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With the exception of the first Bobby Hutcherson session, have we actually seen Blue Note issue rejected sessions? Lot's of unissued sessions have rightly eventually come out, but not rejected sessions to my memory. And that is probably as it should be.

I agree with you about DiGeronimo, who I have never heard of otherwise. I went asking about him as soon as I heard that box. The second Roach is strong, has the quartet stuff, and the quartet plus strings, which is surprisingly good and raw. I passed on the first Roach box (solo, duos with Cecil Taylor which I already own on the Taylor box, duos with Braxton, M'Boom,and one quartet with strings, which I picked up separately), but grabbed this one and am thankful for it. The title track on "It's Christmas Again" is strange but fascinating poetry plus jazz, though the other side is weaker. But the other albums included all range from pretty good to pretty wonderful, and the price is great.

Agreed, I usually go to the 60's Blue Notes or the Steeplechases to listen to him,

They have been giving different names to all of the MOFO Project CD sets. Interesting that some include the original versions and some don't, act purely as supplements. Wish the original round of Ryko ones had been done right in the first place - what a mess those were.

Here are more details on the March 24 Zappa reissues. 20 titles, many look promising. Links to Amazon and more details included in this article: https://theseconddisc.com/2017/03/one-shot-deal-over-20-frank-zappa-titles-arrive-on-cd-in-march/

Cool, can't wait for the ID,and hope it already resides on my shelves somewhere! And I'm sure Ian Underwood approves of it also!

#2 certainly sounds like primo period McCoy Tyner with either Gary Bartz or Sonny Fortune, but I'm not placing it. Will drive me crazy until I do!

Impressive stuff for sure. Almost up there with this guy's 1972 season.

Great set!

Nice set with good rarities.

Especially the latter. The three originals could be titled "Open Up", "With Bud", and "Malt Liquor", and the other three song titles could be used to make it into a concept album (that sort of thing being very big back then, sort of a "Dark Side of the Beer").

Outside of jazz and onto folk-rock, but this Richie Havens album cover has given me nightmares for 45 years:

That's a good set, gets rid of the extraneous garbage "penalty" cuts on the Ryko. Also includes the original mix, with some different songs, And not that expensive. Glad I have it.

Check out Road Tapes #1, it's that band and really good. Live in Vancouver in August 1968. Disc one[edit] "The Importance of an Earnest Attempt (By Hand)" – 3:44 "Help, I'm a Rock/Transylvania Boogie" – 9:30 "Flopsmash Musics" – 4:50 "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" – 3:59 "The Orange County Lumber Truck" – 20:57 "The Rewards of a Career in Music" – 3:29 Disc two[edit] "Trouble Every Day" – 5:08 "Shortly: Suite Exists of Holiday in Berlin Full Blown" – 9:29 "Pound for a Brown" – 3:13 "Sleeping in a Jar" – 3:23 "Oh, in the Sky" – 2:42 "Octandre" – 7:40 (Varèse) "King Kong" – 10:17 Personnel[edit] Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals Bunk Gardner – woodwinds, voice Motorhead Sherwood – baritone sax, tambourine, harmonica Don Preston – keyboards Ian Underwood – keyboards, woodwinds Roy Estrada – bass, vocals Jimmy Carl Black – drums, vocals Art Tripp III – drums, percussion

Road Tapes #3 is interesting because, even though flo & Eddie are on board, the band is doing older material. Jim, you may want to check that one out.

Got it, thx. I know, I talk like the IT guy I am.

I have that Road Tapes set, and do like it (in fact all three of them) quite a bit. Anything from the list of March 24 reissues?

Been waiting to get Greasy Love Songs at a reasonable price, good news there. I tend to avoid the Flo and Eddie crudities and most of the post- "One Size Fits All" stuff, love the Grand Wazoo-type instrumental work and the original 60's group. Any other recommendations based on those parameters?

"Barefoot Boy", "Offering" or "Fairyland" all get the job done. Barefoot Boy would also be my choice. McLaughlin,Vitous, Cobham, and Corea had the sense to make coherent albums and to NOT SING IF YOU CAN't SING (let's not discuss Gayle Moran here). Vauguard was fully capable of breaking albums big (see Baez, Joan). Tony Williams Lifetime also missed their shot due to, among other factors, Williams "singing".

It is partly, but mostly pre-eleventh house.

It is still available. This one is also, and it offers twice as much music for $3 more.

I also have the Comet issue of "Offering". One of his very best. I also like "Barefoot Boy" a lot.

I do remember those. Also, "Impulse Energy Essentials", which was my introduction to everyone from Pharoah Sanders to Charles Mingus to Oliver Nelson.

His playing (but not his singing!) was a marvel for about a decade in the 60's/70-'s. Not sure what happened after that. He was really pushing and expanding the boundaries until suddenly he wasn't. Also can't help but ponder the period artifact that album cover is. I still get a rush from those early Vanguard albums, as well as some of his sideman playing, especially this:

Up with edits one last time for this round. Please feel free to make me offers on individual titles or bundles. Thank you, all who bought CD's from me this time through, wonderful response!