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Well, you got two more participants than I did last December 😞. These are a labor of love, disdained by the masses. I greatly appreciated your BFT and hope you will continue.

As perfect a box set as you could imagine.

Me too, that show is supposed to be legendary.

Agreed, a combination of the car players and transporting CD's can cause damage to the disks. I burn CD-R's of what I want, and play those in the car.

Will be interested to see if there is really different new material, or just "versions".

Not sure if anyone interested at this late date, but I have the following VHS tapes to give away. PM if you want any. Free shipping in USA, at cost overseas. Feel free to ask for multiples, I just want to find a home for them: Charles Mingus - Triumph of the Underdog John Abercrombie and Andy Laverne - In concert Charles Mingus - Sextet Live in Oslo 1964 Yes - House of Yes Grateful Dead - Ticket To New Year's (Oakland Coliseum 1987) Woodstock 94 Chick Corea - Akoustic Band Alive

All that is new to me!

Agreed on 'Take Twelve', and the same for the Vee Jay's, but I like 'Leeway' quite a bit.

I'll semi-hijack this thread then. Larry, I've been reading your book here and there, and found your analysis of the Miles/Tony Williams dynamic (also on the Filles De Kilimanjaro reissue liner notes to be absolutely fascinating! Had never thought of it that way, but you are right, and the part about the Lost Quintet was also illuminating.

No love lost for Marsalis's past 30-35 years here, especially considering his first high-profile gig (where he did the best music of his career):

Yep, that's one of my 12 presets. Beatles, Springsteen, Petty, 60's, 70's, Classic Vinyl, Classic Rewind, First Wave, Soul Town, The Bridge, Deep Tracks are the other 11.

They did some really good cuts early on - "Incense and Peppermints" and "Tomorrow" of course, and also some of the album cuts like "The World's On Fire", "Black Butter", and "Paxton's Back Street Carnival". And I much prefer their "Good Morning Starshine" (from 'Hair') to the hit version by Oliver. They also had a lot of junk and filler on their albums. Interesting group, and Ed King went on to Lynyrd Skynyrd, which I would not have expected.

I think you're right on Sirius/XM and the repetition. Not sure I'm in for the long haul, but enjoying it now on the 15 months of intro rates. We just bought a car, and I had to specifically shop for one with a CD players (2017 Honda Accord - that was the last year CD players were standard in them). My wife would not be without the CD player, and I'm glad to have it.

How is the sound quality? I lived in Huntsville, Alabama 1965-1967, so I also never heard some of those at the time. Especially conspicuous in its absence was "Eve of Destruction", which had been a #1 song nationally, and my 11-year old self, permanently attached to a transistor radio, didn't know it existed. But they weren't gonna play lyrics like "Talk About the Hate There Is in Red China, then take a look around to Selma, Alabama". I know I heard AM&J a lot, as I was in Cincinnati by then (it was a huge hit there), but don't think I heard the other three during their chart runs. All great records. Agreed on the song selection (perfect) and the sound (atrocious) on that one. I don't need the Soul Stirrers material beyond what is on 'Portrait of a Legend', but own the other three titles. Not sure I need to keep 'The Man Who Invented Soul', but glad to have listened to it. 'Keep Movin On' and 'Portrait of a Legend' are permanent keepers, and perfect complements to each other.

Sirius/XM. Flip through my 12 preset stations in search of the perfect song for the moment or some gem I'm not familiar with. Before that, I used to burn CD's of favorite cuts by an artist and play those. I have a 20 minute commute to/from work.

That is the case with a lot of the cuts recorded in the last year or so of his life. Here's the best way to get them: My favorite by him is the immortal "A Change Is Gonna Come", though I also like a lot of the hits such as "Wonderful World", "Chain Gang", "Twistin' the Night Away", "Havin' A Party", "Cupid", "Shake".

It has its ragged charms ("Here Comes The Night", "I Was Made To Love Her"),. and "Darlin" is pretty great, but it's no 'Pet Sounds' for sure, and is really very slight (both album sides run right at 12 minutes each). I own it and am glad I do, and play it and their other albums from 'Smiley Smile' through 'Holland' often enough (and play 'Today', 'Summer Days and Summer Nights', and 'Pet Sounds' a lot more).

A Desert Island disc for me. Incredible album.

Blew my mind when I first heard this one and 'Bless The Weather' in college.

Loved them, especially the classic first album.

Though with song titles like "In Lust We Trust", he's clearly a deep cerebral philosophic thinker. Maybe the new Dylan or something.

This Rockpalast CD/DVD series is amazing. Great sound quality, inspired performances, and very inexpensive.

And they've always been fine for on Amazon.com, have used them as a secondary source for years. They are a major seller, over 700,000 feedbacks on Amazon.