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Gig didn't happen due to some sort of internal meltdown in Smegma (now there's a lovely image!). Members I talked to expressed an interest in playing together in some informal future configuration. My career sabatoged by 'creative differences', does that make me a 'real musician' now?

I'll probably just stick to the usual, Studebakers, Scotland, and strippers...

If the're reforming does that mean the'll stopp ripping people off and play with some sublety for a change?

Dude! I've played the Towne Lounge, see you there.

I agree with those who say Get Up With It; "He Loved Him Madly" is as good as any thing Miles (and Teo) ever did...

"I got time for one more of Hank's tunes and a M-F to go"

I'm playing at my alma mater, Reed College with my friends in Portland's longrunning 'noise band'...don't blame me I didn't name the band, we're on first at 8pm sharp for a short set and I can't guarantee you'll be able to hear me, I often can't hear myself, much less that I'll play anything interesting since I have no idea what we're playing, but still you won't hear a middle aged Studebaker driving kinda guy play C-melody in this context evryday, and I think it's open to the public, but I could be wrong since I've seen two different rooms at Redd listed on the web, think I better go practise my squeaks and squonks...and scales, just in case.

What edits or takes are on the 2-disc version of BB that's not on the 4 CD box? I have both now and am contemplating selling my 2 disc version. Or am I misreading something? other way round, if you get the BF & BB 2cd sets you miss some of what's on the 4cd BB box, but get the master mix of "Go Ahead John" on BF...clear?

I just sent off a dual review of this and the On the Corner box, If any of you can stand to read any more I'll post a link if it gets published (is that still the right word for things which only appear online?)

Been meaning to get a copy of his LP Dance Ranch for some time, I have one other one I bought in some trendy place in Sea at Hole. Of all the egregious omissions from CMT's 40 Grate Men of Country, his may have been the most egresiousnest! Seriously, hits in 4 (or 5?) decades in which music changed tremendously.

Nor is the initially released master of "Go Ahead John" on any of the box sets. The raw takes are on the Jack Johnson box, but to get the mix/edit that Teo did for Big Fun you have to buy Big Fun. If you buy Big Fun in its bonus track form and do the same for BB (2 2cd sets instead of the 4cd BB box), you get the final mix of "Go Ahead John" and most of the other good stuff from that period but you do miss some stuff. To get evrything you'd end up with a bunch of repeats...

See www.ayler.org, what's new section for an account of the funeral...

Normally I say something like 'say it isn't so', but here I'm not so sure...if death ever brings peace, may it do so for Donald & Albert. Heaven would be a place where their sublime music is fully appreciated. And Donald appreciated for himself, which I just failed to do...

The On the Corner stuff is great. It includes the segment used by Bill Laswell for “What If” on Panthalassa. “Chieftain,” as I mentioned before, is the same tune that opens In Concert at Philharmonic Hall. The “Turnaround” tracks are the same tune from the second part of “Prelude” on Agharta. Some of this music was used on Panthalassa. “The Hen,” “Big Fun-Hollwuud,” and “Peace” are kind of dull along the “Billy Preston” lines and lack the edge the band had in its live shows. “Mr. Foster,” recorded the day after “Calypso Frelimo” in 1973, is a good one. It sounds like “For Dave,” which closes Agharta and Pangaea and is on the latter part of Side 2 of Dark Magus. Confusingly, the more mainstream “Minnie” from 1975 is also known as “Mr. Foster.” “Hip Skip” and “What They Do” are from 1974 and include Dominique Gaumont on guitar. The former song features Pete Cosey on drums and was performed on a few live bootlegs from this period; the latter is a great stop-start guitar-fueled rave-up not unlike the “Turnaroundphrase” finale on Dark Magus. Good ears! Woulda taken me forever to figure that out...may I quote you in a review I'm writing? Dana PS Is your avatar the rare AA Hot Rod Hits LP?

I meant to say before I got sidetracked, US auto makers are between a rock and a hard place since they need to hold their core while winning back import buyers...good luck. may be too late, once shit starts to go downhill...

Here's another thought, does she play piano on anything after the early '70s?

To get back to Aretha (please), here's a thought...maybe she didn't lose 'it', she just hasn't had any worthwhile material to expend 'it' on, or any producers capable of coaxing 'it' out of her on a regular basis. I submit for your consideration, "Look to the Rainbow" from 1986.

As some of you may recall, I'm now on my 2nd Studebaker. Probably just reads 'weird' to most people now but back in the day the perception pf Stude's as old guy cars didn't help them or Packard or Hudson, despite the fact that when the board pulled the plug on the main plant in South Bend they were making the fastest production car in the world, the R3 engined Avanti. But they only sold 9. Perception is a funny thing. The US auto makers have made many, many mistakes over the years, including some moves so cynica/shortsighted/etc. the're hard to credit as mistakes...and as an american indepent fan I don't love the big 3, BUT I really don't want to see one or more of them go under, it would have a ripple effect that would capsize a lot of boats that ain't sone nothing wrong. Studes rule, big 3 drool.

Al, Nice thoughtful response, please feel free to go back and respond to any of my albums of the week that way... Dana "some people just sing up and down and still say nothig"

Clem's talked a lot of shit, but I don't think he's ever tried to tell other members who they could talk to...

My what a shit storm this stirred up, but at least y'all care enough to get worked up about it. Alexander, you know I think you shouldn't let Clem get to you so much but I think that's the best job you've done of saying just what your aesthetic differences are. I love the first three Ree did after coming to Atlantic, but they are a dead end if only 'cause Tommy Cogbill and Roger Hawkins do that particular shit as good as it can be. She was right to move on, but I'm sure glad she went there first. As far as her doing the Beatles, Paul Simon and the Band...well, to me she was just doing in her time what Dinah Washington did in hers to Hank Snow, among others. and you know 'Retha loved her some Dinah Washington. The only good example I can think of someone doing Ree before Ree did it right is Fontella Bass' "Rescue Me" - great record, great band, so what. Parting shot: to me the fact that Ms. Franklin was more 'pop' than some others who had equally good church trained voices is mostly a good thing 'cause to it is all about singing, and songs. Carry on...

To expand on my earlier "clear enuff why they didn't make the cut". /There are two nonalbum b-sides, some lo fi demos, a few not too radically different alternate takes, and lots of outtakes, some of which are not quite done, but most of which would be release quality for someone else or for Re sometime else, but most suffer from weaker songwriting or just not right for the album at hand, but musch of it is no worse than the run of themill album filler for aretha in that period, which contrary to clem I think of as being a pretty high standard. Re would be in my top handfull of any kind of singers anytime so I think this is well worth getiing as long as you understand what it is...and you should be able to get the two pretty full CDs of it for well under $20US. Dana

the scenario MG describes above is especially ironical in the case of canned Heat who made one great single, one pretty good one,and loads of worthless albums (refried Hockey Puck Boogie anyone?) Besides, haven't we already had this conversation, several times? For me the biggest disconnect was the Clash Jaguar commercial... And many 'cool' bands did coke, etc. commercials back in the day, before they discovered it was more commercial for them not to... and you can buy collections of such now.

Funny you should single out "Taking up another Man's Place" since it's one of the few that has been out before, on Atlantic Blues Vocals, 2 LP set some time back...

I just got the 2CDs worth of rare and (mostly) unissued stuff on Atlantic. Good stuff even if it's usually clear enuff why it didn't make the cut originally. What say you?