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Can someone list the tracks, dates & personnel for this double CD please? Thank you!

I ordered two CDs which together fell below the minimum limit of £18 but when shipping was added they fell very slightly above. I was charged something like £4 for VAT and then another charge of over £8 for collection! Therefore on two CDs I paid an additional £12. In future I will ask for them to sent individually, even if the shipping charge might be slightly dearer.

I'm no 'smart guy' but I'm finding that packages from the US to the UK are taking much longer than usual at the moment. Plus, when they do arrive there is often an excess charge to pay, something that very rarely happened to me in the past.

It's very good 'late' Pepper and for that price it's a steal!

Can someone with the Prevue CD please comment on the sound. Does it sound like a needledrop? Is it stereo or mono?Ok, spinning it now... it sounds ok - not great (some weird sound on the cymbals, the kind of thing that was noted with a few Blue Note CD reissues as "due to deterioration of the master tapes...", I guess). Definitely stereo.I'm in no position to confirm it's not a needledrop (I can't tell from distortion or any artifacts that hence it has to be a cleaned-up needledrop), but to me it doesn't sound like one. For sure, there are none of the obvious signs during the quiet parts or before and after the music.Also, to be noted, is the mix-up of the setlist:printed on the tray & sequence of Nat Hentoff's notes:1) Straight Ahead2) Violets for Your Furs3) Green Street Scene4) Chafic5) You Know That6) I Remember Clifford7) Short Bridgeactual sequence on my CD:1) Straight Ahead2) Violets for Your Furs3) Chafic4) I Remember Clifford5) Green Street Scene6) You Know That7) Short Bridgeso, #3-6 are jumbled around... no idea why or if it's a simple mistake - but it's easy to tell as everyone knows "I Remember Clifford" and Hentoff refers to "Chafic" as a waltz (which #3 of the CD clearly is).The Prevue CD has Hentoff's original and Mark Gardner's 1975 liner notes and it states that the reissue was produced by Don Schlittenn (mastered by Krieg Wunderlich - is that a real name or a weird nom-de-plume?Anyway, great album for sure! Thank you. From your description of the sound I think we can say that the Prevue and Fresh Sound CDs are sonically more or less equivalent. The Fresh Sound does have the tracks in the correct order though. I don't want to be a party-pooper but I played the Fresh Sounds CD this morning and it's pretty lo-fi. It IS in stereo but it's that sort of stereo that's left and right but no middle. It doesn't sound like a needle drop but the sound is very harsh and I find it difficult to listen to. However, the music itself is good so I suppose if this is as good as it gets.......

Thanks for the heads-up on this, Alan, I've put my order in. I've also ordered a copy of a book by the English folk-singer Shirley Collins called "America Over the Water" which covers her time with Alan Lomax collecting & recording songs and music in the southern states in 1959-60. I believe they were 'an item' at the time.

Never was there (before my time ...) but that description somehow sounds very much like what I remember of my visits to Dobell's on Charing Cross Road in 1975/76/77. Dobell's was big compared to Carey's Steve, it was like being in a large telephone booth. For those of you who remember Chrsi Wellard and his New Cross shop here's picture I too back in the day. Chris is on the left. Sadly I've forgotten the name of his colleague here. The guy on the right looks very much like Chris Farlow.

Thanks very much for giving that link, dmitry. It's fascinating stuff, like every interview given by Michael Cuscuna.

Not that new jostber, I've had it for some time now. It's part of series of recordings made by Tubby's drummer Tony Levin at various live gigs in 1966 and has good sound considering it was recorded on a reel tape. It brought back a lot of memories for me and is highly recommended.

Me too. I have enough of the music in the proposed set to give this one a miss. Anyway, I hope it's a good seller for them; I'd miss them if they weren't here.

Way back in the early 60s, Elektra released a series of superb blues albums by 'Spider' John Koerner, Dave 'Snaker' Ray and Tony Glover which were some of the earliest blues albums I ever listened to. Although the three compilation 'Blues, Rags & Hollers' albums were released a few years ago by Red House Records, the other albums by Dave Ray & John Koerner on their own have never seen the light of day. However that has now been rectified and they've turned up in the latest batch of releases by Wounded Bird. I know white blues singers are not to everyone's taste but to my ears these recordings still sound marvellous after almost 50 years. Does anyone else have any love for this music?

or maybe a "phaux-renassiance man". Where does that leave Charlie Parsnip? Interesting question. Perhaps we should dangle out a carrot and see if he bites

I've just finished checking the track listing with my Bruynickx discography and here are some more details: Disc 1 Stan Getz (ts) Duke Jordan (p) Jimmy Raney (g) Bill Crow (b) Frank Isola (d) New York, December 12, 1952 1. Stella by Starlight 2. Time on My Hands 3. ’Tis Autumn 4. The Way You Look Tonight 5. Lover Come Back to Me 6. Body and Soul 7. Stars Fell on Alabama 8. You Turned the Tables on Me New York, December 12, 1952 9. Thanks for the Memory 10. Hymn of the Orient 11. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) 12. How Deep Is the Ocean? Stan Getz Quintet : Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb) Stan Getz (ts) Johnny Williams (p) Bill Crow (b) Al Levitt (d) New York, May 16, 1953 13. Have You Met Miss Jones? 14. Erudition 15. Cool Mix 16. Rustic Hop Stan Getz/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet : Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb) Stan Getz (ts) Johnny Williams (p) Teddy Kotick (b) Frank Isola (d) Hollywood, July 30, 1953 17. Love and the Weather 18. Spring Is Here 19. Crazy Rhythm Disc 2 Stan Getz/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet : Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb) Stan Getz (ts) Johnny Williams (p) Teddy Kotick (b) Frank Isola (d) Hollywood, August 15 & 22, 1953 1. Willow Weep for Me 2. The Nearness of You 3. Pot Luck 4. Minor Blues 5. Fascinatin’ Rhythm 6. I Don’t Know What Time It Was 7. Tangerine 8. Pot Luck (Single Version) 9. It Don’t Mean a Thing (Alternate Version) Stan Getz Quartet : Stan Getz (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Bob Whitlock (b) Max Roach (d) Hollywood, January 23, 1954 10. I Hadn’t Anyone ’Til You 11. Down by the Sycamore Tree 12. With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair 13. Nobody Else But Me 14. I Hadn’t Anyone ’Til You (Alternate Take) 15. Nobody Else But Me (Alternate Take) Disc 3 Stan Getz Quartet : Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb) Stan Getz (ts) Johnny Williams (p) Bill Anthony (b) Art Mardigan (d) Los Angeles, November 9, 1954 1. It Don’t Mean a Thing 2. The Varsity Drag 3. Give Me the Simple Life 4. Oh, Jane Snavely 5. I’ll Remember April 6. We’ll Be Together Again (EP Version) 7. We’ll Be Together Again (LP Version) 8. Feather Merchant 8. Feather Merchant 9. Flamingo Stan Getz Quintet : Tony Fruscel1a (tp) Stan Getz (ts) Johnny Williams (p) Bill Anthony (b) Frank Isola (d) New York, January 31, 1955 10. Blue Bells 11. Round Up Time The tracks highlighted in blue (not all the versions) were previously released on the Definitive CD - "Bob Brookmeyer - Complete 1953-1954 Quintet Studio Recordings with Stan Getz"

Good news about the release but......£50 is a bit pricey for me. I'll wait and see whether I can pick it up cheaper later.

Thanks brownie. Yes, that's the one - Artists House AH2. I thought all the Artists House albums had eventually be re-issued so I'm surprised that I can't find this one anywhere. I think the A&M album "The Paul Desmond Quartet - Live" was recorded at the same time and place and that has been re-issued so......anyone else know anything about this?

Does anyone know whether Paul Desmond's recordings on Artists House have ever been re-issued on CD?

I've just received confirmation from Cuneiform that my copy's on it's way.

If you can remember it.......you weren't there!

Not many clunkers in that list!

Just had confirmation that the promised release is now due out in February as a CD + DVD. By the look of the preview this is definitely something to look forward to! John Surman - Flashpoint

Thanks for the update. I too had noticed that it had disappeared from their list of upcoming releases. January's not too long to wait

With everyone glued to their TV sets last night in the UK watching the final of the impossibly popular "Come Dancing" show, here's how the Argentinians do it! Come Dancing - Argentinian Style

I saw him live once, at The London School of Economics in May, 1968. One of the best nights of music...EVER! A true 'one-off'.

..............and very nice it is too! I got my copy from Bob a few days ago and it's been on my CD player ever since.

I've been using this for years and never had a problem. It IS $40 though CATraxx