Tom in RI

One avenue I haven't seen mentioned is selling to Cadence. I have had no problem selling common cd's to them for what I felt was a fair price. I have sent cds through the mail and gotten credit for future purchases. I don't know how much they would reduce the rate for cash. They will let you know they don't want compilations and any other parameters. They might travel for a collection of your size, I don't know. In any event, I think it would make sense to list the more collectible stuff yourself or look for someone already running lots of auctions and work out a split.

For awhile my local used record dealer sold a unite made of two round pieces of plexiglass with rubber beads on the edge and a clamp that ran through a hole in the middle. This was to put over record labels while cleaning with water so as not to get the label wet. Pretty low tech but I am told it worked petty well. I don't know if he still sells them.

PM sent on: Arthur Blythe Spirits in the Field Bill Barron Modern Windows Suite James Clay - Cookin' at the Continental James Clay - I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart Roy Hargrove Tokyo Sessions Thanks.

A couple other sideman dates for Coleman that really stand out for me are Hilton Ruiz, A Moment's Notice and Mario Rivera, El Commandante (that one may be a little hard to find).

There's a George Coleman octet date on Ned Otter's label 2and4 records that is pretty good (not up to the level of Big George imo), Coleman is also a sideman on another 2and4 release under Otter's name where he (Coleman) plays both tenor and alto. There are, evidently, some sessions in the can that Otter has not yet been able to put out which is a shame.

PM sent on: Eric Alexander, Solid! (Fantasy) $6

Sending PM on: Benny Bailey, Grand Slam (Storyville) $6 Tom Brigandi and the Late Night New York Band, After Hours (Brigandi's own release) $8 Eric Alexander, Joe Magnarelli and DEEP are in the quintet Dave Bailey, Two Feet In The Gutter (Epic - Sony) $6

I started smoking around 1975 and quit in 1994. I think the most important thing to remember is that if you start again it doesn't mean you can't quit again. I probably quit for 1 to 3 months 4-5 times before quitting for good. It helps that smoking is not allowed in restaurants and bars.

Hey Son-of-a-Weizen, I was lucky to pick that one up last fall for $4.00. I have been pretty happy with the issues in this series that I have picked up. When I have seen them they have been pretty cheap. I have one issue on this series, Fletcher Henderson and the Dixie Stompers, where the personnel listed is seemingly from another record they planned to issue, possibly a Don Redman collection.

The Prestige disc, Happy Days, mentioned above is now available from Newberry Comics for $3.99. I remember reading this thread last year and kind of guffawing at the then going rate for this reissue.

Another guy you might check out is Chris Smither, stays a little closer to blues than Fahey and Kottke. Along a similar (more bluesy) vein, you might look into Spider John Koerner or Rhode Island's own Paul Geremia.

I just today received an email noting that Amazon is canceling the order, oh well.

I am not in a position to critique Alan Dawson's recorded work but I will say he was among the most memorable performers I have seen play in person. In addition to Tony Williams, Dawson also was a teacher to Terry Lynn Carrington during her formative years.

Dan, a quick check at Ebay shows that there were two auctions for the piece in question that ended May 22, one for $270 and one for $363 each with around 15 bids. It would appear that $200 is a pretty good price.

Duke Robillard also has a new cd out as of this month, A Swinging Session on Stony Plain, that features Scott Hamilton as a guest.

I was just looking at these, shipping from the vendors offering this disc are $5.95 - $6.99, isn't that a bit high? Certainly much higher than shipping charges from Amazon vendors.

It appears that Stephan Wood has this title available as an lp for $7.

Maybe someone here knows what the limit was for Limited OJC's. I think I remember reading somewhere that it was 10,000, which is probably more than the great majority of OJC'c, Limited or otherwise, sold.

There is a cut on Ken Serio's newest cd, Purple Dreams, that lets Pete McCann and Vic Juris loose on the Smoke on the Water riff.

Thanks David, my package came in yesterday.

I remember seeing the Sam Taylor titles on MGM used and always passing them by, strings and vocal choruses send up a red flag for me. The issue that Verve put out on their Swingsation series has always bugged me since they opted to include Alan Freed's dubbed in vocals and cowbell (I guess he was way ahead of the curve in the "needs more cowbell" thing).

And received.

This is my third attempt top give a disc away (no love for Guillermo Klein or Stephan Crump). Anyway, offering the BMG version of New York Stories on Blue Note featuring Bobby Watson, Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, and the recently discussed Danny Gatton. First to pm gets it.

I really enjoy "Centirc", with great support from George Garzone, liked it enough to pick up Weights and Measures on Playscape, his most recent release I believe.

Just to clarify, I am not passing any judgment on Buchanan at all, as I noted, I haven't a lot by him and what I did hear was quite some time ago (like 20 years).