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I bought a bunch of their Strata Records reissues, plus the Mingus 5 disc set several years ago, and had no problem getting them at reasonable prices from domestic sellers. I think the Mingus set was even from Amazon. I'm in for the Waldron/Hino, and intrigued by a Shamek Farrah live disc I see on their website.

Book is billed as being cover art, so truth in advertising there anyways. JJ-Book-Final_Frontcover.avif

We had a great Tower Records on South Street in center city Philadelphia. Three stories tall, plus separate annexes across the street for Classical and for books/movies. Jazz was on the top floor of the main store. I remember waiting breathlessly for the annual "all-label sale" plus each thrilling Blue Note reissue batch of CD releases. Pre-and-early internet age, so you could walk in and find things you never knew existed. They also later built one less than a mile from my house in King of Prussia right after I got married and bought our house, and that was so great to stop in weekly on the way home from work, get the new Pulse! magazine, and browse the bins. The heartbreak came when they hit financial difficulty due to their botched international expansion and changed their philosophy to stock and price just like any other blah suburban music chain store (new Britney Spears for $17.99, but no great new jazz reissues to be had) and stopped publishing Pulse! . The store instantly became worthless to me. By the time they physically closed the store, I hadn't visited there in many months, maybe even a couple years (I don't exactly remember).

Don Pullen. He's really good on this and it's followup, Shakill's II:

Philly Joe's Beat had domestic CD reissue on this useful Collectables set in 1999:

How are donations for 2023?

No, seem to be same takes.

The two 'Newport Rebels' tracks which MIngus did not play on (Peck Morrison did): 2-7 Cliff Walk 9:41 2-8 T'Aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do 7:14

Mosaic contents + 2 additional tracks. 1/5 the price.

Petula Clark LP Collection Volume 1 (4 LP's, starting with 'Downtown'). Sublime. Her hits were great, and I often prefer her "filler" version cuts of current hits to the originals by other artists.

I also own that one, very well done.

Alright then, my promise to myself for my 2024 BFT! :

Still collecting that deferred money every year through 2035. Actually getting checks from both the Mets and the Orioles every year though 2028, then just the Mets.

Did anyone really think Ohtani end up with any team other than the Dodgers?

Picked up a bunch of Black Jazz titles from the Real Gone annual sale. Already had them all in older CD versions, but glad for the upgrades.

'Homecoming' , best thing I've ever heard by Daniels. A surprise keeper for me.

That's actually my very favorite Miles album

New Years Eve Day, Dec. 31, though 10 of the 12 cuts have been ID'd at this point. Only #3 (with that mystery vibes player) and #10 are still unidentified.

I would think so. That is the original album cover, and Black Jazz was a legit label that did not cut corners. Here's the cover of his other album for that label.

R.I.P. interesting career, good connections!

Leadoff cut on my BFT 213 two years ago! And that Brass Construction track is another winner!

I often buy CD's in batches to save on shipping, so it can take me a while to get to them, but I play the whole disc if it's one I'm going to keep (I will bail on some cheap used ones which were musical "lottery tickets" if I decide I'll be movng it along). Streaming, I am generally just going to youtube for a single track I am in the mood to hear, or to sample something specific I haven't heard and am curious about. I don't borrow discs from the library (outmoded by streaming) and don't pay for downloads (have bought, I think, three downloads ever).