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Spinning this in the mornings: Recommended. And affordable new! Várdai is not a household name, but he carries off the Variations with finesse and a burnished sound.

I'd been wanting to put together a twenty song comp of early Cash favorites recently, so I put this playlist together: 1. Cry, Cry, Cry 2. I Walk The Line 3. Get Rhythm 4. There You Go 5. What Do I Care? 6. Big River 7. Guess Things Happen That Way 8. All Over Again 9. Run Softly, Blue River 10. That's All Over 11. That's Enough 12. Tennessee Flat-Top Box 13. I Still Miss Someone 14. Ring of Fire 15. The Ballad of Ira Hayes 16. Orange Blossom Special 17. It Ain't Me Babe 18. Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) 19. Sunday Morning Comedown 20. Flesh and Blood Then I needed a twenty song contemporaneous (well, a handful of years later) Willie Nelson playlist, but that's another thread.

Gilles Peterson was given the opportunity to work with Sun Ra's catalog, and this 2-disc anthology does not disappoint. It has to be the best sounding Ra comp I've ever heard. The music selection ranges from 1957-1980, and though Ra fans will have a lot of this music already, there are four previously unreleased (live) tracks, which is a nice touch. A search here didn't yield any prior thread on this comp, but there might be one. Anyone else purchased this set? I didn't think I'd like this Ra compilation as much as I do, so I thought I'd share the recommendation here. A big . Tracklist here. (Scroll down.)

"Oh, right. Well, in order to get to our patio for the barbecue, you have to turn around and go back down the hallway, out the front door, down the steps, across the driveway, climb up the embankment, and then straddle the fence." Conversely: "Yeah. I don't know why we put those glass doors there either."

Bam.

Have to at least post a contrasting opinion here. The new (as of September) Five Years box set is fairly amazing. The music doesn't sound dated to me at all. But this might simply boil down to an individual's entry point into the music. Hunky Dory in particular, in this new 2015 remaster, sounds incredible.

Opus 31. Thanks for sharing that. Band is tight! The more I hear Mitropoulos, the more I like his work. His Mahler is fast, but it makes sense. When it comes to Schönberg, though I've been listening closely, I still feel like an absolute rookie. When Weimar Luminaries Went West Coast

Just put it on while you're doing dishes ... but then the dishes won't get washed. I did a search for "Kolisch" before starting this thread, but nothing came up. But I'm glad there are already fans here. I didn't even realize the box set's been around for so long. Maybe that's why it's been discounted recently. Lots of old stock? Schönberg was present for these recordings. They'd never even been performed live (— that would come a few days later). The original set of private pressings was handed out to friends and colleagues. George Gershwin was a recipient of one set. Apparently he dug Mr. Beautiful Mountain.

Just received this yesterday, and have made it through two discs so far. Schönberg played with passion! The first two discs contain the private recordings of the string quartets that Alfred Newman arranged at United Artists studios with Schönberg's approval. If you don't mind the sound of 78s, and are already a Schönberg fan, then I'd have to say that this box is a must-have. It's recently dropped in price on eBay. (Around $33, with free shipping, as of last week.) With Schönberg, I've always thought it necessary to have superlative sound in order to closely hear the inner workings of his compositions. This box set changed my mind. These are historical recordings (excellent for the period, actually), but the playing more than makes up for any sonic shortcomings. Try to find Fred Steiner's article "A History of The First Complete Recording of The Schoenberg String Quartets" to accompany this set. It's an excellent read. I have a pdf of the article, but it's too big to attach here. Anyone else here have this box set and enjoy it?

That Michael Naura record is stonky!

Niles Littlebig sound sample on YouTube. Gene Shaw's Debut in Blues. This one is also in the batch:

Ric Colbeck's The Sun Is Coming Up is being reissued in Japan on March 30th, along with at least seven other titles, the SME's Karyobin among them. Randy Weston's 1969 album on French Polydor, Niles Littlebig, is also in the bunch. A great batch to be sure.

This has been my go-to album (actually been spinning vinyl!) this holiday season. Jubilant stuff. What other Sackville records (or compact discs) do you recommend? As I type, I'm listening to this Decca comp: So hip. Hard to believe his star wasn't larger, at least to the broader jazz listening public.

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My sentiment exactly. In the last couple of years, I've tended to avoid box sets (with a few exceptions) and actually have enhanced my listening experience as a result. I'll look for some Herreweghe.

I don't have this one, and had never heard it until I checked the sound samples from Amazon — really nice! Now I'm going to have to dig out the tracks I have with Sam Collins.

I thought there was another thread here on Bach's cantatas, but I couldn't find it. I'm looking for recommendations for a single disc (or, tops, 2-disc set) of Bach's cantatas. For myself, and also to be able to gift. I enjoy both HIP and more modern interpretations. Really just looking for listenability/enjoyability as opposed to "musically significant" (if that makes sense) or "historically accurate." Thanks! e.g. — should I just go for this one?

Time to spin some Yazoo comps this (late) morning. Anyone else here been listening to music on this label recently?

You probably have enough recommendations at this point, but do make sure you have For Adolphe Sax (a personal favorite Brötzmann album): I'm also a fan of the Treader label. Three issues stand out (for me): John Tchicai With Strings Abbey Road Duos Love this one. For people who "don't like" Parker, this might be the recording to open their ears. Gorgeously recorded, too. Trio With Interludes More Parker, with John Coxon and Ashley Wales — who, though they do play traditional instruments, might perhaps more accurately be called "sound artists." This album is an homage to Sun Ra's Nuits de La Fondation Maeght recordings: Discs on the Treader label come in cardboard sleeves with beautifully embossed covers. I don't know how difficult they are to find these days. I think I purchased most of mine about ten years ago. It looks like you can still contact the label directly, however.

The Steeplechase reissue (Stefan posted an image above) is invaluable. The TCJQ had to have been the first band to incorporate what Ayler was doing into their own group sound. Not that Beckerlee was simply an epigone (well, maybe he was) — you can also hear some Tchicai in his solos, as well as a more personalized approach to dynamics and space, but the Ayler influence is pervasive and powerful. I actually like the UMS reissue a little more than the Steeplechase, if only for the presence of Niels Harrit and his saw. I wonder if any Americans heard this band with Harrit in it — the TCJQ were, if not ahead of their time, certainly very forward-looking. There's also this record (reissued by Steeplechase) that fits right in:

Orange Fish Tears would (have) fit nicely into the UMS series. I wonder if Albert Ayler ever heard this band (as he's essentially responsible for their sound) or this record:

Ditto that.

Four albums, as far as I know. For rarer Savoys, there is also: and (I personally prefer Motivation to all of them. Well, I haven't heard the Brokensha ... )

I wonder if a Lucky Thompson big box is permanently off the Mosaic radar. Now that Mosaic's angle is often that of "Classic Sessions," a cherry-picked Thompson box would be most welcome. Worth watching again.