B. Clugston

Since they will likely be covered in glue, you won`t be able to.

Paul Desmond`s cover of Jobim`s "Wave" from the Paul Desmond Quartet Live in 1975. Great record with Ed Bickert and Don Thompson (on bass plus he recorded the concert). Also, many versions of Deep Purple`s "Space Truckin" -- some with strange Glenn Hughes interludes, but most with Ian Gillan.

There's a review in the new Point of Departure. http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD31/PoD31MoreMoments3.html I'm looking forward to picking this up. Just another example of Joe McPhee's amazing versatility.

FMP is planning a 12 CD retrospective set plus book. Info here: http://www.fmp-label.de/special-subscription/FMPSubscriptionWEB-website1-index.html Contains a mix of issued and unissued material. CDs will also be available separately. I'm excited about CD1. Check out who did the liner notes for CD 12. The CDs: CD 01 (FMP CD 137): Baden-Baden ’75 / Globe Unity Orchestra & Guests 1975 Enrico Rava-trumpet; Manfred Schoof-trumpet; Kenny Wheeler-trumpet; Anthony Braxton-alto saxophone, clarinet; Peter Brötzmann-saxophones & clarinets; Rüdiger Carl-alto & tenor saxophone; Gerd Dudek-soprano & tenor saxophone, flute; Evan Parker-soprano & tenor saxophone; Michel Pilz-bass clarinet; Günter Christmann-trombone; Albert Mangelsdorff-trombone; Paul Rutherford-trombone; Alexander von Schlippenbach-piano; Peter Kowald-double bass, tuba; Buschi Niebergall-double bass; Paul Lovens-drums Unissued (Exception: Titel “Jahrmarkt” by Peter Kowald reissued from PoTorch LP) Liner Notes: G. Fritze Margull, Alexander von Schlippenbach/Rüdiger Carl, Martin Speicher CD 02 (FMP CD 138): In Berlin / Steve Lacy - Solo 1975 & Quintett 1977 Steve Lacy-soprano saxophone; & Steve Potts-alto saxophone; Irène Aebi-cello; Kent Carter-double bass; Oliver Johnson-drums Reissue: Solo (LP Stabs) & Quintet (2. Side Follies) Liner Notes: Bill Shoemaker CD 03 (FMP CD 139): Messer und… / Schweizer/Carl/Moholo 1975/77 Rüdiger Carl-alto & tenor saxophone, clarinet, piccolo flute; Irène Schweizer-piano; Louis Moholo-drums Reissue: LP Messer & 1. Side Tuned Boots Liner Notes: Ulrich Kurth CD 04 (FMP CD 140): at Quartier Latin / Schlippenbach Quartet 1975/77 Evan Parker-soprano & tenor saxophone; Alexander von Schlippenbach-piano; Peter Kowald-double bass; Paul Lovens-percussion instruments Reissue: LP The Hidden Peak & 2. Side Three Nails Left Liner Notes: Klaus Kürvers CD 05 (FMP CD 141): Wolke in Hosen / Brötzmann Solo 1976 Peter Brötzmann-clarinets, alto-, tenor-, bass-saxophone Reissue: first Brötzmann Solo LP Liner Notes: Thomas Millroth CD 06 (FMP CD 142): UND?...plus / Malfatti/Wittwer 1977 Radu Malfatti-trombone, etc.; Stephan Wittwer-guitar, etc. Reissue: LP UND? & Bonus Track Liner Notes: Felix Klopotek CD 07 (FMP CD 143): Piano Solo / Fred Van Hove 1981/86 Fred Van Hove-piano Reissue: LP Prosper 1981 & LP Die Letzte 1986 Liner Notes: Rob Leurentop CD 08 (FMP CD 144): Close Up / Die Like A Dog 1994 Peter Brötzmann-alto-, tenor- & bass saxophone, tarogato, a-clarinet, bass clarinet; Toshinori Kondo-trumpet, electronics; William Parker-double bass; Hamid Drake-drums, tablas Unissued Liner Notes: David Keenan CD 09 (FMP CD 145): Choral-Konzert / Manfred Schulze Bläser Quintett 1998 Paul Schwingenschlögl-trumpet; Manfred Hering-alto saxophone; Heiner Reinhardt-tenor saxophone; Gert Anklam-baritone saxophone; Johannes Bauer-trombone Unissued Liner Notes: Bert Noglik CD 10 (FMP CD 146): Live In Berlin / MANUELA plus 1999 Rüdiger Carl-clarinet, accordion, claviola; Jin Hi Kim-komungo; Hans Reichel-guitar, daxophone; Carlos Zingaro-violin Unissued Liner Notes: Felix Klopotek CD 11 (FMP CD 147): Was Da Ist (live) / Peter Kowald 2000 Peter Kowald-double bass; voice Unissued Liner Notes: Ulrich Kurth CD 12 (FMP CD 148): Stretto / Tristan Honsinger & Olaf Rupp 2010 Tristan Honsinger-cello; Olaf Rupp-guitar Unissued / new Liner Notes: Clifford Allen

Miles Davis' Get Up With It had two 32 minute sidelong tracks. The longest I have is Side 3 of Veljo Tormis Forgotten People on ECM, clocking in at 39:10.

Aagh!!!! Now that is painful.

Deep Purple In Concert. One of the few albums I've kept from my youth.

Naked City - Grand Guignol.

I believe there's about 17 minutes of the lock groove effect on the CD.

Not a hair piece, though the cut appears to be inspired by one of the Muppets.

I only have one (Leroy Jenkin's Legend of Ai Glatson) and it sounds great.

If was great. That lead singer had a great voice!

The upcoming vinyl reissue is supposed to be based on the Macero mix. Maybe the Hoff can do his own remix on 45 rpm. The title track would be on Sides 3, 4 and 5.

Wow indeed! You've perfectly illustrated what has bugged me about the 1998 remaster. I agree the effects are a huge part of that record. The one song that really shines through in the 1998 remaster is "Spanish Key." Unfortunately, that's the point in the CD that is now covered in glue thanks to that botched boxed set.

Worth watching, but take it with a serious grain of salt. The series was interesting at times, particularly the earlier episodes, but later episodes focused way too much on Louis Armstrong and I wish Burns would have tracked down more veterans of the hard bop era rather than having the Marsali opine endlessly. The final episode was ridiculous: the slights against Miles Davis and Cecil Taylor, ignoring the loft scene, turning Dexter Gordon's return to the U.S. into High Noon, etc., etc. I think George Lewis sums it up best in his book about the AACM, A Power Stronger than Itself: "Newer histories of the period often uncritically recapitulate the corporate-supported tale told by the heavily funded Ken Burns Jazz series, a story which goes something like this: John Coltrane went mad in 1965 and a mysterious virus that he and others were carrying killed unwary musicians until Wynton Marsalis arrived in 1983, carrying a powerful mojo from the birthplace of jazz that put the deadly germ and its carriers to flight."

I'm not sure which mix the original U.S. CD used, but it was flatter than a pancake. According to Enrico Merlin's sessionography at the back of Paul Tingen's book Miles Beyond, it does have the four seconds of keyboard in the middle of "Pharoah's Dance" which disappeared from future reissues. Those Master Sounds are reputed to be very good.

Same here. I compared it to vinyl the other day. Certainly a lot greater percussion detail and I think they did a very good job remastering it, but I still prefer the old vinyl. Harvey Brooks' bass and the space around Miles' echoed trumpet sounds better on vinyl. Interestingly, Enrico Merlin says four seconds of Pharoah's Dance was left out of the 1998 remaster. It's brief piano passage around the 8:29 mark. Not the kind of thing I would have noticed.

The p.r. for the 40th anniversary box still says "2 CDs containing the original 94-plus minutes of music, in their original 8-track studio mixes unavailable on CD for many years, plus several bonus cuts." Not sure what that "unavailable on CD for many years" part means. The original US CD release was awful.

I picked up the two Steve Lantner CDs.

Vinyl. As for CDs vs. MP3s, I listen to CDs more.

It's the American way. It's the Tzadik way. That label has some hilariously overblown descriptions of its product. But it is a great CD. It sure is. And obi strip hyperbole aside, it's a great label.

It's the American way. It's the Tzadik way. That label has some hilariously overblown descriptions of its product.

All the above. Also, check out François Rabbath, who did a series of bass and drums only records in the 1960s. Alan Silva takes a few killer bass solos on Albert Ayler's Greenwich Village and Love Cry records.

Sadly, even with the good batches it's the Monk's Blues of Belgian-style ale.

Bob Belden told Paul Tingen at http://www.miles-beyond.com/bitchesbrew.htm: "There was an alternative version of "John McLaughlin" that we could have used, but I did not feel that it was different enough. I could have created an alternative version of "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down," but it would have required a lot of editing, and I did not want to play Teo Macero."