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It might be that one or more of the controls (input selector, stereo/mono, speakers A/B, volume etc) is oxidated. It frequently happens with old amplifiers. Does operating any of these controls affect the problem? Depending on their design, it might be possible to inject de-oxidating fluid into them, but it would require you to take the hood off.

Was he affected negatively? As noted above, he sometimes rushed when playing solo. So, either it was his own choice, or at least not caused by another musician.

Evans rushed also when playing solo in the mid 60s (see clip from 1966 below) . That would have been well before his cocaine period, so I assume that he just had a tendency to rush for most of his career. Personally, I think rushing might be distracting, but how much so depends on the context. Aside from the accelerated tempo, I like his playing in this clip. For reference, he's going from 148 to 188 BPM in two minutes (31 percent increase).

If the average time consumption is 40 minutes per album, including handling, and he listens 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 48 weeks a year, it would take him 17 and a half years to listen to everything once.

Even if they were "populist" to any degree, the first two RTF albums are so brilliant that I don't really care. Honest, clueless and brilliant. 🙂

I think it's hard to find many people who attribute great value to every album under Chick Corea's name. But as someone who is fairly familiar with his output, I do think that his efforts - misguided though they sometimes might be - are honest. He seems generally enthusiastic about playing whatever music he plays, so I wouldn't think there is that much populism involved. Maybe, in that sense, he's not a "genuine" populist after all...

Squat toilets are still in use in some parts of Europe. And they are not only for urinating, but also for... the other kind. Only ten years ago, I even encountered one in a cheap hotel room in a French village. If used right, they are much more hygienic than ordinary toilets. But obviously not as comfortable. Sometimes there is a water hose which eliminates the need for toilet paper.

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Nice! I got myself a Japanese mono copy of Dorham's 'Jazz Contrasts' today. Will spin it soon, but right now I am listening to another find from today, a mono copy of Cal Tjader's 'Soul Burst'. I have only just started to discover Tjader's output, and there seems to be a lot to enjoy there, for sure!

Paging Sidewinder, then.

I have more than once encountered authorized (Japanese or otherwise) releases that are not on Discogs, so that is not in itself a surprise. (A non-Japanese example is the Kenny Dorham Swedish sessions album, discussed in another thread)

A nice album! I have never seen a combined Columbia/Milestone release. Was that a short-lived thing? Now spinning Clare Fischer's 'Jazz Song' on the Revelation label. One of two fine solo albums Fischer recorded for the label in 1973; the other one is 'The State of his Art'.

I often cannot afford to care, but I am nevertheless interested in these things. If possible, please share your insights regarding the BIEM mark and identification of the year of release (<1972).

Their eBay stock indicator is now down to two copies, so it seems that this might work out for you.

Clifford Brown's Study In Brown, Nippon Phonogram pressing from 1971. This was one of the first jazz albums I heard at home when growing up, so I know it well and there is obviously some nostalgia involved. However, I haven't listened to it for some years, and I am probably hearing some things today that were beyond me in the past. The interplay in the band is just superb, and to me, Harold Land is the ideal partner for Brownie. Great tunes, too; the perfect hard bop album.

Interesting, thanks for the trivia!

I am curious to know what sets it apart from a US release. My copy is in US printed sleeve, so only the sticker reveals it as a UK release. Were these pressed in UK (though the VAN GELDER stamp maybe suggests they were not)?

I'm still just speculating (which is however fun to do, of course!), but since it is now on both labels, maybe there was no easy way of defining the respective rights. I would assume that if anybody would be more prone to take it to court, it would be Columbia, but maybe not even they though it was worth the trouble. According to publicly available records, the Dragon Records of today has a yearly turnover below 20K Euro, so not much incentive from their side, I would think.

Herbie Hancock "The Prisoner", Blue Note white label promo with Van Gelder stamp (apparently for the UK market). .

I am afraid I do not know the details. However, I note that the Dragon releases are registered with NCB, the Nordic Copyright Bureau, which is administrating mechanical rights in the Nordics, and which is bound to international agreements with corresponding organizations for rights' holders across the world. If they are doing their job, it should not be possible to register unauthorized recordings with them. It does also seem as if for instance the Dragon Records release of the Miles Davis 1960 Stockholm performances is still carried by Amazon US, both as a CD and a download, also after the release of the same material in the Columbia "Bootleg" series. Nothing of the above proves anything of course, but I doubt we can get hardcore evidence without going into the books of the company. But that is outside of my reach. Edit to add final circumstantial evidence: The company which is doing the layout for booklets of Dragon releases is credited for some of the photos in the Miles Davis Columbia Bootleg series release.

I can only speak for myself and not for Steve, but I know people with insight in the company. Actually, it has not primarily been a reissue label through the years, but has recorded a lot of current Swedish musicians. I played on the latest release on the label, recorded in 2019. As for live recordings of guesting stars in the 1960s, it is my understanding that these releases are legit from the way they were arranged with Swedish Radio back then.

OK, let's now officially make this thread about car crashes. Just kidding, all stories are welcome! But I guess I am still curious whether musicians in general are worse or better than average drivers. A certain type of musicians are probably more likely to drive a/the car, and others are not. If you just ride the bus with a larger band, you don't get to drive much. As a sidenote, I know of several Swedish jazz musicians with a solid interest in motors and vintage cars. Most of these are of the "intellectual" type, sometimes with degrees in areas other than music. Swedish trumpeter Jan Allan for instance, has a PhD in particle physics, a flying certificate and is has a solid interest in vintage motorbikes and cars.

I'm a bit late to comment, but Dragon is a proper label. No grey/PD type of releases.

Hi Bertrand. Lars Westin is the founder and owner of Dragon Records and is listed as the producer on the back of the release. The CD can be ordered from Amazon for instance.