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I was looking at ebay CD listings from Rarewaves, a British seller I have frequently used. Their listings are now carrying the message "Due to US policies, import fees for this item will need to be paid to customs or the shipping carrier on delivery." So I will be avoiding all foreign sellers until/unless this gets resolved, which will definitely decrease my overall purchases and increase my reliance on DG, Amazon, DeepDiscount and other US sellers. I used to put in 1 or 2 three-figures purchases from CDJapan each year, and several smaller purchases from various British sellers on Ebay, but not now. And several of the types of Japanese and EU reissues I used to buy from overseas sources are now going to cost more than I'm willing to spend if I was to buy them from US sellers. First world problem, I realize.

Said he's going back to find a simpler place in time. BTW, great article.

Thanks, I have NYT subscription.

Link?

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Yeah, but "landmark recording that will cement his place in the pantheon of jazz greats"? With all those singers, etc?

The hype in that description is staggering... Artwork records is the label. https://kennybarron.com/recordings/songbook/

Yes it is. All of his other Muse CD's are much more conservative (overly so IMO).

Yet another good Muse album in need of CD issue.

I like a lot of Stan Kenton, even though his work doesn't seem to be held in high esteem in our neighborhood here.

I was able to pick this up cheap based on your recommendation, and you're right, it's really interesting material, thanks for the tip!

They told me in the spring that they would announce a second wave in the fall, but I haven't heard any updates. We can hope and watch.

My favorite Havens album! "No Opportunity Necessary...", "Inside of Him", "The Klan", "From The Prison", "Run Shaker Life" all great cuts to me. And the live one we've been discussing is my favorite Hardin album. Wonderful musicianship on both.

Try the 32Jazz reissue, which should have had access to the Muse master tapes.

This was my introduction to McDonald, and the one that has stuck with me:

Good to know, I'll reconsider, thx.

Me too. I did not buy the Electric Ladyland Studios box, and found the Hollywood Bowl CD to be of little marginal value. It's been some years since any of the ongoing releases really knocked me out.

Jim Pons also played in the Leaves prior to his associations with the Turtles, Zappa, and Flo & Eddie. Sill was an extremely troubled individual, but some of her music was pretty great. Same is true of Essra Mohawk (Sandy Hurvitz)'s music.

RIP. I really liked the Turtles early folk-rock period, and found the later Turtles material interesting. I'm not really enamored of their work with Zappa, which to me was overly crude.

Yes, it was the first album for which I ever bought a download, since the rare CD was out of reach.

Or at all 😒. For sure. You have to pre-order to be safe.

https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/release/music/jazz-fusion/month/2025/10?periods=1 Some very desirable MPS albums being reissued on Ultra Vybe CD's in October. The three I'm thrilled by are Billy Harper - Trying to Make Heaven My Home, Hannibal Marvin Peterson - Hannibal, and Hannibal Marvin Peterson - Hannibal in Berlin. I'm going the Dusty Groove pre-order route on those three rather than risking CDJapan reciprocal tariff chaos, despite their much lower unit prices ($13.50 rather than DG's $18.99)/

11 track 2CD version https://a.co/d/46ZMC0v

I don't blame CDJapan a bit. My blame is pointed elsewhere.

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