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PM sent on the following: Frank Kimbrough - Noumena (Soul Note) $9 Reuben Wilson - Down With It (Cannonball) $6 Hugh Hopper - 1984 (Cunieform) $9 Cannonball Adderley - Dizzy's Business (OJC) $5 SEALED Mario Pavone - Song for Septet (New World Records) $7 Mario Pavone - Totem Blues (Knitting Factory) $4

I'm really torn on if I want to bother with any of this at all, even though I'm probably the perfect representation of their target audience. I really like the "Capitol Albums" sets, and wish that format had been followed, and find this to be a ripoff pricewise, especially the mono set. Guess I'll watch here for reviews on the sound quaility and packaging, etc.

PM sent on: Conrad Herwig Hieroglyphica Criss Cross Promo

Saw this one listed in Goldmine magazine for September release on ECM. Anyone know anything about it?

Some cuts (at least one) that Chico Freeman and Cecil McBee did on India Navigation, though I'm at a loss recalling the specifics.

Who has the Xanadu catalog in print right now?

Wow, 25 posts and not a single Kenny G crack. Everyone is being sooo well-behaved today! I agree with the Miles Davis 'Kind of Blue' recommendation. I always start with that album as Jazz 101 for people new to the music, based on merit, historicity, and widespread acclaim (John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" is 102, but that doesn't fit the description of what you're looking for). Welcome to the board, and have fun - there's so much great stuff to discover!

Continuing the chewy subthread: Did Hank sit in with Johnny Winter at Woodstock?

Yeah, on MONK, I bought the record, (skipped a cassette, thankfully), then the original CD, then the Monk Prestige box and also the Proper box. Just what I need, an RVG so I can can have opportunity to buy the same material for the fifth time!

PM sent on the Watson, Salim, and Raney

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PM sent on the following: Andrew Hill - Eternal Spirit MINT (Blue Note) $10 David Murray Octet Plays Trane $5 Frank Foster & Frank Wess -Two for the blues (OJC) Sealed $4

What DVD? I'm looking at my box right now (before sending it to Peter tomorrow); ain't no DVD in it, never was... Same here.

PM sent on the following: Locked & Loaded Odean Pope with sax choir Halfnote $8 Freedom Together Jaki Byard Prestige $6 Metamusicians Stomp Andrew Cyrille Black Saint $7

Which reminds me of that fab Sam Goody's that used to be just Nth of Times Square. At one time, absolutely packed out with jazz. I wonder what that place is now? There was a Sam Goody's in downtown Philly in the 70's which was also packed out with jazz, had everything imaginable. Those were also the days of great cutout bins, which became a thing of the past even before brick and mortars in general did. Cutout bins became ugly things in recent years.

They sure were by the end. The one here in King of Prussia was sticker pricing their stock at $1 above list price by the end! In the older days, they had great all-label sales in January and February, where I would stock up on releases from the year before, they had label sales on Blue Note at times during the year, and they had their in-house publication, Pulse magazine, which was free and an entertaining read. They did away with the magazine, did away with the sales, and basically went list-price plus on everything except stuff like the latest Britney Spears release. I went from spending $1000+ a year there to spending zero there for the last two-three-four years before they closed. I had no feelings about them going out of business, because they were gone for me years before that.

PM sent on the following: Myra Melford -- Dance Beyond the Color - $4 Myra Melford -- Above Blue - $5 Woody Shaw -- Two More Pieces of the Puzzle (2CD) - $11 Lee Konitz -- Spirits - $3

People with a lot of money who don't have any Miles in their collection (if they have one at all) who heard that Miles is hip and they want to be hip too...maybe people will like them if they own the box...then they can say they own the Complete Miles Davis box. edit: cynical? no, why do you ask? Would like to know which masters, what bonus cuts, what the packaging is, etc. At that price, it might have it's purposes, not cost prohibitive the way the 09/09/09 Beatles boxes are. Sony/BMG has some great bargains out there at this point, but on stuff that interested customers likely already own.

There's worse rock dope. JA was always inconsistent, though--to my ears, anyway. I never liked their Woodstock performances much. I think that they are one of those bands that did better in the studio. Vocally, they were far superior in the studio. They also used studio effects very well (especially on the ...Baxter's album). No denying they were inconsistent, but when they were on all cyclinders (with Marty Balin being a key), they were amazing. Their "Wooden Ships" is still heart-stopping for me 40 years later, just to site one prime example.

CBS marketing ploy on all of their recent Woodstock albums - they included 1969 studio album by the same group (Airplane, Janis, Sly, Johnny Winter, Santana). In all the other cases, that pushed it from a 1-CD set to a 2-CD set, and they left off any bonus cuts which had come with other latter-day CD versions of the studio albums, but the Airplane set would have been 2-CD anyways, and only a $19.98 list, so while including 'Volunteers' is goofy, it's no real loss.

I really like the Woodstock set. Rough harmonies in places (they probably couldn't hear each other), but great spirit and purpose. I found them to not be hit or miss until Marty Balin had left. Set is pretty great, with a 15 minute "Wooden Ships" that you won't hear anywhere else (if I remember). Well worth the purchase, almost two hours of music for just the Woodstock piece (assume you already have the 'Volunteers' piece).

PM sent on the Jamal Pershing set. Edit 8/2 - interest withdrawn, CD still available.

Yes, which completely explodes my initial grumble. I wouldn't be without that one! Yeah, except they were done by the mid-70's. Reading on the Rhino site, 2/3 of the Rod box comes from the 80's and 90's. You really want to lay down your hard-earned $ for latter-day Rod outtakes? Different box. The one that explodes Bev's initial grumble and Clifford thinks is very very nice (me too) is 5 Guys Walk Into A Bar... The other Rod box that I linked to above and stated misgivings about has yet to receive any positive comment. The Rhino write up claims it's better than we might think, or something like that. Understood, I have the 5 Guys box and really like it. As far as the Rhino writer, his job is to sell Rod box sets, not be objective.

Yes, which completely explodes my initial grumble. I wouldn't be without that one! Yeah, except they were done by the mid-70's. Reading on the Rhino site, 2/3 of the Rod box comes from the 80's and 90's. You really want to lay down your hard-earned $ for latter-day Rod outtakes?

Extra copy, surprise backorder fill from Collectables. I agree, it's an excellent session.