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From the original Nuggets set - the best Dylan parody ever!

Great stuff. An original, though in the long run a wasted talent.

The one-est of one hit wonders:

No idea how "Don't Look Back" didn't become a huge hit. Re: QMS - they became a very different group afterwards,with the addition of Nicky Hopkins and then Dino Valente. Some very good cuts, some not so good cuts, but all a whole different bag than the first two albums.

Nobody sounded like John Cipollina. "The Fool" is still absolutely stunning and unique 50+ years later, as is much of the rest of the first album and almost all of the second album. I agree with that. They each brought an important aspect. Yet I never found their live work nearly as compelling as their studio work (and it was very different).

His composing. He had a style. "White Room", "We're Going Wrong", "As You Said", "Deserted Cities of the Heart", "I Feel Free", "NSU".

For that matter, I might argue Felix Pappalardi was the true visionary. I do own a lot more Bruce solo than Clapton solo.

I have always thought of this as one of the basically perfect box sets:

One of my goals is to develop my grandson to be the 1 in 100. So far, he's good with Disco and Motown at 18 months old, but "Kind of Blue" is lost on him. Won't be trying "Ascension" anytime soon.

and that is the collection to own by them

Columbia had Johnny Mathis, "Sing Along With Mitch" , the "West Side Story" original cast and movie soundtrack albums, etc. They were not depending on Miles and Brubeck for survival.

I assume someone like Wilbur Harden on Savoy?

I remember reading somewhere that the initial release of Tina Brooks' "True Blue" sold under 1000 copies, which would certainly explain why his other albums stayed in the can.

Awesome!

They would have outsold Jimmy Smith?

I'm so very in on that one.

Good point on US3. Hand on the Torch was a gold album, sold a LOT of copies. and was a decade before Norah Jones. Yeah, I fact checked myself on that one and edited it even before I saw your comment. Man, seems longer ago than 2002 or whatever on that album.

Those first two albums by her somehow sold nearly 40 million copies combined. I assume that helped extend the classic BN reissue schedule, though I think most of it was already out by then.

Saw him with Alexander at the Philly Art Museum maybe 10 years ago now. Excellent. His solo on the title track of Lee Morgan's "The Gigolo" was an early highlight of my jazz listening, and is forever pleasantly lodged in my consciousness.

"Kick out the jams, mo.. uh,er..brothers and sisters!"

The best parts of their first five albums (and some of the spare tracks) are my favorite music ever. Gene Clark was so underrated, and McGuinn was McGuinn.

Some of the best Mike Bloomfield out there. This one was quite the sensation back in the day (ca. 1968).

BTW, a plug for the Deer Head Inn. Great place to hear music, great Inn to stay at, nice people, incredibly reasonable prices ($120ish for a large, lovely room, you can eat a good sandwich for under $15). And spectacularly gorgeous Bushkill Falls is just a few minutes drive away. And music like this: Saturday, September 28, 7:30 to 10:30 pm, music charge $15 Grammy-Nominated Pianist Lewis Porter with an All-Star Tribute to Coltrane, Mingus, & Monk! Abraham Burton, tenor saxophone; Lewis Porter, piano; Kenny Davis, bass; Michaels Stephans, drums

Then go with Essential, I guess. I wouldn't want to end up with just one Skeeter Davis record and it doesn't have "The End of the World" on it. And "Essential" is, as mentioned, dirt cheap through Amazon. Just now ordered one myself, we can compare notes. If you want something with more cuts and almost certainly far better mastering (Taragon does an amazing job), there's this, but it'll cost ya 3-4 times what Essential will.