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Heard him and met him at Irvine auditorium on Penn's campus when I was in college in the 70's. Followed him before and after that. Courageous, principled man. A hero. Most memorable lines for me - told he had been placed on Richard Nixon's enemies list, he said "tell him I accept" and also asked what it meant that all 100 of the enemies were Americans.

agreed

Elvin Jones.

And on a lot of other records, as one of the "Wrecking Crew".

It was either Zager or Evans who hated "In The Year 2525" so much that they quit the duo right away as to not be forever associated with that song (which I liked OK the first 500 times I heard it back then, but boy has it not aged well).

Gary Brooker Cory Booker John Lee Hooker

#5 is indeed McCoy Tyner - "Goin' Home" from 'Asante'. And the mysterious Andrew White as an added bonus. #14 is the "The Shadow" by Joe Lee Wilson, from the album of the same name. And the mysteriouos Harry Whitaker as an added bonus, and stunning work by Jimmy Ponder. And liner notes by our own Ken Dryden.

yes, check for the six disc version. That's what I got on ebay.

Just picked one up on ebay for about the same price (DeepDiscount has a bad track record with me), thanks for the lead!

One of Johnny Mathis's greatest records IMO. So there's your four degrees of separation between Strata-East and Johnny Mathis.

the music on that set is especially spectacular even by the high standards of live Trane recordings. The repertoire is about perfect. I would spring for a meaningful sonic upgrade.

Sounds like a good set. I'll be in at some appropriate price point, now or in the future.

Totally legit label doing it.

I've never actually heard either of them. Didn't bite back in the limited-income days because of how those in-the-know panned Denardo's drumming on them and because the cut on "Impulse Energy Essentials" had scared me away. I remember now that the liner notes in that album said that the producer (I assume Cuscuna) was going to represent Coleman with two previously unreleased cuts, but that Ornette requested "Trouble in the East" be there instead. BTW, that was a really important album set to me, I believe my initial exposure to Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Rollins, Oliver Nelson, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Cecil Taylor, Marion Brown, Alice Coltrane, Charlie Haden, Michael White, Archie Shepp. maybe even Freddie Hubbard.

What, you mean 'Tommy' didn't coalesce as a coherent story . See, there was this blind kid born sometime before 1921, and he had this bad uncle and this bad stepfather (and mom wasn't so great, either), and he liked pinball (unless he actually hated it), and ,,,, whatever all that other stuff was, and some parts sound sorta like Jesus or something. But "Pinball Wizard" and the other cuts SOUND great. And it's, like, an opera, a rock opera at that, see!

My parents have prepaid with them. They are both still alive, though (87 and 83). We'll see how it works for them eventually.

Standardization of business killed whatever was interesting for me as a collector prior to the internet. You didn't find cutout or used treasures in the Barnes and Noble music department the way you did in the funky little local place the university pulled the lease on to clear the way for Barnes and Noble (UPenn ca. mid-90's). And the internet has gone a long way toward standardizing prices. I sold several Mosaic vinyl sets way too cheap before I got on the internet and found out what they were worth. Still haven't missed a meal or a mortgage payment, so don't need to feel sorry for myself.

I'm in.

PM sent on: Various -- No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion (Rhino) $10 Lou Donaldson -- The Scorpion: Live at the Cadillac Club (Blue Note Rare Groove) $5 Andrew Hill -- Lift Every Voice (Blue Note Japan SHM CD) $7 Bobbi Humphrey -- Blacks and Blues (Blue Note) $5 Bobby Hutcherson -- San Francisco (Blue Note Japan SHM CD) $7 Various -- Cobra Records: Singles Collection (Fuel, 2 discs) $3

Looks to be available for listening out on Youtube.

I've always felt that those recordings tended to be less than the sum of their parts (impressive personnel), and you have now explained well to me what it is I sensed but could not identify or articulate. Thanks.

Love that recording! What an interesting lineup.

Yeah, things like the Jayne Cortez and the Descendents of Mike and Phoebe and M'Boom and some other titles had great, honorable intent, even if content-wise they left me cold. (the Mtume also basically fits that category, though it has some musical redemption). And others, like the Harper and the Scott-Heron and Juju, had incredible intent along with incredible music.