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Having Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham so prominently featured on that didn't hurt its chart chances a bit, though it was a worthy hit song. I have a Spirit DVD recorded in the mid-80's, and Egan plays bass on it and doesn't sing a note, which seems pretty strange.

What was the backstory there?

I also like this one a lot, definite Foster influence on some of it.

That's where I come down, those two plus Expansions and Extensions on BN are it for me, much as I love many of the other titles. FWIW, I did experience the Milestones in real time, though not the BN's (but caught up with those ASAP). Sahara was absolutely stunning in 1972, nothing prepared me for it.

Marginal NBA guard Nick Stauskas had his name transfigured on CC to "Sauce Castillo". He ran with that and even had a hot sauce created and marketed in his honor.

Possible. They're hoping to do 2-3 volumes a month, have 8 volumes left.

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Yes, that's a great box set. If you like the original albums, don't hesitate to grab it.

I received the June 24, 1979 and Feb. 25 1979 sets today!

Not aware of a Tyner bio - I'd read it. Agreed on the majesty of his Milestone catalog. 'Sahara', his first on Milestone, is a desert island disc for me. 'Expansions' and 'Extensions' on BN and 'Sahara' are the ultimate Tyner for me, but he did so many great albums on BN and Milestone. Saw him in the 70's at the Bijou Cafe, and was stunned live and on record at how he could just eat alive such powerful saxophonists as George Adams, Gary Bartz, etc. Sonny Fortune and young Azar Lawrence seemed to do the best holding their own.

Al Stewart tomorrow night at Upper Merion Concerts Under the Stars. 2 blocks from my house!

PM sent on the Art Pepper

Looks great, can't think of two better horn solists! I'll pick it up if I ever see one at a reasonable price. Sorry I missed the release pre-order from CDJapan.

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General comment, not specifically directed at HutchFan: Look up Candomble - it's very very dark and troubling. Spirit possession, animal sacrifices, etc. Same with Santeria. Spirit world exists or it doesn't, right? But saying you believe it isn't so doesn't necessarily make it that way. Denouncing Candomble isn't crazy, regardless of what you choose to believe.

I like those Shawn Phillips albums quite a bit, and they did a good job with Joan Baez.

Correct, and it scraped the bottom of the USA Top 40 (#31), though they didn't play it in Huntsville, Alabama, where I lived at the time.

Amazingly enough, The RC's "Ruby Tuesday" got airplay for a few weeks in Cincinnati, and was jarring when it came on.

One of the really interesting groups on the label was the We Five, who were caught in between the label's Brasil '66 model (see their cover tunes) on one hand and early Jefferson Airplane (check out their originals) on the other. They made some pretty great folk-rock/proto-psych records which were largely and unfairly ignored (they didn't look the part, and A&M didn't have that rep - compare the music of the first cut with the album cover), plus the justly lionized "You Were On My Mind".

I stopped with the early ones - what are the best of breed?

I always found the Elektric Band to be slog through the muck, and is some of the only Chick I have fully excused myself from ever needing to explore further.

1983 if I am doing my google searching correctly. He would have been 21. It is a fine solo. I loved his early sideman work with Blakey and with Herbie Hancock, and I'd buy a CD of this performance in a heartbeat. I thought he had reached a peak as a leader with the Live at Blues Alley album, and was so disappointed when he then turned all academic/historic/pretentious on us. He has occasionally through the decades since then put out releases that sound good to me, but they are just teasers. He always returns to his unlistenable "big statements".

Incredibly overlooked/underrated album:

I think the Brooks is pretty celebrated, but I fully agree with your general point.