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Blakey (twice), McPartland, Rollins (twice). I was scheduled to see Dizzy at Penn's Landing in 1992, but he was ill, and the band functioned as a tribute band instead. Still remember the trumpet section - Jon Faddis and Freddie Hubbard, who were egging each other on, and Wynton Marsalis, who was having none of it.

That's a great set of music.

Thanks, I have a fair amount of Hoodoo Gurus early work. Have heard the others, but never really dove in, and I will explore more fully.

Checked them out and really like them - much of their catalog is on the way to my mailbox, thanks!

Sort of a tricky question because I use those sets as fillers for items I don't want to shell out bigger bucks on. In pure muslcal terms for rock, I would choose things like the Byrds, the Jefferson Airplane, etc, but I have that music in nicer configurations. Same with jazz, of course somethng like the Coltrane is great, but I love the "Heavyweight Champion" box, so don't have any use for the OAS set. I buy these sets for things like Jean-Luc Ponty Atlantic albums, Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Band, Tower of Power, Bad Company, etc.

I've revisited a few times through the years, and it's always left me cold in general. I find the loft scene music a lot more to my tastes. My tastes are also broader than they were in the past, but they aren't universal.

Thanks, yes, I have followed the adventures of Holsapple and Stamey for decades, and have the core Db's music. The "No Wave" stuff sort of sounds like the antithesis of Richard Barone. I can check it out on youtube, I imagine.

The strings are reversed. Not as strange as this, though.

Fair enough.

Not sure why the ENJA LP is being used to refute comments about the Honeydew content. I own the ENJA CD and like it fine. And Honeydew Vol. 1 is 60% drum solos, so not sure how the comments become hyperbole.

I'm getting old enough that I figured I had better finish out the two remaining genres I always meant to go back and explore in more depth, 70's Soul/Funk/Disco and Late 70'sEarly 80's Power Pop/New Wave. In the latter, I have come across Richard Barone, who does music of great beauty. His group the Bongos were apparently the pop kings of Hoboken, and garnered some early MTV play. I started with the greatly expanded CD version of their initial "Drums Along The Hudson" album, which then led me to his solo work, and back to the pricey followup Bongos albums (which I have on order). I find his work stunning, it just grabs me emotionally. Any other fans? Any other groups I should be aware of from that era, since I like him/them so much?

Apparently, Dale played the trumpet piece himself, and was reasonably accomplished on the instrument.

For the uninitiated. The Dick Dale version is both a great piece of music and a cultural touchstone. The Bbby Fuller version is just freaking jaw-dropping. What a loss he was, gone at 23 under such strange circumstances. Much more to him than "I Fought The Law" (though even that alone would have made him memorable). RIP.

As Late mentioned, I remember these being largely taken up with loooong drum solos. Works for Late, doesn't really work for me. YMMV. I agree with all the other descriptions above. But I would buy a CD set of them and skip the drum solos.

I'm fine on there. Can you just check out as a guest using paypal?

You should get that Big Star box. $25-30 for four full CD's, interesting stuff.

Tom, all hard stuff. Obviously, your dad would benefit from living in an assisted-living situation at this point, but I assume he is resisting that. And I understand that resistance for sure. Probably a home health worker who would visit daily coupled with a monitoring/alerting system such as lifecall may help. Of course, you want to be VERY careful about contracting home health care workers for safety (physical and financial) sake. We lived through this with my in-law's through each of their ends-of-life. There are no simple answers. Much depends on the financial situation. So sorry you have to carry this alone. My parents are aging (89 and 85) and live on their own, but I have four siblings/step-sibling, and am probably considered 3rd or 4th in the pecking order of who should be primarily involved (though we all try to share it). I'm sure others will have plenty to share as far as both suggestions and their own experiences.

Not sure they would - they got played once a week. How often was "Be My Baby" being played in 1963? Every hour on every station, I would think.

Love their early stuff - Chris Cacavas rules! Desperately in need of a good anthology. Cherry Red and Omnivore, are you listening?

No doubt he is the most HEARD drummer ever. Multiply # of tracks by # of plays per each track by # of listeners to each play. One play of "Be My Baby" on WABC or WINS or KRLA in 1963 had an insane # of listeners compared to those who have heard any given Billy Higgins performance.

It sort of did. Her greatest album ever, "One for Me" on Strata-East, never made it to CD.

A vinyl cutout of Constellation ca. 1974 was my introduction to Stitt.