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Choice, Prime, lean DL for me pls.

Great pickup, awesome set!

Or, if you're on a budget like me, this is $1.03 on Amazon

Ronnie Laws - "Always There" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhb-svKimY Also "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey, and some other disco cuts.

No, don't believe the Morgan date ever made single CD reissue. It was a latter day vinyl issue in the mid-70's on that amazing twofer series with the tan covers. The box shows up here every once in a while. Great set.

Just noticed that eMusic has both the electric and acoustic collections available for download. A quick search of Amazon didn't turn up any physical products. Given this development, I would bet that they will eventually be available as seperate CD box sets sometime in 2014 after the holidays. Having just finished working through this box, two sub-boxes would make a lot of sense. I got aural whiplash from some of the drastic changes from period to period over the 17 years. The electric stuff alone had some of the best and some of the worst music I've ever heard. 'Headhunters' and it's ilk are one thing, Herbie all by hisself in the studio with vocoder and machines is something else again...

Now they'd have to redo all the cover art, call it 'Impulse 53', and add three more albums in the package.

That is true, the other albums are better than the VV material, which is poorly recorded in my opinion. The first two albums are a different group, with Hugh Lawson and Jimmy Knepper. I like them quite a bit, as much as the VV stuff. "Jaboobie's March" is great.

Received mine, but haven't listened to it yet. I'd suggest the George Russell, George Adams, David Murray (both), and Mal Waldron sets. And they really really need to do a Max Roach set. You'll love the Cyrille.

My dream is a Mosaic with all the Hamilton with Lloyd/Szabo recordings

That is a fun set.

I didn't even know (or remember) Contrast exists.

I think I have the files lined up right. Initial thoughts: 1 – Sounds like Lionel Hampton to me. I like this quite a bit. 2 – Sounds like an update on Lionel Hampton to me. I like this quite a bit. The bass player would not be someone Hampton would use. Jay Hoggard on vibes? (take 2) 3 – Good stuff, maybe Milt Jackson with Oscar Peterson? 4- love this! Can’t wait to find out what it is. Bobby Hutcherson? Probably sitting in my collection somewhere already. 5 – Very very nice. Maybe Lem Winchester with Johnny Hammond Smith? 6 – huh? One of those old tenor masters I never get right. Ben Webster? Yet some Mingus-y shades to it. This isn’t something I would choose to listen to. 7 – No idea. Pretty interesting. 8 – Not really up my alley, thought no doubt players I’m familiar with and own stuff by. 9 – Didn’t like this at first, but it got moving pretty well. 50’s vintage? 10 – I do like this quite a bit. Again, sounds like 50’s vintage. MJQ? 11 – Another oldie. Very nice, of course. 12 – “Tenderly”. Well played for what it is, but does not translate well for me. 13 – Same vibist as 12? Same comment. 14 – Reminded me of those Tyner/Hutcherson cuts on ‘Time for Tyner’, but not quite at that level. 15 – “My Funny Valentine”. This is lovely. Reminds me of how nice those Walt Dickerson/Richard Davis duo albums were. 16 – Latin feel, hard to place. Gary Burton? 17 – Maybe something like Grant Green/Larry Young/Bobby Hutcherson? This one is a highlight for me. No doubt there are players like Lem Winchester in here. Very enjoyable set (especially #4), and I greatly look forward to the reveal!

Note that somehow they managed to not include "I Go To Pieces", the Del Shannon composition that was one of their two really good singles, on this set.

And then It's a Beautiful Day took Deep Purple's "Wring That Neck" and turned it into "Don and Dewey." Quite the interesting transatlantic cultural exchange there.

DL for me please, and I can show Page how one can listen to this stuff for 41 years and still be clueless at this. I don't call myself "Old Wooden Ears" for nothing. One word of advice - guess "Sonny Stitt" on everything, and you'll be right more often than you would expect.

And was still recording as late as 2008. Thankful for his music, and love the recordings by the group with Lloyd and Szabo.

Yeah, I have cuts from those sessions on the Model Shop CD, the Time Circle anthology, I think on the "Clear" album CD, that don't seem to overlap.

PM sent on Sonny Stitt – Rearin’ Back + Homage to Ellington (American Jazz Classics) $6

I do hear what you mean, just needs some electric violin. It actually sounds really good.

Yep, that's also on the first album (and this live set).

Cyrille/Farmer/Bley/Murray Vol. 2 pre-ordered, thanks so much!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Znf2oa_rGo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-giw9ma68fU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Tc0-U1Ijc

Got this off Amazon. Haven't watched the DVD yet, but blown away by the CD. The sound is amazing for what it is, an obviously very very fine soundboard recording. Musically, it's seven of the nine cuts from their classic 1969 debut (which to me was the best rock album of 1969, period), and three other, lesser cuts. The cuts from the first album are longer here for the most part, with the seven cuts running about 60 minutes. The full CD runs about 79 minutes. If you loved their debut album, or San Francisco 60's rock, or electic violin (a la, say Sugarcane Harris), don't miss this;

Wes box arrived today for me also, listened to two discs already. I added in "It's A Beautiful Day - Live at the Fillmore 1968" to get up to $35 for the free shipping. How's that for contrasting tastes?