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Agreed. would love to hear/have both.

I do, have bought hundreds of cd's from them, no issues.

Released in 1970.

Looking forward to his duet with John Coltrane on "Ascension".

They were awesome for a four year spell a half century ago. This Was/Stand Up/Benefit/Aqualung/Thick as a Brick/Living in the Past was a great run of album releases. Seriously diminishing returns throughout the rest of the 70's, and then it all fell apart at the end of that decade - yet they (he?) keep on keeping on anyways, because what can a poor boy do except to sing in a rock 'n' roll band?

Asha should be next. Amazing artist, fascinating life. True Renaissance man.

There are countless hideous album covers. But as far as being a disservice to the music, the 32jazz reissue of this classic album has always stood out for me: Magnified by the fact that the original cover was a work of beauty:

The Roy Brooks "Understanding" set jumps out from memory. Not sure I discovered much in the way of meaningful new artists or sub-genres. Nothing like a few years ago when the whole Nimbus West world beyond Tapscott opened up to me. Thrilled to have Lloyd McNeill's "Treasures" finally on CD, but I've known that one for 45 years.

Awesome uptown soul by Dionne's younger sister:

Stats say Iglesias lost it in the field last year (his bat was OK). Not sure he's the answer. I love Rizzo, and he should bounce back. Can the Yankees really do both Seager and Rizzo on top of the salaries they already owe? Seager is gonna break the bank. Not sure what my Phillies will do - they're a mess defensively and have no bullpen. Schwarber's bat would help them, but they have no answer in CF, so not sure they can afford his weak glovework in LF. And they also desperately need a SS, and probably a 3B, as well as a bunch of bullpen arms. Congrats the the Braves, for sure.

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I have mostly positive feelings about #2, though I don't like the "squeaky" passage in the head. The clarinet (Buddy DeFranco?) can really play. Sonny Clark on piano? I like #5, though it is an older style of organ playing than I prefer, having more to do with the stops/sound than the style. Track 7 is "In the Mood". Glenn Miller version? #9 is by far my favorite cut. Well done mainstream. The rest really don't translate to my tastes (I am drawn to later styles), though many here will certainly appreciate them. Going from this BFT to my December BFT is gonna cause whiplash! My friend Dan Gould will much prefer this one!

Father of Candy Dulfer, but we won't hold that against him. I've never heard of him until this thread. The time (1971) and personnel are intriguing.

What can I say? I'm a sucker for tuneful British Invasion! "I Think of You" went to #5 in England in 1963, and should have crossed over to US charts in 1964. It and "I'm Alive" by the Hollies (#1 in England in 1965) are two great total misses on the US charts.

That Tyner solo is my favorite part of the performance. Outstanding.

I'm big on Herwig.

BTW, the "Live at the Roundhouse" release is pretty awesome!

Unless you are in PD land:

Did it tell you anything you didn't already know from "In Europe" and "My Funny Valentine/Four and More"?

Interesting on Concord. I didn't find any of their Monterey releases all that compelling. Nothing wrong with them, but nothing particularly special either. Seems like there should have been better choices to be made, especially given some of the landmark releases from there on other labels (John Handy, Mingus, Charles Lloyd, Randy Weston even Bola Sete). But then again, it's Concord, where blandness is always the order of the day.

Comedians often don't translate well across countries, and Sahl's heyday was 60 years ago, so understandable.

Brilliant line. Sahl was 94. I've never actually really heard him. I've made a point of picking up collections of comedians from that era (Lenny Bruce before he melted down, Jonathan Winters, Shelley Berman, Bob Newhart, Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer), but some of interest to me, such as Sahl, Steve Allen, and Dick Gregory have not been well-represented on CD reissues for whatever reason.