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That's the other Ornette tune I was trying to think of earlier. "Law Years" and "Humpty Dumpty" are probably my two favorite 'underrated' Ornette tunes.

I've got about a dozen Mosaics total (all of them larger sets, I haven't gotten any Selects, yet). There are plenty I've passed up over the years (that have since gone OOP), with only a couple minor regrets. In every case, I've tried to sample at least one album from each set before I bought the full set, to have a good sense of what I was getting into. This isn't because I think any of the Mosaics are going to be substandard. But rather that my tastes run really deep for some artists, and definitely 'not-so-deep' for others. (For example, I easily own 10 times as much Joe Henderson, as I do John Coltrane. Yeah, I'm weird that way.) I love Mosaic, but I also know that there's no point in me buying a set that I'm not going to really listen to all that frequently. Most of Mosiacs are Blue Note sets (and nearly all of them are of material from the 60's B) ). The only non-BN set I have is the Gerald Wilson box.

I've always thought "Law Years" was one of Ornette's very best tunes (and probably not the first tune people think of either).

I had it once too, and sold it about four years ago. I'm curious to hear it again, but don't plan to buy the new RVG. A buddy of mine will have it, probably, I'll give his a spin some time, and see if I feel the same way.

Great. Thanks. Now my mind's blown.

DUDE! A good friend just hooked me up with a copy of this, and it's BAAAAADDDD. Clifford's got his burr on real nice, and the rhythm section SMOKES! Probably a bitch-and-a-half to find, but well worth it! I see that nobody's commented on SOUL FOUNTAIN. It's good, not great. If you can find a good deal on it and want something short and hiply entertaining, get it. There's far worse music to buy. Good to hear you like it! Just got to ignore the ugly cover - it could disturb or even keep you away from the CD... ubu Dare I ask what the cover looks like????

Best laugh I've had all day. Thanks Chuck!!!

Not sure how to vote, cuz I discovered my settings were at 16-bit, but then I bumped them up to 32-bit. When I first saw the page under my 16-bit settings, the header looked like crap, but now under 32-bit, it looks fine. Frankly, I think the benefit you get from having such a slight gradient is so minimal, that I would just go with a solid color. Or perhaps you're just using that gradient to test your theory about whether people are running at 16 or 32 (and the real issue has to do with how you will be presenting other content that we're not seeing yet). In any case, I guess I'll vote "16", cuz that's what my settings were at when I first brought up the test page -- and if you hadn't said anything, I would have still been at 16-bit. Simpler is better, and more straightforward, in my opinion. We've all learned from the Allmusic changes this week, that change (and unnecessary complexity) aren't all they're cracked up to be. Just an unsolicited opinion.

I think 100 years sounds like a pretty good, round number. Anybody else think so?? I would think that it'd be hard to argue with a number that's way higher than that. What's the point in having 150 years??? Or 200??? Chuck??

Yeah, but not all the Blue Notes are $8.99. In my experience, the most recent two or three rounds of RVG's are never included in the "$8.99" sales. So, a 20% coupon means that the newest RVG's are $11.99 minus $2.40 equals $9.59, which is still pretty darn close to $8.99.

That's the ticket. Thanks Claypone!!!!

My top-5 favorite Rare Grooves are... JOHN PATTON-BOOGALOO (my all-time favorite Patton album) JOHN PATTON-UNDERSTANDING (a close 2nd) JOHN PATTON-ACCENT ON THE BLUES JOHN PATTON-MEMPHIS TO NEW YORK SPIRIT EDDIE HENDERSON-SUNBURST

OK, so I'm ichin' to get the new RVG's of "Black Fire" (street date was today), and "Action" (street date was a couple weeks ago) --- and I can't find them for shit in this town... OK, that isn't entirely fair - because I do see that a couple Borders have them (you can check their inventories, by store, from their web-site), but they're all located way out in the suburbs -- a good 15-minute drive from mid-town Kansas City (or 20-minutes in rush-hour traffic). Streetside Records in midtown didn't have any of the RVG's today, nor do they appear to have any of the RVG's from two weeks ago either. And Barnes and Noble didn't have any of today's RVG's either (but they did have the ones from two weeks ago), BUT -- they had them at full-list price, $12.99, which bites. (Borders (out in the 'burbs) has them at $11.99, which is more reasonable -- especially with some sort of coupon, 10%, 15%, or even 20% off.) Some more bitching about Barnes & Noble. They have a relatively deep jazz selection, sorta. But they also have a ton of jazz titles that I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. And worse yet, they only sell CD's at full list price. Just today I saw BN titles from 5-years ago (some of which are already cut-outs), that they had priced at $17.99 or even $18.99 a disc. WTF??? Sorry to be ranting, but it pisses me off when really mainstream titles like BN-reissues, are such a bitch to find on release day (or even two weeks after release day). Remember the trouble I had finding "Passing Ships" for like three days, when it came out last October?? There was a time, just two years ago, when BN titles were easy to find, everywhere (Streetside, Borders, B&N, etc...), and on release day too. I'm done ranting, for the moment...

Anybody have any fresh Borders coupons?? The last one expired yesterday (or at least the last one I knew about), just in time to NOT be available for use for the RVG's that just came out today. Thanks!!!! -- Rooster I'm ichin' for the RVG of "Black Fire", but not enough to pay full price for it. PS: Here's a link to some Borders Coupons, though they're all expired (at the moment). BUT, the link appears to go to a dynamic page that will likely include other Borders coupons in the future, though!!! Link: http://www.xpbargains.com/st_deals.php/Borders_deals.htm EDIT: Here's a 10% off coupon (good through the end of July), though I'm still looking for something better. http://f.chtah.com/i/9/276579820/JuneChicagoCouponPage.html

Probably not cheap enough to warrent buying for somebody and sending it through the mail (for instance, there's a brand new "sealed" one currently at half.com for $49.99), but if any of my fellow Kansas City Organissimosiosos is looking for this title cheap, and locally (no shipping charges), there's currently one at the CD Whorehouse at 81st at Metcalf, in Overland Park [(913) 649-0976]. Just saw it last night, for what it's worth.

The new interface requires quite a bit more "clicking" to find what it is you're looking for. Everything is on a different tab. Can't say that it's better, but it sure does have more bells and whistles. I'm all for the audio-clips, which are an exciting new feature. But the new interface, where you have to click "more" to read the full review of any album (not just the bios), is really a drag. Some of this is change just for the sake of change, which isn't all good.

Re-reading this thread again (and Sangry's posts especially), Jim - I'd be really interested in hearing your thoughts about the live recordings of this band in 1967 (on that fall tour of Europe), and how they compare --- AS A BAND --- with the "Plugged Nickel" band. (And anyone else's thoughts too.) More specifically, Jim, does everything you've said above apply equally to the '67 band??? --- or do you somehow hear the 1967 band in a different light??? I know I do. I know I can't articulate it as well (not by a long shot), but the 1967 band seems so much more refined to me, but still every bit as fiery as in '65 (I'm only talking about live recordings from both years, not studio work) . I like the Plugged Nickel material, don't me wrong. Some of it I even love!!! But I feel much more at home with the live 1967 band, like THAT'S the Miles band that I'm closest to, in my heart. I've got about three or four hours of material from that '67 tour (from Oct. and Nov. of 1967), and I wouldn't trade it for all the tea in China ---- where I'm not nearly as "wildly enthusiastic" about the Plugged Nickel recordings. I don't think it's just that they're playing more contemporaneous material either (Masqualero, Riot, Footprints, Gingerbread Boy, etc...). Maybe that’s part of it, but even the standards have a much different feel in late '67 (to my ears), than they did at the PN in '65. What’s your take on the ’67 band, LIVE, Jim??

Great idea - why don't you PM B3-er? Yup, this would be a great idea. Can't think of a better jazz resource on the web.

Thrilled to see "Speak Like a Child" in there. The alternate takes from this session are pretty signifnicant. One of them has a lenghy solo-piano interlude that is radically different than the master take (the master doesn't have a solo-piano part at all), and is well worth the price of admission alone. I've got the Herbie BN box, but plan to probably pick up "Speak Like a Child" as a single, if only because it's just about my all-time favorite Herbie disc.

There are a wide variety of opinions about the unreleased material from the box-sets. I, for one, have been very happy with nearly all of it. The only time I think they might have gone overboard was that very last disc in the "Miles & Gil" set (with all the disjoint takes, and repetitive takes). But other than that, I think all of the unreleased material deserved to see the light of day. Does that mean all of it is equally valuable?? No, probably not. For instance, I've yet to get totally into much of the "Bitches Brew" set. But then people have said the very same thing about the "Jack Johnson" set --- where I'm just excited by the unreleased material there (on the "Jack Johnson" set), as with any of them!! So it's really probably a matter of what periods in Miles' career one is the most interested in.

Just sent you an e-mail about the Davis.

LOTS of cheap copies of "Warm Valley" to be found on half.com, if anybody's looking for one. There's two that are "like new" for only $3 a pop (plus postage).