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…here ‘tis:

Just hiked to the National Cathedral from home (~2.5 miles), and am about to enjoy the following organ recital… https://cathedral.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Christmas-2023.pdf The whole thing is also live-streamed, starting in 7 minutes (1:30pm Eastern), and I’m pretty sure you can replay it at your leisure after it plays live..

Also available as a 3cd set too! https://orgmusiclabel.bandcamp.com/album/the-found-tapes-live-in-los-angeles

Or is it that increases cases of cat ownership is caused by schizophrenia??!!!

Andrew Hill, for a split second on the trio session from the BN Select -- it was just a minute or two (at most) in the middle of just one tune (and maybe an alternate?) -- far as I'm remembering. It's definitely a 'don't blink or you'll miss it' situation.

I'm going to take my chances and still get this in January or early February. I just got a little bigger size order than usual from Dusty a few days ago (just my luck). I'm optimistic because there are quite a number of BBE jazz-reissue titles that have stayed available on Dusty's site for more than two years -- so I'm hoping I'll be safe waiting just another month or so. If not, I'm sure I can track one down one way or another -- but I do think they'll still be coming up on Dusty's site -- brand new -- for most of 2024, if not even 2025.

What’s the George Braith one? Googled, and I’m coming up empty. Definitely, those other two were awful — but the original Japanese cover of Tippin’ the Scales (the red one) was great!! 👍

Which others come to mind? (But, yeah, I’m remember that too.) NOT the Japanese ones, which were mostly great!! — but the US ones were nearly all(?) pretty lame, iirc.

I feel like I vaguely remember this reference, but only just barely. Care to remind me of the details?

By the way, Pandora served me up a track from that Jazz Messengers album this morning on my way to work — and I did a complete double take when I saw the cover and noticed the pic of Hank. I thought maybe it was was the same photo-shoot, but then it turned out to be the exact same photo, I let out an audible of some sort (on the subway, no less). That Far Away Lands cover doesn’t bother me any less now — and maybe even more, come to think of it — but at least I know why.

So to recap… Why did they use a picture from about 1956? — a good 10+ years before the 1967 Far Away Lands session. (Laziness and/or ignorance, I guess.) And how/why did a photo from a Columbia album cover (and it’s the exact same photo) end up on a Blue Note cover in 1984? And yes, the lighting’s weird (or maybe especially for Blue Note). Or as my buddy put it in his txt-msg replies to me this morning… I'm fascinated by the merciless bright lighting in recording-studio photos from the big labels in '50s and '60s. So different from RVG's place. Strange to imagine how much good music was actually recorded in those interrogation-room lighting conditions.

And that's the other thing. The Jazz Messengers date (or at least album cover) wasn't on Blue Note.

OK, that's one of the things (since Far Away Lands was a session recorded in 1967). And how about 1956? The Jazz Messengers - The Jazz Messengers | Releases | Discogs

I'd say that's semi-related to one of the wrong things (but only semi-related). (In other words, yes, the shadows are strange -- but why are they strange?) More to the point, the other things that are wrong (edit: probably) explain the shadows, but the shadows alone don't necessarily indicate anything is 'wrong' per se.

Excellent guess, but it's NOT the glasses. (But, again, an excellent guess.)

Hank Mobley: Far Away Lands (recorded May 26, 1967 -- first released in 1984, and this is the original cover). This cover has bothered me for nigh on 25 years, give or take. And just today I figured out WHY. Let's see if any of you can guess!! So, what are all the things that are wrong with this cover being for this Blue Note album? (And I mean besides the cut-rate Reid Miles knockoff titling/lettering thing, which has always bugged me too. But to be clear, I'm NOT talking about the wonky lettering, or questionable color choices (or color combination), or the logo, or the logo-placement, or the font size of the album title, or placement of said title -- NONE OF THAT. What ELSE is wrong? And, no, it's NOT the cigarette in his hand either.)

There’s a whole bunch of regional funk cd comps that are outstanding (not every single track, mind you, but lots of great stuff). I’ve got about 6-7 of them, all on the same label — I’ll have to look later at home. Legit 70’s stuff, often early 70’s — small label, some by bands that only ever did singles (iirc). Good stuff. Got ‘em all from Dusty, or used a couple other places.

Gearbox released Charles Tolliver’s most recent release (a studio date), so I’m practically positive they’re legit… https://store.gearboxrecords.com/products/charles-tolliver-cd-pre-order

I assume that it’s because some of their sources can’t always guarantee 100% order fulfillment. And (I’m guessing) that doesn’t mean some of their vendors end up completely having zero item-availability on certain titles — but, rather, that Dusty might order 10 copies of a title, but only get 6. If a vendor has a history of superior fulfillment, then pre-orders would be allowed. But (I imagine) some titles with limited availability might be a LOT more problematic to allow pre-orders of. That’s ALL conjecture — every bit of it — but it just makes sense (which, of course, doesn’t guarantee it’s true). Anyway, that’s my theory, and I’m sticking with it.

I’ll probably wait to hear some reviews before I made a decision — but I imagine it’s gonna be pretty damn tempting to get, I must confess.

They’re on it!! https://www.dustygroove.com/item/157799/Various:J-Jazz-Free-and-Modern-Jazz-From-Japan-1954-to-1988

Gosh, has it really been 15 months since this footage of Hank first surfaced? I just stumbled on it, on YouTube — searching for something else entirely — and thought I’d give this thread a bump.

I suspect their new website probably has limitations around how orders are logistically done. I’m just guessing here — but it is semi-educated… Don’t most all credit card transactions (online, or otherwise) put a credit hold on the CC account used (the one on the credit card). And then a moderate number of days up to maybe even a couple or a few weeks (at most), the retailer pulls the levers to actually charge the card (which is different than just the credit hold). But I suspect credit holds can’t be held for more than a month (or two month) at most. Either the charge has to go through (an actual charge) — or the credit hold has to be lifted. There is a nebulous middle-ground for a while, but there may be limits to what the credit-card companies allow (contractually, and probably through the rules ‘enforced’ by their software, programmatically). That certainly isn’t to say that an online system couldn’t be developed to provide that sort of function (without the credit hold) — but I’m quite certain that the configurable web-store either can’t do that easily, or not without custom programming (which would easily cost mosaic $1,000 or $2,000, or more). Could it be done?? Sure. Can it be done for free or at little cost?? Probably not.

A friend of mine tried to order one last night (and couldn’t for the same reason) — and he called Mosaic and left a msg and also sent them an email. And then this morning (on a Sunday) he had an email reply that my friend described to me as… “Email from a Fred at Mosaic: The first pressing of the Don Byas set has sold out. We expect to have back in stock after the New Year and we will (again) offer at sale price for a limited time.“

Well, I’ve got a special tune in mind — if there’s still space.