Stereojack

Love those Roulette albums! I gotta play "Frame For the Blues" tonight.

The phony stereo only compounds the problem. I tracked down a mono copy years ago, and the drums still sounded off-mike. I agree that the music is spectacular.

Robert McNamara Casper Weinberger Donald Rumsfeld

I said that the sound is better than the "Live in Europe" LP. I meant the original LP, which always had lousy sound, even though the music was great. The remastered version of "Live in Europe" (I have it on the "Seven Steps To Heaven" box) is a huge improvement. On the original LP, the drums sounded off-mike. Since Columbia did not record this, but acquired the tapes from whoever did, I always assumed that this was the best they could do with what was provided to them. When I first heard "Cote Blues", most likely from the same source, I wondered why Columbia had not issued this set instead, since the sound was better. When the remastered version of "Live in Europe" came out on the box in 2004, I figured out what must have happened. Columbia must have figured that the drums were too loud, and re-EQ'ed the tapes to lower the drums' volume. Remember that before "Live In Europe" was issued, the world had not yet really heard this band with the dynamic Tony Williams in all its live glory. It turns out that the source tape for "Live in Europe" was fine, it was just butchered in the process that led to the LP.

I bought it when it came out. Changing copyright laws in Europe forced the label to discontinue it. The sound is very good - much better than the LP "Miles Davis In Europe", which was recorded one day later at the same venue (Antibes Jazz Festival). The first recording with Coleman is "Seven Steps To Heaven", recorded two months earlier. Is it worth $79 or $99? Depends on whether you're buying it or selling it.

What he said. NHS, NHS is one of Chick's greatest recordings. The extra stuff - very worthwhile.

I think the medium of TV is no worse than any other medium - movies or music. There's plenty of shit but there are occasional gems amongst the crap. Personally I refuse to watch any program as it is broadcast, since I hate the ads. I tape the prgrams I want to see, and watch them at a later date. This way I can zip throught the ads & enjoy the show. We've always got a few programs on tape waiting to be watched. When I feel like watching a little teev, I've always got something. Current shows I like - Law & Order (all 3), Monk, Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Grey's Anatomy, Cold Case, Without a Trace. Six Feet Under is one of the best shows of the last decade. However, since Janet & I are avowed movie junkies, we watch at least two movies a week on DVD and once a week go out to see a theatrical release. On the big screen is the best way to see a movie, and we usually dine out before the show.

Jerry Yester Joe Butler Steve Boone

Ben Pollack Jean Goldkette Roger Wolfe Kahn

Gertrude Stein Jessica Steen Stone Phillips

Have dug this since the day it came out. This tune has always been the highlight of the album for me.

I was just tryin' to keep it clean. -_-

Skinnay Ennis Fatty Arbuckle Chubby Jackson

Lowell George Chief Dan George Barbara George

I'm sure Chuck can shed some light on this. Small companies like Mighty Quinn have low overhead, compared to a major label with a large staff and a distribution network to support. Sales of 1000-2000 pieces just isn't profitable for them, but it can be for a small company which may be little more than a one man operation.

The Arhoolie album was originally on the short-lived Changes label, which was a subsidiary of Arhoolie. It was entitled "Ara-Be-In" and the lettering was typical psychedelic poster style.

Buddy Emmons Gene Ammons Johnny Almond

FYI

This means that the disc was manufactured by EMI for Mighty Quinn. Mighty Quinn pays the manufacturing bill, and takes care of the distribution. The copyright on the material belongs to EMI. Several major labels maintain control of their master tapes (and hopefully, quality control) by manufacturing these "Special Markets" releases themselves, and delivering the inventory to the company that is licensing the material. Also, this way EMI is able to control the number of pieces manufactured. Usually these kind of deals involve some kind of minimum order. You will find that EMI-owned material issued on other specialty labels such as Collectables, Rounder, et al will also carry an EMI logo. Columbia Special Products operated for years under a similar structure. Any release that was on the CSP label was not distributed by Columbia, but by a third party.

As has been stated in a previous thread, Mighty Quinn is in fact operated by Jerry Roche, who works at Mosaic. Apparently he was able to capitalize on Mosaic's relationship with EMI to license a number of titles owned by EMI, but to my knowledge Mighty Quinn is not a subsidiary of EMI.

Originally all three sets were released by Yazoo Records. It looks like someone else is marketing them now.

This record was a fave around my house back in the day. The band was Jerry Hahn (guitar), Mike Finnegan (keyboards/vocals), Clyde Graves (bass), George Marsh (drums). Basically a rock & roll album with a jazz sensibilty to it. Don't think it ever found much of an audience, which would limit its appeal as a reissue.

Pacific Jazz X-302 Teddy Edwards Quartet - Up In Teddy's New Flat / Billy Higgins - Me and My Lover

Timothy Leary Timothy Hutton Lauren Hutton

Benson & Hedges Jeb Bush Helen Twelvetrees