Eric

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.

Good call.

I enjoy Andrew!!! and Dance with Death. I also think the Mosaic Select (he has two - the one with the bands) is full of wonderful music.

This is pretty much my thinking, too. If Mosaic needs to expand its horizons in order to keep releasing the good stuff, it's OK with me. I'm not sure I understand what people are concerned about "tarnishing the brand" unless it somehow impacts their ability to continue the boxes. I think the concern might be that it reduces the price/collectibility of the full-size boxes in the secondary (ebay) market. Kind of like putting a Sears 8-track in a new BMW.

SUPER BLUE is already up for pre-order on Amazon. There are no extra tracks added in that Amazon listing. Noticed that - hopefully a typo. I thought David Weiss reported listening to the tracks tracks when he was traveling with Freddie. EDIT - CD Universe shows the three extra tracks.

I agree with most of the skeptcism/criticism expressed above, HOWEVER, we will get Super Blue, presumably with the extra tracks that have been discussed elsewhere on this board. Can High Energy be far behind (which was remastered by Columbia at the same time)?

A lot of the so-called "blowing sessions" from the mid-late 50s on Prestige (which seem to be categorically dismissed).

I was looking at my lps that correspond to this set and noticed that they are not including "Head On". It IS from 1971, so it misses the cut-off by several years. IIRC, it has the same vibe as the 74-77 stuff, but it really is more representative of the Hutch/Land group. I did notice Hutch is wearing the same orange cap on both "Head On" and "Cirrus" - photos must have come from the same session.

After Gold, you can direct your friend to this excellent recap of the Impulse years. It is from 1992, probably out of print, but I would guess can be easily found. Three full CDs. I bought this new in 1992 and was pretty much an Atlantic/Prestige/Love Supreme-only Trane fan at the time. This was a wonderful awakening for me and I still pull it out from time to time. Does not hit Japan, Seatle or Ascention, but does have several late-period nuggets, including Offering http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.asp...st&pid=9449

My selection as well. But ANY of these would be a satisfying listen.

same as now

Not to steal the thread, but what do you suggest?

Wow - I have been out of the political forum for several years - I did know what I was missing

Ditto. Lotsa gems in there!

Not to be a discographical dork, but how could that be since MS was not issued until 1980 or so? Did Miles go to see him live?

Shareholders have to approve the general terms of a stock option plan. It seems that "backdating" would be the kind of term that needs approval, i.e. it is a pretty significant feature of the plan. So, in addition to not disclosing and not accounting, they were overstepping the terms of a plan previously approved by the shareholders. Bad stuff all around.

This is the interesting point. Backdating is not illegal per se. But failure to disclose (and account) is and that is what all these companies are getting nailed on. Yup. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong in backdating -- all you're doing is forking over more dough to the options recipient(s). Whether that's right or wrong is for the shareholders to decide. But lying to the shareholders... Guy Exactly. The extent to which this was going on is rather stunning.

This is the interesting point. Backdating is not illegal per se. In theory, a Board of Directors could choose this as a legitimate compensation tool. But failure to disclose (and account) for backdated options is a no-no and that is what all these companies are getting nailed with. Did they learn nothing from Nixon?