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On "Speak Low", my copy has what appears to be a transfer error, trumpet playing over the end of land's solo. Is this a known defect, and what correctives are available to the earnest consumer of and in today's CD marketplace?

Wow, somebody got the damn reverb drench out of there. Don't know who or how, but kudos! Still a "second-tier" Dexter date, but at least now a better-sounding one.

I've hear a variation of it...kinda looks like you have to buy three LPs to get all the material.

I won!

Bill Leslie!

Found tonight at Lusty Grave, hopefully before anybody else did...have had a cassette dub for years, but you know, you just can't beat these Boris Rose covers.

Are we gonna be shut off again in February?

Clip-ons? That's some I would do...uh...DO do...

Did ECM trade Jan Garbareck to the Tiger-Cats in exchange for the negotiating rights to Johnny/Janni Football? Should we expect "It's Ok To Listen To The Grey Cup"?

Got the record, listened to it a few times the other day. First impressions, not really too "out" from Bird harmonically, but the phrasing, the internal rhythms, are pretty crazy. And sometimes, Bird sounds a little wired/jumpy. But only sometimes. And also never really loose/free like he could get. About the rest of the record, good to be reminded that Shelley Manne could always go there, ya' know. Not that it matters, but him and Stan Levey got there earlier than many and better than even more. One more feather in an already pluminous hat, god bless Shelley Manne, the man who not only could, but did. Tommy Turk, whatever happened to Tommy Turk? He sounds here like a very diligent young man. Criss...my god, I've heard intimations that Criss got fucked up trying to "follow" Bird, and here, it's literal. He still had his sweet sound (maybe the first time I've heard a link to Willie Smith that way?), and his distinctive rhythmic thing that got carried on through lord knows how many LA Altoists, but jeeeeesus...you're not following Bird, not here, not anywhere, not like that, and that would be enough to fuck anybody up trying, especially a young man emerging from a "local" scene...poor guy. And yeah, you want to talk about some, if not "out" then certainly "advanced" harmonies, listen to Hank Jones' comp here. I still wonder if that's where Thad got the ideas about harmony. HAWK! And is it just me, or do the announcements sound like the garblings of a bad radio almost tuned to an almost existent station?

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Totally apt. You here some of that wacko steel guitar (I heard a Hayride airshot from...early 50s(?) that was just COVERED with that shit) and, yeah,, the first thing I think of is, ok, this is one of those country guys who stuck his finger in the socket and liked it. Had it been an urbanite, they'd likely have built Heathkits or some shit. but in the country, expressing your jolt is...let's just say that there's an existing support system if you want to do that.

He got backing from Harry James to get started. I assume he had all kinds of connections in and out of the jazz business to keep it going. The guy was already a legend before going out on his own. Plus, the band took gigs backing singers of note. If you back Sammy or Sinatra, that gig's gonna pay pretty good. There's a lot of ways to make money. There's a lot of ways to get money. Keeping it is the hard part.

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Thank Bruce Lundvall for that.

That Furtwangler Ring is, like 12 bucks cheaper than Amazon...looks like there would be $9 shipping, though. Still, three bucks less, and Amzon gets enough of my business as it is. Can anybody endorse these folks? There's more than just this that I could go for.