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Marion Brown's "Vista" is quite wonderful indeed! First spin yesterday. Also got Archie Shepp's terrific "The Magic of Ju-Ju", Pharoah Sanders' "Love in Us All" (not listened yet, but I've heard it), "Girl Talk" by Shirley Scott (new to me, not played yet) and some McFarland easy listening (his own "Point of Departure", Gabor Szabo's "Gypsy '66" and Zoot Sims' "The Waiting Game" - the latter I pretty much enjoyed, "Point" temains tame except for Willie Dennis, the Szabo, hmmm). Why do they come with different spines? Are these all straight re-pressings of older reissues, with only copyright/printed info updated?

I've started reading a few months back but got sidetracked - back at it now and indeed there's lots to learn and much to think about! As for the scholarly writing - it did come as a bit of a shock indeed, but then I'm quite used to reading scholarly texts (though not on jazz) and Tom's writing is very clear and to the point, after all.

more from today's haul:

solid blowing date with some fine Percy France on tenor - part of today's nice haul, been way too long that I did any digging for vinyl and had a great time ... more info and larger pic* on discogs: http://www.discogs.com/Oliver-Jackson-Presents-Le-Quartet/release/3108940 the LP is signed by Leonard Gaskin left of his pic, there's more writing on top next to Jackson's pic, but it looks more like a dedication or something in Gaskin's writing than like another signature ... can't really tell though.*) *) Thou taketh what the internet giveth (that is, if I'm allowed to coin a Sangrey )

actually just today I caught news that they - finally! - found some stuff on the grounds where the mythical battle of Moorgarten might have taken place (if it took place at all) ... we've got some lovely jubilees to celebrate, including the Marignano disaster which led to French vassalage but is celebrated by the right as birth of neutrality ... but actually indeed, some or the other Saubannerzug might be a rather healthy development compared to today's official politics ...

Abba did the soundtrack, right? And did the fighters look more like ISIS or like Mad Max or isn't there any difference anyway?

Not really, at least not over here, though I gather many hate this series: but then, anyone should have "Beauty Is a Rare Thing" anyway, as it does contain several tracks not available elsewhere (first released in the box)

Thanks for the feedback - it's definitely just a production/printing error that I'm speaking of ... will try and take a half decent pic in the next days. Anyway, thanks for the Losin links, l p, at least like that I can gather the missing bits of discographical info, didn't think of checking there yet!

I recently bought this set: only to find the second booklet had a mis-print (one page isn't centered and cut off to the point that a total of four pages are unreadable). Can anyone help me out with scans? don't want to go through the hassle that returns with big evil A have become if I needn't ... and of course my email to ESP-Disk' was left unanswered.

great news

Well, I just went through the moves, Paypal was pre-filled ... should I have changed the sum myself, even when it explicitly stated 0 for shipping? Weird, but I guess that was some kind of bug.

Okay, I was asked to send more for shipping ... and just did so, of course. Still weird, but main thing is getting those CDs!

How did you manage that - on the website it states free domestic shipping or a flat $10 international shipping for up to 3 items? I have found it more economical to order from Instant Jazz, no risk of customs charges then either. Just put the two discs into my basked, entered my address etc. etc. and checked out using Paypal. Ha ha, no, I entered "Switzerland" as country and filled all the detail correctly.

They don't, I think? It was (is?) just some father's day special (whatever father's day is supposed to be ... of course I had put in my huge order a couple of weeks before that)

Thanks for the reminder - just ordered mine, throwing in the recent Shipp, which I've been curious about for a while (ordered straight from the label, btw - seems they're crazy enough to offer free international shipping).

You'll surely not regret that

Oh shit, this hurts. Big time. Will play "Lonely Woman" when I'll be home tonight. Very, very sad.

Fab thread here. Guess as a non-native, one might be more prone to use one or the other of these words, without having the appropriate alarms going off all the time. But in many cases, I would assume, it might depend on the context as well?

Not really sure where the "gerne" comes from either - "gern geschehen" would be perfectly okay here as well!

:tup Another one in a similar vein: The German "one-affirmative-fits-all" phrase best translated literally as "I am with you (on this or that matter)" which is really getting used to death, even way outside any business talks. Why can't they just say "I agree"? I for one would certainly not want each and everyone at random to be (that close) "with me". Bin ganz bei Dir! And I add: "gerne". Has crept into local dialect, likely because of the German diaspora in Zurich. Freaks me out, it's just wrong. "Bitte" is the right word to utter in reply to "thank you".

Well, ya know, the others focus on shakin' their booty as a way of communication.

Wait, wait, wait ... Seriously, I like the comparison to Incognito quite some - makes sense to me

does this involve tomatoes?

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/21/universal-emi-takeover-approved

Basically, Warner got the classical part. Jazz went to Universal. No idea about pop ... and Universal had to divest some parts, among other things the MPS catalogue.