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Anyone familiar with these three titles and able to describe them more objectively than the usual Dusty Groove language? I'm likely in on all three on CD, as the label is of great interest to me, but would like to know more if possible. The Cox and the Woodard came out on BBE CD a couple years ago, and I picked them up then. Sphere - Inside Ourselves Contemporary Jazz Quintet - Black Hole Maulawi - Oruntunds

Sorry to hear this, RIP. Enjoyed some of his albums, and he had some excellent bandmates in Dallas.

Yes please, thanks Thom. We will remember Bill fondly.

Same here. RIP.

I am a big fan of Gene Clark's work, both with the Byrds and solo. Also like Crosby's work with the Byrds. Also love McGuinn's 12 string. IMO "Eight Miles High" was an unsurpassed breakthrough landmark in music, and came well before the other "psychedelic" work being discussed.

I can even hear the wear on her voice by the end of her Verve era. Like so many musicians from that era, not a great personal life. Amazing to me that she lived to 87. But I do like her Verve work a lot.

Anita O'Day Mosaic. I'm not really a fan of Mosaic sets, but couldn't pass this one up in an ebay auction. The music is great - she makes me actually listen closely to songs I have otherwise ignored through the decades ("Goodbye", "Stella By Starlight" etc.).

This is a much better album than you think it is.

Great guy, so sorry!

Oh no! So sorry to hear this - great guy.

In Europe, Four and More/My Funny Valentine (both from same concert), and one of Agharta/Pangea/Dark Magus (need to go back and listen to them).

I thought it was just on the "Mr. Tambourine Man" single that only McGuinn played on? Not aware it was the whole album.

Totally agree.

Agreed on both Thomas and DeVaughn. Be thankful for what you got indeed. Thomas never had another cut that came close to this, but didn't need to. Sade and Steve Winwood did strong covers, and Winwood featured the song in his live gigs. I had the Thomas cut in my 2020 BFT. Was surprised at how many here didn't know it (it was a #3 pop hit in 1972), but everyone really liked it. And it is timeless, as relevant today as it was 50 years ago when it was released. RIP.

I love the Byrds Pre-flyte through Notorious. Hot and cold after that. I like Dr. Byrds/Mr. Hyde, and (Untitled), especially the expanded version, quite a bit. But that's a different group altogether, not the Byrds. "Triad" was part of the nightmare Crosby had become for them (as was his Monterey nonsense), and it was an ugly divorce. But "Tribal Gathering" fit the record perfectly. TTK, I'll burn and listen to your running order. "Goin' Back" from that album is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. "Triad" could have been, too. if the lyrics weren't so narcissistic and repulsive. As it is, it's beautifully creepy, up there with "Don't Fear the Reaper". Thanks for the fascinating post.

What Acrobat does really well is curation (compilation and documentation). Honest question - what is the actual downside of having a CDr rather than a CD? Asked that before in a different thread, and never got an answer that seemed very compelling.

I don't question that at all! Will be glad to relisten. Thanks for introducing my ears to his music!

Got the Bowden and gave a listen to it. I only like 3 of the 7 cuts, but I REALLY like those three, and they run 35 minutes total, so all good.

I have some Strata-East titles on P-Vine, and they are also pretty wretched.

No official release on the Tapscott that I can find. Count me in for a pre-order if it ever does become available on CD!

Ordered the Bowden off Amazon, $16, but seems like that will be well spent. Here is a youtube link to the entire Tapscott concert, in great sound quality.

Me too!

I find the Dex/McLean a lot friskier than the McLean Montmartre, which was a huge disappointment to me (15 minutes of "Smile" and 19 minutes of "Parker's Moon" from the man who breathed fire on his Blue Note albums).. There were actually two wonderful Left Bank albums, the one shown above and this one. I wouldn't want to be without either of them.

To me, the Doug and Jean Carn CD's are the jewel crowns of the Black Jazz catalog, but it's all at least interesting, some wonderful. It is the only label that I own a complete run of their music (I don't count the 21st Century Doug Carn solo set). I'm less enamored of Tribe on musical and sonic terms. Some interesting music, but some seems awfully indulgent to me. The Marcus Belgrave is my favorite from that label. I admire what both labels were about missionally, and both hold great historic interest. Strata Records (the Kenny Cox label which inspired Strata-East) was also out of Detroit in the same era, and should be in the same conversation, though their catalog was also all over the place, even more than Tribe's, though to me it had more high points than Tribe. YMMV on all of this.

I don't find Pope's leader work all that compelling. Don't like his writing. His work with Max Roach was pretty great.