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I snoozed, I loozed.

Just felt like posting the cover, since it's one I've not seen very often.

Clapton did an intrumental piece with symphony orchestra on "24 Nights" (recorded live in 1991). I think it was called "Edge of Darkness" (if I remember right). It was only 6½ minutes long, but is sort of a mini guitar concerto. Moderately interesting -- couldn't have been better, could have been worse.

PM sent re: Black Orchid

Half does provide an "auto buy" function (not sure that's what it's called), that will automatically pull the trigger on specific titles of your choosing. You define the maximum price-point you're willing to pay, and minimum disc condition you'll accept -- and as soon as a disc meeting your condisions becomes available -- BAM -- it buys it for you. I've never taken advantage of it, but I think the functionality is there.

Patton's originally from Kansas City, KS (a hop, skip, and a jump from KCMO) -- I'm sure somebody here at the UMKC Music Conservatory would be happy to help. Free For All -- anybody you can recomend?? Spontoon -- does Chuck Hadix at the sound archives have this kind of access?

So has Pluto always never been a planet?? or will it suddenly now always just be a former planet?? or could it become a planet again in the future?? - and if so, then how will it explain this gap in its work history??

Did you like his group w/Steve Coleman? Guy I'll second the question (and to whom the question is directed). Or to be more specific, Chuck, how about the Holland groups with both Coleman and Kenny Wheeler??

Double true!!

Don't have any good non-BN examples right at hand (am at work, or I'd skim through my collection at home before starting this thread). What are you favorite covers that include the names of all the sidemen on the cover?? Specifically -- were there any other labels (besides BN) that consistantly or usually included sidemen's names on the cover?? What were some of the better and/or more inovative ways to include this info, in a way what maybe became a part of the design element of the cover?? We all know the Reid Miles BN covers, front to back -- I'm thinking more of how other labels did this, and did any do it as well (or as "interestingly") as Miles did?? (Especially good Reid Miles examples of this are not unwelcome in this thread, but let's not post every BN cover he ever did.) Did this happen more often with labels (like BN) that had a sort of roster of players?? - where leaders would be sidemen on other recordings on the same label - as much or more often than not.

Any feedback from any of you design gurus about the color choices EMI made?? Couw?? What might you have done differently?? I think the strongest ones are the Sam Rivers and the Leo Parker.

Well, if they can axe Pluto, there's no telling what's next on the chopping block.

Another victim of downsizing.

FWIW, here are the nine covers that were created from B&W originals (negatives?)...

Has anybody ever seen the book?? I used to have this CD, years ago, but don't seem to anymore. (Guess I traded it, though I don't remember specifically doing so.) I'm guessing the movie would have been pretty interesting -- shame that it was lost. Thread came up searching for something else. Has anybody ever seen the book??

The only jazz musician I ever gave a ride to -- in my robin's egg blue (w/ a white vinyl hardtop) '66 Mustang -- from his hotel to the gig at the jazz bar* I use to hang out at religiously (circa 1995). Seemed like a pretty nice guy, as I recall. RIP. *Never worked there to the point of getting a real paycheck, but I used to work the door for them for national-act shows, and other odds and ends - in exchange for free tickets to everything that ever played there, and pretty much never having to pay for drinks at the bar (not a half bad deal either, I might add). I'd also work in the kitchen for the "smooth jazz" dates that I didn't give a rip about, and I'd have front-row seats for all the dates I could ever want.

This record kills... Praxis - Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) (Axiom, 1992) audio clips the band... Bootsy Collins - bass Bernie Worrell - keys Buckethead - guitars Brain - drums Af Next Man Flip (a.k.a. Afrika Babybam) - turntables Bill Laswell - production Highly recomended!!! Jim, Joe, and Randy -- I think most of you'd REALLY dig it.

Far as I remember, "Power To The People" was only issued on CD (by itself) on some Italian label, in a mini-LP style cardboard case if I remember correctly. Absolutely insane that this date hasn't been released domestically, and isn't widely available. One of Joe's all-time best dates, period - IMHO.

Wait, what??

So, other than the Hill/Rivers date that I mentioned at the beginning of this thread -- what other dates could have easily had Reid Miles covers completed at the time? Or, maybe I'll ask a similar question this way: What "not released at the time" dates were at least assigned catalog numbers "at the time"??

So have all of the Conns been decided already for next June?? Seem quite a ways away. If you can share any other titles, please do!! Thanks!!!

Also, what was the last (latest in time, a.k.a. "most recent") cover that Reid Miles did for BN?? (When did Miles stop doing covers for BN?) Knowing that should give some impression of the chances that Miles could have still been producing covers for BN around the time that Hill/Rivers sessions would have been being "prepared for release". (That date was recorded on 7-MAR-66, if that gives any indication of when any cover for it might have been being worked on.)

Again, I hear ya -- and more than that, I've always thought the cover of "Blue John" looked like it was blown up from a rather small (B&W?) source picture. Look at the detail (or lack thereof) in the image of Patton.