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I bought and read the Cole book back in the 70's. You got what you could find when you found it back then. Cole is hardly the only person who was jarred by 'On The Corner' and some of the other Miles releases of that time. I was quite dismayed by it then, and while I've been able to make my peace with it over the decades, I still prefer both what came before and what came immediately after. A lot of his releases back then were puzzling, with no personnel listings, different cuts from different years (we now know) etc. The one that was really a breath of fresh air for me then was 'Get Up With It'. For whatever reason, I took to that one immediately. I also did OK with 'Big Fun' , which came out right before that.

I look forward to checking it out - thanks for sharing!

I'm not sold on the bossa nova titles he did in the 60's, but the rest (the ones I've heard) are pretty fabulous. Wish they were more readily available, and less expensive. So much music, so little time and money...

CDJapan shows a lot of low-priced reissues from Flying Dutchman and other labels coming July 24. Nothing earth-shaking at this late date, but some nice, reasonable obscure titles for under $10 each. See link below, towards the bottom of the first page, then the second page. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/release/music/jazz-fusion/month/2019/07?periods=3

Patrice Rushen is quite a talented and interesting musician, from those teenage albums on Prestige up to the present. Very convincing for both jazz and R&B.

Ordered the Tingen book. Another $9.50 shipped. This is getting to be an expensive thread for me!

Thanks, just ordered #4, which looks really good with the Mick Rogers version of the Earth Band, which I greatly prefer to the latter Chris Thompson version. #3 looks too strange to me with all the film fragments, etc. Can't buy/own everything.

Just ordered the reader and companion books recommended by Jim. $17 shipped for 4 books now (those two, the Chambers and the Szwed). Gotta love the internet!

I was underwhelmed by Cook's Blue Note book when I read it several years ago. Is this better?

I've just ordered used copies of the Chambers and the Szwed books (cost me $4 each, so not a big indulgence), look forward to seeing them. Thanks to all for the suggestions.

I am too, relatively speaking, so good fit for me.

Is the Chambers biography the one I should be reading rather than the Troupe book? BTW, I read "The Making of Kind of Blue" by Ashley Kahn recently, and enjoyed it quite a bit, probably more for what it offered on the process of making and marketing the album than for anything it revealed about Miles or the other musicians. The photography and layout were also very attractive.

Is the Troupe a good read? I have had it for years after picking it up as a remainder, but have never gotten around to reading it.

The extra tracks make it much stronger than the original 2 LP release. Flows much better. Still pass over "Moby Dick" every time. Life's too short to waste on rock drum solos.

Wonder if our younger board members even recognized the thing, a "typewriter". I've had 30-somethings who have no idea what this is. BTW, it's to play these:

I'd enjoy having it if not already taken.

@Teasing the Korean Very interesting back story. Thank you for sharing it. The context added greatly to the thread.

and he's typing left-handed while holding a cigarette. Would make a good dream sequence...

I enjoyed their monthly catalogs and some of their reissues. I usually dropped about 100-150 on them during their annual January sales

Percy Sledge - The Atlantic Recordings box set:

Why would they buy a Resonance Wes, rather than, say

I agree that 98.5 is not good for a domestic seller. I tend to look for domestic sellers over 99.5. Importcds is 99.6 over the past 12 months. Interestingly, some of the worst performance comes from the big UK-based sellers,and I'm happy to find one of them running at 95% at any given time. The absolute worst is Momox out of Germany, 1/4 of the time their stuff never shows up or comes incredibly late. Domestically, Decluttr is the worst. The stuff comes on time, but you can never trust that they have graded condition properly or that they are sending the complete set or correct version (I'm not convinced they ever examine the discs inside the CD case. I'll buy from Momox or Decluttr only if the savings is outstanding compared to other sellers.

Just saw this in a new releases column (theseconddisc.com). Do not understand who would buy these discs. Only the Truly Converted are going to buy Resonance issues, and only the Merely Curious buy jazz best-of's. What (if anything) am I missing?

I've never had a problem with moviemars, have ordered probably 100 items (CD's/DVD's) from them over the years. I have had minimal (like 2 or 3) issues with importcds, always immediately acknowledged and addressed by them, and I'm sure I've probably ordered 1000 CD's from them, and they remain my go-to, either from ebay (best to bundle small items for their 20% offers) or directly from their web site (best for large items of $25 or more). I also did well with caiman.com back in the day. I guess we each have our own experiences, and understandably shape those into a narrative. USPS can make me crazy at times, but it all almost always works out with a little patience. Tell you who really makes me crazy, is US Customs, who sit on packages for a week.

Looking forward to picking up that one in my next importcds batch!