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Streetside didn't get any more new releases in today (I checked around Noon), so I found another Borders (not the one north of the river), that actually had "Passing Ships" in stock. On the upside, I managed to use that infamous 40% off coupon, so I got it for $10.79 + tax --- SWEET!!!!! Now, I've read the liner-notes twice already, but I'm going to be REALLY good and not listen to the disc until "Free For All" calls me sometime in the next hour or two, in case he has time this afternoon to get together and listen to it for the first time ever, together. Man, I'm sitting here looking right at the disc, and I even stuck it in my stereo to see how long it was (47:40), but I haven't heard a note of it yet. Can I make it for 2 hours more???????????

No error messages here, but the board is SSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW as can be here too...

OMG, what a trip!!! Funny as hell when you see just the titles of the CD's, but then click on a few of them. Then click on some more. ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And then from one of the auctions itself... "facile bass chops" and "gentle touch on the fender Rhodes"...

I first heard "Mother Ship" about two years ago, and instantly loved it. Some of the most progressive playing in Lee Morgan's entire career (IMHO). Eddie Gladden has some amazing "Dejohnette-circa-1969"-like fills going on, and Herbert Morgan was a very interesting player (in much the same vein as Tyrone Washington). 4 and 1/2 stars in my book.

Is it Oct. 7th yet???

Yeah, I love that version of Stormy Weather too. Seems like something that would have been totally well suited for the Lee Morgan "Standards" album from around that same time (plus or minus, I forget exactly when).

There's a brand-new Borders Book store up north of Kansas City (near the airport), so if Streetside doesn't have it by Noon tomorrow (Wednesday), I may shoot up there and give them a try. I didn't go the Internet retailer route, cuz I was only planning on getting "Passing Ships" right now, and knew that the shipping charges would kill me on one disc. (I plan to get most of the rest sometime in the future, but I have several of them already on various Mosiacs, etc...)

I'm pretty sure it's out of print, but it does turn up on eBay here and there. Personally, it's my all-time favorite Gil Evans album (sans Miles), and would be well worth trying to find (even used) as a present for someone. Edit: None on eBay at the moment, but here's one at half.com: CLICK HERE Well worth $12.50 (plus $2.50 shipping), even used -- as long as the disc is in excellent shape. (Well, I think it's well worth that. Others may differ.)

WTF?????????

Really, I couldn't believe that Barnes and Noble didn't order ANY of the Conns, and Borders only ordered one of each title. I would have thought B&N would have had one of each title, and Borders two of each title. ( And I thought it was bad that Streetside only ordered two of each Conn, or at least that's what they did the last time Conns came out. "Streetside" is the only regional independant recordstore that carries much in the way of "new" CD's, or any Jazz or Classical (besides B&N or Borders). )

By the way, despite all the " " smileys in my post up above, I'm really not as much angry about not having "Passing Ships" in my hot little hands, as much as I just want to hear the damn music, and read the linernotes. ( Now if I still don't have one after tomorrow (Wednesday), then I might start to be a little bit on the "angry" side. And if I still don't have one after Thursday -- then I'm really gonna be pissed!! )

Although it bites bit-time to have to shell-out $15-$16 per CD for a whole batch of Conns, all at the same time (like if all of them are great), I will say that when you consider them individually (or at least when I do), I think that most of the Conns are well worth $15 or $16. Let's put it this way... There have been plenty of Conns that I've bought at the $15/$16 price, where there are quite a number of RVG's that I haven't bought, even though they were much cheaper. The typical "Conn" release is something I've been salivating about for a year or more, where quite a few of the RVG's are "nice to have", but not titles that I feel I gotta own the very day they come out.

Thanks Eric, Much as I appreciate your offer, I probably shouldn't introduce another complication into this, by borrowing yours when you really won't have had time to spend with it. I'm pretty sure Streetside will get theirs in tomorrow (since they didn't get hardly any new Jazz CD's in today, and none of their "new release" Classical titles). But if I can't score this thing by Thursday, I might consider your offer, which is much appreciated. (I live near K.U. Med myself, on the MO side.)

I'm pretty sure I can pick you up a used 'Modernistic' for something in the $7 to $9 range, if you're interested. Heck, I may even have an extra copy around the house, come to think of it. I'll take a look, and get back to you in a few days...

How true!!

Ditto!! Son of a bitch!!! Free For All and I got together to buy the new Hill Conn, and listen to it together for the first time. But at Noon today, Streetside Records still hadn't gotten their 'other' UPS shipments yet today. So we drive down to Barnes and Noble on the Plaza, and they don't have any of the Conns - nor was their store slated to carry them either (or at least they weren't ordered for people to buy today, "maybe sometime in the future though"). So, then we drive our asses down to Borders Books down in Johnson County, KS - and after we turn the store upside down - we finally find the crash-cart with all the new releases that they hadn't put out yet. And after 10 minutes of searching, we find 5 of the six new Conns. Anybody wanna guess which Conn they didn't have???? ("maybe it'll come next week????") So, we go get some lunch, and then drive back to Streetside, hoping that the UPS truck had finally been there by then (it was about 2:30pm by that time), and when we got to Streetside, there hadn't been any more UPS boxes delivered today, so "maybe tomorrow??".

The conns don't sell nearly as well because of their obscurity, so they try to make back some of the additional risk associated with selling them by charging more. The RVG's are more mainstream titles, and sell quite a bit better, and are often sonic upgrades of previously available titles. Like Africa Brass, I would be much more inclined to pay $10 for a Sonic Upgrade of a title I already have on CD, than I ever would if the RVG's were $15 each. ($10 and $15 are more like what I end up paying, per disc, after whatever discounts I can find.)

Son of a bitch!!! Free For All and I got together to buy the new Hill Conn, and listen to it together for the first time. But at Noon today, Streetside Records still hadn't gotten their 'other' UPS shipments yet today. So we drive down to Barnes and Noble on the Plaza, and they don't have any of the Conns - nor was their store slated to carry them either (or at least they weren't ordered for people to buy today, "maybe sometime in the future though"). So, then we drive our asses down to Borders Books down in Johnson County, KS - and after we turn the store upside down - we finally find the crash-cart with all the new releases that they hadn't put out yet. And after 10 minutes of searching, we find 5 of the six new Conns. Anybody wanna guess which Conn they didn't have???? ("maybe it'll come next week????") So, we go get some lunch, and then drive back to Streetside, hoping that the UPS truck had finally been there by then (it was about 2:30pm by that time), and when we got to Streetside, there hadn't been any more UPS boxes delivered today, so "maybe tomorrow??".

Nothing at Streetside Records, yet. There weren't any jazz titles (or classical) in any of the boxes of new releases they've gotten so far, and they usually get more stuff from UPS on Tuesday mornings. So, maybe sometime in the next hour or two - "come back at lunchtime" they said. Eric, I guess there's some real chance you'll get it in the mail, quicker than I will from Streetside!!!

Well, considering that a few titles had numbers assigned to them, and yet they never did come out "back in the day" (for instance, Sam Rivers "Dimensions and Extensions", or Blue Michell's very first album - the one with Joe Henderson), the numbering sequence doesn't necessarily mean that the LP came out at the same time as it's neighbors. (It does mean that it probably did, but it doesn't prove that it did.)

I see Dusty Groove now has a description for "Passing Ships". (They didn't as recently as a couple days ago - cuz lord knows I've been looking everywhere for any early words about this title.) So, this is the closest thing to a "review" that I've seen yet (though we all know how impartial Dusty Groove usually is )...

.....what, huh, yeah - yeah, I'm up, I'm up, I'm up. What, wait - you mean it's not Tuesday yet???? Geeze man, what the hell????? I'm going back to sleep...............

Actually, I've had a promo CD "Passing Ships" for about the last two months, but didn't want to spoil the suprise for everyone else. (HA!!!! I wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )

PS to Free For All --- I'll see you at Streetside at 10am tomorrow. We can give the disc a full spin in my car (as that's probably the best stereo either one of us has access to at the moment). It's a good system, and we can crank it -- not to "11", but at least to 6 or 7. Can't wait!!!