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Khan Jamal "drum dance to the motherland" (eremite/em records). Glad I bought this reissue when it was released as I don't think I'll be able to ever afford an original!

Finally caved in and bought the recent Art Yard reissue of "omniverse" by Sun Ra. Got it in the mail today so while I flipped through it I spun: Sun Ra "sleeping beauty" (Saturn, USA) Sun Ra "on Jupiter" (Saturn, USA) Sun Ra "blue delight" (A&M, USA) this is a loooong record! About 60 mins...and with Tommy Turrentine and Billy Higgins! Underrated album...

Black fire!

Gary Peacock (w/M.Sato, M.Togashi) "wave II" (paddlewheel, Japan)

Michael Garrick "promises" (Argo, stereo UK) Jackie McLean & Tina Brooks "street singer" (blue note, Japan King)

Willem Breuker/Han Bennink "new acoustic swing duo" (icp 01, Holland. Hand painted cover). Another early icp classic I haven't spun in years...

Derek Bailey/Han Bennink "s/t" (ICP 04, Holland. Hand painted cover edition) Easily the best of the Bennink/Bailey duos out there..monster album.

The Michael Cosmic "peace in the world" LP just sold for over $2,000 on eBay today. Clifford; this makes the $500 invested in your copy an absolute bargain! Ouch!

There's a great late 70s Rypdal gig too! Some more Jan Garbarek, Karin Krog, Sidsel Endresen, a 80s ECM documentary etc...

Watched that a few days ago; amazing footage. If you explore the site you'll find lots of other ECM related videos! Just use the search feature. For example there's a late 70s gig with Garbarek, Towner, and Abercrombie too.

Kosuke Mine, Masabumi Kikuchi, Motohiko Hino, Terumasa Hino, George Otsuka, Takeru Muroaka, Shunzo Ohno, Akira Ishikawa, Takeshi Inomata, Hiroshi Suzuki, and Akira Miyazawa are all worth investigation along with Sato and Togashi. Beware of recording dates though..with the exception of maybe Togashi anything between 1975-1985 or so might be suspect. For example some of Masahiko Sato's album from this period are pretty bad fusion. To start I'd highly recommend some early albums by Akira Miyazawa - "four units", "Bulltrout", and "Kiso". Sato plays on all 3 and they are a good mix of modal, straight, and free sounds. The heaviest Sadao Watanabe album is definitely the "s/t" 1972 album on Sony with Masayuki Takayanagi on guitar. Can be had cheaply still I believe.

My system is final too. It may come as a surprise, but I enjoy listening to records *and* CDs on my system. They both sound excellent. The only records and CDs that sound bad are the ones which are mastered poorly. It's fun to compare I guess, and I admit to comparing things like original blue note pressings to recent Music Matters reissues, but really I could care less what format people prefer. It's their business not mine.

A classic. Have a mint German pressing. Never did fully get into the first Amon Duul albums..always loved the folky OHR album best but didn't even keep that one. I did eventually buy a CD reissue of it that tacked on the great 7" tracks but for my money the "second" version of the band was best. "yeti" is an absolute beast no pun intended!

Woody Shaw "in the beginning" (muse, USA) killer mid-60s session with Larry Young, Joe Henderson, etc Clint Jackson "mother Africa" (Palm, France)

Jeff is correct - isn't this reproduced in the Steve Lacy interviews book? It's not handy at the moment but I think it is..

Magical Power Mako "s/t" (polydor, Japan) Intersystems "peachy" (Allied, Canada). Have not played this in at least 15 years..I always found this cover to be one of my favorites. Still regret the time I passed on their debut LP on Allied for $20 as a naive 21 year old

Art Blakey "a night in tunisia" (blue note, 47w63rd ear mono) Wayne Shorter "the soothsayer" (Blue note, King Japan)

Sidewinder I have that exact same pressing of "patterns"! A great session... Still slowly getting around to playing all the records I recently bought from a friend: Freddie Hubbard "hub tones" (blue note, NY stereo "ear") Wes Montgomery "full house" (riverside, mono) one of the best sounding riversides I've ever heard! Art Pepper "intensity" (white label mono DG contemporary) Thelonious Monk "s/t" (prestige 7053, mono) beautiful original cover predating the Warhol cover..amazing how contemporary this 60 year old music sounds.

Dizzy Reece "soundin off" (blue note , 47 w 63rd DG mono ear) Jackie McLean "Jackie's bag" (blue note, 47w 63rd mono ear) Dorothy Ashby "the rubayait of Dorothy ashby" (cadet, USA) still working through the pile of records brought home yesterday..

No doubles yet; it's weird because he seems to have the albums I need or am missing! Yeah should go in great finds thread but I was spinning the Garrick albums last night so... He's an old friend and he knows the records are going to a good home..

More digging today from an older friend's collection. Got a bunch of really rare original Prestige, Blue Note, etc for really cheap prices, but tonight I'm playing three Michael Garrick albums in NM condition I picked up in the pile for about $20 usd each. "The heart is a lotus" "October woman" "Black Marigolds" All 3 are British laminated Argo pressings in pristine shape..very happy indeed!

Cool! I bought the Bridge CD reissue when that came out around 10 years ago or so. Very nice session; would like it on vinyl someday myself. Tonight's playlist: Takeru "s/t" (Philips, Japan) Akira Miyazawa "Kiso" (Victor, Japan) Joe Henderson "mode for joe" (blue note, NY stereo)

Hank Mobley "soul station" (music matters, 33rpm). Gotta admit these MM issues sound quite nice..not as aggressive/exciting as originals but certainly a fuller and more rich sound. Helen Merrill w/the Gary Peacock trio "s'posin" (Victor, Japan). Beautiful session & superb recording.

Man I have not listened to the Reform Art Unit in many years now. Good reminder to pull them out again. I have that LP and the debut as well as the self-titled one from 1975. Also have the double LP with Masters of Unorthodox jazz which is a great album despite the, uh, "lovely" cover :0

Explains why my parents meager record collection looks like someone took a quarter and went to town on the grooves!