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Beautiful set, includes the remasterings and bonus cuts from the latest released domestic editions, detailed and attractive book, beautiful mini-lp artwork. I standardized on this and have been selling off the individual CD's I had acquired previously. And Lon's price is less than $2.50 a disc, quite a bargain.

Chet and Farrell don't sound like a good match to me. I believe that Chet was pretty erratic by that point, wasn't he? I love Brackeen's work, and she and Farrell sound like a great team!

RIP, grew up through my late teen years with his presence here in the Philly area, then thrilled to his work with Impulse!, Blue Note, Arista, Mosaic. He did so much to get the music out to us.

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But with original artwork, which to me adds substantially to the overall experience of classic reissues. One of the reasons I'm not a huge fan of Mosaic's.

That's a grim tale! Yes, wore mine out as a teenager, was (and still am) especially mesmerized by the perfect "Hot 'Lanta"/"In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" album side, and by the live "Whipping Post".

RIP, greatly enjoyed his guitar work, especially in tandem with Duane or with the spectacular Warren Haynes. Though I hated "Rambin' Man" the first time I heard it, let alone the 1,000 time!

Author is Phil Freeman, who has a substack. I'm not familiar with him, but wish him the best on the book, which could be an interesting read if well researched and written. Freeman seems to have a strong affinity for Taylor's work. https://burningambulance.substack.com/p/the-limitations-of-style

My daughter! (1990). And whatever came of Junko Onishi? I really liked her BN albums from 25-30 years ago.

I own this in addition to the Black Jazz titles, and enjoy it quite a bit:

Great stuff. Pharoah shines.

RIP. I enjoy his Black Jazz titles and have a good later session by him.

The four extended cuts are two classic Chick Corea's (Times Lie, 500 Miles High), a Classic Wayne Shorter (Lester Left Town), and the title track. Great CD, even with the so-so (not terrible) sound quality!

Costello was (rightly) a very big deal in post-punk/new wave in the late 70's/early 80's. He and Joe Jackson were the cream of that crop for me. Costello is being backed by McCoy Tyner who passed in 2020? Tell me more!

He appeals to me, so not 100% true. He's terribly inconsistent, but throws out a fascinating album often enough that I try to keep up with his work (though sometimes with a several year delay to get them cheap on the used market). Very few other rock artists from his era I can say that about at this point (Richard Thompson is the only other one who immediately comes to mind).

I like Chic and Elvis Costello, but never thought of them as headliners for major jazz festivals (or appearing on the same bill together.

I liked those later Bobby Hutcherson albums (nice Mosaic Select), though you're right, they also ended up as cutouts very quickly. To me, Hutcherson and Elvin Jones made the last of the consistent runs of good albums on BN, though some other occasional titles (such as the two Chico Hamilton's and the Eddie Henderson's) were interesting. And I like the Ronnie Foster's, though not so sure they should be classified as jazz (also not sure they shouldn't). That first Ronnie Laws album is a guilty pleasure for me for "Always There". But the Silver 'n' series left me cold when I heard it (Being a BN obsessive,I have since picked up a couple of them on Japanese CD's, and they sound better to me, but I avoided the ones with voices on them, which includes Silver 'n Percussion also). Elvin went off to Vanguard, Hutcherson to Columbia, where they put out OK (but not great) albums, not up to the standards of their later BN work, but no doubt at least the Hutcherson's sold better. Of course, Butler also ended up at Columbia somehow.

The marketplace did. Those albums didn't sell (I saw them in cutout bins very quickly), and the company went dormant.

Listened to the Live 1977 samples, and immediately ordered it - great stuff! If only his studio work at the time had been in the same vein.

Love that album - Leon Patillo is great on it. Saw that edition of the group at the Atlantic City Raceway in 1974, and they blew CSNY and Jesse Colin Young off the stage. Incidentally, tickets were $10. What would they go for now for that type of show?

Agreed and understood, I'm one of the ones who can't make the distinction. The production on the Silver 'n series renders several of them unlistenable for me, so I can't really judge the compositions. I've never heard that live 1977 recording on Promising Music, have always wanted to, and I still hope to at some point. Some of the lyrics on the United States of Mind albums sound painfully naive today.