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Thanks Don. Had a request for you to share more of the details of your experience over on the Hoffman board (or with us here, if you'd rather).

Question came up over on the Hoffman board, and I thought I'd check here.

I've always found Charles Ives' solo piano work to be nothing short of amazing. I've got about 5 or 6 discs worth (with some overlap, but not a lot), and it never fails to engage me deeply. As far as specific pieces, I'm pretty partial to Paul Hindemith's Ludus Tonalis (1942), an hour-long work with great gobs of 20th century counterpoint. Also Dmitri Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues (1950/51), again, because of the fugal-writing in a 20th century harmonic context. Practically all my classical CD's are 1,000 miles away from me at the moment, or I could identify a few more (as well as some specific Ives pieces), but I'll try and revisit this thread when I get to DC in a month or so.

Yeah, Members is such a great album, and I'd forgotten fully half of it was tunes by Cowell. I just ordered Max Roach's "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (from half.com) -- and had to go with the cheap "Collectables" version which is paired with "Members..." on the same disc. So, depending on how the sound quality and packaging/notes are, I could maybe have an extra copy of "Members..." if the OP is still looking for one.

Yeah, I'd have to differ with him about "On the Corner" - which just gets better with each passing year, at least for me. But we agree, Panthalassa is great.

Something kinda cool I just stumbled on... more here

Didn't know where else to post this. Texting on motorcycle, on the highway!! :blink:

Several used copies on Amazon, and I believe also on half.com. Really an outstanding date, highly recommended.

Any suggestions for some specific sets that would make sense, configuration-wise? You'd need something like 3-5 dates by the same artist, or some collection of sympathetic artists. Here's the Strata-East discography, anybody have a link to one for Freedom? I'm not seeing anything logical in the Strata-East stuff, unless one counts a couple unreleased Tolliver recordings that have had "teaser" mentions on-line over the years (i.e. "Right Now" and "In The Trenches"), though no such recordings have ever materialized.

I'm mighty curious about the Japanese issue too. If ever there was a date that needed a sonic upgrade, it's the domestic Black Lion issue of this one.

Are there any other Ra albums (particularly on CD, but any source really), that fit into what I kinda call his "slightly-ambient disco" period?? I've already got... Lanquidity (1978) On Jupiter (1978) Strange Celestial Road (1979) Sleeping Beauty (1980) In short, I'm looking for more stuff like "Lanquidity" especially; Sun Ra with a GROOVE. (Years listed above from Wiki, might not be 100% accurate as a result.) I do have a few other recordings from this era, though none with the kind of 'groove' that most of these four have.

One last lead. There was a "Hiroshi Tanno" thread here that mentioned this Shepp title (1800 = 1800 yen)... And from another thread, here's Hiroshi's contact info... And many folks around here have purchased MANY titles from Hiroshi over the years, I think this is the most currently thread. Well worth dropping him an e-mail.

Here's one that's $593.11, but I don't think that includes shipping. On a more serious note, sorry this isn't coming up anywhere. Several LP's of it on eBay currently, but no CD's, and none sold in the last 30 days either. You might set up an automatic daily search on eBay, and you can also set up an "auto purchase" transation on half.com (you set the maximum you'll pay, and the lowest quality rating you'll accept). Just don't forget about it if you find it else where -- or else in 6 months you might discover you have two of them! Best of luck!

Well, I'm not quite as enthused about Pangaea either -- at least compared with Agharta and Dark Magus.

Brilliant Circles is brilliant, but I've never heard a copy that didn't sound like the worst recorded studio recording in the history of mankind. (In all fairness, I've only ever heard the Black Lion CD issue of it.) Great session -- hell, it's got both Tyrone and Woody!! -- but that sound, that sound!!

Started this thread for her on the Hoffman board. Some googling to try and answer my own question about what she recorded with Hendrix revealed that she also recorded with John Lennon, and played with Hendrix very early in his career (perhaps his pre-fame period, maybe?).

legit mp3's, FWIW, here. Also, here's one from Japan for $21 plus shipping, no idea if it's really in stock, never dealt with this source before. Here's another one for $29, same kind of source. Here's one from the Netherlands, no price, you have to 'make an offer' (and the 'make an offer' link is under the album cover, not the blue one to the right of it).

Damn, what a fun read. Don't miss parts 2 & 3, they're great. I'd buy her book in a heartbeat. I'm sure it'd include the Hendrix.

From the article... Wondering what recordings this might have been? I should probably know, but my big Hendrix phase was 20 years ago, and I'm only just now getting back into that area. (I'll also ask on the Hoffman board; there's guy there who'll know.)

Lot's of good Cowell to try and get your hands on. My favorite is Illusion Suite (ECM 1972), but I've only ever seen a pricy Japanese issue of it (but it was well worth it). Wish I had some to offer.

Lots more info, and here's one you can buy, and another one, and two more that are actually affordable.

I've been spending time with Pangaea and Agartha, and also Dark Magus the last few days -- after not having heard the first two (at all) in 3 or 4 years, and not Dark Magus more than a handful of times during that same period. I'd forgotten how much of Pangaea is actually relatively tame (at least as compared with Dark Magus ). And I'd totally forgotten that Sonny Fortune plays flute quite a bit on these (especially Pangaea) - and how well flute works as a unique voice in that context. Dark Magus is still like doing tequila shots (something I haven't done in 20 years). I'd forgotten how devoid of 'tunes' (even Miles' 70's tunes) that it was, and how it really was just vamp-based. Edit to say: I really prefer Dark Magus the best of the three.

My god, yes. I've heard poorly recorded bootlegs, multi-generations from the original, that I could take more easily than Emergency! Lord knows I've tried.

Wow. That's pretty sad.

Beware -- I read there are two different masterings of this thing being released nearly simultaneously, I guess by two different audiophile labels. I only just skimmed a thread about it (on the Steve Hoffman board, where else!), and something about the two masterings not necessarily using the same sources. (I have little patience for such audiophile discussions, so that's about as much as I know. Next time I stumble on the thread about it, I'll update this post with a link.)