Big Al

I think it might've been Bev Stapleton. He's a bigger fan than I am. Maybe he deleted it when he left?

Did it get swallowed up in the crash? Oh well, at the risk of doubling threads, I'll start it back up again, because I was fortunate enough to stumble upon Caroline remasters of the following: Drums and Wires Black Sea English Settlement Skylarking I'd certainly forgotten how powerful Drums and Black Sea were, and the remastering brings out the explosiveness that is Terry CHambers like no other issue I've heard! I have the old Geffen CD Of ES, but will soon be selling it, as this remaster blows that one out of the water. This is the first time I've owned Skylarking on CD, just because I've been waiting for this album to come out on CD in its originally intended form: with "Mermaid Smiled," and without "Dear God." My, what a heavenly sound this disc has! A summer day blowing the clouds away from the dark dreary afternoon that hovered over the Metroplex today. "On graaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssss........."

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Thanks for the link, Ghost! I feel kinda silly, getting all caught up in my excitement and not doing a search first. Oh well; guess you can't have too many Television threads. Can't decide which album I like better: MM or Adventure. Each one has it's redeeming merits, but those vocal harmonies on "Glory" and "Days" just make me tingle! So sweet! But then, life doesn't get much better than when "Venus de Milo," "Friction," "Marquee Moon," and "Prove It" are blaring through the speakers (and for my money, "MM" could've gone on for another 60 minutes and I still woulda loved it!) That live album keeps getting more appealing the more you guys talk about it!

Shameless Exploitation in the Pursuit of the Common Good by Paul Newman and A.E. Hotchner. It's about the history of the "Newman's Own" line of products, and is funny as hell! Also just started Never Mind the Pollacks. Only through about three pages or so, but this one is also cracking me up!

While you're waiting for that, feast your ears on J.J.'s Broadway. I'm listening to it right now for the 3rd time in a row, and J.J.'s trombone section arrangements are flooring me. A very worthy album. Like the man said: Get it !!!

Yet another reason why Rhino is truly the greatest thing to happen to music since Al Lion landed on the shores. I've always been curious about this group, but never had the nerve to actually plop down the money for their albums. I just figured that Marquee Moon was just another critics darling, overrated as most critical darling albums are. I am happy to admit that, once again, I was wrong! The Fort Worth public library inexplicably has the remastered versions of MM and Adventure, and I will be purchasing these albums posthaste (or at least asking them for my birthday coming up in a few weeks! ). Now I understand where groups like Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, R.E.M., U2, etc got all their ideas. That guitar interplay is nothing short of telepathic. Plus, I love it that they originally wanted to record their first album at Van Gelder's studio. How cool is that? Rhino Handmade is offering a live album by these guys that I'm contemplating getting. Figure if MM is any indication, these guys musta KILLED live! Anybody here remember when their albums came out? Or seen 'em live? Ah, another happy discovery in the vast array of good undiscovered (by me, anyway) music!

HELLYEAH!!! I didn't think this would get listed! Hell, it's a Noel Redding song, but they STILL tear it up!!! Other two: Crosstown Traffic I Don't Live Today Dolly Dagger (hiding from the Hulkster!)

I saw a 2-CD set today called Axis Outtakes. Apparently, this set contains all the outtakes from the Axis sessions. I guess there's a market for this; I guess I'm just curious as to how much Hendrix does one need in one's life? I mean, there's certainly no shortage of Hendrix ANYTHING out there: live sessions, studio sessions, outtakes, alternate takes, etc etc etc etc. I know this guy laid down a lot of material, but I have to wonder were Hendrix alive today, how much of this stuff would he allow to see the light of day? It seems like every few years or so, the Hendrix tapes fall into the hands of a different owner, who "remasters" the first three albums, puts out a "greatest hits" package, then tries to reconstruct that elusive fourth and/or fifth albums. And yet, it seems to be wildly successful. I don't get it. How many versions of Axis: Bold as Love does one need? Just wonderin.......

Another nice one to get is Dream Band, Volume 5: The Big Cat, recently reissued on Fantasy. This one's my favorite Gibbs disc, as the playing is as frenetic and furious and downright FUN as it gets!!! The title track is worth the price of admission alone!

Just to add to Mike's already helpful post about Tjader Verve stuff: 1. SOUL BURST has Chick Corea on it. I've only heard clips of it from cheap-cds, but plan on getting it very soon. 2. PLAYS THE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC OF.... is nice and relaxing, but nothing too substantial. Still, for the money, it's a good buy. 3. Same goes for SOUL BIRD: WHIFFENPOOF. Nothing earth-shattering, but nice to have on in the background. 4. SOUL SAUCE, OTOH, should be played as loud as possible! 5. I owned SSOJ/BFTE once. Once.

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!

Is the rest of the album of this character and mood? Cuz I sure liked this track enough to wanna get the album!

.202 They said that was "pretty god." Wonder what I have to get to receive an "almost good?" Did this remind anyone of that episode of WKRP in Cincinnati where Johnny & Venus are taking the drunk test?

Any thoughts on the Pearson disc? It's not on the Mosaic Select. The McLean and the Byrd 1/2-Note are DEFINITE must-haves, as are the Ellingtons, as are..... B)

Heck yeah! I did that with the Grant Green RETROSPECTIVE!

Happy birthday! You & weizen are the funniest comedy team this side of Rowan and Rearick..... er, I mean Martin! (Jim R knows!)

You know it! I forgot to mention Black Orchid, as nice a cross-section of what Tjader was doing in the late 50's as you'll ever find!

Well, I guess it's safe to assume I was wrong with my guess!

So who correctly identified the guitarist on disc 2 track 5? I gotta know!!!

Isn't this the same character who tried to sue Married with Children for being tasteless?

Not a bad one in the bunch! As much as I enjoy Hutch & Gibbs, I voted for Tjader. His sound moves me like no other vibist; in addition, I like it that he doubles as a percussionist on his own sessions, which makes sense since his playing can be raucously percussive when it needs to be; sweet & mellow other times. While the Getz/Tjader CD is an outstanding choice, I would also heartily recommend Los Ritmos Calientes, a Fantasy 2-fer. A non-stop Latin groove from start to finish! Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, and Jose Silva absolutely SMOKE on "Mongorama!" For the Verve stuff, you can't go wrong with Soul Sauce. If you can avoid paying full price for Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof in the Verve LPR series, scoop it up, as it is a worthy follow up to SS! Then get Cuban Fantasy to hear how baaaaad he still was in the 70's!

Yup, and Duff's career started out on the Disney Channel as well. Trend? B) Chrome, points well taken; it's one of the main reasons I refuse to get cable. Perhaps the writer just used the first name that popped into his head.

For now, but so were Britney & Christina at one time. I guarantee you she'll go through the same thing as her pre-teen pop-queen predecessors did: start out cute & family friendly, then begin the slow "metamorphosis" into young-adult pop-slut. Think it’s an accident that Duff’s latest (and I guess only at this point) CD bears that title? Also, it's no accident that Duff's album cover closely resembles that of Britney’s latest album:

Tom- My sincerest condolences as well. Peace be to you and your family at this time. Al