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Thanks everyone for the input on my question! I think the going OOP issue regarding the Horace Tapscott release is a good one, so I think the additions to my shure shots will be the Horarce Tapscott and I think I will also order Waclaw Zimpel's Stone Fog as well. Just about everything that guy releases is essential in my book! Confession here. I've not come across Zimpel at all. I guess Stone Fog is a reasonable place to start ? I'd suggest starting Zimpel with a Hera disc http://www.discogs.com/artist/202841-Hera Great band Stone Fog is excellent and a bit more reserved and composed than Hera (as is the Olie Brice but you'll find that out soon)

Ordering next week!! My copy just arrived . Same questionable design I regret to say as the earlier edition .All four discs detached from their foam posts . None damage as far as I can see. Disc 1 sounding excellent The packaging, if it hasn't been pointed out, is actually a little different and much worse than before. My first set arrived with all the discs secured in place on rubber posts. My second set arrived with the discs scattered about mixed with bits of foam that replaced the previously mentioned rubber. Two of the discs are scratched but look playable. Got them in the player now. I've lightly glued transparent CD envelopes centred over where the foam posts were. Works very well and is better than the discs being loose inside the large outer cover . Curiously the single CD issues I have from Nottwo are rather well packaged. Despite even potentially worse packaging on the 4 CD box than the first 5 CD box (didn't think that was possible - but do see the comments above), I'll be ordering this set shortly. The method used to secure the CDs - i.e. black foam posts is identical. Those on my copy of the first set (Mad Dogs) are fully intact and all the CDs remain in place. On the second set ( Mad Dogs on the loose) as indicated above, all four were completely deformed on arrival and unable to hold the discs in place in any way. None the less, the music is very fine and has a similar audio quality to the earlier set. Clue was in the set's name perhaps?

Jackie McLean Quintet - Hipnosis [blue Note/Heavenly Sweetness]

Yes. Rest is excellent if you like Trible (and liked Thomas). I do and did. I do and did but not as much as Callier

A bit of research suggests Ernie Watts and Patrice Rushen accompanying Trible perhaps? If so, how's the rest of the album?

Really enjoying listening to this selection. Love the overall vibe. Hopeless at identifying but others are doing that nicely for me I do wonder whether that's Dwight Trible singing on track 10. I know that voice and he's the only one that comes to ind at the moment thank you for ending with one of my Desert Island discs - peerless Callier

Thanks for the Bridge tip. This review got me more interested http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Nov14/British_CCs_SRCD344.htm

Ignorance alert. I don't know any of these names. Are we talking cowpats here Bev? I'm very fond of cello and this is oddly tempting for a punt

Destination Out! and Let freedom Ring but I've stored Hipnosis in one of those sleeves as well.....

Listening again to Zimpel - To Tu Orchestra. It is worth having (I was too harsh up thread). But Stone Fog is still very good indeed

I know this isn't what you asked but as a Zimpel fan (the Brice is lovely) I'd suggest replacing the 'To Tu Orchestra' with 'Stone Fog'. I found the orchestra album underwhelming (I think because I was expecting it to sound like a larger version of his small group recordings and it doesn't really) whilst 'Stone Fog' is stunning. All the others are good listens (haven't heard the Amado) but the Tapscott and Taylor discs are great intros to those musicians if you've not got anything else by them. The Revenant Taylor is probably worth three other discs Happy shopping!

Indeed

Playing my Mumps now. I'm finding it a bit dull and realisiing why it doesn't get many outings here. It's as if Surman, Mangelsdorff and to a lesser extent Phillips are getting in each other's way. Everything's loaded in the mid-range. Themes/tunes aren't terribly memorable either. Apart from that i'm loving it

"In C" played by African musicians. Soon release http://www.africaexpress.co.uk/2014/11/interactive-video-africa-express-presents-terry-rileys-in-c-mali/

I really wanted to like this one more than I do. Oh well. Pulled Nipples off eBay years ago in nice shape, black label with a beautiful concertina, for $100. Not "cheap" but entirely fair, so it can be done. I know what you mean about Mental Shake. I'm not entirely convinced. I prefer the Brotzmann/Adasiewicsz duets although the trio with Noble was awesome a couple of weeks back the Nipples hunt starts here.....

Brotzmann/Noble/Edwards/Adasiewicsz - Mental Shake [Oto Roku]

Brotzmann/Uuskyla - Dead and Useless [Omlott] in lieu of Nipples (£135 on Discogs!)

plus the 67 dates listed previously

Louis Moholo Octet - Spirits Rejoice [Ogun] marvellous music. gratefully received

Anthony Davis - Episteme [Gramavision]

Did for me before I ducked out at the postage.

That's got to be a bargain. Shame the postage is $28 to UK!

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America [strata East] "gotta find a way out of this confusion...." Prophets in their own land?

Dewey Redman - Coincide [impulse] Dewey and Leroy - Yeah!

I have a copy of it somewhere, but haven't listened to it in years. I recall it's entertaining enough, but much different from subsequent creative music orchestra works and more like a big band version of his earlier work with Leo Smith and Leroy Jenkins. At times, it sounds comparable to a Kagel or Stockhausen piece. For example, there's a passage for 100 balloons. Joachim Kuhn is on piano. Intriguing, thanks