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Rest in Peace, Arnie, we will miss you.

Ever notice that places that sell records, if they are NOT a record shop, but a thrift store, CD store, etc., will store the damn things in the hardest to reach places they can? Under tables, stacked so you gotta dig thru them to get to anything, in tight spaces, etc. What the HELL kind of way is that to display the merch? No other products get that disrespect..........nor do customers OF said products...........

Central Ave and 66th, Disc Exchange, barely any Jazz tho. Plus, some stuff priced, some priced at the counter, crappy disposition on owner.........

Believe it or not, a couple of thrift stores on 66th! There IS a record store called Bananas in St Pete also, but beware, the records are priced at the counter by the owner........and he checks the price guide, then gemm.com, and comes up somewhere in between. For example, I'm SURE that the Hutcherson LP would have been around 35 clams there. Positive. PEACE

Bored on my day off, so I drove over to St Pete today and stopped at a couple of places- and MAN AM I GLAD I DID! Scored the following five LP's for FIFTEEN BUCKS TOTAL!!!! All of them are in nice shape vinyl-wise, with some cover wear here and there on a couple of them, but so what! Let me tell you man, this was one of those days when all the stars lined up in my favor! I love this music! Kenny Burrell- Recapitulation (2-fer comp of some awesome Cadet stuff! Kenny Burrell never fails to impress me the way he just throws his licks out there like it's as natural as BREATHING to him!) George Freeman- Birth Sign (1969 Delmark PROMO! Never heard it before, but it's playing right now, and IT'S KNOCKING ME OUT! Dynamite all around, baby, with brother Von on about half the tracks- George Freeman needs to be more WELL KNOWN!) Bobby Hutcherson- Montara (Simply beautiful stuff, as usual!) Jackie McLean/Michael Carvin- Antiquity (Have yet to hear it; heard all good things about it though, which will no doubt be true. Jackie in a duet setting blowing out!) A World of Jazz- Various Arists (Big John Patton, Joe Henderson, and more more more, Liberty 2-fer comp of some sweeet Blue Note SOULFUL STUFF.) Hate to cut it short, got some listening to do-!!! VINYL IS FINAL!

Power to the People is one of the greatest LP's Mr Henderson ever recorded, IMHO. Got the original LP, nice shape, just great.................Italian CD reissue with cardboard sleeve cover sounds mighty fine also........wonderful players, great tunes, really a gem!

Johnny "Hammond" Smith- What's Going On (Prestige) Niiiiiiice!

Sonny Sharrock- Black Woman (4 Men With Beards reissue) SWEET!!!

Jay Berliner- Bananas Are Not Created Equal Grant Green- Street of Dreams Roy Haynes- Senyah

Kiss- Music From the Elder King Crimson- Beat Living Colour- Time's Up (Digging Vernon's Jazzy runs on "Under Cover of Darkness!!!!!!)

That is precisely the case! The Green tracks are from the LP "Easy"...........Dupree I dunno............I love Grant Green, and own Easy, but if you're looking for Blue Note style stuff................uh uh.......

Rahsaan Roland Kirk- Prepare thyself to Deal With a Miracle (Atlantic) Charles Williams- Charles Williams (Mainstream)

Happy Birthday to the great Freddie Hubbard, a cool 67 today! God Bless!

Grant Green- Solid!!!!!

On LP: Michael Brecker- Score (Solid State) Grant Green- Solid (Blue Note) Dave Hubbard- Self Titled (Mainstream)

OHHHHH YEAH! Scored anothe Mainstream LP today, just finished listening to it- Dave Hubbard's self titled debut! AWESOME! Word is , he's playing out still in Southern Florida! I gotta check that out! LP is awesome, great tunes, great all around!

BUMPDITTYBUMPDITTYBUMP!

Nuff said? Huh?

Jazzmoose- No, man, not fat, HEAVY, as in these cats are HEAVY, ALL the way around!!!!!!

Now Ive GOT to grab that Caliman!!!!!

Chuck- Do you have any information on these sessions? I would love to hear it all, sir! I have read remarks similar to yours, plus some of the guys got stiffed on $$$ as well apparently? Give! ;-) JSngry- Not yet, but it will be MINE one day! Wow, a new poster like myself getting the attention of the heavyweights on the board! I certainly appreciate the responses, and from all my lurking, you gents are the people in the know for sure. Right now I am spinning the Caliman debut LP! AWESOME STUFF! pasta

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I literally CANNOT get enough of this stuff on precious vinyl!!!! Mostly second stringers getting to be leaders for a change, but lots of hot playing, with some solid originals amongst the standards on almost all of them.................cool graphics, etc.............Awesome period for Jazz in my opinion..........a little out, real fusion-esque without the later sacharrin trappings! LOVE 'EM! Anyone else out there dig these as much as me? WHAT I HAVE SCORED SO FAR: HADLEY CALIMAN-SELF TITLED JOHNNY COLES- KATUMBO ART FARMER- HOMECOMING ART FARMER- GENTLE EYES CURTIS FULLER- CRANKIN' HAL GALPER- GUERILLA BAND HAL GALPER- WILD BIRD HAL GALPER- INNER JOURNEY STAN HOPE- SELF TITLED HAROLD LAND- NEW SHADE OF BLUE MIKE LONGO- MATRIX CHARLES MCPHERSON- SELF TITLED CHARLES MCPHERSON- SIKU YA BIBI BARRY MILES- WHITE HEAT BARRY MILES- SCATBIRD BLUE MITCHELL-BLUE'S BLUES BLUE MITCHELL- LAST TANGO = BLUES BLUE MITCHELL- GRAFFITI BLUES REGGIE MOORE- WISHBONE REGGIE MOORE- FURIOSO BUDDY TERRY- AWARENESS JOHN WHITE- SELF TITLED DAVID YOUNG- SELF TITLED Sonny Red is blowin' right NOW!!!! CHEERS! Pasta

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