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I got a lot of BYG titles out of cutout bins in the 70's. Didn't know what to make of most of them at the time, but immediately fell in love with Moncur's 'New Africa', and appreciated some (not all) of the Archie Shepp titles, especially 'Yasmina, A Black Woman'. Saw Richie Cole at Penn's Landing in the late 80's in a quartet with Vic Juris on guitar. The band was "on" and I thoroughly dug the show. I remember 'Trenton Makes, The World Takes' causing a stir at 3rd Street Jazz in Philly when it came out, and I generally enjoyed his recordings through the years, while nonetheless admitting his stylistic limitations.

We shall see..., but agreed this was a good one.

No offense taken, just had/have a "danger, Will Robinson" sense. And I was thinking about the rants rather than the Sri Chimnoy stuff. But I can't think about him without remembering Robert Christgau's capsule review of the 'Love Devotion Surrender' album.

Have we entered out of music and into religion/politics here?

Talk about your low bars.... 🙂

Have always found his discussions to be too whacked out, though I do love much of his music, especially the Columbia albums from the debut through Borboletta.

Mainstream had a number of extra cuts from various sessions that they stuck on two compilation albums back in the 70's - 'Jazz' and 'Booty'. Those albums were easy to find in cutout and used bins for years in the 70's/80's. That Land/Hutcherson extra cut appeared on 'Jazz'. I have the Japanese 'Peace Maker' CD, no idea when or where I got it, but glad to have it.

Especially when the music sounds so good.

Check out especially "Blind Willie McTell", also "Highlands" and "Murder Most Foul".

Agreed, especially "Blind Willie McTell", which is one of his greatest ever. I read that he left that off because he thought it would overwhelm the rest of the album.

I like how those albums sound, especially 'Desire' with Scarlet Rivera, and "Tangled Up In Blue" is undeniable, but subsequent revelations have made "Hurricane" a troubling listen (though it sounds great musically) and "Joey" always was ridiculous in its naivety about the "nice" mobster murderer. The middle period album that I think remains underrated is 'Infidels'.

I agree that he stopped being "great" immediately after that. Has there ever been as abrupt fall from grace as going from that landmark to 'Nashville Skyline' and 'Self Portrait'? And I suspect it was largely by design (setting the stage for Neil Young going from 'Harvest' to 'Time Fades Away' to stave off superstardom). Dylan's had plenty of ideas since then, right up to the present, but not often transformative and often not even good. And again, the same can be said of Neil Young. And both, while maddening inconsistent in quality, nonetheless remain consistently interesting. And every time you want to count those guys out, they come up with something like 'Rockin' in the Free World' or 'Murder Most Foul' which were staggering in their quality, impact, and relevance when each came out.

I have the Verve set on Acrobat. The Verve's feel more like her era of relevance to me. Wouldn't mind the Fontana set, but not at what it would cost.

They are often great for box sets like this, though shipping can be delayed.

They were going for a Jones-Lewis thing on that and Muses for Richard Davis. I remember buying both out of a cutout bin in the mid-70's, and being disappointed. They sound better to me now with adjusted expectations. As far as Hubbard's CTI albums, I like them all, especially First Light (the title cut is beautiful), and even like some of his Columbia work (HIgh Energy and the Japanese-only live 2LP set Gleam work in total for me, and I like some cuts on the other albums).

Total about 81 minutes, which is doable these days. I'd buy it just for this cut alone.

#3 desperately needs a CD issue.

I A-B'd the original Dexters and the Select one time and didn't hear any appreciable difference. The sources on that material is pretty poor, maybe not that much which can be done for it

Glad to do my usual December, though I can be flexible and fill in any month.

Sounds interesting for sure, but at $100 too rich for my blood, considering how much other late Pepper I own, including the Village Vanguard and Galaxy boxes.

What did he say?