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That depends on how you interpret the "God is watching, God is dying, slow change" chorus. If you take a trinitarian view where God the Father is watching God the Son die as propitiaton for our sins, initiating the slow change through God the Spirit (which is what I believe is reality, but not necessarily the purpose of the lyrics), it does fit perfectly. If you take a Nietzche "God is dead" view, it is antithetical to the aesthetic. I suspect McDaniels mostly just liked the way the words sounded and the aura they infuce, rather than deeply pondering their meaning.

And he would have been in his teens then! RIP to a talented and versatile guitarist!

Atlantic Records was, for many years, known as "The House That Ruth Built"! This stuff is best of breed.

Great news, though not unexpected (makes perfect sense). I'm in. The 'Far Horizons' set is down to $35.60 with free prime shipping on Amazon now, so I ordered it. I wonder if they will break the Oblivion Express material into multiple sets since there are so many albums involved (10 discs just from the 70's).

Sorry to hear this. Loved his work with the Yardbirds, and some of his early solo stuff (especially the post-hype 'Rough and Ready' album). RIP.

On hold.

Great condition, played once. Asking $225 shipped in USA. PM if interested.

This is a great box set, seven albums and bonus tracks on 4 CD's, excellent booklet, pristine remastering. $28.20 with free prime delivery from Amazon. They did some truly magical music.

They always seemed more muddled than satanist to me anyways. First album felt like cartoon posturing. 'Paranoid' didn't strike me as particularly religious, more a story of alienation. 'Masters of Reality' talked more about God than about Satan, and had Satan subservient to God, if I remember. I checked out at IV as it was so musically inept, and never checked back in. Consider, these are lyrics lifted directly from "After Forever" on 'Masters of Reality': Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say If they knew you believe in God above? They should realize before they criticize That God is the only way to love Is your mind so small that you have to fall In with the pack wherever they run Will you still sneer when death is near And say they may as well worship the sun? I think it was true it was people like you that crucified Christ I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced Will you be so sure when your day is near, say you don't believe? You had the chance but you turned it down, now you can't retrieve Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead and gone Open your eyes, just realize that he's the one The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate Or will you still jeer at all you hear, yes I think it's too late

No, it can't, sorry. Amazing box set by the way, you get "alternate" versions (alternate takes or alternate mixes, in many cases noticably longer) of all but one song on the 'Waka/Jawaka' and 'The Grand Wazoo' albums, some excellent George Duke demos, and a full concert by the Petit Wazoo group on the 4 CD's, plus a blu-ray disc containing remasters of the 'Waka/Jawaka' and 'The Grand Wazoo' albums, all for under $50. This is an incredibly strong box, very little waste on it, and a lot of revelations.

Good point.

"Look in the Sky" and "Can You See Me" from the first Glass Harp album. Amazing Phil Keaggy guitar playing, and he was like 19 years old.

Nat Adderley 'Soul of the Bible'. Leonard Bernsteim 'Mass'. Individual cuts would be The Rascals "See", Pacific Gas and Electric "Are You Ready", Tommy James & the Shondells "Crystal Blue Persuasion", Chambers Brothers "Love, Peace and Happiness".

Here are the two missing from the OJC series that most break my heart:

Opposite here. I tried a Henry box set one time, and was not too happy with it. And he never did a great doomsday version of "I Am The Walrus", far surpassing those luvable moptops!

This was THE great Spooky Tooth album, from 1969 (though they made several other good ones). Mike Harrison was a spectacular singer, and Gary Wright brought a lot to the group with his organ, writing, and vocals. The opening track "Waitin' For The Wind" , still stops me in my tracks 54 years later, and the closer (though bonus cuts follow on this version) "Evil Woman" is as perfect a "heavy" rock song as there could be. 'Ceremony' is a (fascinating) mess, and destroyed the original group. They reformed a couple of years later without Luther Grosvenor, who went on to Mott the Hoople, to replace Mick Ralphs. Grosvenor went by "Ariel Bender" during his Mott phase.

PM sent on David Murray - 3D Family (Hat Art, 1989) - $7 Stefon Harris - The Grand Unification Theory (Blue Note) - $2

Check out her "King's Record Shop" and "Interiors" albums.

Her music does a lot more for me than her father's does, though his persona was awesome.

I'm a sucker for good 60's British Invasion, and these guys were good:

My listening is done on a boombox with $60 Sennheiser headphones, often with my 4 year old grandson running around in the background. I appreciate good sound (as well as nice packaging and artwork), but high end premium fidelity past a point is lost on my listening experience. I am surprised that the guys with the high end systems aren't jumping on these. Great music in great sound at a great price.

I don't, as there is so much I haven't yet heard which I want to (I love the exploration), but I do understand the appeal of it (and 'Forever Changes' is a great choice). In an infinite situation, I would surely do so.

Very early on in my jazz life, I encountered a Riverside reissue of Monk's live recordings called "Two Hours With Thelonious" at JC Fields for like $.57. I had heard of him, but never heard him. I picked it up, took it home, listened to it, and was spellbound for hours. No one like him. Has there ever been a really good biography written on him?

I got my package today. Seven of my 12 (including six Steve Lacy titles, plus the Don Preston) filled with original artwork intact. Two filled with generic packaging but legit discs (and xeroxed original artwork in one case). three "substitute" CD's instead of the titles I had ordered, and two "bonus" CD's, one with original artwork, the other with generic packaging and xeroxed liner notes. Not what I hoped for, but no complaints for $27.60, and it goes to a good cause. Not sure how many (if any) I end up keeping, but I certainly should be able to find a new home at least for the six Lacy CD's if they aren't keepers for me.

Thanks, the packaging does look nice (and I hate the One Way packaging). I know from reading elsewhere that there are no bonus cuts, which in this case is a big problem because you're missing "This Wheel's On Fire", a huge UK hit cover version of the great Dylan song. But I have that on other comps. I remain on the fence on this one.