mikeweil

The Eddie Duran Fantasy LP was reissued only as LP in the OJC series.

Sears really rocks on his own sides! I bought four compilations with minimal overlap over the years and really enjoy them. His one Prestige LP is totally different, played with a lot of feeling and elegance. An excellent musician. That said, I have all the Ellington Mosaic boxes, the big RCA box, the French 1950's LP box, and many single CDs - only a few other things I would buy if I find them at decent prices.

A definite must buy for me.

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That's a great album! Now playing:

Live "Trident", Sausalito, CA, December 4, 1962, published for the first time as Fantasy 3352 the following year.

Of course. This is a great disadvantage of Lord's database.

Since The Tom Lord discography does not include composers in the database, some of the tracks may be or certainly are not Monk's piece.

Same here.

The bassist is Gene Perla, btw.

There's a nice Nina Simone photo in it, but I wouldn't know where to hang it .....

JPC in Germany sells this for € 32.99 - only a buck more than the Bandcamp site and free shipping. I will probably go for it. I prefer Auger's early albums and have only a cheap reissue of Open and the double LP Street noise on vinyl.

In the meantime I got the XRCD issue of Soul Station and it sounds really fine. I have the same problem with hearing loss in the higher frequency range. I know what sounds should be there, and on a good set of headphone it is not as evident, but with speakers it sounds as if they ste the drumset volume much too low (which they often do, I always thought). Do an ear examination, and the results will show you the frequency range that's beyond repair, regrettably. Even cranking uo the treble will not help.

Closing the season with these: Closing the season with these:

Indeed. Definitely needle drop sound with plenty of noise reduction. I only bought this because it was a cheap and easy way to finally hear this music.

Burrell day ....

That is because Griffin was under contract with Riverside at the time, and Davis with Prestige. Davis helped a lot to start Scott's career. They first recorded for King in 1956, then for Roulette and Roost. They did a lot more sessions for Prestige, the Craft box collects only the "Cookbook" albums from June 20, September 12, and December 5, 1958. The European budget label Solar Records did this years ago, fitting all on only three CDs inluding a bonus LP - Craft limits each CD to the "original album". I will probably buy the Craft boy as I expect excellent sound, but they could have done a real big box and cover it all. At least they added the alternate take from the first session that was on on the OJC reissues. But the three sessions resulted in 34 takes - the box has only 26, missing the equivalent of another LP! Can't they do it right?

I will send my files next week fro the Fabruary BFT.