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I am. Preorder up on BC. Strong line up Always a good thing to have a new chapter of this, can't wait

I hope you enjoy it

That sounds so bad I'm almost tempted to stream it

I had no idea that exists, luckily by the sounds of things I saw The Stray Cats live when they first appeared, one of the best live bands I've seen

Sound quality is weakest on disc 1 (I'd say acceptable given the historical nature and importance). Beyond that disc I'd say it is uniformly good. There are only about three tracks on later discs where quality drops. These are live recordings though and probably not recorded for release. This is a treasure trove of great music across a spectrum of styles all featuring great work by Skidmore. If that interests you, I'd say buy without qualm, you'll get hours of great music with less than an hour in less than perhaps ideal sound quality.

The Norman Yoke 😄

Yes, I agree it's early days. Just goes to show how quickly most things turn up Thanks, I tend to agree. . It'll probably appear over on the east coast at some point then leap over the water from there. PayPal covers for 180 days so may as well give it a good chance

I'd hoped not to have to post in this thread but... Purchased an LP on 23/5 from Tacoma, took a couple of days to get to Carson (via Seattle) where it sat for a week enjoying a Californian rest. Since 2/6 it's been 'Moving through the network' Thankfully covered by PayPal and a helpful, so far, seller. when do I give up on it?

I wish I listened to it more but there's too much Jazz. I got into them both at the same time and could it quite easily have been reggae rather than Jazz that became the obsession. Still listen occasionally, have to have a dose of The Congos every now and again. There's a guy who sits in my local shopping area with a sizeable speaker on a hand trolley pumping it out at volume. Makes for a good grocery shopping experience

Byard Lancaster - It's Not Up To Us [Superior Viaduct/Vortex RE] Such a great album

I've not got round to listening to this, apologies but any BFT with Augustus Pablo on has got to be a winner

His name crops up in discussion occasionally so here's an article that some might find of interest (even if it seems a little like a push for the NIS album, which is very good btw) https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/ari-brown-since-time-is-graviy-interview?utm_source=notification

Unsurprisingly, disc one is mono, so far

To be honest I haven't noticed either way. Disc 6 is I'm pretty sure from listening most recently. I'm sure that if you contact Confront they'll help you out with the details, it's a friendly run concern in my experience. A lot quicker than waiting for me to listen through again!

Interesting. I'm a big fan of his 1998 album 'From The Nile'

On their site, I forgot to look for it at KX on Friday Are these Super Viaduct reissues limited does anyone know?

Honest Jons have it in stock. Is their postage to you prohibitive? Probably with the post-Brexit tax

Not sure that Lukaku is terminally unlucky as opposed to terminally incompetent! I didn't see the game as not on free to air here. For all the positives about City's style of football I still think there's a sour taste of potential financial doping. Not until that is cleared up will I remove the asterisk against their competition wins.

Do you know which label is reissuing this?

It was discussed in passing on another thread somewhere, a few weeks ago. I have it, production values high on the presentation. Sound quality is consistently good across all discs bar maybe three tracks where quality is a bit bootleggy. All from Skidmore's personal archive

Lots more still to come I'm sure. Nothing from the smaller venues yet

On wednesday, Sophie Agnel solo and in trio with Steve Noble and John Edwards, at Cafe Oto Her solo set was mesmerising, the trio a lot less so I thought I've already booked for three LJF shows, not The Cookers so far

Chico Hamilton - Peregrinations [Blue Note, 1975] finally tracked down a nice copy of this great album. Lovely and sunny in London today and this album is the perfect soundtrack, it's so well put together.

I tapped a toe to it this afternoon