Stefan Wood

I picked it up when it came out. It didn't grab me the same way as that amazing 3 cd set of Nigerian funk music that Strut release a couple of years ago. Maybe it is because I was expecting something Fela like, or even something similar to the Ethiopiques series. I'll have to give it a closer listen......

The Kamucas are definitely worth reissuing. However, based on sjarrell's post it looks like we'll be inundated with "Music to Make Your Stomach Churn" compilations ad infinitum.

Received it in the mail yesterday. They sent both the 2002 printed catalog, as well as a 2005 cd-rom catalog. It's also the first thing from Fantasy that has the 2005 Concord Records copyright. Looks like they still have everything, no deletions.

Art Blakey - Indestructible Dennis Brown - 2 cd Trojan set Al Green - Anthology The Jam - Hits Fela - Confusion/Gentleman Stravinsky - Rites of Spring (many, many different versions) Scheherazade (same thing) All of these I have constantly played over the years.

Collectors avoid the digital mastered vinyl like the Black Death.

This is going to be the future, folks. Kiss those cds goodbye........

The National Gallery already HAS a copy. I sold my set to them, telling them that it was some lost Duchamp piece. Never mind that Duchamp was long dead before this set came out.....

I don't understand the complaints about the rust. I thought it was DESIGNED to rust. A bad packaging and marketing move, but nevertheless, that was the intention, no? Personally, I like it -- as well as a kick in the pants to all those tight ass collectors in the world.

Yikes. Charly is issuing this? They have a very dubious track record in terms of sound quality (and also legality of reissues).

Kevin, I think the use of SACDs seem to be only in the classical genre now. Though I hope Concord/Fantasy/whatever will still do some as well.

THE JAZZ CRUSADERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Pharoah Sanders and Michael White discs are very nice. But there are other more interesting things they should be reissuing, like Yusef Lateef.

There exists a subculture of Sonny Clark fanatics who have loads of cash to spend on ebay. The bids for this lp is high, but about average for the pressing. I still remember when I sold a Japanese reissue of a Sonny Clark/Buddy Defranco lp that went for $100. Crazy......

Stereo made headway in the mid 50's with recordings from RCA and Mercury, though they were initially sold well on reel to reel tape, then vinyl. 1958 is the key year for many initial stereo releases on vinyl.

How can someone with 500+ negative comments even SELL on ebay????

Put down a big preorder on these suckers. I haven't heard good things about the Alan Shorter disc, but I still got to hear for myself.......

Oh come on........... he's gone lower!

Hmmm, these will be remastered from the original tapes, then processed as surround sound to be played on dvd???? Check out the "About ESP" link on their home page.

I think Fania absorbed the Tico label, as they did many others -- Alegre, etc. I don't know who owns Fania now, but they have been reissuing their catalog for many years now -- check out Descarga

Enoch Light - Provacative Percussion (Command) stereo

I just saw this on Jazzmatazz. Is there a new company doing the ESP reissues, because aside from vol 3,vols 1 & 2 are combined as one set, and there is an Albert Ayler legit release of Foundation live 1970, and Pharoah Sanders' 1st session.

CPO just reissued their cycle of Attenberg symphonies (1 through 9) at a greatly reduced price. Cduniverse sells it for around $35. Highly recommended! Very vivacious and unique music, which deserves to be better known.

Upset? Seems more jealous than anything else.

I was there with bertrand -- FANTASTIC SHOW!!!!!! Oh man, is this an event to see! Guys in the Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York areas should definitely scramble to see these guys perform. I have a new found appreciation for Marshall Allen -- I think of him so much as "Sun Ra's band leader" that I never heard his own skills as leader, composer, player. Amazing. And to think that he and Grimes had never performed together before! We were hearing them practicing an hour before the show, but even during the concert, Allen would change sheets, point out instructions, and the two would fire away. And having a second bass player was a plus, giving it a double cello classical feel at times, and free for all plating madness at other times, but Grimes is certainly back and playing powerful stuff.

Boniwell Music Machine. Buy both cds. NOW!!!!! You won't regret it. A great garage punk band with some whacked out lyrics but awesome riffs! Top notch musicians, and Sean Boniwell was da man!!! Also really like the United States of America cd.