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I thought organist David Sinclair was the star, but Hastings was fabulous in his cameo roles on them.

The live album with Les McCann and a collection from the David Axelrod late-60's era containing this song (there are several different ones available) should be in every household!

I file artists in only one of my two musical sections on my shelves, "jazz" or "all other". Makes for some tough calls sometimes (such as Lou Rawls).

Me too, have unloaded countless great Mosaic big boxes as the music becomes available in different configurations, and awaiting more opportunities to do so. Money and shelf space are both finite resources (and alas, so is listening time).

Because it's Rhino rather than Mosaic, it will be 1/2 the price and 1/6 the shelf space!

Here's by far (and probably rightly) her most famous moment, from her first album. Perfect 1979 California pop. Same here. She became really quirky after that, in both composition and production style (the 80's synth era did her music no favors, Walter Becker involvement or not). This one is a really good live album:

Good guitar player, RIP.

The two Changes albums are well-regarded, Cumbia... somewhat, the others not so much. I like Moves a lot, but seem almost alone on that. It was more striking in real tlme when the Changes albums weren't there to outshine it.

Agreed. Last Mosaic boxes I bought were the Clifford Jordan in 2013 and the Mingus Jazz Workshop in 2012. And while I bought a ton of Selects in the interim, the last big box before those two was the Jazz Crusaders in 2005. I agree strongly with the Mary Lou Williams suggestion. The Geri Allen stuff is easy to obtain and works best as standalone albums. They could do a good Betty Carter box. A Sonny Simmons/Barbara Donald Mosaic would be awesome, and a great way to FINALLY get 'Rumasuma' on CD. But it's right up there with the Bill Barron in pipedream land. They'll probably do something like a Herbie Hancock or Dexter Gordon Complete BN box next to keep the cash registers ringing (and BN themselves already did those boxes beautifully in the 90's).

RIP, loved his 60's UA work, and some of the very early 70's Reprise material.

I like the cover art on the Walter Smith!

BFT 230 1 – Amazing Grace. Not bagpipes, but consciously that effect. Love and fully subscribe to the lyrics of the song, but this cut is musically outside my listening domain. 2 – One of the old tenor masters? “Ain’t Misbehavin’” I believe, but I tend to mix up some of the old standards. Historically significant and so well done, but I don’t pull this sort of thing out to play. But it is really good. 3 – Outside my listening domain, totally lost on me. 4 – “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”. Good version. Style is unmistakable. Last cut on this . 5 – Stylistically similar to #5, and I’m in. Monk’s “Mysterioso”. Can’t ID the pianist. 6 – I like this one a lot! Good flow with 4 and 5, though this is clearly later vintage. 7 – Also really like this one. Kenny Burrell on guitar? His album? 8 – “Tin Tin Deo”. Into an Afro-Cuban groove section following the piano groove section. Don’t think it’s actually Dizzy, but guessing it’s Jon Faddis in a Dizzy-memorial type of group recorded live. Sure sounds like Bobby Hutcherson on marimba, but this is not the ‘Ambos Mundos’ version of the tune. Guessing 80’s vintage. Whatever it is, I am enjoying it. 9 – Nice enough boppish piece. 10 – Swing to bop transitional type of piece. I like it plenty, even though not quite in my wheelhouse. John Hardee? I know I like his playing/records, and that could well be Tiny Grimes on guitar. 11 – Good solid B3 jazz. Late 50’s/early 60’s? 12 – Utterly in my wheelhouse! Need to own this if I don’t already, but I’d certainly think I do. Assume it’s a big-time second tier tenor player. Comping/solo sounds like Blue Note Sideman style McCoy Tyner. 13 – “The Very Thought of You”. Another good tenor player. At first I thought it was an older style guy, but as solo developed, I can see it’s a newer guy (my dividing line is always Coltrane/Rollins). What’s not to like? Though I do think his technique is maybe more developed than his feel. But it’s good. 14 – I like this one. Not sure on the tenor player. Cedar Walton-ish piano, somebody who already heard McCoy Tyner with Trane. Bowed bass dates it some – Paul Chambers? Pianist style too late for bassist to be Doug Watkins. Another one that I’d be pretty certain I own already. If not, I’ll look to fix that. 15 – Charming, for sure. Not a powerhouse singer, but expressive in that Blossom Dearie kind of way. 16 - Outside my listening domain. Thanks for the BFT, lots of good sounds! #4 is already on my shelves, and I’d be interested in adding 5,6,7,8,10,11,12, 14 if they aren’t already there, which is an extraordinarily high “like” rate for me.

That label consistently does great mastering.

Yet my two favorite albums by her are 'Clouds' (and they should have included "Urge for Going") and 'Ladies of the Canyon'.

Forever indebted to Lorber for the Bosstown Sound, especially the Ultimate Spinach 'Behold and See', which sounds great at this late date! Me neither, looks like it would be really good. Again, no CD release.

If the Harper is the Live in Brooklyn one I'm thinking of, I sprung for the digital download on Bandcamp. Only the third time I've ever done that (the other two were the Hannibal Peterson album on MPS through Amazon and the Elvin Jones Town Hall album on PM through their website.).

Charmingly is the key word for me. I am much more enamored of the 60's "excess" (L.A., S.F., London, and other locales) than I am into the "mature" music of the 70's. Give me this over any Jackson Browne album or whatever.

RIP. He was the best at what he did, regardless of what one thinks of the genre (I've steadily grown into it over the decades, adore it now). Though I've never heard it, I'd jump at a domestic CD issue of that title, even with "Honey" and "Lady Madonna" onboard.

Sounds great on this rainy Sunday afternoon. This series is by FAR my favorite Braxton. Didn't know he had it in him. And the rest of the quartet (Kevin O'Neil-G, Andy Eulau-B, Kevin Norton-D) is outstanding, though previously unknown to me.

And the physical production costs of CD's are much lower. I'd jump at a CD set of the Nathan Davis, and likely at one of the Blakey. And I have to think we're far from alone on this. But the market seems to have swung to the vinyl fetishists, who will pay the outrageous prices. Yes, I'm still just whining.

Understood, I'm just whining.

Which means a CD version could sell relatively well.

This is a great use of $15, broought to you by the good folks at BGO Records in the UK (legit licensing):

Totally agree. To me, Furay was the best singer in the group, though his writing wasn't up to Young or Stills (nothing to be ashamed of). Love the group and that cut. "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" is another where Furay's vocal enhanced a great song by Young.