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you absolutely HAVE to look for this one here:

I ordered a copy... though I just bought three of the albums as cutouts... will pass those on if the box comes through. The three cutouts cost me twice as much as the box now...

Btw, there's a mistake on the big Columbia box (one title is duplicated at the end, instead of there being the actual alternate take). Don't have the info at hand, but mmilovan (where are you, buddy?) knew the details... I guess that would be the same on the new version, or would they invest time to fix such a goof for a cheapo version? Let me search my mails... Holy crap, Opera Mail is amazing, already found it: "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" (session with Jonah Jones and Ben Webster) - instead of the alternate take, at the end of the set where the collected alternates are located, the master take is sequenced again.

This looks great! Guess I won't make it to Paris in time, alas... Just skipped through the press release... those photos for "You're Under Arrest" are amazingly ugly... I think the main reason I don't like that album as much as most other of Miles' 80s albums is that disgusting cover shot. It's not the fact that he carries a gun - looks like a silly toy anyway - but the whole combination of red, black, leather... yuck!

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here's an earlier discussion with some recommendations: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=44909

had this one in the mail today:

Buy booze, go to Tahiti, order porn...... gregmo yeah, who'd have thunk it seriously: does this sound like a scam or am I being touchy? I guess I'll know the day I get my Shank/Cooper (would be #2 if the other order indeed goes through) or my refund...

Thanks for the reactions folks! "Anthem" just didn't do much for me (at least that was my first impression, checking it out in the store). It'll probably be a while before I get more Dead, but I'll know where to look!

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a recent favourite is "Caravan" from Van Morrison's album "Moondance"

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knock knock... are new guys allowed in here, 50 pages into this mammoth thread? here's what I just posted in the listening thread... being a total Dead newbie... Grateful Dead - Live/Dead Grateful Dead - History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead Grateful Dead - American Beauty The Dead, well... it was the very first time I bought any Dead on Saturday, and I played all four in a row and enjoyed it a lot. I skipped a few other earlier albums (the second and Aoxomoxoa) - they didn't do much for me upon first listen, too much psychedelia in there... give me the folkish stuff and I'll be happy! I did quite enjoy "Live/Dead" though... sounded similar to Big Brother and the Holding Company (backing Janis, I don't know anything else by them, if there is at all) to my ears... slightly trippier, a bit weirder (and with whimpish/whimsical drumming... not that that is a bad thing, and I'm sure in an actual concert they had more presence and volume...)

ok, seems one order for Shank/Cooper got through... not sure on the status of the other one - for which the following story: I got a mail a day after the final day of the estimated delivery period from said vendor (a big one, I've not had major problems with so far, once they had a "new", well it was [re-]sealed..., disc up and it was very clearly a used one...). So in that mail, they ask me if the package has arrived. No, I reply, but I wouldn't worry, as the delivery period was estimated rather shortish (it had to cross the pond, or should have had to...) A day after I get another mail that a whole shipment of theirs (a post bag they said) was lost, they said it checked out on their end but never checked in anywhere else. They would get a replacement for me... Ok, swell... how will they get a replacement of an OOP item? Yeah, well... Another day later, I get a cancellation note (for the same reason: shipping lost) and refund information for the Pacific Jazz Piano Trios box. The Shank/Cooper order with them is still open, but I guess it's only a question of time until I get a cancellation note and refund as well. So, what's your impression? Is this a fraud, or was there actually a mail bag lost (a container drowned in the ocean with my Selects? a pickpocket at US customs who collects and puts up on ebay OOP Mosaics? A slimy Frenchie who does the same on the other end of the pond?) Or are the speculants among these marketplace sellers? What the fuck do they do with my money in the month or so between I get charged and between their refund? I guess for a select, you could buy about one bullet or something...)

That's been like this for a while (or this like that? anyway...) Seems Universal let Promising Music release some of the titles they had no interest in, themselves. Promising Music picked some weird stuff, in my opinion, but also some goodies (Wilen, Tchicai). I have the Wilen, the Dauner (classic German free), and just got a copy of the nice Dave Pike Set album (which is close to easy listening, but ey...) The main fault of the label, to me, is that the discs are hopelessly overprized. They're well done though, fold-out cardboard, a bit larger than normal digipaks (higher) and with a thick booklet (which does contain little besides German/English versions of the original liners, though). Anyway, I shied away from buying these discs because of the hilarious price (20+ euro unless you buy from some of the large Amazon Marketplace sellers, which I did/do). Have ordered the Tchicai now, finally... and a couple of others (Mariano, Pork Pie).

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Congratulations to all of you, Jim!

Rearward is Italian - their only fault is that their releases are a bit overprized... and have bad distribution (at least here... the three Clarke/Boland, Griff/Bags, Shihab compilations, I got them from dustygroove of all places... I'm still somehow thinking an Italian release ought to be cheaper and easier to find over here, but...) Lon, I have all the new ones on my wantlist anyway, no matter how much duplication there might be!

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Rearward have a quite a few Clarke/Boland and related titles in print by now: http://www.ishtar.it/framerearward.htm some are weird choices though... I think all or most of "Companionship" is already on one of the older discs (RW 101/102/103), or "Seeds" is on there or something... I have a lot of catching up to do there, as all I have are RW 101, 102 and 103, as well as the related Carl Drewo disc (RW 105) (and the unrelated, fantastic Azzolini disc, RW 104).

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Belated best wishes, Allan! :party:

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Belated best wishes, Reinier - happy birthday!

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