horace Henderson (members of the group include Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman Hawkins) I thought so. Can we now move on from Beatle bashing?

Can anyone name a finer, more mature, final musical statement, in any genre, than "Abbey Road"?