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She was also a very kind lady, met her at a benefit concert she headlined at the Ethical Society in Philly for the husband of a mutual friend ca. 1990. She played piano at that event.

So did I. Just looked, and different sites have it as 1931 or 1932. 1931 makes a little more sense to me, though, based on the years of his earliest recordings.

Don't miss "The Wrecking Crew" documentary blu-ray, by Tedesco's son. About 8 hours of extras, largely fascinating. Artistry in search of a hit is still artistry - long live Hal Blaine & Co.!

Found the Bell set at a semi-acceptable price ($18.99), will report back on it after it arrives and I listen.

B-sides were a great hobby. Righteous Brothers did one called "There's a Woman" (I think it was the flip of "You've Lost That Lovin Feelin", first record I ever bought) that I loved as a kid and have never been able to find in the CD era. Here are two different takes on the O'Jays Bell sides from Allmusic. Together they paint a pretty good picture. I've never heard the material, but plan to eventually. George Kerr produced most of these tracks, with some productions from the Poindexter brothers; the recordings were originally released on Bell Records. "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow," a gorgeous ballad, became their highest chart entry to date. The follow-up, "Look Over Your Shoulder," nearly duplicated its predecessor's success; both were indicators of good things to come. The B-sides of the aforementioned, "I Dig Your Act" and "I'm So Glad I Found You," were both quality uptempo grooves, and all four sides were led by Eddie Levert. Walter Williams handled the lead on their third 45 for Bell Records, "The Choice," an energetic message about finding yourself. It did poorly, and its flip, "Going, Going, Gone," had more in common with the first two releases but was not nearly as compelling. The fourth single, "I Miss You," didn't receive much play, even in the Cantonian's adopted hometown of Cleveland. The slow, meandering ballad just didn't have enough of the right stuff. The flip, "Now That I Found You," featured Levert and Williams alternating leads on the same song for the first time. Two more singles were released by Bell: "Don't You Know a True Love When You See It," which was a drastic change in their style, and "Four for the Price of One," released in 1973 to capitalize on their success at Philadelphia International Records. Bell slapped "Look Over Your Shoulder" onto the flip of the remake of Larry Williams and Johnny "Guitar" Watson's "Two for the Price of One." Walter Williams' best lead, "Just Another Guy," tenderly sung in his mercurial baritone, never appeared on a 45. This is an O'Jays fanatics' must-have; the only disappointment is that neither Kerr nor the Poindexter brothers saw fit to feature the late William Powell's chilling falsetto. --------------------------------------------------------------- The O'Jays' stay at Bell Records, immediately preceding their hookup with the Gamble & Huffproduction team, saw them land three strong- to mild-charting soul singles. But even though they had nearly a decade of recording under the belt, they really didn't hit their stride until becoming a big part of the Philly sound. With Bell, as documented by this compilation, they were a good sweet soul harmony group, though not one with the kind of ace material and production needed to make them big stars. So this 20-song CD, including all of their Bell 45s and LP tracks (along with five previously unreleased cuts), is something for the serious O'Jays fan or serious '60s soul buff, rather than something on par with their famous '70s work. These are still respectable late-'60s uptown soul productions, sometimes strongly echoing Motown or the emerging Philly soul genre, and featuring strong counterpoint/trade-off harmonies. "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today)," a Top Ten R&B hit and their biggest Bell single, is the most memorable performance; two lower-charting R&B 45s, "Look Over Your Shoulder" and "The Choice," are also here. Yet it's interesting to hear them venture, if tentatively, into more sinister early sweet soul funk on "That's Alright," and mimic the harder-rocking Temptations sides on "Four for the Price of One" and "Don't You Know a True Love." If you want ultra-sweet soul that's almost sickly sweet, though, you can turn to "Going Going Gone," where they moan in ecstasy about strawberry ice cream chills -- quite literally -- up and down their backs.

I've owned this one for a while and am glad to have it. Would like to get the set of their Bell recordings on Sundazed, but not willing to pay the going OOP rate for it.

I have it in my Amazon cart awating release. A must have for me.

I think I saw him at a Deep Purple concert back in the early 70's.

I ordered the Astrud Gilberto and am glad to have it, but I guess that just shows I'm old...

And me. You know my tastes well by now! Four down, three to go.

PM sent on Erroll Garner -- Complete Concert By The Sea (still sealed) $10

I'll take them at that price.

Beautifully remastered set of their six classic Elektra albums. $25 shipped or interesting trade.

1 - Beautiful. Milton Nascimento-ish. 2 - Certainly good and sounds early 70's, prime era for me. Joe Henderson? 3 - interesting, for sure. 4 - Walt Dickerson? Wonderful. 5 - Well, that tenor solo certainly went off in a different direction that I would have expected. Sounds like two totally different recordings edited together. Sort of Tito Puente meets early Pharoah Sanders or something. 6 - The sound of vinyl - snap, crackle, pop! "Out of this World". Sure hope I have (or can get) this. Really like the sax solo. 7 - Again, quite gorgeous. ECM-ish done right. Look forward to the reveal. 8 - Wonderful, gotta have it! What an amazing BFT! 9 - Karin Krog,"All Blues" from 'Something Borrowed, Something New'. Very haunting singer, firs heard her on an ENJA set that had a great Hutcherson/Land festival cut. 10 - Pretty and well-played. 11 - Reminds me of the Paul Winter consort, though there is no David Darling cello in this. Lovely. Awesome BFT, one of my all-time favorites. I hate the idea of waiting a month for the reveal, though it will let me figure out better how to afford all the new recordings I need to go buy from this!

Yeah, some of that Pacific Jazz material is a mess! They did some very strange editing for different reasons at different times.

BGO generally does a great job on remastering.

His best work was done with the group Trapeze early on. Talented guy, I actually preferred his singing to David Coverdale's in Deep Purple.

That Earland is my favorite organ combo recording ever!

PM sent on the Bud Powell set.

I received the box, have listened to all of the Borca material on it, and I like her playing (and her instrument). The box in whole is pretty great, as others had noted. I still have the 1975 loft trio set on the box left to listen to for the first time.

That's $14 with shipping. Not worth it in the internet age to me, though it would likely pay for itself if you resell the set.

And this is pretty much my take on Irene Aebi (in fairness, I have not heard Borca). I can deal with the cello playing, but the vocalizing, not ever gonna happen for me.

Actually bought it from another board member last week and it is in the mail to me.

Well, I have the Cyrille box already (his Black Saint quartet dates are outstanding), so that may nix the Lyons box for me. I know that repetition is happening with other of these box sets also (Haden/Blackwell, if I remember).

I also own it and really like it. I'm a fan of Allen's anyways, but this is specail.