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Aha! It's available again.

Is this a version of Black Satin? I know "Sleepy Night Records" has been discussed on this board a few times.

Wow! Time for Hat/ezz-thetics to release THAT. Any new addition to the slim Ayler discography, particularly if it wasn't in the Holy Ghost box, would be cause for celebration. How is the sound?

I've heard this before, but I've never read it anywhere. Is this common wisdom, or is there a specific reference to a scene/exchange between Jones and Weinstock? For me, Taylor reached another level with Giant Steps.

Saw that too. Past typos in cover art have been corrected though. While I'm not crazy about the Blue Note reissues from ezz-thetics, I actually appreciate their willingness to keep certain titles on the market. They're usually a notch above most bootleg labels. But how about digging back into the HAT catalog? There are still some Lacy titles that could be reissued. And it'd be cool (though I don't hold out hope) if some of the JCOA titles could be reissued. Then I think the whole "Revisited" series would generate some heat. Heck, release—for the first time, digitally—Jimmy Giuffre's 1961 Tübingen set! That would be cause for celebration.

Anyone here pick up this new release (from 1981)? Planetário da Gávea And this, Far Out's previous Pascoal release: Renaissance Man: The Story of Hermeto Pascoal’s Great Lost Album, “Viajando Com O Som”

I've been spinning the Cafe Montmartre recording (with Cherry, Peacock, and Murray) a lot lately. In some respects, this date feels like the purest representation of Ayler's art. Many of the moments are quite serene.

Well, now I want to hear that Black Satin boot. I wish Sony would've passed on that "Freedom Jazz Dance" (I think that's what it was called) bootleg volume and focused instead on the early to mid-70's. I'd rather listen to the album Miles Smiles than some exploded version of it.

I wonder why the bootlegs with Jarrett have been overlooked (at least so far). That would be a box set I'd be very interested in ...

The back of Volume 1 states: "The recording equipment digital" [sic]. I assume that means a digital recording, but you never know for sure, I suppose. At any rate, I just purchased compact discs for Vol.s 8 & 11—two volumes I haven't heard yet. Looking forward!

That makes sense. If I'm not mistaken, weren't all the volumes recorded digitally (DDD)?

For The Tapscott Sessions, are the only volumes on compact disc ... Vol.s 8 through 11? If so, I wonder why Vol.s 1 through 7 haven't seen a digital release.

Returning to the catalog. I missed out on the ESP issue.

Well, even though I started this thread about Japanese reissues, I'm more excited about the upcoming Resonance 3-disc set. I never did pick up the 1964 Cornell set, however, and it's nice that the Japanese market will be offering it up once again; apparently this new Japanese edition will be accompanied by a DVD ... though still "subject to change" according to the note on CD Japan.

I'll echo this statement. Hiroshi found a Tony Fruscella album for me, but it took a long time. When he tracked it down, he sent me a little celebratory email.

Albert Ayler (RSD release) = 600 copies Bill Evans (RSD release) = 4000 copies Mariah Carey (RSD release) = 7050 copies I feel bad for Mariah. She's a huge Albert Ayler fan, and will likely have to sell some of her own RSD releases (thankfully there are 7050 copies) in order to purchase just one Ayler RSD release. And just when we thought celebrities had it easy.

Yes, yes, yes! (Please.) And ... I'm on board for the CD release of the Ayler too.

Damn. Deeply saddened to hear this. What a gem he was.

Nobody can play a simple descending chromatic scale like Wayne Shorter (as he does on this album) and have it be so meaningful.

They sound good (those that I've heard) — essentially identical to the SHM-CDs on the market. The "ultra high quality" and "super high material" markers are of course gimmicks. Perhaps they make a smidge of a difference*, but really it's the transfer and remastering that count. If you have the "regular" CD of certain material, you're probably set. In some cases, the recent Japanese issue is noticeably better (sonically), but that's always on a case-by-case basis. I don't have a lot of the live Mingus sextet material (even though I'm familiar with it) in hardcopy, and so I'll probably pick up some of these centennial releases. *Notable exceptions, to my ears, are the Blue Note SHM-CDS from 2013/14, and the Impulse! UHQCDs from 2020. They sound really good.

Reincarnation of A Love Bird And via Google Translate: [Candid Records Fifth Term] Established in 1960 as the jazz division of the pop record company "Cadence," which includes Valley Brothers, Andy Warhol, Don Shirley, etc., Nat Hentoff was appointed as a producer and director. The 5th 20 titles of the phantom label <CANDID>, which closed in a short period of only 2 years, will be released with the latest mastering! A campaign to commemorate the completion of the series will also be held! Has been released!! Newly written Japanese commentary. Supervision and commentary: Kazunori Harada. * Manufacturer limited shipping period.

Sigh.

8 Ultra-High Quality Compact Discs. It would have been nice to see the complete 1955 Cafe Bohemia recordings issued. But, if you can only pick eight ...