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Breakin' Away and the first live album are the two I've always liked by him. The last 30 years, he's left me pretty cold.

No sound quality difference whatsoever, just the blemishes to the artwork as described. I'm big on Newbury Comics and -importcds. Have had nothing but good experiences with blowitoutofhere, but haven't gotten nearly as many from them as I have from -importcds. I've had a couple of not great experiences with MovieMars, tend to stay away from them if another reliable seller is in the same price ballpark, though they also are normally fine. I probably end up getting around 50% of my total Amazon purcases from -importcds at this point.

It will stand, indeed.

Those two and 'Where' have been the Carter "keepers" for me through the years. On many of his other leader recordings, I've found him to be much too enamored of his own bass playing as opposed to the total impact of the music.

Which also doubles as the best Simon a& Garfunkel song. Very efficient, Allen. I also didn't vote, as my favorite is "Live at Blues Alley". Have found him basically pompous (to varying degrees) on every release I've heard since that one. I like his initial work with Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers quite a bit, and think how different it could have all been if he hadn't become so "important". I did like his contributions to the Ken Burns Jazz series, and liked that series, admitted glaring flaws and all.

Arrived in excellent condition, thank you!

So is the Phil Spector set.

Quick couple of thoughts: 1 - I really like the first two Chicago albums and the first two BST albums, especially the first one by each. 2 - England had some great horn bands. My favorite was If, with Dick Morrissey and an excellent guitarist named Terry Smith. They made some fine albums. I also really liked another one, more obscure, called The Greatest Show On Earth. 3 - It was a wonderful time with jazz and rock and pop mixing together seeking something new. Columbia marketing Soft Machine III as a pop album was incredible in retrospect.

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Did he say who that one was?

And the only thing I would add to that is that, when it comes to human beings, never understimate the true depth of neurosis and self-defeating behavior, in all it's various forms (some much more "socially acceptable" than others). In my experience there's always more than meets the eye. And that goes for me as much as for anyone else.

Legit? Depends on your point of view (don't want to start the debate here yet again). Worth owning, at the price those things sell for? Absolutely. I own it, am quite pleased with it. IMO, better yet would be a Mosaic of the sides with Lloyd and Szabo, as the Columbia's have never made it to CD and the Impulse's were butchered.

Yeah, Workman is just about the star of that session. Also check out Workman's solo at the start of "Prayer for Peace" on Charles Tolliver's 'Live at Loosdrecht' album (reissued on Black Lion CD as 'Grand Max'). And Alex Blake gets off a great one on the title track on Charles Sullivan's 'Genesis'.

Can you provide the songs and times for part 2? thx/

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I'm not sure about the provenance or even if my memory is a little clouded, but I feel pretty certain that I saw a CD copy of Step By Step in the LA Amoeba several years back. It could have been an import, if the artificially high used CD price was any indication. It was out on German label Bellaphon a long time ago. A number of Strata-East titles were. I picked up Billy Harper's "Capra Black", Clifford Jordan's "Glass Bead Games" and a bunch of Tolliver titles back then.

FWIW, The Strata Web site recently reported that Tolliver's "Paper Man" was to released as part of a multi-disk set in the future. That website has listed that album as "coming soon" for the four years I've been checking it. Do they have something that is newer info somewhere? I did notice the website showed a 2010 update date.

For me also. If I could only own one Tolliver (a sad thought), that would be the one.

Anyone married going for it, and want to share how they would explain it to their spouse? I'm not even vaguely tempted.

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Don't miss the Charles Tolliver Mosaic Select, which contains three full albums of prime live Music Inc (both Slugs volumes plus Tokyo) material plus a ton of previous unreleased bonus material. Charly released some Strata-East stuff (Pharoah Sanders Izipho Zam and Clifford Jordan Glass Bead Games and some Stanley Cowell and John Hicks), but I think there are questions on the licensing. Warren Smith got his Composers Workshop Ensemble Strata-East stuff out on a 2CD set on the Claves label. Dick Griffin's Strata-East album is out on CD on Konnex (don't know if it is still in print). Charles Tolliver's Live in Loosdrecht came out out on Black Lion with the title "Grand Max". Gil Scott-Heron got "Winter in America" with bonus cuts out on TVT.

For that matter, how many of the artists actually were paid commission on their sales. Didn't Blue Note, Prestige, etc., just pay double scale to the session leader with no commission?

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I liked Zappa with the original Mothers group, when he was actually trying to say something. "Trouble Every Day' sums up the received trauma of growing up in the American Suburbs in the 60's pretty well (Blow your harmonica, son!). He lost me with the Flo and Eddie group, which was crude for crudity's sake. I enjoyed the Hot Rats/Waka Jawaka/Grand Wazoo period instrumental stuff also, as well as the original albums up through Chunga's Revenge quite a bit. Incredibly imaginative. I also liked 'Apostrophe', 'One Size Fits All' and 'Bongo Fury' on a much more minor level. The place to start to try to understand when, why, and how Zappa "mattered" is We're Only In It For The Money, his send-up/critique of the 60's counterculture (and more). Then go one album back to Absolutely Free, which takes on their parents. Then go back one more to Freak Out and forward to Uncle Meat for the amazing side-long "King Kong". Then Hot Rats/Waka Jawaka/Grand Wazoo for the instrumental stuff. And if you like Uncle Meat, pick up Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Weasils Ripped My Flesh, and Chunga's Revenge for more of the same with somewhat diminishing returns each step.