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Did you go direct Mosaic route or Jazz Messengers?

We most certainly do. The Boris Tax has certainly affected my purchases from Europe, oddly often making US purchases better value. I feel your US based pain folks

Rolf Kuhn - Streamline [Vanguard, Austria 1956]

That's good to hear as I ordered it yesterday

Thanks for the reminder on this, I need to buy it

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I'm definitely going to follow up on 'Hammer, Roll and Leaf' simply as it has Gouband on. I saw him a few years ago play an astonishing set on stones with Evan Parker. I don't know the other two but look forward to hearing them. I'll be getting the new Shifa too. Still yet to catch them live which is unforgivable considering they play London more than anywhere else

Confront seems to be consistently good at the moment. I'm enjoying these https://confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-duke-of-wellington https://confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/pozna-appropriate-density https://confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/clastic https://confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/around-the-square-above-the-hill And one not from them https://nivuniconnu.bandcamp.com/album/embrace

Oh yes, definitely having read that. Enjoy it if you can get to it

I don't know Jessica but I'd be knocking the door down to see what Moran and Mills conjure up 2025 Artist-In-Residence Jason Moran and Jeff Mills with special guest Jessica Care Moore

The Kollektief are one of my most memorable live experiences and I never really found the LPs to live up to it. Not sure I tried this one though

Great

How is it? Up to expectations I hope

No, not at all. The debate reared it's ugly/beautiful head several hours ago as I knew it would when I started the thread. Anyway you're starting a whole new debate, old v new vinyl sq!!

so it took 14 hours for "the great format debate" to enter the thread this time round, we're slacking, surely not getting tired of the debate...

Looks like Muse are now getting the deluxe reissue treatment. Vinyl only by the looks of things, please don't shoot the messenger... https://youtu.be/_wFWH4HgvK8?feature=shared

What a career, she'll be long remembered.

Yes, it's £42 here. I have this by him which is great fun https://www.discogs.com/master/1056751-Akira-Miyazawa-Round-Midnight-Amazing-Jazz-Ballad He reminds me of Billy Harper somehow

Great music on all three. 'Reckoning' is a very special album

Oh, I didn't realise that had been reissued. I may have to join you in purchasing it.

Great voice, I like his album 'The River' a lot. The coverage of his death over here is surprisingly widespread given his more recent profile.

That's on my "to buy" list so I'm pleased it's not on the Discogs list!

Interesting read and not really surprising, although there was a NM ' True Blue' for sale in London recently for only (!!) £3k, obviously a bargain... Collectors the world over treasure originals, be that stamps, art, cars, furniture, comics and beyond and I see absolutely no reason why LPs should be any different. And yes, with LPs this moves beyond the music per se and becomes about the artefact. There is a caché in owning something as close to its original state and I can't see that being a bad thing. Maybe not what we as individuals would choose to do, or could afford but that doesn't negate other's desire to do so. Where there's a collector market then prices will almost inevitably inflate. No one is forcing anyone to pay these prices and if collectors get their hands on something precious to them, then all power to them, I say.

I remember it was a very warm evening and the venue's windows were open, at one point EP mimicked the sound of a police car as it went by. I just checked the prices for the CD, they've crept up I see There's some good players on that, Innanen and Iskola I have come across elsewhere

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