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Update- New Riders/Bear's Sonic Journal Listed Paypal friends/family only. Shipping via USPS media mail at cost. You can combine sets from this list with the jazz and classical threads that I have up. Thanks for looking. John Lennon Signature Box (CD)- Discs and contents are mint. Box is VG++ $50 $42 $37 $35 Steve Miller Welcome to The Vault- Discs and contents mint. Box M- $50 $42 $37 $35 Bear’s Sonic Journal, Doc and Merle Watson. Slight box wear $70 $50 Warren Zevon- I’ll sleep when I’m dead- Slight box wear $12 $10 Johnny Cash- Unearthed (box set) still sealed $20 $18 Todd Rundgren- Complete Bearsville- $80 $70 New Riders- Bears Sonic Choice- Box has been “smushed.” It looks as though something heavy was set on it. I received it this way. $30

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Air Dance on Never Say Die ventures into jazzy territory. I know TE and NSD don’t get much love, but I still find a lot to like on both albums. I think that the first two albums packed as powerful a punch as any first two albums. They said “sit up, take notice and listen.”

Apologies. I jumped in mid-thread. I suppose that we are guilty of painting with broad brushes of our own choosing. And while we agree as to the merit and substance of Tony's playing, and others don't, an undeniable fact is that yes, they were pioneers in creating the heavy metal genre. They found/created an audience and ultimately reaped the incredible riches that go with the "product" that they made (management and record labels actually stole most of their money for years). Having worked in retail, music is viewed as product. Give the people what they want. Iommi/Winter is an apple/orange comparison of sorts, but I was speaking to artists who tend to work within the 'simplistic" pentatonic scale. The vast majority of iconic classic rock solos are firmly rooted in the pentatonic scale (Free Bird!). I suppose my issue was what I read as a broad dismissal of guitarists who tend to rely on the pentatonic scale. I would say that they Tony and Johnny both have considerable chops- in their own different way. Then again, take BB King, perhaps the most economic soloist who famously "says more in one note than other guitarists say in a thousand." I wouldn't say that BB has "chops" in the way that the word is typically used, but what he did use he was a master at it. His five-note box blended major and minor pentatonic scales, but he often worked with a five-note framework. It's not the size of the scale- it's how you use it.😉

Tony's playing was blues based and thus was typically rooted in blues and pentatonic scales and their various boxes/patterns. And you are right about to each your own, but I think that to dismiss Tony's pentatonic riffs as "simplistic" sells him short as a guitar player and reinforces the "snooty" label that is associated with many jazz aficionados. To cite players from other genres as influences need not mean that they can be overtly heard in copped licks or whatever. Django Reinhard was an influence because Tony lost the fingertips on his left hand in an industrial accident. Thus Reinhardt was an inspiration in helping Tony to believe, and figure out a way to overcome an obstacle which would have stopped most in their tracks. Another pentatonic/blues based player who comes to mind is Johnny Winter. As with many jazz musicians, he had an endless well of licks and ways to twist and turn those "simplistic scales" into statements with as much value and feeling as those of Coltrane, Miles, et al. I would also add that the technical proficiency that Tony and Johnny, and countless others, apply to their simplistic "simplistic pentatonic riffs" embodies it's own sort of magic. I don't know if you're a guitar player, if so I encourage you to sit down and learn a couple of their solos note for note. On a separate note, listen to the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath." That record found the songwriting and arrangements operating at a different level. It's not likely to convert you but could certainly be worth forty minutes of your time. In my opinion they are both monsters in their own right and we will clearly have to agree to disagree on this. Ah, the subjectivity of art and music. Respectfully submitted.

***Most of these CDs are marked as promos- by sticker over barcode, sticker on front of jewel case or some other way. Condition of used titles ranges from Very Good ++ to Mint-. Please contact me with any questions. Open to LARGE purchases with additional discounts. Please feel free to look at my jazz box set, classical box set, and non-jazz lists. Shipping via USPS media mail at calculated rate/cost. Payment via PayPal Friends and Family Sealed ECM Louis Sclavis- L’Imparfait des Langues $5 Louis Sclavis- Lost on the Way- $6 (Both Sclavis for $9) Fly- Sky and Country $5 Chick Corea- Selected recordings $5 John Abercrombie- Wait till you see her $5 Abercrombie/Towner- Five Years Later- $8 John Abercrombie- Selected Works $7 (All three Abercrombie for $16) Stephan Micus- The music of stones $5 Stephan Micus- On the wing $5 Stephan Micus- Athos $7 (All Micus titles for $12) Anders Jormin- In winds, In light- $6 Bill Frisell- Selected Recordings $7 Arild Andersen- The Triangle $6 Dino Saluzzi- Ojos Negros $7 Evan Parker- Bousdtrophedon $8 Evan Parker- The Moment’s Energy $7 Evan Parker- The Eleventh Hour $7 (All three Parker for $20 Robin Williamson- The Iron Stone- $5 Roscoe Mitchell- Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2, &3 $12 Dave Holland- Triplicate $4 Looks like a reseal from Borders, I never played it Open CDs John Surman- Brewster’s Rooster $7 John Abercrombie- November $5 John Abercrombie- Class Trip $5 John Abercrombie- The Third Quartet $7 (All three here $15- All six $35) Tsabropoulous Achirina $7 Susanne Abbeuhl- April $5 Dino Saluzzi- Juan Condori $5 Dino Saluzzi- Responsorium $3 (Both Saluzzi $6) Martin Speake- Change of Heart- $5 Bobo Stenson- Selected Works $6 Yves Robert- In Touch $5 Keith Jarrett- Always Let Me Go $4 Keith Jarrett- The Out of Towners $4 Keith Jarrett- Live at Blue Note (10 song promo) $4 Keith Jarrett- Inside Out- $4 Keith Jarrett- Jasmine- $3 (All five Jarrett $15) Evan Parker- Memory/Vision- $5 Evan Parker- Drawn Inward- $5 Evan Parker- Toward the Margins- $5 (All three $12 here- All six $30) Christian Wallumrod- Sofienberg Variations- $4 Christian Wallumrod- A Year from Easter- $4 (both for $7) Ralph Towner- Lost and Found- $5 Jacob Young- Evening Falls- $5 Jacob Young- Sideways- $5 (Both for $8) Stefano Battaglia- RE: Pasolini- $5 Stefano Battaglia- Joy In Spite of Everything- $5 (Both $8) Francois Couturier- Nostalgia- $5 Paul Bley- Not Two, Not One- $4 Paul Bley- Time Will Tell- $5 Paul Bley- Sankt Gerold- $5 Paul Bley- In the Evenings Out There- $5 (All four Bley $15)

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Erskine, set is sold.

Please Add- Delmark 50 years of Jazz and Blues (2CD/DVD) $12

Paypal friends/family only. Shipping via USPS media mail at cost. You can combine sets from this list with the jazz and classical threads that I have up. Thanks for looking. John Lennon Signature Box (CD)- Discs and contents are mint. Box is VG++ $50 $42 $37 Steve Miller Welcome to The Vault- Discs and contents mint. Box M- $50 $42 $37 Bear’s Sonic Journal, Doc and Merle Watson. Slight box wear $70 Warren Zevon- I’ll sleep when I’m dead- Slight box wear $12 Johnny Cash- Unearthed (box set) still sealed $20 Todd Rundgren- Complete Bearsville- $80 Elvis Presley- Legacy Editions (all sealed) $24 for the set- Includes: In Memphis, Feb. ’70 on stage, Self Titled “Elvis”, Elvis Country, Elvis is Back!

Shipping is at cost via USPS media mail unless otherwise specified/agreed upon. Shipping to the lower 48 only. For shipping it might take a day or two to get to the post office. I will send tracking information as soon as possible. -Paypal through friends and family only. Check my record. I am a reputable seller. Thank you for looking. New Additions 7/24/25 -Wadada Leo Smith- Great Lake Suites Excellent condition $12 -Wadada Leo Smith- Ten Freedom Summers $25 -Horace Silver- Retrospective $14 -Grant Green- Retrospective $25 -Thelonious Monk- Complete Columbia Studio Albums $35 -Paul Desmond- Complete RCA Albums Collection $44 -Taylor Ho Bynum 7-tette $8 - Musica Improvisa (10 CD set) $40 -I have most of the Soul Note/Black Saint sets. If you are looking for one please let me know. I'll work up a price. As you can see, I am a motivated seller. New Additions 7/19/25 -Henry Cow- 40th Anniversary. Three five-disc box sets. Live box with discs 6-10 still sealed. $100 $80 -Les McCann Anthology- VG+ condition. $8 $7 -Eddie Harris “Artists Choice” VG++. $8 $7 -Stan Getz- The Bossa Nova Albums (5 CD)- EXC-, $20 $17 -Wayne Shorter- Complete Columbia Albums- Mint $40 $35 -MJQ- Complete Prestige/Pablo- VG (slight box wear) $10 $8 -Paul Motian- ECM (6 CD ECM- Scratch through bar code box shows wear- $32 $27 -Jack Dejohnette- Special Edition- 4 cds (scratch through bar code, box slight wear) Was $18 now $15 -Arild Anderson- Green in Blue/Early quartets 3CD- Box wear $15 $12 - The House that Trane Built- Scratch through barcode/light box wear $15 $10 -Stan Getz- The Complete Roost Recordings box wear $12 $9 -Count Basie- America’s Band- scratch through bar code. Light box wear $10 $8 -Hot Jazz on Blue Note- Wear on box corners. Discs EX $10 $8 -Debut Records Story- New/Sealed $12 $8 Old List- Updated- Prices Reduced Posted July 3 -AEOC- 2131/6000. Played once to rip to itunes. Box has slight bow super slight shelf wear on bottom. $100 $85 $80 -John Abercrombie- (ECM) The First Quartet. New and sealed. Scratch through the barcode. $18 $15 $12 -Peter Erskine- (ECM) As it Was- opened, played once. Overall condition is excellent. $15 $12 $10 -ECM Selected Signs III-VII- Box shows slight wear. Most discs never played. Scratch through the barcode. $25 $20 $18 -Roy Haynes- A Life in Time- Box shows some wear. Otherwise everything is in very good/excellent condition. $15 $10 $8 -Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop concerts- Mosaic MD7-253 (2399/7500). Most discs unplayed. Everything is in very/good excellent condition. $125 $118 $110 -Freddie Hubbard- MD7-274 (619/5000)- Mostly unplayed. Excellent Condition. $100 $92 -Joe Henderson- Mosaic MD5-271 (725/2500). Unplayed. $100 $90 $85 -Hank Mobley- Complete Fifties- MD6-181 (2154-/7500) Spine has a slight look to it- a little wavy. Pictures on request. Inside media excellent. $70 $60 $55 -David Murray- Volume 2- New/sealed $40 $30 $25 -Miles Davis – Live in Europe 1969- New/Sealed. Promotion sticker affixed to outside shrinkwrap. $30 $25 $22 -Jean Luc Ponty- Vol. 1- Original Album Masters. New/sealed. $10 $8 $7 -Jean Luc Ponty- Vol. 2- Original Album Masters. New/sealed. $30 $22 $18 **Both JLP for $20*** ***I also have a few hundred sealed CDS I’m selling. Primarily Blue Note RVG titles. Most are marked as promotional items in one way shape or form. I have photos of the spines if you’re interested. I priced them out but I am too lazy to list them anytime soon.***

I think that this is an incredible video. The power of music.

Bump- Further price reductions John Lennon Signature Box (CD)- Discs and contents are mint. Box is VG++ $50 $42 Steve Miller Welcome to The Vault- Discs and contents mint. Box M- $50 $42 Take them both for $80 $75 plus shipping.

Pricing is based on current discogs listings in similar condition available for sale in the US. I did not use international pricing. Shipping will be at cost via USPS media mail unless otherwise specified/agreed upon. Shipping to the lower 48 only. For shipping it might take a day or two to get to the post office. I will send tracking information as soon as possible. -Paypal through friends and family only. Check my record. I am a reputable seller. Thank you for looking. New Additions 7/19/25 -Henry Cow- 40th Anniversary. Three five-disc box sets. Live box with discs 6-10 still sealed. $100 -Les McCann Anthology- VG+ condition. $8 -Eddie Harris “Artists Choice” VG++. $8 -Stan Getz- The Bossa Nova Albums (5 CD)- EXC-, $20 -Lee Morgan- Live at Lighthouse (3 CD)- 7243-8-35228 2 8- Good Condition (Box wear) $14 -Wayne Shorter- Complete Columbia Albums- Mint $40 -MJQ- Complete Prestige/Pablo- VG (slight box wear) $12 -Paul Motian- ECM (6 CD ECM- Scratch through bar code box shows wear- $32 -Jack Dejohnette- Special Edition- 4 cds (scratch through bar code, box slight wear) $18 -Arild Anderson- Green in Blue/Early quartets 3CD- Box wear $15 - The House that Trane Built- Scratch through barcode/light box wear $15 -Stan Getz- The Complete Roost Recordings box wear $12 -Count Basie- America’s Band- scratch through bar code. Light box wear $10 -Hot Jazz on Blue Note- Wear on box corners. Discs EX $10 -Debut Records Story- New/Sealed $12 -Stanley Turrentine- Mosaic MD5-212 (4031/5000)- Exc. condition. $70 Old List- Updated- Prices Reduced Posted July 3 I’m offering the following box sets for sale. I have been conservative in my grading of open sets. -AEOC- 2131/6000. Played once to rip to itunes. Box has slight bow super slight shelf wear on bottom. $100 $85 -John Abercrombie- (ECM) The First Quartet. New and sealed. Scratch through the barcode. $18 $15 -Peter Erskine- (ECM) As it Was- opened, played once. Overall condition is excellent. $15 $12 -Charles Lloyd Quartets- (ECM)- Opened. Back of box shows shelf wear. Otherwise it is in excellent condition. $20 $15 -ECM Selected Signs III-VII- Box shows slight wear. Most discs never played. Scratch through the barcode. $25 $20 -Roy Haynes- A Life in Time- Box shows some wear. Otherwise everything is in very good/excellent condition. $15 $10 -JAZZACTUEL- Excellent condition. $10 $8 -Keith Jarrett- Impulse Years 1973-74. Excellent condition. $20 $15 -Anthony Braxton- 20 Standards (Quartet) 2003. Excellent condition. $25 $20 -Anthony Braxton- Six Compositions (GTI) 2001- Excellent condition. $40 $32 Anthony Braxton- 23 Standards (Quartet) 2003- Excellent condition. $20 $18 -Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop concerts- Mosaic MD7-253 (2399/7500). Most discs unplayed. Everything is in very/good excellent condition. $125 $115 -Freddie Hubbard- Mosaic MD7-274 (619/5000)- Largely unplayed. Excellent Condition. $100 $90 -Joe Henderson- Mosaic MD5-271 (725/2500). Unplayed. $100 $90 -Hank Mobley- Complete Fifties- MD6-181 (2154-/7500) Spine has a slight look to it- a little wavy. Pictures on request. Inside media excellent. $70 $60 -David Murray- Volume 2- New/sealed $40 $30 -Miles Davis – Live in Europe 1969- New/Sealed. Promotion sticker affixed to outside shrinkwrap. $30 $25 -Jean Luc Ponty- Vol. 1- Original Album Masters. New/sealed. $10 $8 -Jean Luc Ponty- Vol. 2- Original Album Masters. New/sealed. $30 $22 (Both JLP for $25) Mosaic Select- Complete set of all 38 titles. Thirteen still sealed. See previous post for list of sealed titles. One (Paul Chambers) visibly marked as promo. $1000 $950 ***I also have a few hundred sealed CDS I’m selling. Primarily Blue Note RVG titles. Most are marked as promotional items in one way shape or form. I have photos of the spines if you’re interested. I priced them out but I am too lazy to list them anytime soon.***

Bump- both sets now $45 each. Take them both for $80 plus shipping.