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I would suggest people contact Tom and request to get on his mailing list. He has had some great opportunities for us lately.

I think that pretty well explains why I don't listen to much of anything on the pop music front from the last 30 years, don't watch any TV shows (just news and sports), see less than a half dozen new movies each year. Pop Culture sees me as a relic of the past, so that's what I will be.

Yeah, I'm 64, and go through frequent bouts of "I used to know that..." such as with the great Paul Horn cut on #5, sports knowledge, history, passwords, names of people I see in hallways at work (very large company and I've been here 38 years) all sorts of things.

He showed much kindness to me in my early time here.

Right, #5 is "Mr. Bond" from that. Great album!

Yep.

Really, you don't think Miley Cyrus is the Spirit of Woodstock LOL?! That is the Watkins Glen event, which looks really bizarre, a money grab by Michael Lang. Some of the Bethel Woods concerts look good, and the Museum and complex are very nice and well worth seeing (was there in 2017).

Looks to be well worth $39/year. Yes, he does.

Do we know yet when the Left Bank Jazz Society will be opening in San Francisco?

I agree, and was shocked that NOTHING (to my knowledge) was done as far as 50th anniversary issues of that. May be that it wasn't fully recorded, and there wasn't anything else to issue beyond what was issued in 1992 for the 25th anniversary, I guess, though I have a bootlegishy CD of the Airplane's full set there, which has not been officially released. By 1969, after the success of the Monterey documentary, they knew to record everything, To me, some of the best music from Woodstock was less heralded than some of the worst. Johnny Winter, for example, was fantastic there. I have that set on CBS/Sony. Cocker's whole set was good, the Airplane's was fascinating, including a 20 minute "Wooden Ships". Sly's set was excellent. I thought Hendrix was awful there, musically lost, and that CSN were horribly out of tune, like they always have been performing live. For that matter, I thought Hendrix at Monterey was a victory (of sorts) of showmanship, not of music. I know he could burn musically live, as evidenced on things like the Winterland box set, but not so much at those festivals.

I know I'm likely to absorb a good bit of snark for posting this, but also suspect there are others beside me who will find it of interest. Rhino is planning several different size releases of Woodstock material to mark the 50th anniversary. I'm certainly not paying $800 for the 38-disc extravaganza (I would pay an equitable price), but expect to be in for the 10-disc set once it is appropriately discounted by Amazon, ImportCDs, and other online retailors. And my primary interest is in the performances by the "lesser" names that have not previously seen the light of day (Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, expanded Richie Havens, Keef Hartley Band, Sweetwater, etc.). https://theseconddisc.com/2019/05/developing-rhino-celebrates-woodstock-50th-with-massive-complete-38-cd-box-set/ DEVELOPING: Rhino Celebrates Woodstock 50th with Massive, Complete 38-CD Box Set (UPDATED WITH RHINO ORDER LINKS) MAY 8, 2019 BY JOE MARCHESE 11 COMMENTS PRE-ORDER “50TH ANNIVERSARY ARCHIVE” FROM RHINO Rolling Stone has broken the news this morning that Rhino Records is getting back to the garden in a big (make that BIG) way. Woodstock 50 – Back to the Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive, dueAugust 2, will live up to its name as the last word on the legendary festival. This 38CD/1BD set, limited to 1,969 copies, will include every note performed onstage by every act at Yasgur’s Farm over those three days of peace and music, save two tracks by Jimi Hendrix (omitted at the request of his family) and one song from Sha Na Na (which couldn’t be used due to a tape gap). Many of these recordings are being released for the very first time. In total, the set boasts an astounding 432 songs, 267 of them previously unreleased – plus crowd announcements and other “sonic memorabilia” from audience members. A Blu-ray of the director’s cut of Michael Wadleigh’s film is also included. “There have been large boxed sets devoted to particular eras or tours – the Grateful Dead do a great job of that sort of thing – but there’s never, to my knowledge, been an attempt to present a large-scale durational experience of this sort,” Andy Zax, the producer and archivist who co-produced the set with Rhino’s Steve Woolard, told Rolling Stone. “The Woodstock tapes give us a singular opportunity for a kind of sonic time travel, and my intention is to transport people back to 1969. There aren’t many other concerts you could make this argument about.” The box will retail for $799 and will include swag such as a hardbound book by Michael Lang, a replica original program, replica posters, photo prints, a guitar strap, and more, all housed in a screen-printed plywood box with canvas insert. 10CD, 5LP, and 3CD highlights versions will also be released on June 28. Woodstock – Back to the Garden – 50th Anniversary Experience features 162 tracks across 10 CDs and is the first Woodstock collection to feature live recordings of every performer at the festival. This version will be also available via digital download. Woodstock – Back to the Garden – 50th Anniversary Collectioncollects 42 tracks, and will be available on 3 CDs or 5 LPs. And that’s still not all. Vinyl Me Please will have a special 10LP package (due in early August) limited to 1,000 units pressed on tie-dyed-style colored vinyl. This set contains Woodstock Vols. 1, 2, 3 and 4, which haven’t been in print on vinyl since 2009. Get more information here! Visit Rolling Stone for the rest of Andy Zax’s interview about this monumental undertaking. The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive will not be released to general retail, and will be available exclusively through direct to consumer retailers such as Rhino, Woodstock.com, and dead.net. Head to Rhino to pre-order all iterations. Orders placed with Rhino for the big box will include exclusive Dale Saltzman 18×15 lithographs based on banners from the original festival. A complete track listing isn’t currently available for the Archive, but you can find the Experienceand Collection track listings and Rhino’s trailer below! All titles are currently available for pre-order at Rhino.com.

LOL, that's a cold accusation!

#5 has to be a Blue Note cut with Bobby Hutcherson, doesn't it? Having trouble placing it, but I know I am (more accurately have been) familiar with it. Love the rhythm section on it.

Would love to hear that. No idea what Odean Pope sounded like in 1968, first I heard him was with Catalyst about 4-5 years later.

From https://mingusmingusmingus.com/sue-mingus/revenge According to Johnny Coles, a Russian Circus performed in the Salle Wagram just prior to the Mingus Sextet’s engagement, and the stage was still extremely high off the ground. (Coles actually counted 22 steps from the ground floor before the concert.) He says that after playing a solo early in the set he started to feel a severe pain in his sides. When the pain became unbearable he headed across the stage, walked through the curtain and “fell down all those steps. I never even got a dent in my horn when I hit bottom!” The actress Mae Mercer took him first to a French hospital which refused him because, as they said, “he didn’t speak French.” They went on to the American Clinic at Neuilly where he was finally admitted. He stayed in the room Louis Armstrong once occupied and was attended by the same doctor. Three days later when he woke up, the operating physician greeted him. “It’s nice to see you alive,” he said. “If you’d come to the hospital five minutes later I wouldn’t be talking to you.” The tour continued without Johnny Coles, although his trumpet was placed on an empty chair on stage each night, in tribute. Coles can be heard here on the only complete tune he played, “So Long Eric.”

Seems like they were in a different city every few days, considering the huge amount of live recordings in a very short period of time.

This is that point:

I have several hundred vinyl LP's that no longer have use to me (mainly replaced by CD). I have never really sold vinyl, so cannot quickly grade and price all of them. I am going to list out the Blue Notes and some of the other desirable labels, and if you have interest, please IM me, and we most likely should be able to work something out, either likely a sale or possibly a trade for CD's. I will describe condition when you contact me, All were good enough that they were in my collection, though most were purchased used. I am motivated to move these out, so will not be tough on pricing, though I want the exchange to be fair. Thanks. Note that I have what appear to be almost complete LP runs of the Maynard Ferguson Columbia Catalog and the Chuck Mangione A&M catalog in basically mint condition. These were given to me by our next door neighbor who received them from an estate. Let me know if interested in any, but I don’t want to take the time to list them if there is no interest. Galaxy Pepper ,Art – Maiden Voyage Sessions, Vol. 3 Fantasy Pepper .Art – Art Lives CTI Sebesky ,Don – Giant Box (2 LP) Trip Bley ,Paul – Mr. Joy Morgan ,Lee – Live Sessions (2 LP) Prestige Charles Mingus – Great Concert of (3 LP) DeJohnette ,Jack – Cosmic Chicken Mercury Mangione ,Chuck – Alive Mangione ,Chuck – Friends and Love (2 LP) Capricorn Henderson ,Eddie – Inside Out Henderson ,Eddie – Realization Fabri Editoria Rivers ,Sam – The Quest Lotus Blakey ,Art – Art’s Break West 54 Waldron ,Mal – Left Alone Live Criss Cross Garrett ,Kenny – Introducing Affinity Moncur ,Grachan – New Africa Decca Quartet Tres Bien – Stepping Out Limelight Blakey ,Art – ‘S Make It April Embryo – Live Capitol Adderley ,Cannonball – Live! Honeydew Jones ,Elvin – Skyscrapers,Vol. 2 Embryo Zoller ,Attila – Gypsy Cry America Jazz & Blues Blakey ,Art – Live at Bubba’s Gryphon Hayes ,Louis – Variety is the Spice of Life Landmark Heath ,Jimmy – New Picture Catalyst Waldron ,Mal/Gary Peacock – First Encounter Blakey ,Art – Jazz Messengers ‘70 Doctor Jazz Barbieri ,Gato – Apasianado Warner Brothers Coltrane, Alice – Transfiguration (2 LP) Vanguard Moody ,James – Sun Journey MGM Woods ,Phil – At Montreux Antilles Brackeen ,Joanne – Special Identity Palo Alto Tyner ,McCoy – Just Feelin’ Contemporary Cables ,George – Cables Vision Black Hawk Leaders – Mudfoot Elektra Musician Freeman ,Chico - Tangents Tyner ,McCoy – Dimensions Verve Gillespie ,Dizzy – An Electrifying Evening MPS Peterson, Hannibal Marvin – Hannibal Russell ,George/Don Cherry – At Beethoven Hall (2 LP) RCA Blakey ,Art – And the All-Star Jazz Messengers Horo Richmond ,Dannie – Jazz a Confronto Red Watson ,Bobby – Appointment in Milano Sun Shepp ,Archie – Parisian Concert, Vol. 1 Pausa Weston ,Randy – Randy Weston Theresa Williams ,Bishop Norman/Pepper Adams – One for Bird Solid State Stieg ,Jeremy – Legwork New World Ford ,Ricky – Loxodonta Africana Taylor ,Cecil – Unit Ala Gillespie ,Dizzy – Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival Happy Bird Corea ,Chick – La Fiesta United Artists Davis ,Miles – Miles Davis (2 LP) Applause Blakey ,Art – Witch Doctor Donaldson ,Lou – Midnight Creeper Hancock ,Herbie – Inventions and Dimensions Rollins ,Sonny – Newk’s Time

I suspect Mingus likely had several of those (such as the Toshiko Akiyoshi/Jimmy Knepper incident), but this one would likely take the prize. Courtesy of Wikipedia: Mingus' temper was notoriously bad, and he twice hit Knepper. Once, while onstage at a memorial concert in Philadelphia, Mingus reportedly attempted to crush the hands of his pianist, Toshiko Akiyoshi, with the instrument's keyboard cover, then punched Knepper. Later, Mingus reportedly punched Knepper in the mouth while the two men were working together at Mingus's apartment on a score for Epitaph, in preparation for what became his disastrous concert at New York Town Hall, on October 12, 1962. The blow broke one of Knepper's teeth, ruined his embouchure and resulted in the loss of the top octave of his range on the trombone for almost two years. This attack ended their working relationship and Knepper was unable to perform at the concert. Charged with assault, Mingus appeared in court in January 1963 and was given a suspended sentence. According to his daughter, Robin, Mingus also later mailed heroin to Knepper's home, and made an anonymous phone call to the police. A little girl at the time, she remembers the police questioning her father after the mailman delivered the package.[3] Nevertheless, in the 1970s, the two eventually reconciled thoroughly enough to play together in concert and on at least one of Mingus' last albums.

great stuff. I especially love the Harper, of course!

Found a loving home for these gems

Understood, LOL, thanks! I paid for a download from Amazon, $4.98. Hate doing that, but made an exception for this great album.

Agreed. they are stunning!