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Yes, good call on that one.

I have it and two others from the same group on backorder from DeepDiscount. They are available on Bandcamp, but no combined postage, and $12 domestic shipping for three titles doesn't work for me.

Highly recommend the Mingus.

Thanks, I certainly agree with you on Cosmos. The Elvin Jones Prime Element came out on CD in Japan a couple years ago. I eagerly grabbed it and finally sold off my Elvin Mosaic box, now having everything on CD. Waiting and hoping for the McLean High Frequency on CD so I can sell off the McLean Mosaic box, and the McLean HIpnosis on CD so that I can sell off the Moncur Mosaic Select. Seems like the Japanese are our best hopes for this, as the BN USA business model seems more concerned with new listeners than with lifelong fans like us. https://www.discogs.com/release/25315255-Elvin-Jones-The-Prime-Element

There Andrew Hill and McCoy Tyner titles that came out on the 1970's brown paper bag vault issues (Tyner - Cosmos, Hill - One For One) that have only been on Selects, not on individual CD's, correct?

That's a really good album.

BTW, I'm referring to the Strata-East album here. Cinnamon Flower is a more muted pleasure, not essential in any way.

Their albums from that time, 'Sunflower' and 'Surf's Up', are good. And Mike Love certainly was trying for "hipness" with this one (gotta love the take on the Coasters/Lieber & Stoller classic).

I also like both of those. The Sire album gets panned critically in a lot of corners, but I find the songs good and the arranging/production outstanding. It's much stronger than any of his subsequent solo albums except, of course, the miraculous 'Smile'. 'That's Why God Made Radio', the Beach Boys/Wilson reunion studio album, is also surprisingly good.

BTW, the Brian Wilson bio movie of the same name is an excellent watch despite the miscasting of John Cusack as the latter day Wilson. Paul Giamatti's portrayal of Eugene Landy is chilling.

It's something totally different than anything else he ever did. I love parts of it. I mainly get my Rouse through Monk.

A good guess. Also, timing wise, maybe they want to piggyback on the attention Rouse's work is receiving from the Strata-East reissue on Mack Avenue.

I burn purchased downloads to CD-R, print the inserts when available, stick them in a thin line jewl case, and treat and shelve them as CD's. Extra effort, but worth it to my old-school sensibilities.

That song has always haunted me...

Just hit the wire services. Tough week. This one really hurts, a true genius and incredible redemption story.