Eric

Congrats Paul!!!

I once owned the Mosaic and made burns of these two before I (sadly) had to sell the set. I did however exclude the vocals, so I "know" these albums without them. I listen to these two quite a bit and enjoy them.

There is a lot of great music on them. "Heaven" is a little funkier - almost a throwback to his pre-Blue Note days. The opening cut - "The Infant" is as ass-shakeingly funky as anythng Young did. "Of Love" is defintiely heavier than both of these. For some reason, I thought Contrasts was coming out as a RVG or Conn this year.

I once owned the Priester/Rivers CD. It sounds like a "can't miss", but sadly it does and pretty badly. The problem (IIRC) was the use of some sort of eletronics - not electronic instruments - that really detracted from the music. In this case, the AMG review (which I just read) is pretty accurate. The Chip White is a keeper. The Land is a strings date and is OK, but I am not a big "with strings" fan - some might be more impressed.

I have lived in the Raleigh area a couple times and have spent some time in Charlotte, but not enough to comment intimately on the city. I do know that the mountains are close and the beach is maybe 4-5 hours away. Winston and the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill) are not too far away. There are definitely worse places.

LOL

When shipping used lps, the standard seems to be to remove the lp from the jacket. I guess the idea is to prevent the lp from splitting the jacket seam enroute. My question - once the lp arrives, should the vinyl be stored outside of the sleeve (but within an inner sleeve and next to the jacket - all wrapped snug by an outer sleeve)? For the record, I have owned jazz lps for 25 years plus and have always stored the lps inside the jacket. To my knowledge, I have never split a seam. But now, I am wondering if I should make a switch. Part of me thinks the benefit of "lower exposure to seam splits" would be offset by "potential damage to the vinyl from storing lps out of the jacket". Part of me thinks I would never get so anal as to even pose this question. Thoughts and abuse welcome ...

Up - does anyone have a complete list of these or a web site? I keep seeing more and more of these.

I like it!

LOL Although I was a fan back in the day, I don't thik the Police have aged very well (the music, not the muscles). To me, while The Clash, London Calling, This Years Model and Setting Sons still sound incredibly compelling, the Police just seem kind of clever and frankly boring. Maybe I can't get over the fact that Sting is such a tool, because I do think the other two have talent and were good players.

This is a great set!

I see a few more titles at CD Universe: http://www.cduniverse.com/sresult.asp?styl...ic+Contemporary

Happy birthday from KC!!!

I have waited three years for the appropriate time to use this icon:

They have also been issued in the vinyl format.

got it - in any event, somebody snatch that CD!!

BTW, there is an Eddie Marshall CD called Dance of the Sun on Timeless from 77 that features the basic group as on many of the Select sessions (Hutch, Leary, Boyd). I see the board member "currently known as donald petersen" has a copy for sale - it is definitely worth getting if you like the Select.

That is one way to view it I saw where Law apologized for the the so-called celebration at mid-court. I appreciate his class, but the apology was not necessary. I don't know any KU fans who were offended. That is what college bball is all about. Speaking of A&M, I have been to a couple KU/A&M games in Lawrence (which were surpisingly close). But I really admire how the A&M players, band and traveling fans get together after the game and sing the fight song/alma matter/whatever it is. Again, one of the things that makes college sports so cool.

were 70's Blue Note vinyls that bad? JB Erratic might be a better term. I've had some that sounded good, but many had way too many pops and clicks right out of the shrinkwrap.

I was at the KU game and watched Law drain that 3 pointer right in front of us. They showed great heart that night and looked awesome tonight. KU is going to have to play their butts offs to have a chance for the Big 12 title and hope for a A&M slip up. Hopefully we will see a rematch in the Big 12 tourney (too bad it is in OKC). The Big 12 is showing some legs ... Tech is tough, K-State is coming on and Texas will always be dangerous with Durant.

I've had the Hutch lps for years and have always enjoyed this music quite a bit. Hearing it all on CD (versus those lousy 70s BN lps) is a real treat! This is very nice music, great vibe!

Delmark finally gets the bone ... and sadly Dusty Groove is one of the pimps. Both of the Forrest CDs are in print and readily available.

Ha - I see it completely the opposite - I am going to have to re-listen - has been a while on both.

Only Hill really really did nothing for me was Les Trinitaires, a solo album from the 90s.

Might be easier to cite the Hill to avoid - for me, nothing has really grabbed me since Shades, but YMMV. Summit Conference is excellent.