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I always found that one to be very sloppy and much less than the sum of it's parts, I'm sure largely due to lack of rehearsal opportunity. It does have an attractive atmosphere about it, though, and the roster is amazing!

PM sent on Stone the Crows - Radio Sessions 1969-72 (2 cds on Anger Air) $12 Love - Love Lost (Sundazed) digipak $10 Arthur Lee and Love - Wow is Love! July 25 2002 concert (Hanging Dog) $9 The Undertones - The Undertones (Salvo w/18 bonus tracks!) $7.50 Arthur Lee & Love - Black Beauty & Rarities (EVOL French pressing) $10 The Story of Treasure Isle (2 cds on Union Square, 51 tracks) $7 Country Lane - Substratum (MUSEA) $7.50

One of my early jazz purchases, I've been a fan of this one for almost 40 years. Two side-long marathon workouts that speak loudly to the matters at hand, as Jim points out.

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The Art Pepper set is really nice, and an amazing price. Wish I had waited !

Listened to a lot of Beach Boys today. After a relisten (first time in many years) I agree on 'Friends', to me it is the best of their post-Pet Sounds albums by a good distance, truly charming. I also enjoyed parts of '20/20' quite a bit (realize it is a collection of scraps, not a proper album) and Wild Honey held up well for me. 'Sunflower', on the other hand, has not held up at all for me, just sounds fussy and troubled and weird, in the same way that so much of 'Smiley Smile' was so bizarre sounding. The "Surf's Up" album hasn't held up either for the same reasons, but the title cut and "Til I Die" are gorgeous (if inscrutable lyrically), and I got a retro kick out of silly old "Student Demonstration Time". I'll go through the rest of the early 70's stuff on Monday, but don't expect a lot of revelations after the letdown of 'Sunflower'/"Surf's Up" (though it will be good to hear "Sail On Sailor"). 'Holland' is where I get off the train, I never cared for 'The Beach Boys Love You', and have never known anyone to care for any of the other later albums (featuring Mike Love,mystical musical genius). Everything from Smiley Smile to Holland has 2-4 good to great tracks. Lots of stuff not so great also. I love Surfs Up though for Long Promised Road, Feel Flows and the great tile track. Even Holland has Sail on Sailer and Trader. I probably like 20/20 the best which has the two great Smile tracks in Our Prayer and Cabinessence. Finished relistening to the early 70's stuff. The live album from '72 was really good, best of their live recordings I think. The rest, as you said, had the occasional standout song amidst a bunch of gloop. I actually sort of liked 'Holland' OK, not sure why it has such a bad rep compared to the previous albums. I thought the production on it sounded good. But I think I basically get off the train after 'Friends' and '20/20', the end of their Capitol/60's era. I do see myself revisiting those two titles a good bit.

Yes. According to Wikipedia, "The (E Street) band took its name from the street in Belmar, New Jersey, where Sancious' (origiinal keyboardist) mother lived. She allowed the band to rehearse in her home." Oh...before Sancious moved on to better things. Along with Ernest 'Boom' Carter. E Street Band was a very different beast with Sancious than with Bittan. Very sorry to hear of The Big Man passing, it won't be the same. Thanks for the great memories and spirit. That's two down now (Danny Federici), we really are getting older...

Listened to a lot of Beach Boys today. After a relisten (first time in many years) I agree on 'Friends', to me it is the best of their post-Pet Sounds albums by a good distance, truly charming. I also enjoyed parts of '20/20' quite a bit (realize it is a collection of scraps, not a proper album) and Wild Honey held up well for me. 'Sunflower', on the other hand, has not held up at all for me, just sounds fussy and troubled and weird, in the same way that so much of 'Smiley Smile' was so bizarre sounding. The "Surf's Up" album hasn't held up either for the same reasons, but the title cut and "Til I Die" are gorgeous (if inscrutable lyrically), and I got a retro kick out of silly old "Student Demonstration Time". I'll go through the rest of the early 70's stuff on Monday, but don't expect a lot of revelations after the letdown of 'Sunflower'/"Surf's Up" (though it will be good to hear "Sail On Sailor"). 'Holland' is where I get off the train, I never cared for 'The Beach Boys Love You', and have never known anyone to care for any of the other later albums (featuring Mike Love,mystical musical genius).

Point Of View (which is great) was on CD in Japan. Don't know if it's still available. It's actually called POINT OF DEPARTURE, and I'm in full agreement that having these two sessions on one disc would be terrific! And FWIW, I'm pretty psyched about these: Art Blakey - Jazz Messengers!!!!! / A Jazz Message Milt Jackson - Statements / Jazz 'n' Samba Elvin Jones - Illumination! / Dear John C. Gabor Szabo - The Sorcerer / More Sorcery McCoy Tyner Trio - Inception / Reaching Fourth The Elvin Jones Illumination is a gem, with Sonny Simmons, Prince Lasha, Charles Davis, and Tyner/Garrison. Best Charles Davis I ever heard on his two features, and Simmons is spectacular on "Nuttin' Out Jones". Szabo was fascinating to listen to from that period, sounded like no one else ever to my ears. Loved what he did in that group with Chico Hamilton and Charles Lloyd.

I don't know if Tony Asher is a great lyricist or not, but you couldn't ask for lyrics more suitable to the topic at hand than those he wrote for Pet Sounds. I mean, "Caroline, No" - . "Where did your long hair go?", "It's so sad to watch a sweet thing die", ""Will I ever find in you again things that made me love you so much then?"....in context, as the end of an arc that goes from eternally optimistic teenage to devastated uncertain young adult, that's one of the most devastating lyrics ever written. Hell, they all work perfectly on that album, not just individually, but as a cohesive whole. From "Wouldn't It Be Nice" to "Caroline No"....wow... But what else has Tony Asher done that's that great? Nothing that I know of. With you on the song cycle music/lyrics for Pet Sounds. Love the album, especially as it emotionally crescendos at the end with the amazing "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times"/"Pet Sounds"/"Caroline No" triad. I'm also a big fan of "Surf's Up" the song, (need to revisit the album), and the finished Brian Wilson 'Smile'. Incredibly sympathetic group he has for that period, with Darian Sahanaja, Scott Bennett, etc. The "Smile" and "Pet Sounds" live DVD's are very moving experiences for me, and I was thrilled to experience Wilson in as good of shape and voice as he was.

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Interesting to see a couple of Strata-East titles there, though neither are ones I will be buying. But there are plenty of others I can hope for, like "Reasons in Tonality"!

All of the Marion Brown Impulse's are good, but all four are very different from each other. Vista is especially different, almost like a more mellow John Klemmer album of the period or something, but I really like it (actually also like that era of Klemmer, and would have liked for some of his titles to be included). Not to worry, though, the Andorrans will do this stuff right in another 10 years...

Also, the Jamal should have included OutertimeInnerspace with the companion Freeflight, to give the complete Newport recordings. Espescially frustrating since OutertimeInnerspace has never been issued on CD (to my knowledge) for some reason.

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Someone grab that Julian Priester - Love, Love. It's one of the jewels of the ECM catalog, a logical extension of the Hancock Mwandishi sound, superbly done. Magical.

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The liner notes to the reissued Brandenburg Gate Revisited are actually incredibly moving, Brubeck writing about crossing the Iron Curtain.

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All CD's that are paid for have been mailed, thanks for your patience. Up with edits to account for sold/traded items.

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