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Clare Fischer 'Songs for Rainy Day Lovers'

I have never heard anything which sounds as "Man on Mercury" on any other album, although I haven't heard all of Land's 70s albums. It's rather free-ish; a short chromatic/chaotic theme, and mostly "free" (as in "no discernable chord progression") impro over a very fast beat.

Happy birthday Kevin!

Corea turns 66 today. Happy birthday!

Most recordings have "fake" reverb. In this case it might have been applied a bit carelessly, though. The sound in general is muddy. Original vinyl is not better in this regard. If anything, the otherwise so-so French DMM pressings sound OK in the case of this particular album. However, the music itself is excellent. The playing sounds more varied and dynamic than on the other collaborations of Hutcherson/Land. In a good sense, it doesn't really sound like a late 60s Blue Note album.

I believe the two sessions were from the late 60s, rather than the 70s. I also think they are the last sessions in any way similar Hutcherson's classic earlier albums. Already one year later, "San Fransisco" was a step towards the ever-blander lite-jazz albums to come, not so much in sound, but in spirit. "Medina" is a worthwhile disc, but not at any cost. Get it if you are a fan of Hutcherson or Land. But the OOP "Total Eclipse" is much, much better.

Thanks, Flurin! After moving last november I didn't have any Internet connection at home. Was occupied at work, too. Anyway, things are starting to lighten up.

He was buried in a studio orchestra on a 1971 Carmen McRae date, but otherwise, yes. Link to the Duke Pearson Discography.

Disco-funk was not the right setting for McLean, nor Henderson. My personal opinion, of course...

I say no.

I see on the Fresh Sound site that the edited tracks have been restored, but since the master tape is destroyed some of the tracks must be LP dubs. How's the sound quality on those?

The only reference to "Crazed Olaf" in the Swedish Jazz Discography is this session: Rolf Ericson (tp); Charlie Parker (as); Gösta Theselius (p); Thore Jederby (b); Jack Norén (dr) "Amiralen", Malmö, Nov 22, 1950 Anthropology Cheers Lover Man Cool Blues Released on: Oktav OKTLP164, Collector JGN1002, Scan JPG-2, Crazed Olaf CPACS195, Spotlite 124/125, Xanadu 122 http://www.visarkiv.se/jazzdiskografi/jazzdiskografi_P.pdf EDIT: Corrected recording date.

It was reissued by Mighty Quinn: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?...91840&BAB=E

Recently I won an auction for a Hank Jones Savoy LP. It was described as... Near Mint Minus! I thought I would take a chance on it because it seemed like a good deal even for a VG++ record. It turned out it was in pretty bad shape, but as I had just moved I didn't have my stereo at hand and wasn't able to play it at that time. I didn't have the time to go though a lot of trouble just to check the LP, so I ended up giving the seller positive feedback anyway. Of late, I've been disappointed almost every time I've gotten LPs from eBay. No more of that for me.

Isn't Keepnews still around?

Be sure to check out this session-by-session listing: http://www.gullin.net/covers/covers.htm Not the most clever web layout (click on "start" and then on the arrow to move foward) but nice work anyway.

It's out: http://www.gullin.net/Gullin.pdf Gullin website with CD discography: http://www.gullin.net/nyintro.htm

I think it was actually out on CD once in Japan. The music is rather lightweight, despite a couple of good soloists.

So far, I've received what I've ordered from Caiman. However, I was a bit disappointed in finding that a Blue Note disc was the copy-controlled Euro version, allthough it was shipped from the US. My first - and hopefully last - copy protected CD.

Two sound clips (unfortunately, only one of which actually includes Tony Scott's playing) from the Gazell CD reissue of these sessions can be found here: http://www.gazell.net/records/katalog/reco...GAFCD-1051.html

A very happy birthday, Guy! I wish you all the best!

Thank you everybody!!! Despite my age, not time for any 33 rpm records yesterday, but I hope the weekend will provide some opportunities for that. Will be moving next week, and it'll perhaps be a short while before I'll get time to step by, as I've got some painting job to do...

Consider yourselves lucky; in Northern Europe a single full-price CD is equal to $28 in the stores.

European digipak version is available from caiman at UK Amazon Marketplace for £4.14. Including shipping it would cost you around $13.50. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B...7174518-2607630