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The guy with the glasses in the very front.

In which the evil Judy , at first seemingly victorious , eventually gets what's coming to her, Johnny learns a life lesson, and righteous, long-suffering Lesley experiences ultimate redemption. Deep stuff...

We do!

I'm also a big Lesley Gore fan, especially "You Don't Own Me" and "California Nights".

Agreed, as the bonus tracks from this session far outshine the proper Ilori album.

"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing".

Kind of surprised that Byrd would be doing "Christo Redentor" and "Blackjack" as late as 1978.

Wow. Shatner/Nimoy territory there. The original was outrageous enough - Jim Peterik does the David Clayton-Thomas schtick beyond even Clayton-Thomas himself (and he was only 20). But of course, it went to #2 pop, so they had both the first and the last laugh. Peterik then hit big a decade later in Survivor with "Eye of the Tiger" etc.

CD pre-ordered from Amazon, thanks for the heads-up, looks wonderful!

Totally agree.

AFAIK, the Proper Boxes are a thing of the distant past. Someone like Fresh Sound could do a great job on a Teddy Charles set if they had a mind to do so.

Do I have to? +1

Totally legal release. The OJC-LE's are OOP, and Concord won't be doing "Walt Dickerson Plays For Lovers". You can send $1 to Dickerson's heirs to cover "lost" royalties.

Yet another in your long line of outstanding achievements. Our generation thanks you😄

Charles did some amazing work in the 50's. Good player. Great writer and arranger.

I came of age in the era of the Fender Stratocaster guitar hero - Hendrix, Duane Allman, Rory Gallagher, Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, Alvin Lee, Kim Simmonds, early Carlos Santana, etc., (I do realize some of them played Gibson Les Paul's) so grunge just never has sounded right to me. Not familiar with the deep stuff you refer to, but I've tried Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc. enough times to know it's not for me. I do get off on "Smells Like Teen Spirit", but that's about it.

Same here, same timeframe, and it continued downhill from there. Led Zeppelin IV was another seminal 1971 album. And Carole King Tapestry was a landmark pop album. And there were countless other excellent albums. And 1965-1970 were all great years for pop/rock music. Soul/R&B continued to be really good throughout the 70's, even when disco came in.

AFAIK, commercial rock radio no longer exists. There was a time when innovation could get played and sold, but that seems long gone.

I exited 30+ years ago when I realized I despised both musical subgenres which then dominated (grunge and new jack), and I've never encountered anything which compels me to return.

You can get the whole 'Word From Bird' CD for under $10 - just go that route. Well worth it.

You're right, and the other new Elvin's are Japanese-only. I would expect the Amazon pre-order price to drop before it comes out.

If it's Japanese-only release, it actually will go out of print overnight, but will eventually come back around. Those Japanese BN's are carpe diem.

I pre-ordered Revival from Amazon, but also want Prime Element, which only CDJapan has up for pre-order at this point. So may circle back to placing the whole order with CDJapan and cancelling the Amazon pre-order if Amazon doesn't ever put Prime Element up pre-order. Also looking to see if CDJapan lists anything more between now and next month to add to an order there to offset the crazy shipping costs. Or if importcds/popmarket gets around to listing these, I will go with them. Three dimensional chess figuring out who to most cost-effectively buy this stuff from. First World problem!

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