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That's a really good album.

BTW, I'm referring to the Strata-East album here. Cinnamon Flower is a more muted pleasure, not essential in any way.

Their albums from that time, 'Sunflower' and 'Surf's Up', are good. And Mike Love certainly was trying for "hipness" with this one (gotta love the take on the Coasters/Lieber & Stoller classic).

I also like both of those. The Sire album gets panned critically in a lot of corners, but I find the songs good and the arranging/production outstanding. It's much stronger than any of his subsequent solo albums except, of course, the miraculous 'Smile'. 'That's Why God Made Radio', the Beach Boys/Wilson reunion studio album, is also surprisingly good.

BTW, the Brian Wilson bio movie of the same name is an excellent watch despite the miscasting of John Cusack as the latter day Wilson. Paul Giamatti's portrayal of Eugene Landy is chilling.

It's something totally different than anything else he ever did. I love parts of it. I mainly get my Rouse through Monk.

A good guess. Also, timing wise, maybe they want to piggyback on the attention Rouse's work is receiving from the Strata-East reissue on Mack Avenue.

I burn purchased downloads to CD-R, print the inserts when available, stick them in a thin line jewl case, and treat and shelve them as CD's. Extra effort, but worth it to my old-school sensibilities.

That song has always haunted me...

Just hit the wire services. Tough week. This one really hurts, a true genius and incredible redemption story.

Tom Petty Long After Dark Deluxe Edition

The album was a throwaway for me when I first had it, but I came across a cheap CD of it in recent times, and I liked it a lot more than I remember. But not to where I would recommend buying a pricey vinyl set.

I might be tempted if I could replace the entire Chronicle box with these (and anticipated 1956 set) but starting in 1954 leaves a hole for the 1951-1953 recordings. I do have the Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions box (pretty much a perfect set) along with the Chronicle box, which covers everything for me with the Quntet box being upgraded duplicates. My ideal would be another 4-CD box covering the sessions not on the Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions box. They got it right for Coltrane, with the leader, co-leader, and sideman boxes. Those were perfect boxes to me. Fantasy was starting to do great reissue work right before they sold out to Concord.

Product. In how many forms has this material been released on CD? Isn't this just another collation/configuration of the same old material?

I have the Noah Howard and the Clifford Thornton, both of which were very helpful. Also the Horace Silver live one, which is the best collection of that material. Strange approach as the parent label, Hat Hut, is certainly not a PD label.

Just hit the wire services.

I really like early-mid 70's Stan Kenton:

Great set at a great price!

And that label tends to do a really bad job at it, so often lopping tracks from classic albums, and reissuing parts of two classic albums together on one CD (their "Revisited: from.... t..." series. There is value when they include two full albums, and I like their design, but I wish the label would think. I thought everyone learned their lesson when MCA was doing that nonsense 35 years ago.

EU copyright laws changed for post-1962 recordings so that Beatles recordings would not go PD after 50 years: https://webgrafikk.com/blog/uncategorized/the-beatles-and-cliff-richard-law/

Seems to be tougher for post-1962 recordings, though some of the Enlightenment sets go up to 1964.

Sadly, you're absolutely right. I'm still grateful to Norah Jones for selling so many millions of BN CD's so that they had the capitol to do all those dream-come-true reissues.

Please educate me/us on what those are!

My clear choice !