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Art Pepper ‎– The Complete Galaxy Recordings Label: Galaxy ‎– GCD-1016-2 Format: Box Set 16 × CD, Compilation Country: Germany Released: 1989 Genre: Jazz Style: Bop, Cool Jazz, Contemporary Jazz Tracklist 1-1 Miss Who? 4:42 1-2 Mambo Koyama 6:39 1-3 Lover Come Back To Me 6:51 1-4 Patricia 10:23 1-5 These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) 5:42 1-6 Chris's Blues 3:50 1-7 Over The Rainbow 8:46 1-8 Yardbird Suite 5:15 1-9 I Love You 4:32 1-10 Pepper Pot 6:39 1-11 These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (Alternate) 5:51 2-1 Over The Rainbow (Alternate) 9:04 2-2 Straight, No Chaser (Alternate) 5:54 2-3 Straight, No Chaser 6:17 2-4 Yesterdays 8:09 2-5 A Night In Tunisia 9:40 2-6 A Night In Tunisia (Alternate) 9:42 2-7 Diane 12:10 2-8 My Friend John 9:38 3-1 Duo Blues 7:49 3-2 Blues For Blanche (Alternate) 7:24 3-3 Landscape 9:23 3-4 Stardust 10:26 3-5 Donna Lee 5:52 3-6 Donna Lee (Alternate) 6:09 3-7 Blues For Blanche (Alternate B) 8:11 3-8 Blues For Blanche 6:42 3-9 So In Love 11:28 4-1 Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) 5:38 4-2 Body And Soul 4:34 4-3 You Can Go To My Head 5:57 4-4 Tin Tin Deo 10:58 4-5 Stardust (Alternate) 8:37 4-6 Anthropology 6:31 4-7 In A Mellow Tone 8:30 4-8 Desafinado 7:58 4-9 My Friend John 7:42 4-10 My Friend John (Alternate) 7:18

I second that evaluation.

I got it from a store in Ann Arbor on a business trip in 1993, right after I got married. It had been traded in, they didn't know what to do with it, sold it to me for like $125. I jumped at the opportunity, even though I couldn't really afford it, having just bought a house and paid for a wedding. Just felt I also couldn't afford to pass on it. Have never regretted it.

I just checked, and it is all on the Complete Galaxy Box, discs 2-4. This new release may (or may not) have better mastering, as that box is 30 years old.

If I'm reading the discography correctly, looks like all of it would be on the Complete Galaxy box (assuming that contains GXY-5148 and GXY-5154). I own that box, so don't need this. I want to put in a good word here for Omnivore Records, who have done exemplary work in their rock reissues of The Dream Syndicate, Game Theory, and others.

Great box. The concert DVD is spectacular, well worth the price alone.

Sounds like a good show. I listened to sample of new album. The singer is not my thing, but I can understand that they are playing honest music on it, hope to pick it up for a fuller hearing some day.

Who was/were the vocalist(s) for the live show?

True. Where possible, I have sold off those sets and bought individual CD's once they were available (still waiting for one Stanley Turrentine title, one Elvin Jones title and a few Lou Donaldson titles to free up those boxes). But I owned a LOT of Mosaic sets 25 years ago, and was so thankful that the material was made available. I never would have dreamed I would someday easily own something like the complete works of Tina Brooks. Figured I would go to the grave without ever hearing things like his 'True Blue' and McLean's 'A Fickle Sonance'.

Agreed, Sebesky did that sort of thing better than anyone, and I enjoy those CTI albums, with Sunflower being one of the best along with Hubbard's First Light and some others.

Mine, too!

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I have it, got it at a really good price, but I wish it was smaller, as I don't see myself ever playing half of it again. But things like the Dizzy Reece and Ronnie Mathews are pretty great.

USPS has their best people trying to track down my package and get it to me:

Santana has (at least) 20 years of dross weighing down his reputation, including several "meaningful" releases that weren't. I doubt skepticism about this particular release is limited to the Organissimo "Old Boys Club" (our latest annual picture below):

Glad they used that cover and not this one:

In the case of the Marion Brown, looks like you get the Marion Brown Quartet album except for one short cut, and half of the Juba-Lee album. When will companies learn that people like us buy full albums, not cuts from albums? And who else would be a market for this? Assume the Ayler takes the same approach, but didn't bother to research.

I wouldn't mind hearing it, but that's different than buying it first. I'll have to check out some of the youtube clips. But as far is one of his best EVER - really? This is the guy who did 'Caravanserai' and 'Lotus' and the brilliant first three albums and 'Borboletta'. It measures up to those?

On Concord? More likely to get "Chick Corea Plays for Lovers" 34 minute anthology. Gayle Moran has always been painful for me to listen to. So ethereal...

It's a goodun.

#1 seems plenty familiar. Obciously an older cut from the length and fidelity, but the sax player does not sound old-fashioned to me. #2 I identified. #3 is that great "Pithecanthropus Erectus" that I look forward to the ID on #4 is was discussed earlier. Good, but does not knock me out. I would guess it is a trumpet player older than Hubbard? #5 is certainly of interest to me, but I'm not placing it. Less than stellar sound quality, but great feeling in the performance. 60's-70s, recorded overseas by expatriates? #6 is wonderful, I am not placing it, look forward to the reveal. #7 builds beautifully, has amazing trumpet playing. Surely I must own this? It is the pick of the BFT for me, as good as the other cuts are. I have hopes of ID'ing this yet. #8 I identified. Strozier and Mabern shine on this fine re-imagining of the Marvin Gaye masterpiece. #9 is right in my wheelhouse. I also imagine I own this, and hope to ID it yet. #10 is really good, does not sound familiar. Compelling sound and good soloists #11 is very well-played, though it doesn't knock me out. #12 another one I surely own and need to ID. Tip of my tongue, and quite wonderful. Thanks Thom, this BFT is a joy and a gift that will keep on giving throughout the month. I am challenging myself to ID #7,#9 and #12, and certainly looking forward to the ID's on #3, #5, #6, and #10.

I recommend that Michael Cosmic set, especially at that price.

Well, #2 and #8, different as they sound, are both from this same excellent album , cuts B-2 and A-4 respectively. Frank Strozier - that is one underrated alto player there. The pianist, Harold Mabern, gave it away for me, he's immediately recognizable (and wonderful). I have the album, but wonder how many people are even aware of it.