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What is this one? Don't recognize it.

Me too. Amazing how staid Grace's appearance is compared to Woodstock but they sound great. The unreleased disc gives a better sense of the breadth of the festival acts.

I agree they have some interesting stuff, and ordered from them in the past, but ultimately came to the conclusion several years ago that the reward wasn't worth the time/effort. Will look at the new site format.

It's a great set. Much of the held-back footage is better than much of what is in the movie. Though the Big Brother "Ball and Chain" will always be the apex for me.

I've always liked them a lot, both studio and live. Mike Ratledge sounded like no one else. Their first album is very good for what it is, but is a rock album with Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayers out front (though Ratledge gets to do his thing very well). Hugh Hopper replacing Ayers pushed them in more of a jazz-rock hybrid direction, and the addition of Elton Dean and the other horn players on Third did so even more. 2-4 are a peak (4 is my personal favorite), and Bundles, with Allan Holdsworth, is another peak, but all of their albums from the first one through Live in Paris are well worthwhile. I like their live stuff quite a bit when the sound quaility is up to snuff, and find it to be something very different than Weather Report/Miles Davis.

Eventually, all things converge into one. I agree that Butterfield was the superior musician, though Mayall was quite a bandleader and talent scout. We maybe don't have Fleetwood Mac, Cream, or Colosseum without him, and the Rolling Stones maybe don't have their best guitar player without him. Though we also don't have Mark-Almond without him, so it's a mixed scorecard . Their cultural impacts were very parallel in the US and UK, for sure.

I like New Violin Summit quite a bit, with Ponty, Sugarcane Harris, and Michael Urbaniak. Have never heard the 1966 Summit.

'Circle in the Round' can be easily found on CD for under $10. 'Directions' is the tough one. https://www.ebay.com/sch/176984/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=miles+davis+circle+in+the+round&_sop=15 https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?sort=price%2Casc&limit=25&master_id=62333&ev=mb&format=CD

LOL!

Yes, "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" also changed everything. So did "Eight Miles High" and "Whiter Shade of Pale". But the track "East-West" isn't blues at all, it's psychedelic rock with amazing Mike Bloomfield guitar. THAT's what I was addressing. Not to deny or shortchange Butterfield's blues work, which was magnificent, or the wonderful rock/blues/soul/jazz hybrid he finished out the decade doing.

Yes, sheer hyperbole, but a useful shortcut in place of a drawn out analysis which I would write poorly. But it was definitely a landmark.

This track changed everything:

The PD Real Gone changed their name to "Reel to Reel" about a year ago, and have been republishing their sets under that label name with a different artwork design. First picture is the design they used as "Real Gone", second is the one they use as Reel to Reel. And that is for their jazz releases - their pop releases used different designs yet. And they've gotten much better with their sound, are light years ahead of Not Now, but nonetheless, they are a PD label, as discussed ad nauseum through the years here.

Based on a tip from superdeluxeedition.com, I pre-ordered this from amazon.ca (Canada) today, $48.29 including shipping for the 13-CD set. Would have been $70.38 from amazon.com. https://www.amazon.ca/Complete-Fontana-Albums-1961-1969-11CD/dp/B07XK9WDSY/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tubby+hayes+complete+fontana&qid=1576688780&s=music&sr=1-1

Me too.

True, but Sebesky was very good, even great, at what he did, and the label fell a long way when he left.

Agreed. Agreed, though 'Beyond The Blue Horizon' is an absolute monster of a record, shows what he was capable of.

Absolutely would not keep the boxes, have sold many through the years as I was able to replace them with individual CD's. I'm not a fan of the Mosaic format, and have meaningful but finite space for my collection, and meaningful but finite money to tie up in it!

I agree. 'Farrell and Benson' is a looong way down from 'Outback'.

In addition to the individual BN CD's, I own the McLean Mosaic for one album, the Mosaic Thad Jones for one album, the Mosaic Stanley Turrentine for one album, the Mosaic Elvin Jones for two albums, and the Mosaic Lou Donaldson for two or three albums, so I get it to that degree. Hoping the Japanese will eventually enable me to pick up the individual titles and pass these boxes along. I know Don Was isn't gonna come to my rescue.

Five excellent Farrell CTI CD's for $13. Or the BGO reissues cost a little more per album, but offer superior remastering and packaging/liner notes. 'Skateboard Park' is also a goodun, in addition to the CTI's. https://www.ebay.com/itm/JOE-FARRELL-ORIGINAL-ALBUM-CLASSICS-SLIPCASE-NEW-CD/381450592290?epid=232012953&hash=item58d03a2022:g:I6UAAOSw9z1b5YQX

Ooh, I want those! Edit: but not at the going prices ($30-$100 each). Looks like they commenced for 1957 and were published annually for at least eight years.

Not appearing for me, either.