Head Man

No mention of the session(s) in my Bruyninckx.

Does this mean it's being shipped?

I agree. Best thing is to wait a while until all the unsold copies get remaindered and put on Amazon for a reasonable price. I'm waiting for that to happen to the new Jimmy Heath autobiography.

This always seems to happen, especially when I pre-order anything. I guess the answer's obvious....always buy after it has been released for a while

What Bob Downes is that, Sidewinder? 'Electric City' - remastered and reissued on Esoteric. They have also put out 'Open Music/Dream Journey' (originally on Philips), which will be my next order. 'Electric City' is pretty wild and sort of psychadelic in parts - in the same genre as that MFP LP 'Deep Down Heavy'. Not so sure I like Bob's vocals - but there's some fine sax and flute from him on this one ! Plus Chris Spedding, Ray Russell and Harry Miller. Ah yes, I saw that it had been re-issued again. I have it as a Japanese CD but I must say it's not one I play much; nor 'Open Music' I'm afraid. Perhaps I should go back and give them both another try. The one of his I really DO enjoy is 'Flashback' which I bought directly from Bob Downes via his German website: Bob Downes Website. It's a series of mainly live sessions from 1969-73 and has him playing in a trio with Barry Guy (bass) and Dennis Smith (drums).

What Bob Downes is that, Sidewinder?

Excellent news! My Amazon copy has shipped today (from "Europe") so will be with me next week I hope. What are the sleevenotes like? This should rank as reissue of the year. The sleevenotes are by Alyn Shipton and are, as you would expect, comprehensive. There's also a copy of the original album notes by John Dankworth where he refers to John McLaughlin, who's the guitarist on the album, as "an inscrutable genius who could deserve an LP of his own". If only he knew then what we know now!

Just to say that my copy arrived yesterday and it's been on the CD player every since. A wonderful re-issue which sounds as good today as it did when it was released over forty years ago. Apart from the wonderful arrangements and playing (especially by Kenny Wheeler) it sounds so good. I always thought that the master tapes had been lost, so if BGO had to remaster a vinyl copy then they've done a first-class job. Heartily recommended!

The one I've been waiting for!

Mine's in the post from Amazon.

Just put my pre-order in with Hiroshi for the new Horace Tapscott!

If you get a good price I might put my copy up as well. I don't think it's that rare, by the way.

I wonder who's playing the dinner plate?

I have about half of them but.......it would be nice to have the others and........they've been remastered so.......maybes I'll get it! I wonder when the Andrew Hill will coming out? Now, that's one I'll almost certainly buy.

My BRUYNINCKX discography has: "Shorty Rogers (flhrn) with unknown others"

I'm waiting for it to come out on 500 78s

Yes that's one I missed when it came out in Japan and I've been regretting it ever since! Does anyone know where I can pick up a CD copy? Update: Hiroshi's found me a copy!

....and he brought up six children on a jazz musician's wage. Amazing!

e-mail sent!

Perhaps we're all fans and already have the three you're offering. I am.....and I do!

What if it wasn't? I really don't understand the question. it's simple really - if the 1st music you heard had been ellington, then the 1st music you'd have heard would've been ellington. and clearly everything proceeding from that moment would've been very different. or pretty similar. or about half similar but half different. or maybe 65% different. but whatever the case may be, ellington would've been the 1st thing that you'd heard. so there's that. simple really. let us now devolve into an inane pseudo-psychological wankfest about the mind and how early exposure to blah blah blah effects the cognitive blah blah of the true artist's/music appreciator's perception of the blah blah blah.... what i really mean is ellington is 2nd to none in pretty much every single way and everyone knows it. So there....everything explained

You're probably right...but they're nicely done, nevertheless.

I do own quite a few Strata-East albums including most of the ones you mention, Felser; plus the Charles Tolliver's Mosaic boxset. However if the artists themselves own the recordings then I guess that's why there's been no proper re-issue programme. It can't be easy to organise one-off deals to get the music out.

Does anyone know why so few of the releases on this label are currently available on CD? Even the ones that are only seem to be available in Japan. I'm currently listening to a needle drop of the John Gordon album 'Step by Step' which is excellent but I can't buy it on CD because it has never been reissued (I think!)....strange...and sad!

.....and the people that listen to them.