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Amazing!

r.i.p. - love his photos, and yes, they will stay!

Thanks, got the files in, hope to listen tomorrow!

As far as I know, the artwork is in the public domain as well. Why wouldn't it be? Do those PD laws cover everything equally? Or do the recordings themselves and the art itself fall under different laws? I would guess that they're seperate issues. Many of the EU issues don't duplicate the artwork. I think with pictures (as with books, texts...) it's more like "70 years after the death of the creator/originator". That's why Lone Hill and Definitive and Fresh Sound (the long-term projects among these labels) usually don't display cover art (though Fresh Sound has started to display small images of the covers inside their booklets more and more often in the past few years).

Sure, although not as number one. And let's not forget another great Smith: Tab Smith. And while we're at altoists nor mentioned before in the thread: Earl Bostic. And John Jackson! Yes on Tab and Jackson - not so sure about Bostic... I can take about 3-4 tracks of him at the time. As for Willie Smith: not a #1 choice, sure... but everyone's been posting lengthy lists and he turned up on none. Well, I guess people just aren't playing Jimmie Lunceford any longer.

No one else in for some Willie Smith?

Charlie Parker, of course! And also Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Willie Smith, Cannonball Adderley, Jimmy Lyons, Art Pepper, Lee Konitz, Bud Shank, Dudu Pukwana, Kippie Moeketsi...

Alfredo Garcia Pat Garrett Major Dundee

Happy Birthday! :party:

Saw that one in a store yesterday - it's one of those cheapos with just one-fold booklets and no liners... nothing new about it I guess, just a cheap re-packing of an older, presumably OOP disc (others in the series include albums by Miles, Brubeck, Garner, Bill Evans etc). And among the new ones that showed up was also a 2CD set of Mingus "Tijuana Moods" - hence presumably also the Bluebird First Editions version (the "right" one, there was an RCA Gold Series 2CD set that freaked up).

Not sure I've seen her besides "A Face in the Crowd" but she sure is fantastic there!

I still have a spare copy of "Soundin' Off" for sale (15$ plus shipping) - drop me a PM! edit: sorry - not "Soundin' Off" but "Comin' On" (and also "Blues in Trinity") for sale! Was too tired to be allowed to post last night!

So Sony instead of mining their own (or rather: Columbia's) vaults is re-re-re-issuing some RCA (used to be BMG) material, smart move... sure they'll sell loads and loads of this oh-so-new title! Same as Brownie, I've got the Bluebird First Editions reissue.

Beg, steal, borrow, pimp, sell an organ etc etc. I'm on it, thanks... just pulling that effin' stocking over my head now and fetching that baseball cub Oh, no, wait... the neighbour whose appartment we're having an eye on (the cat and the mice it delivers, mainly), he's got some vintage keys... almost as good as selling an ogun, I'm sure!

Just can't afford to buy this now

What´s that one? Was it out before? One of the many fifties Verve JATP releases (where I haven´t got the slightest overview of that there is... too bad they never followed up the JATP forties box!)

RLR isn´t obscure... it´s just one of the many Spanish/Andorran shady labels. Their specialty is to release live shows that are "in circulation" (and sometimes reissuing pretty obvious Bird sets, too).

One of those original album boxes with all of Elvis´ RCA albums? Would contain too much movie crap, I guess... Indeed, both 2CD Legacy Editions of "From Elvis in Memphis" (also containing "Back in Memphis", which was the studio portion of the double album "From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis") and "On Stage" (also containing the live portion of the same double album) were remastered by Vic Anesini. No DSD logos on those CDs though (not that I´d care too much... both sets sound fantastic to my low-fi ears). Just finished playing that "On Stage" 2CD set and it´s terrific! Edit: the older sets ("Live in Las Vegas" from 2001 and "That´s The Way It Is (Special Edition)" from 2000) were done by Dennis Ferrante - and they sound good, too, from what I can tell so far! I have the 50s box on its way... but the 60s and 70s boxes I guess Ißll rather skip... (there´s also a second 60s volume, just two discs, covering some of the better film stuff, I understand?)

I have the "Sunrise" 2CD set coming my way! Coincindentally, I also recently dug deeper into Johnny Cash´s oeuvre, exploring his Sun sessions, too (there´s a nice Charly 3CD set... a boot, sure, but it has all the music including different versions with and without overdubs etc). Must have been quite exciting to be around the Sun studios in 1954-56! Levon Helm about seing Elvis in 1954 (source):

Amazing! Got a couple of dozen discs in the past several weeks and I´m having a hard time understanding why I missed out on him for so long! Favorites so far are the "From Elvis In Memphis" Legacy 2CD set, "Elvis Country", and of course the early RCA Sessions from 1956 ("Elvis Presley" and "Elvis"), as well as "Elvis Is Back"... and the first disc (1969) from the "Live in Las Vegas" 4CD set... still waiting for some more to arrive, and some unheard stuff on the pile (including the Legacy Edition 2CD of "On Stage" and the 3CD edition of "Thatßs The Way It Was").

Crap, just read that Robbie Jansen died on July 7 - aged only 61. Here's an obit: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-07-07-robbie-jansen-dead-at-61

Happy Birthday, Lon! All the best! :party:

I've missed many a BFT, but I'm totally unwilling to miss yours, Clifford! Please sign me up for DLs!

Anyone know if this box exists and is available anywhere? It doesn't show up on Amazon. I'm huge on that period of Barbieri, but never have heard of this box until now, so I doubt if it ever got US release. I have the individual CD's, so wouldn't want to pay a ton for this, but would like to have it if available. Yeah, sure it exists, I've seen it! http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Flying-Dutchman-Recordings/dp/B0000253Y4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1280782820&sr=1-1 (edit: delivery is given as 1-3 weeks - which means likely they won't be able to get it any more... amazon.fr says it's no longer available) I guess though, if you have the individual discs, you won't need it. I've not seen it opened, but from what I remember, it was most likely just a sturdy box containing the old CD editions of all his Flying Dutchmal albums (the jewel case versions, that is).

Playing the Lonnie Johnson/Elmer Snowden now - very nice, Chris, thanks a lot for sharing!