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That's where I first encountered him too. That was quite a horn section: Young, Howard Johnson, Earl McIntyre, J.D. Parran and Joe Farrell.

Keep posting the positive reviews--no one is going to pay too much attention to the dates. The two-star reviewer is nuts and probably listened to a rip of someone's old scratchy vinyl. This is a great reissue in so many ways--excellent remaster, interesting bonus tracks, interesting liner notes.

It will be part of the reissue.

Correct. Willisau has been an upcoming release for eight years now. Don't hold your breath on some of this stuff.

He also knocks one of my favourites — Miles Davis In Concert — and wasn't as enthused about Pangaea. I found the book more valuable for the interviews. Most of the Columbia era boxed sets have a lot of interviews and extensive details about tracks. The On the Corner box has very little information. Tingen's book helps fill in the blanks. In particular, I found what Reggie Lucas and Mtume had to say to be very interesting.

Ed Michel's liner notes to Sun Ra: The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums: Cymbals & Crystal Spears tell the story. It was either excerpted or reprinted in the Impulse book.

Bobby Hutcherson's Now has Gene (aka Eugene) McDaniels on vocals plus a small chorus (4 singers?).

"Honky Tonk" isn't on the box set (you'll have to get the Jack Johnson box for that one), but everything else is, including an alternate of "Mtume." Mixes are from the LP masters. "Calypso Frelimo" could use a remastering--it's always sounded partially submerged to me.

Third World with Dollar Brand, Don Cherry and Carlos Ward is a great one which deserves wider attention.

That's a great version and the first that came to my mind.

Marantzes were great. I keep hoping one will turn up at a garage sale. Actually saw one at a yard sale once, but my nap-fickle baby had just fallen asleep after an hour of pushing her in the stroller.

Happy Birthday Allen!

Lord Dufferin's Letters From High Latitudes is about a journey to Iceland, Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen. Full of dry humour. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_High_Latitudes

Just as a matter of interest (to me at least), why has Dogon A.D. never had a proper, official release? I assume that it has to do with complications in obtaining rights from the Hemphill estate. I know that Tim Berne was planning to release it on his label, but gave up. Berne had it up as a download for a while on his site. It is a classic! Maybe the fact Freedom issued it at one point complicated the rights.

I wish they would make a good movie.

I’m glad to see a Dogon A.D. reissue in the works. That’s a great album. How about more Bill Dixon? Would love to see Considerations 1 & 2 reissued in some format. Would also like to see the rest of Ornette Coleman’s 1962 Town Hall concert released, but I suspect that would involve a lot of lawyers plus finding out which cupboard or under which mattress Ornette stashed the reel.

One of my favourites too. The official explanation for the short playing time is because "the recording was cut at 160 lines per inch (instead of the usual 210 to 260 lines per square inch) making the grooves wider and deeper and allowing for more area between the grooves for bass frequencies." Some people suspect it was originally intended as a 10 inch.

Considering the volcanic tempers involved, it's lucky they got 27 minutes on tape.

Obviously you'd never heard of John Wetton? He was easily the equal of both Howe and Palmer in terms of musical talent! I certainly knew who he was from King Crimson, Roxy Music, etc., but wasn't as big a fan of his as I was of the others.

I remember that spring day in 1982 oh so well. I spied a new album with a Roger Dean cover in the record shop. Steve Howe! Carl Palmer! John Wetton! Geoff Downes. A supergroup. But for some reason, I held off on buying the record. Which was a good thing, for a few days later I saw the video and couldn’t believe talent like Steve Howe and Carl Palmer was wasted on such AOR dreck.

John Lawton has a great voice, but his talent was wasted in that group.

Avoid the Braxton Coventry Concert. The full concert was released on Leo and is readily available. The Westwind is an unauthorized ripoff. You can get the real Coventry here: http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_204/205

McGarrity is second from right in the second row of this photo. Looks like it might be the same guy.

Thank you!!!

I really enjoyed the first 4 or 5 editions of the Penguin Guide, but stopped buying them as later editions became so poorly edited and the reviews were less informative.