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I thought they did a very good job remastering those early Mahavishnu albums around 2000.

You're wrong on the Klemmer. What he did on those Impulse albums was very adventurous and attractive, none of the commercial concessions of his later recordings. In general, I agree this is a pretty bizarre set, and one that will need to justify itself in terms of price and packaging to get me to bite (though some of the titles are very appealing).

Some interesting items! I highly recommend TOCJ 50244 Blakey,Art(ds)/Gypsy Folk Tales 999, which was to me the very best of the latter Jazz Messenger albums, Bobby Watson's (and Valeri Ponomarev's) first with the group, along Walter Davis, Davy Schnitter, and Dennis Irwin . A 1977 Roulette release which has been very difficult to find on CD up until now. Feature's Watson's spectacular "Time Will Tell" and Davis's wonderful "Jodi". At 59 minutes, this was a very long LP, bursting with creativity and joy. Also interesting (and very surprising) to see the CD release of two of the three albums by The Fourth Way, a late 60's-early 70's West Coast proto-fusion group with violinist Michael White, Keyboardist Mike Nock, bassist Ron McClure, and drummer Eddie Marshall. Not worth Japanese import prices to me, but a good listen nonetheless.

Finally got a chance to watch this. Spellbinding, a great way to spend 30 minutes. A window into the soul of Jackie McLean the man. Thanks so much for posting.

I'm actually a descendant of Franz Schubert on my mother's side (absolutely the truth), and yet I like early R.E.M. and early Elvis Costello. Guess something went wrong in the genes somewhere along the way. And/or that there's just no accounting for taste.

This shows the cuts if anyone has the patience to figure out the albums involved. The John Klemmer Waterfalls jumped out at me. Impulse 50 with tracks

I've always considered Buttercorn Lady to be less than the sum of it's parts. The post-Hubbard/Shorter/Fuller/Walton/Workman 60's bands have always sounded like quite a letdown to me, even with the intriguing names. The one exception is that ubiquitous 1968 live session with Billy Harper, Julian Priester, Bill Hardman, Ronnie Mattews, and Lawrence Evans (who I am otherwise unfamiliar). It is available under any number of names on any number of budget labels, but it is great! Other than that, nothing really catches my ear until the 1973 Prestige recordings with Woody Shaw, Carter Jefferson, and Cedar Walton, though the one with Carlos Garnett and Joanne Brackeen from 1970 isn't half bad (but again, less than the sum of it's parts). Blakey didn't record regularly from 1966 until 1973 (and Max Roach didn't record regularly from 1968 until 1977) - what was that all about?

Colin, great job. Now we're even - I introduced you to Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons (as well as to my family) in the USA, and you introduced me to Matthew Halsall from the UK. I like to think we're both richer for the experiences!

PM sent on Don Friedman Trio - My Favorite Things (441) w/G.Mraz, L.Nash, $6 Paul Bley Trio - Questions (Steeplechase) $7 Paul Bley/Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (Steeplehase) $6

PM sent on Orrin Evans - Captain Black Big Band - (Posi-Tone) 5 Sun Ra - College Tour Vol. 1 (a/k/a Nothing Is ++, 2 discs) (ESP) 10 SLD

That's always been my philosophy on burns/copies. If it comes along at a price I would have bought it for without having the copy, I buy it, not letting the fact that I have the copy overtly influence the decision.

No bonus cuts on these. Haven't seen any albums broken up. They abruptly cut off about 2 minutes at the end of one key track on the Kenny Dorham set to fit the two albums on one CD (very annoying), but have not hit any other missing or abridged cuts. I have four or five of these. I'd much rather have a Proper or an Avid or a Lonehill in general.

Dave Burrell played a solo concert at a local college here (Bryn Mawr I think, could have been Rosemont or Haverford) several years ago, and had a Q&A afterwards. I asked him if he had any interesting stories of his time with Archie Shepp, and he told about a riot starting during one of their concerts in France due to pro- and anti- Communist factions in the audience. I forget the exact details.

PM sent on Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana Revisited/Freeflight (Impulse!) 2011 remastered reissue $6 Friedrich Gulda - As You Like It (MPS) 2011 remastered reissue $5 Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown - I've Grown Accustomed to the Bass (High Note) $3 Baby-Face Willette - Behind the 8 Ball / Mo Rock (Groove Hut) $7

I have a few of them for reference purposes. Sound is variable, generally good. The 2CD sets have no discographical info, the four CD sets do have it. Definitely not breaking the bank on packaging or seeking superior masters or anything. Not nearly up to the level of Proper or Avid or our Andorran friends at Fresh Sound/Lonehill. Say what you will about those labels (on second thought, don't, you already have ), they care about their releases.

Paul Butterfield because of one landmark song which changed everything forever ("East/West"); Country Joe & the Fish (first legit album); John Handy (Columbia period); It's a Beautiful Day (first album). Soft Machine (third album). Paul Butterfield - East West

PM sent on Hoodoo Man Blues [bonus Tracks] by Junior Wells (CD, Aug-1991, Delmark) UPC: 038153061227 $6 Gary McFarland & Gabor Szabo - Sketch For Summer (20?? Cherry Red) $4

Actually, Dolphy took some notes from the arranger !

Picked up the box in the early 90's - havn't listened to it for years - these are quadraphonic alternate takes & mixes Wooden Ships - quad alt mix (5:55) Volunteers - quad alt take (2:17) We Can Be Together - quad alt take (6:04) Hey Frederick - quad alt take (9:07) - can't comment on differences between JK's solos as I don't have an original quad recording I've owned the box for years also. Alternates didn't change my life, and I love the 60's recordings.

Still, $10 ($7 and the $3 shipping) for a twofer containing both "Geechee Recollections" and "Sweet Earth Flying" ? Released in 2011? Like a dream come true...

I hear ya. Actually is one of those cases where the CD goes for a lot more. About $40 for the CD, about $12 for the vinyl.

Warner/Rhino is releasing one of those 5-CD original album series sets on Tim Buckley. I don't get many of them despite the low price, due to no remastering and cheesy packaging, but this one includes his long out of print Blue Afternoon album (along with his first four albums), and Blue Afternoon is worth the price of admission for that one alone. And his first two albums are great, if you don't already have them. His "Goodbye and Hello" is my all-time favorite rock album (I have an excellent remastered twofer of the first two albums I'll keep, but this set will enable me to pass along my "Lorca" and "Happy Sad", plus recoup "Blue Afternoon", which I sold for a small fortune on ebay many years ago because I needed the cash). Tim Buckley - Original Album Series Spectacular remaster of first two Tim Buckley albums

I agree with Lon's sentiment. One of the twofers contains "Huntington Ashram Monastery", which is one of the aforementioned early Impulse's. The very first Alice Coltrane album to get IMO would be "Ptah the El Daoud", which has Pharoah Sanders and Joe Henderson. The next ones would be "Journey in Satchidananda" (with Sanders), "Huntington Ashram Monastery", and "A Monastic Trio", the other early (pre-strings) Impulse! titles. Those titles have a lot of her piano and harp playing, After that come the Warner Bros. titles. "Transfiguration" (a live trio with Workman and Haynes) features a lot of her organ playing, as does the sidelong song that ends "Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana". Final recommendation would be her 2004 comeback on Verve/Impulse, "Translinear Light", with her son Ravi and others. She released many other albums, which delve into her string arrangements, vocal chants, etc. Those have their supporters, but I am not one. There are some samplers out on Impulse if you want to try it all at once.

PM sent on Eberhard Weber - Colours (3 cd box set on ECM) $15

IT is a splendid career choice for getting 4-5-6 hours a day of listening time during the work day to remain (supposedly) sane. Not sure how to keep a marriage together and healthy if the bulk of the listening is done at home.