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Glad to hear that !

Soft Machine - Live at Hovikodden 1971. Spectacular reviews calling it the new gold standard for live Soft Machine recordings.

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.

Tom Petty Long After Dark Deluxe Edition

The album was a throwaway for me when I first had it, but I came across a cheap CD of it in recent times, and I liked it a lot more than I remember. But not to where I would recommend buying a pricey vinyl set.

I might be tempted if I could replace the entire Chronicle box with these (and anticipated 1956 set) but starting in 1954 leaves a hole for the 1951-1953 recordings. I do have the Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions box (pretty much a perfect set) along with the Chronicle box, which covers everything for me with the Quntet box being upgraded duplicates. My ideal would be another 4-CD box covering the sessions not on the Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions box. They got it right for Coltrane, with the leader, co-leader, and sideman boxes. Those were perfect boxes to me. Fantasy was starting to do great reissue work right before they sold out to Concord.

Product. In how many forms has this material been released on CD? Isn't this just another collation/configuration of the same old material?

I have the Noah Howard and the Clifford Thornton, both of which were very helpful. Also the Horace Silver live one, which is the best collection of that material. Strange approach as the parent label, Hat Hut, is certainly not a PD label.

Just hit the wire services.

I really like early-mid 70's Stan Kenton:

Great set at a great price!