Rooster_Ties

Although I haven't loved every single thing I've ever heard by Thomas, I think I've heard more that I've liked (often quite a bit!!), than I've heard that I've found lacking. I don't have "Exile's Gate", so I can't comment on it specifically, but it looks pretty good on paper. I have a couple Thomas CD's that I really love, and sometime's he's really a monster. When he's a sideman on a date, I usually take notice. How much they askin'?? $9 or less, I'd say get it. Over $9 - it's your call. My two favorite Thomas albums (with him as the leader) are... Pariah's Pariah (Winter & Winter, 1999) and Found on Sordid Streets (Winter & Winter, 1998) Hey, Comrad, if you buy it and don't like it - I'll probably trade ya something for it - how's that sound?

Are we there yet?? Are we there yet?? Are we there yet????

Found a couple on-line, but just haven't pulled the trigger yet. But thanks!!

Different clock...

4 weeks from tomorrow!!!!!! Tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick.... tick......... ( )

VH1 will surely rebroadcast the "Diary" special (or whatever it was called) that they first broadcast I think it was last Sunday night (or the Sunday before), all about the making of Zevon's last album, and his battle with his health issues. Very moving stuff. Watch it if you can, it was good to see - even for someone like myself who really hadn't heard all that much of his music before.

I too am wondering about the "Mother Ship" cover, and like Peter --- I ain't gettin' no love from overstock.com. I still can't find anything there, other than Hill's "Beautiful Day", nor was I able to see "Sonic Boom". (Didn't even look for "Mother Ship".) Is anyone finding "Passing Ships" there?? (Although the link to the image clearly goes to that site, so at least somebody is.) I'm searching both on "Andrew Hill" and "Passing Ships". Also, I can't remember a single other Conn that I was ever this excited about before, not ever!!!!! I've been thinking about "Passing Ships" for months now, and it's finally almost here!!!!!!! There have been several that turned out to be totally amazing releases (Chick Corea's "The Complete 'IS' Sessions", for instance), but none that I had so dang much anticipation about before the actual release.

G'night all I'm off to dream of...

Say hello to my new Avatar for at least the next 30 days!!!!!!

Now we just need the BIG version from Walmart.com!!!

Wow, what a GREAT cover for a BN recorded in 1969. Perfectly captures the flavor of what some of the best BN covers of the late 60's looked like (Liberty era).

OK, I finally got on the site - but they only have one Andrew Hill title: "Beautiful Day". They don't even have "Point of Departure"??? Man, I've been searching for the cover to "Passing Ships" off and on for the last four days, ever since I noticed you could pre-order it now at Towerrecords.com, Amazon.com, BN.com, and several other of the typical offenders. But none of them have the artwork yet. You just yankin' my chain, Paul???

Let me absolutely second the recomendation of "Rabih Abou-Khalil - Blue Camel" - for both Rabih, and specifically for this album, which is (IMHO) the finest of many great albums from him. 5 stars!!!

Personally, I would not be interested in such a rigid "points"-based system, but to each their own. Based on the first test, I'd be lucky to get even a couple points at most. And I would think this would be the case for most people who are involved in the test.

Count me in too!!! (Just PM'ed as well.)

Yes, but not for the same "Yes"...

In answer to the previous two posts... Da!!!!

I haven't heard any of it yet, but I can't imagine it would be anything short of amazing. Probably a 5-star release, and no worse than 4-stars --- even just looking at it on paper.

Well worth getting. The "compilation" idea stems from the fact that Kofi is made up of two different but very similar sessions, recorded within a few months of each other. Don't have mine handy, but some of the players are different between the sessions. But the album does hang together quite nicely, and doesn't feel like separate (unrelated) sessions. Get it, by all means. One of Byrd's very last dates before things changed considerably.

It's a little known fact that there were really 13 different versions of Yes, not just the 10 included in this poll.

Hey, somebody voted for "Yes #2". Yeah!!!!!!!!

Wow, Yes numbers #2-#7, and #9 haven't gotten any votes yet. And if I hadn't voted for #8, it would only be a contest between Yes #1 and Yes #10.