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And what about the Spanish knock-offs???

Johnny doesn't have that kind of credit limit, I'm afraid.

Many thanks AB!!!! - for those great animated Hill covers!!! Man, this is FUN!!!!!!

I happen to know that two or three people here have very recently gotten a hold of Tyrone's one and only Blue Note album "Natural Essence ". So, those of you who are hearing it for the first time ever – what think you??? (And the rest of you too, for that matter.) For those not in the know, here's the 411... Certainly open to discussion of the rest of his output too (his other two albums as a leader, both from the 70's -- along with his sideman work), most of which is pretty damn amazing (IMHO).

How's about you (Organissimo) take donations, and turn anything "extra" you get (beyond your actual costs for running things), into starter money for future recordings. Seriously. As much as making a CD must cost (and seeing as how it takes half-way to forever to sell enough CD's to break even), I would be very happy to donate a little bit towards keeping the lights on here, with any overflow going towards the band laying down some more tunes. Think about it...

Casey Casem - "Death Dedication" : The most classic out-take of all time.

Seriously, I'm sure we'd all pony up $20 a year (or something like that) to help cover your costs. Really - this place is well worth that to me, without a doubt. (Just don't go chargin' by the post - or I'm sunk!!!! -- ) Really, you should set up a "donation via Paypal" link, or give us an e-mail address to use to pay you with. I think many of us would like to at least throw $5 your way... Think about it.

As mentioned in another thread, this is an top-drawer recording. There's a longer version of this same concert (by about 12 minutes) on the JMY label, but all of the most important music is also on this "Gold Collection" boot too. Crappy packaging, sublime music -- and the sound quality is fantastic.

Well, sure, they're limited edition, but I'M not buying until I find out who remastered them... I don't want to hear any shit from anybody about waiting for them to come out in Japan first either.

Ditto!!!

How about some animated versions of some Andrew Hill covers!!! Maybe start with... and/or

Yes, let us know how this turns out. ( This is worse than not knowing who shot J.R.!!! )

OMG, I'm a HUGE dark chocolate fan. Gotta find me some of those dark kit kats!!!!!!!! On a related note, I've always thought chocolote covered pretzels would be even better if they were covered in dark chocolate, rather than milk chocolate. Has anybody here every seen them sold?? (Not I, I'm afraid.) And one other joy I've found: dark chocolate covered dried cranberries. Found them once on a road-trip, and LOVED them a ton. I love cranberries as it is, and with dark chocolate, they're amazing. (The ZING of cranberry really works with dark chocolate!!!)

Shoot, I forgot that was you!!

Brandon -- Yes, basically the "Emerson Concerto" is (in part) a 'piano concerto' version of the Emerson movement from the Concord sonata ( By the way. for everyone reading this thread, I should mention how absolutely amazing I find Ives' works for solo piano, especially his two major piano sonatas. Fans of Andrew Hill (and especially Hill's solo piano discs) should definitely check them out. ) Supposedly all the music ("every note") of the Emerson Concerto is Ives'. Certainly parts had to be expanded upon, in terms of orchestration and the like - but it is VERY much more of a 'real' Ives work than the Universe Symphony (which is really only half an Ives composition, at best). Don't get me wrong, I dig the Universe Symphony - but it really was one of those works that was completed by somebody else, with lots of "filling in the blanks" going on. Not so with the Emerson Concerto, which seems (to my ears, anyway) to be 99% Ives.

There's a "new" piano concerto by Charles Ives (called the "Emerson Concerto") which has just been released this month on Naxos, in that same "American Composers" series. The Naxos recording is the world-premier recording and release, if I'm not mistaken. Ives completed some of it in short-score form (leaving only the orchestration yet to be completed), and other parts of it were still in sketch form. It was only just 'assembled' about 4 years ago, with it's world premier in Cleveland in 1998 or 1999. I heard it performed here in Kansas City last year (only it's second-ever performance in the U.S.), and the work is truely amazing. Can't recomend it enough. On the Naxos recording, it is paired with a new recording of Ives' first symphony, supposedly from a new 'critical edition' of the score. I haven't heard the recording yet (damn local stores still don't have it, even though the street-date was about a week or two ago), but I'm sure it's gonna be great. Here's what I'm talkin' about... Link: 8.559175 "IVES: Symphony No. 1 / Emerson Concerto"

I'll admit, I had my doubts at first. Took me about a week of lurking (and not all that actively, as I recall), before I joined (about a week after this board first became active). But now, heck - this place is way better than the old BNBB ever was -- or at least in most ways.

Naxos is supposed to have a complete Ruggles disc out in their "American Composers" series, sometime within the next year. His entire output is only like 75 minutes of music, but all of it is FANTASTIC!!!

Sample their new album here, and I think there's a video-clip as well... www.childrenonthecorner.com

More from the same site. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!!!

I sure as hell hope this means that Airborne Express is picking up the tab for the replacement discs, and for shipping them as well. I've never had anything lost in the U.S. mail (well over a hundred items purchased on eBay, or in trades on boards like this), or by UPS either (which is how I've gotten all my Mosiacs sent to me). What if these had been one-of-a-kind items, that couldn't be replaced so easily???

More similar fun HERE. Note that there are several pages of images, not just the one that comes up first. Click on the page numbers that say "one - two - three - four - five - Beatles - sexy!" for more.

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