Dmitry

It used to be the place to hear Bob Dylan, Miles, etc etc. Sad stuff...

Amended for Jim. This is the AOW's foray into the multi-disc sets, if I'm not mistaken. Also, this is not cheap, around $27. But worth every cent.

Wilbur Harden / John Coltrane - Complete Savoy Sessions (click here to buy) Been spinning these, thought they'd make a pretty good aow pick. And a couple of spin-off stories about Wilbur Harden, if we're lucky.

You all got this one, I presume?

All the good ones have been picked already, but I'll come up with something tonight.

Some good music on this one that I'm planning to check out, particularly Gaslini. I got 2 out of 14, and I'm contempt.

Looks like a couple of Russians in a semi will be visiting Mr.Nirgo's house next time he's DJ'ing at the monthly Venice Jewish Singles Party.

Saw it used [oop for a while, I think]. I dunno about this one. I know it's M-Base, but how good is this cd? With Terri Lyne Carrington,Jack DeJohnette,Paul Bollenback[don't know him],Charles Covington,Steve Moss,Marvin Sewell,Ed Howard.

Thanks, impossible. Looks like there's not much going on in Boston this Fri, Sat. Plans? Well, my Boston bud and I will cruise the used record stores, that's a given. Safari!

tobacco kills!

l.a. times obit: September 8, 2003 OBITUARIES Warren Zevon, 56; Singer Had a Sense of Grim Theater By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer Warren Zevon, a restless, sardonic bard who embodied the dark edge and excess of the famed singer-songwriter scene in 1970s Southern California, died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 56. Zevon died Sunday afternoon at his home in Los Angeles, according to his manager Irving Azoff, who said that the singer had been "very upbeat" in the past week due to the success of his new album and the recent birth of twin grandchildren. "He was in a good place." While casual pop fans might recognize only his 1978 horror-show hit "Werewolves of London," Zevon for years enjoyed a cult following and the acclaim of his peers for songs that were often about fractured world politics and the disloyal human heart. In a macabre songbook that includes "Excitable Boy," "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner," Zevon presented a world of the undead and the unethical on the rampage in a mercenary world. In "Mr. Bad Example," an altar boy grows up to be a vagabond con man: "I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins/I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in/I'm proud to be a glutton and I don't have time for sloth/I'm greedy and I'm angry and I don't care who I cross." Death and dying were among Zevon's favorite topics (the cover of his 2002 album "My Ride's Here" showed him in a hearse, while another collection was titled "Life'll Kill Ya"), and when confronted with his own mortality, he continued the exploration with aplomb. The singer, a longtime smoker, learned in August 2002 that he was suffering from inoperable lung cancer and a month later he went public with his condition in an interview with The Times. "I feel the opposite of regret," he said then. "I was the hardest-living rocker on my block for a while. I was a malfunctioning rummy for a while and running away for a while. Then for 18 years I was a sober dad of some amazing kids. Hey, I feel like I've lived a couple of lives ? and now when people listen to the music, they'll say, 'Hey, maybe the guy wasn't being so morbid after all.' " Zevon spent much of his time during his illness doting on family and working in a home studio on a new album, "The Wind." His popularity among his peers was underscored by a parade of contributors to the record, including longtime friends Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley and Jackson Browne. The Artemis Records disc debuted last week in the Top 20 of the nation's pop charts, an unprecedented showing for the singer. Jim Keltner, the veteran session drummer who worked on the album, said it was an emotionally charged project for all involved, especially the work on the final song, "Keep Me in Your Heart." "Warren had a bad day, and he couldn't make it in, so we laid down the music without the vocals, and I'll tell you, we were all choked up," he said. "It's a beautiful song." The tracks also include some wry, unsentimental songs, in Zevon's familiar mode, and a version of the Bob Dylan classic "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," a selection that speaks to Zevon's candor and sense of grim theater. Zevon's candor about his condition also extended to allowing VH1 to film the sessions for "The Wind," for a poignant documentary that aired near the album's release date. Dylan himself has recently paid tribute to Zevon by singing several of his songs, including "Accidentally Like a Martyr," in his concert sets, one at the Wiltern attended by Zevon in October. That same month, David Letterman devoted an entire episode of his show to his old friend, an unprecedented time commitment by the long-running program. Warren William Zevon was born Jan. 24, 1947, in Chicago and spent much of his youth shuttling between different cities in California, among them Los Angeles and San Francisco. His father, William, was a Russian Jewish immigrant who was a boxer in his early days in America, then settled into a career as a professional gambler and "a mobster, generally," as his son described him. The singer's mother, Beverly, was of Scottish heritage and a Mormon. The singer told Rolling Stone magazine in 1981 that his mother was "extraordinarily withdrawn ? you can barely hear her speaking voice. She did encourage my interest in art, though." Zevon was a precocious child with high scores in IQ tests but inconsistent grades in the classroom. His parents divorced when he was 16, and the classically trained young pianist quit school as a junior at Fairfax High School and traveled to New York to become a folk singer. That bohemian dream fizzled, and Zevon bounced around the country, eventually returning to Southern California by the late 1960s. He made a living composing commercial jingles and playing on recording sessions. He also wrote songs for the Turtles ("Like the Seasons" and "Outside Chance"), and by the early 1970s was a keyboard player and music director for the Everly Brothers. By that point, he would later tell Rolling Stone, "The road, booze and I became an inseparable team." In 1969, he had put out his first album, "Wanted: Dead or Alive," on One Way Records, but it was largely ignored. It was, however, reissued in March on Virgin Records. After some more false starts, Zevon and his then-wife, Crystal Zevon, became embittered about L.A. life and moved to Spain in 1975, but a short time later they returned. Browne, Zevon's close friend, had championed his cause to music mogul David Geffen and the result would be "Warren Zevon," a 1976 release from Asylum Records that would make the singer a darling of the critics. Browne produced the album, which included "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me," a major hit a year later for Linda Ronstadt. The album boasted an impressive crowd of contributors, among them Henley, Glenn Frey, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Carl Wilson, Bonnie Raitt and J.D. Souther. The assembly showed that Zevon was part of the loose circle of Southern California musicians that forged a defining sound in 1970s rock. But while the Eagles and others were minting platinum albums, Zevon was making far more ominous music that failed to click in a big way with the wide public. That would form the pattern of his career, and it both haunted and inspired him ? he longed for the audience but also reveled in the role of intellectual and uncompromising maverick. He did have one song cut through in a big way ? "Werewolves of London" from 1978 became an ominous novelty with its lyrics about a werewolf who enjoyed socializing but also mutilated little old ladies. "I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's," the song memorably offered. "His hair was perfect." By the early 1980s, Zevon's notoriously wild ways had wrecked much of his personal life, and he went into a rehab program, which he would later memorably mock in "Detox Mansion." He went public with his addiction problem and his plan to seek help, an announcement that foreshadowed his similar decision last year to announce that he had a short time to live. His 1982 album, "The Envoy," was a product of his cleaner living and was hailed as a return to his early form. "Sentimental Hygiene" from 1987 and the 1991 collection "Mr. Bad Example" again won him effusive reviews. Still, major commercial success eluded him. By last year, after learning of his health issues, he was sanguine about his flirtations with major stardom. "It was a little more interesting this way, maybe," he said. "Maybe more aggravating, too. At least I've had one foot in a very normal kind of life. Nobody does my chores so I can go upstairs and jam with Branford, you know?"

After reading about the BOX I'm really itching to get it now. It's a milestone. I'm sure some folks here have it. What's it like?

Monetarily that is. Saw one on eBay, slightly worn box, didn't reach the max and ended at $230 or so 2 wks ago. Today a sealed one sold for $500+, in a bidding war. What's a realistic price of this thing? I'm very interested in getting this set, but is $500 a real ticket price?!

VD. I don't know much about him, aside from some sideman appearances[good ones].

I really like this cd! It's reminiscent of In a Silent Way at times, but without being a complete clone. And it's got that groove. I didn't expect that kind of music at all. Thanks for making up my mind for me! Why it wasn't released in its time is a mystery. In the liner Byrd elaborates on unwillingness of the Blue Note heads to release his recordings[in the 60s].

He is on the soon to be released Larry Young's Mother Ship cd. Excellent record! Peace!

Don't kick me, but I just uncovered an unforgivable oversight - I don't have anything by the Blues Legend Robert Johnson. I have only heard his music in the movies, on tv and on s on-line. What's the recommended reissue of his catalogue? From what I was a able to gather up, the venerable and ubiquitous 1990 "Complete Recordings" 2-cd Columbia box sounds less desirable than the 1998 Sony "King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vols. 1-2"[single cds, or another box?]. I'm probably mixing things up here. Show me the way!

I just played it 2x and I know what you mean. An unexpected, but welcome winner. I see what someone meant by the Ron Carter sound, his bass sounds bloated at times, not alive. The last track, Loud Minority ends kinda abruptly, like it was snipped. But wow! I totally can get into it.

None of her other albums surpass what you got.

On Mercury, SR-80006 ST Thanks!

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Let's just say I have duplictes. I was actually going to declare a private buying moratorium[until the next vinyl only show in edison,nj at the end of the month. anybody wants to go?]; pile is getting out of control. Looks like I'm doing pretty good at the poles so far. One more reason to put all the s..t together and pick a goodie. [man, writing in a thread with my name on it feels kinda weird. like i got an award for the best drawing of a brown pelican, state bird of louisiana. and i don't even know how to draw.]

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