David Ayers

Well, there's ECM, and then there's this:

Good spot. There are some good things on those early Garbarek albums - as well as Blupp.

Happy Birthday, Guy!

Can’t foil the current asking price but I’m curious to hear it if anyone has a copy they want to lose... I know I know

Agreed. And let’s add some invaluable reissues and new issues under the PSI imprint, notably Saxophone Solos and Monoceros.

Yes it’s back. Phew. Martin has said no new recordings and Evan’s PSI label is in the same boat, so I have been wondering how long the commitment to reissues and to the back catalogue can last. So far so good.

I think you know I don’t!

Noticed the website is currently unfindable.

Oh! Friends of mine will be there. I wish I could be!

Just...don't spoil it...

Now that's what I'm talking about...

I'm hoping someone will say they have never bought an LP...

I haven't got that, but I can help you out with a Chevalier Audubon 1840.

285 hours!

Well the theory is about returns on effort. It seems to mean that most returns come quite easily (on the first 20% of effort) but that the last 20% of returns requires a lot more. So it is easy to do things in a mainly OK fashion but a lot more effort to do them well.

Is it time to start sticking this up on the streaming services yourself? At the very least it would be an interesting though no doubt laborious experiment. Would it stimulate sales or kill them? Short term vs long term?

We've done this before, but here's a couple that might get missed: https://open.spotify.com/album/43sbVLkL2Qb3NNxlrzVC07?si=bFnzJUfRQsenkmrJo_p8wQ Earl Hines - other volumes available https://open.spotify.com/album/011UqnWufU5oi05San1edI?si=zjaf7JWeT9qWjkVOy2fyfA Mildred Bailey - other volumes available

I think they say that they ditched Oxford Street because it was too expensive.

HMV attempting to turn the tide... HMV Birmingham: Can a record store work in a digital age? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-49681272

I've been sampling this on Spotify since you mentioned it, and I have to say I haven't warmed to it, nice as the recording quality is even on Spotify. I'll keep going.

Droll, droll...

But then there’s always this:

Even the major corporations struggle to keep up, so go figure. Although when I want to rewatch Previn on Morecambe and Wise, here’s what I get: This video contains content from BBC Studios, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. Maybe you can see it even if I can’t:

from Reaktion Books http://www.reaktionbooks.co.uk/display.asp?ISB=9781789142235