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I was in my teens and in college, so price was a big one. Blue Notes in a cutout bin were a must buy then (early 70's), became more problematic as the UA era ended up as cutouts. Connect the dots definitely. I knew to spend a dollar on Jimmy Heath's 'The Gap Sealer' because Kenny Barron was on it. Also had a kind, knowlegeable guide who worked as a sales guy at Franklin Music in Plymouth Meeting Mall. He occasionally offered me full credit if I didn't like a record he strongly recommended if I was hesitant. Those included John Handy Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival and Charles Tolliver Live at Slugs. So I was buying Strata-East stuff my first year of collecting the music. I also subscribed to Down Beat almost immediately, and paid attention to that. I avoided "old fashioned" guys like Ellington, Basie, Brubeck, MJQ at first, to my loss. Specially priced 2LP sets, such as the Miles Davis albums of that period, got preferential treatment in my budget.

Actually only went twice. I live in the western suburbs, so Princeton is a long trek, and I wasn't that impressed either time I went. There were a lot of used record places a lot closer to me, with Plastic Fantastic in Bryn Mawr being a favorite.

Be careful what you wish for!

Looking forward to this hopefully being available online or DVD.

Me too, Jerry Gordon magic! Headed down there on the subway every payday when I worked in Center City Philly!

3 ID's! (I identified #'s 4,6,7). This is a GREAT BFT, I do hope more people join in. I know Thom and Bill will.

J.C. Fields was 57 cents for good cutout albums. A store in Philly had cutout Blue Notes and Cobblestones, etc., and everything in the store was a dollar.

https://www.discogs.com/Fats-Navarro-Featured-With-The-Tadd-Dameron-Band/master/305897 https://www.discogs.com/Charlie-Parker-One-Night-In-Birdland/release/2753341

Tiny Grimes, not even close for me. Strata East or Black Jazz? One had higher highs, but lower lows. The other never released a bad album.

There are some Tadd Dameron airships which came out on one of those 1970's Prestige twofers, and those tend to be my Fats go-to. Will post picture and more details when I get home.

Yes, how would he have responded to the sea change in the music half a decade later? Beautifully, I suspect. Stunning artist.

Right in my wheelhouse (I own the entire Ultimate Spinach catalog, first two Strawberry Alarm Clock albums, etc.). What you need to understand is that quad releases did not become common until the early/mid 70's. So the quad release of that legendary 1967 album was done long after the initial release of the album on the poorly distributed Spartacus label. The quad mix was done from the master tapes by a sound engineer who did not understand the subtleties of the group's music, and was more interested in showing off the quad technology than faithfully representing the art of the MGW. As a fold down of that quad mix is the one that is now commonly heard on the 1992 Collectables CD, it is a great disservice to the legacy of that groundbreaking group. A good copy of the original vinyl on Spartacus will set you back a couple of hundred dollars, if you can find it at all, but is well worth it for true fans of this masterwork. The album cover of the original release has also become infamous, not "appreciated" by the 1960's censors, who thought they saw "drug references" a la "Eight Miles High".

I may need to bite the bullet and buy the download.

Any CD release of this?

The Fleetwood Mac is beautifully done, and has a lot of great music on it. 'Then Play On', 'Kiln House', 'Future Games', and 'Bare Trees' are all pretty great, a lot of wonderful Danny Kirwan. And the live CD of the McVie/Welch version of the band is much stronger than any of the remaining studio albums that version released. Money well spent on all three purchases.

Yeah, totally agree, they aren't Muddy and Wolf albums, they're Pete Cosey albums with guest vocals by Muddy and Wolf. They don't hang together at all, but I find the clashing fascinating.

The Moochin' About label has nice box sets of related jazz soundtracks at very low prices.

I actually like that one and the two similar ones by Muddy Waters, but I realize I am well in the minority, and have always been a sucker for 60s "psychedelic" stuff.

That thing cursedly made the top 40 where I lived at the time (Cincinnati), and I had to listen to it on my transistor radio over and over again for a few weeks!

My favorite Tolliver album.

You can also use the track selections from the original 3CD set as a starting point!

Up with edits, price drops, and some titles again available.

Everybody's at their peak during that concert.

Depends on your thoughts about the afterlife.

Just out of curiosity, why do you ask?