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Thanks to all, sound like great suggestions, and I will investigate. Yes, my interest is definitely prior to 1975. Fusion was mostaly a formulaic mess by then, was incredibly exciting at times 3-5 years earlier.

So I really love the late 60's/early 70's Terumasa Hino stuff, and now have totally fallen for the Masabumi Kikuchi albums from the same period. What related recordings would I really like that might be reasonably available and reasonably priced?

Does not play the tracks on my work PC. I'll try on my home PC later today. OK, second time in it did start playing tracks. But I had waited 15-20 seconds the first time in, so I guess I am hitting whatever issue Dan hit.

Pm sent on the Lake and Lacy sets.

"Can't Hide Love" might be, also! I still listen to EWF a LOT, as much as I listen to any jazz artist. And Charles Stepney - yeah. 'Peace' by the Rotary Connection gets played in full while I decorate the Christmas Tree every year.

Yes, happy birthday my friend, have a great one. Thanks for all you do for us!

So sorry to hear that. His music added so much to so many lives.

I'm also in the "adept but rather generic" camp - except for "Can't Hide Love" from the 'Workin' album, a live organ trio with Kyle Koehler and Cecil Brooks III, which has always knocked me out. Released under Braden's name, but I would bet it was Brooks' gig (he is listed as the producer). I never avoid anything when I see Braden's name, I've never seen him live.

Really? Always thought "Jingo" and "Oye Como Va" were literary gems " It is sort of weird to hear 68 year old Gregg Rolie talking about partying down, but the thing SOUNDS good. You're totally right of course, sound always was the point. This one works fine for me. Won't replace the first 5 years of their albums, but I do want to hear it.

Gave it a listen. It will sound great on a car radio.

Lloyd's 2015 album, 'Wild Man Dance', is spectacular. I've never been able to see him live. He played at a community college near my house one time, and I was set to go, but something (don't remember what) happened to nix it, and I've always regretted that. Pretty amazing career.

Yep, rambuctious indeed! I'm in, too.

79:30, and if the times from the old analogue back covers are a little off, it might exceed 80 minutes, which is "Danger, Will Robinson" territory.

Me too.

So sorry to hear about Signe Anderson! Here is a key quote from the Jorma post on Paul Kantner " The Airplane was an amazing aggregate of personalities and talent. That we could all coexist in the same room was amazing. That we could function together and make the lasting art that we did was nothing short of a miracle. In my opinion Paul was the catalyst that made the alchemy happen. He held our feet to the flame. He could be argumentative and contentious… he could be loving and kind… his dedication to the Airplane’s destiny as he saw it was undeniable"

I hope somebody reissues the duo album he did with Gary Peacock.

The guitar and bass playing was fine. My concerns were singing (one Jorma vocal per Airplane album was OK, but not a steady diet), material (not a country blues guy), and Papa John Creach (never did get him).

Greg Walker is a good singer for sure, but don't know that he would have fit on the first three Santana albums. Much more M.O.R./Adult Contemporary group when Walker was with them, and I think he would have sounded way overly mannered with the original group.

Well, certainly a much much better album, if not a good one. They left some really good work off their albums through the years. I also like "Blows Against The Empire", "Sunfighter", and "Thirty Seconds Over Winterland" fine, and am OK with "Baron Von Tollbooth". I'm also OK with the first three Jefferson Starship albums (love "Caroline" and "St. Charles"), but those were something totally different (and less) than the 60's Jefferson Airplane. But I never could really stand Hot Tuna.

It is a great album, but they are very different albums, with Baxter's being a more unified whole and Volunteers more a collection of songs (to me, anyways). I wouldn't want to be without either of them (or any of their other 60's albums - though I can certainly live without Long John Silver or Bark) .

Mine also. That was their musical masterpiece as an album. But 'Wooden Ships' is the moment for me, and I still play it very frequently, especially in the car. "If you smile at me, I will understand, cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language". Post-apocalyptic beauty. Go ride the music.

I liked his singing for what it was, his guitar playing did what it had to do, and he was an outstanding songwriter and a visionary. The Airplane in the 1960's were WAY more than the sum of their parts. He, Slick, and Balin had amazing harmony mix. In their prime, they were the best there was. And he was by far the best thing about the Starship. And "Wooden Ships" is my favorite record cut ever, and that was pure Paul Kantner. I'm 61, and I assume we are from different generations, but boy, you hit a nerve with your post. BTW, Richard Thompson and Ian Anderson are the best at giving interviews.

Or Alex Ligterwood, who definitely still can, based on the new live Oblivian Express. But I would think/hope the vocals would belong to Rolie on this, provided he is still up to it.