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I never could even get into the legendary 'Song Cycle' (tried a few times), and don't consider gems like "sunny down snuff I'm alright by the heroes and villains" to be transcendent lyrics, so I can't conceive... Way too "clever" for his own good.

Beware, I got bit on this. Concord issued a blah (par for them) album by McDuff withe the same title as the earlier Cadet gem. $10 down the toilet:

Agreed, the whole album is really good, including the two shorter (but not short) tracks by Archie Shepp and Karin Krog.

Strong series overall. The Eaton is the only one I've not heard, and the rest are varying degrees of good to great, with the Doug and Jean Carn titles being the crown gems, but lots of others very nice.

+1

Ebay and Discogs both have features where you can see what items actually sold for. I use that rather than the ask price a lot of times for pricing.

It's a really nicely done set (as are all of the ones in the Sony series), and they were dirt cheap when I bought them the first time around, $3-$4 per disc. I bought a ton of them. They always used the best available mastering BTW.

I am not the seller, and do not personally know them, but have bought plenty from them before with good experiences. Several other Harper titles and lots of other great stuff from this seller. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Billy-Harper-Capra-Black-Jazz-CD/265022912452?hash=item3db498b7c4:g:Xj8AAOSwqqBgCkin

My wife and I are eligible, as we are in our late 60's, and are pre-registered, but Pennsylvania and Montgomery County have left us in the lurch as far as what to do next.

+1, I also saw 715 off Al Downing (a very good pitcher) live on TV. Incredible how long he stayed on top of his game. RIP.

I'm sure it's a nice set, but at a price tag north of $100 for 7 CD's, I'm out for the present.

No, it's awesome! My first cat was "Mingus", and our current cat is "Aisha".

Koufax (replaced by Bill Singer), Drysdale, Osteen, Sutton. That works.

That's how they were meant to sound. Overall aural impact, no clarity of specific instruments.

I can't imagine "All Things Must Pass" without the Spector touch. Makes the set for me. And I do love how "Instant Karma" sounds as a record.

Various thoughts on the discussion: 1 - "Hung on You" is not hard to find on 45. It was a surprisingly failed A-side following the two classic Philles hits, but some DJ's flipped it, and the semi-throwaway B-side, a 50's retread they didn't even bother to have Bill Medley sing on, did OK. That was "Unchained Melody". 2 - The climax of "Just Once in My Life" ("I Can't Give You The World" etc.) is probably the most goosebump-inspiring moment in all of music for me. 3 - I am constantly shocked at how "otherworldly" a lot of 50's records sound. Check out something like Bobby Freeman's "Do You Want to Dance" on youtube.

I'm also a stereo guy if originally done that way, but it wasn't.

Essential for any 20th century music collection. Transcendent stuff.

No. Bottom fell out on last two albums. Did well through 2016 though each album sold exponentially less than the one before.

+1

Anyways, back to Phil Spector. Even after Rachelle Short, he still was worth 50 million at death.

Great, groundbreaking musical talent, dispicable human being. It's complicated, isn't it?