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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.

I'd definitely start here:

My friend is paying 4.2%

Very underrated album

Agreed, but part of the problem is the default rate on student loans, though the multiple causes of that (some environmental, some self-inflicted) is a whole other loooong discussion. Does DOE consolidate private loans, or just federal loans? She only has one federal loan, the rest are private.

I did, corrected now, thanks!

We are friends with a young woman who just graduated college in May, and has close to $100K of college loans outstanding, 70% of them being private as opposed to federal. She is working full-time as an RN, but is not yet financially secure in any sense, as she has all of the expected life start-up costs as well as the school loans. She is seeking advice on how to best go about consolidating the loans, especially the private ones, to both lower the interest rates (ranging from 8% to 10.5%) and to significantly lower the monthly payments. My daughter works at a credit union, and her manager recommended lendkey.com. Anyone here have any knowledge of/experience with them? Any other advice you can offer? Post here, PM, or email me at john.felser@verizon.net. Thanks for any help you can give!

Agreed