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Lee Morgan - The Gigolo. Love the title track!

Same thoughts here. I am very happy with the two previous sets, this would have to include something really meaningful from the 71-75 period to get me to even consider it, let alone pull the trigger.

Understood (for 45 years), but the Land CD reissue was messed up (hope it's not the master tape) - I have a burn from vinyl that is sonically far superior. A good needle drop would be a meaningful improvement over what was released in the spring. And I'm not one of those guys who longs for a return to analogue or anything. Wait to see what the third-party resellers do price-wise (looking at you, Import-CD's and OxfordshireEngland)

'Full Moon Fever', 'Into The Great Wide Open', and 'Hypnotic Eye' were all top 10 albums in the UK, with 'Into The Great Wide Open' going to #3.

We get another shot of Harold Land's "A New Shade of Blue" being released on CD. Hope this label gets it right, as the Japanese label butchered it in the spring (out this weekend according to Amazon). https://www.amazon.com/New-Shade-Blue-HAROLD-LAND/dp/B071XF7FBM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1507068139&sr=1-1&keywords=harold+land+a+new+shade+of+blue

Go here and look at the titles on Acadia and Floating World. Good stuff. https://www.discogs.com/artist/270578-Spirit-8

I have a lot of the later live archival stuff, and enjoy it, but it's all Randy California. If you enjoy the idea of him doing extended takes on classic titles, it's for you, But the pop sensibilities of Jay Ferguson and the dynamics of John Locke are long gone, If you like Ferguson (I do), check out the four albums by Jo Jo Gunne. Those are probably the next purchase after the four classic Spirit titles, ahead of the later California Spirit titles.

And how is the sound quaility. Are there any samples available anywhere?

HUGE fan here, and his loss seems inevitable, even if the official reporting was premature. "Refugee" and "Here Comes My Girl" helped shape my world. One of the greatest live bands ever, along with Springsteen/E-Street.

Yeah, I can still see the Record Museum cutout sticker on my copy of it in my mind. Was my second album by Weston, along with the Montreux set he did with Harper (also a cutout - on my income back then, they were almost always cutouts. And whatever happened to cutout bins - where do out of print CD's go now?).

Saw him/them at the Spectrum in Philly in the early 70's. I think Spooky Tooth opened (the version with Mike Patto), then the original Mahavishnu Orchestra, who were amazing, then Zappa and Co., who were very good, but of course paled in comparison to McLaughlin and Co.

Or that great standard, "You Go To My Head".

Welcome, we look forward to it! I remember my first hosted BFT, it was a blast. And that's a nice 1968 Bob Gibson Topps card as your avatar!

Beautiful set.

I'm not an expert on this obscure recording. While I have heard it in total, I don't own it. I was giving the personnel listing from discogs.

Here is the listed personnel, though it sounds like Shepp on the "vocals" to me on Uhuru. Definitely Dave Burrell on piano, though. That was his signature drone. Alto Saxophone – Noah HowardBass – Earl FreemanDrums – Sonny Murray*Harmonica – Julio FinnPiano – Dave BurrellTenor/Soprano Saxophone – Archie SheppTrumpet/trombone – Clifford ThorntonViola – Leroy JenkinsVocals – Chicago Beau

Yes, I've never forgotten that you did. Good advice then and now.

Makes what Fantasy did seem even more miraculous in retrospect. We are blessed that there isn't all that much from Prestige/Riverside that wasn't reissued on CD.

Concord will do some awesome reissue projects from the Savoy Catalog - "Wilbur Harden Plays for Lovers", "Curtis Fuller Plays for Lovers", etc. Each CD 34 minutes long.

Even the Concord sets are more likely to be the labels they acquired from Fantasy (Prestige, Riverside, etc.). Great music, but already re-re-re-released to death. And knowing Concord, their idea of a swell box set would be to combine "Plays for Lovers" bogus compilations by, say Miles, Trane, Monk, Brubeck, Newk.

Yes, they are real CD's. Amazon sold CD-R's of some of the single titles for some years.

good to know, thanks. In that case, I'll look into it.

I'm in, have the first four (passed on 5 so far, not being a musician, I'm not big on studio chatter and segments). Packaging and probably fidelity and possibly legitimacy will surpass whatever I already have of this material

Bernard Edwards, bass Chuck Rainey absolutely kicks butt on Gato Barbieri's "El Pampero" album (as does Pretty Purdie). That is my favorite Barbieri album of all, pure magic at Montreux, three worlds of musicians (Barbieri, Lonnie Liston Smith. Rainey/Purdie) coming together for something unique and wonderful.