Big Al

I bought the extras disc at Target and had no plans to buy the remaster. That is, until I heard the alternate take of "Soul Survivor." This take is nothing more than the instrumental track we all know and love with Keef slurring different lyrics over it. When it started, I noticed two things: 1) the clear separation of the instruments 2) details I'd never heard before These two things are THE two reasons I'm such a sucker for remasters (and also likely makes me the antichrist for audiophiles everywhere). Now, as much as I love EXILE, it's not as big a part of my life as much as, say, folks who've had the album since day one. I can appreciate their frustration with the cleaned-up sound: I get it that part of this album's greatness lies in its sloppiness. But hearing the clarity of this one track makes me want to hear the rest of the album in this way! So yeah, I'll probably get the remaster now. And I'll probably love it as much as I enjoy the sloppy old vinyl. Hopefully, when the audio armageddon comes, those fighting on the anti-loudness side will have mercy on me and forgive me my obsessions and curiosities.

I dig the extras, and will probably just go the Target route. Nothing on the disc holds a candle to anything on EXILE, but by finally completing these songs perhaps the Stones will remember they were once an awesome band, get Taylor back in the fold (at least in the studio) and conquer the world again. A man can dream.....

I was thinking more along the lines of Warren G. Harding - plagued by scandal and dying halfway through my term. I'm already working on my first scandal. But then your successor would be Calvin Coolidge--and a person of very few words would never fit in at Organissimo! Not to mention the fact that both Harding and Coolidge were Republicans. Actually, mikeweil preceded my reign of terror, so that would make him Washington, me John Adams, and Jeff would be Thomas Jeffcromerson. Make of that what you will, but I do like the scandal-plagued idea! Who did you have in mind for me to be caught with? And thanks again, Jeff. MUCHAS MUCHAS gracias!!!

For anyone who wants it: Eddie Henderson's INSIDE OUT on Capricorn. It's pretty beat up (vinyl and jacket), but I figured for a couple bucks it was worth the gamble. It's okay, but I doubt I'll ever listen to it again. All I ask is just pay for the postage. If you're local (D/FW area), pick a place where we can meet and I'll just bring it to ya. If you're between here and Austin, I'll be down there in a couple weeks and I'll bring it with me. Post here first, THEN PM me. Thanks!

Well, I never really was a wild music collector, despite the fact that I'm moving away from, or have moved away from, mad collecting, but I'll be a mad buyer of music until the day I die. Or at least I still am right now. Especially since I've been buying so much of your old vinyl latety!

An absolutely mesmerizing tune!

Chico O'Farill NINE FLAGS (Impulse AS-9135) Nothing like I expected, but spectacular nonetheless!

Thanks, got it, but is the order any different now? Becuase I was just going to use what I had, delete all the tags, and hit it fresh. Trust me, w/my memory these days, it ain't no big deal... Nope, no difference. Delete and enjoy! I've already forgotten what I saw!

Egad, did time get away from me this week (thank you, audit.... grrrr). I've dl'd the folder, changed all the mp3 tags, re-uploaded, and the link will be sent via PM to all participants. I tested these on RealPlayer and Windows MediaPlayer and got the same results (although, for some reason, Windows MP displays a picture of a canyon for some tracks. No idea why.) JSngry, your link will be e-mailed to you.

Thank you, Jeff! Feel free to contact me (and/or mikeweil, the BFT Godfatha) if you have any questions or need any assistance. I'll still be happy to help with uploads & downloads.

I can do it! Thom, please send me the link! If y'all go back and look at Hot Ptah's BFT (if you still have it), you'll note that the track titles were intentionally placed by me, in a nod to an Ornette Coleman album. I promise I won't pull that stunt on Thom's BFT. And, for the record, me seeing the answers isn't gonna affect my answers one whit!

I have officially run out of time to manage the Blindfold Tests, and am looking for someone to whom I can abdicate the throne. It's clean.

Me too! Is it May already? :blush2:

I knew she was a fantastic actress, but my fondest memory is when she did "House Calls" with Wayne Rogers. RIP

Next time, we might not go so easy on ya.....

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

Congratulations. And DRAT!!!!!

I remember thinking that the very first time I heard that song. That was my intro to Gene Lees. I always enjoyed his lyrics for Jobim; always felt like he captured the spirit of the song, if not being technically correct (always liked the "and now all I have developed is a complex" line in order to rhyme with "Rolliflex"). I guess I need to read some of his books, because I've never seen some of the more inflammatory comments mentioned here. But then, all I've ever read are his liner notes, which I really enjoyed (particularly his notes for various Paul Desmond albums). RIP indeed.

WDCB on the air (or on the stream in my case)

It's never too early to give up on the Rangers. Especially since it appears they have yet to show up this season....

Wow! I gotta find this SAY IT LOUD album, cuz this version ain't from that record, but after looking at the lineup you listed, all I can say is..... WOW!!! THAT'S the version I was thinking of when I was making my guesses! I mean, I knew it was wrong & all, but at least now I know *why*!!!

Probably a student-DJ who wishes he was spinning Owl City or something similar, picked up the wrong CD and did the usual deadpan reading that most student-DJs give to these kinds of things. I can just imagine his FaceBook status at that moment: "spinning borrrinnngggg jazz music for school. txt it ppl."

I'll call you and raise. Is there any good McCartney music other than what he made with The Beatles? He's had good individual songs since the Beatle breakup, but AFAIC he didn't finally put out a good consistent ALBUM until Chaos and Creation in the Backyard from a few years ago. YMMV of course.

I don't if any of y'all have ever had the pleasure of listening to a BFT with its creator, but I can now say that I have. MG & me had a blast (no, a FANTASTIC time) last night, driving thru downtown Ft. Worth listening, dissecting, and discussing the various tracks on his BFT. MY only regret is that I didn't have some sort of recording device to pick up the discussion. Not that we said anything earth-shattering, but it was fun and I, at least, would've enjoyed letting the rest of the BFT community hear the nattering of two jazzheads who apparently have strikingly similar spouses! A nice wrap-up to the weekend: roaming the Stockyard section of Ft. Worth and stuffing ourselves with Mexican food, despite weather that was more akin to London than Ft. Worth! Alas, I have no more answers than when I started the evening! But I do have a groovy t-shirt from Spillers Records, the world's oldest record store! I shall wear it with pride and, with any luck, get my picture in next year's Spillers calendar wearing it!

Alright, a trip to Forever Young Records reveals the following (cuz I know I'll wanna look this up later): Roy And Diz (Clef MGC 641) Side one: I've Found A New Baby I Can't Get Started With You Side two: Trumpet Blues Algo Bueno Pretty Eyed Baby Roy And Diz, Vol. 2 (Clef MGC 671) Side one: Sometimes I'm Happy The Ballad Medley Side two: Limehouse Blues Blue Moon Trumpet Battle (Clef MGC 730; Verve MGV 8109) Side one: I've Found A New Baby I Can't Get Started With You Side two: Sometimes I'm Happy The Ballad Medley The Trumpet Kings (Clef MGC 731; Verve MGV 8110) Side one: Trumpet Blues Algo Bueno Pretty Eyed Baby Side two: Limehouse Blues Blue Moon