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The voice of Soul Train and the producer of many Vee-Jay jazz albums.

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I have this book in my bathroom, always gonna be the next one I start reading, but I keep putting other stuff on top it that looks more interesting. Who knows if they actually iare if/when I ever go ahead and start reading it, maybe it will be one of those oh shit i should have started reading this long ago, not just right now dammit. And maybe it won't be. We'll see, maybe, and if.

These newbury comics/amazon things do not make sense. I went through all 1367 pages of the newbury comics link from one of the above alerts and didn't see any of the ones mentioned here, yet they're still there, and god knows what else to go with them. The 1367 pages (I went through them all just to see if I could) have an insanely sloppy # of repetitions, and even though I bout 10 cds, I felt like there's a buttload of shit still there that wasn't there, if you know what I mean. How the hell does one go about getting a clear idea of what newbury comics is offering through Amazon, and how does one bother to care after seeing 1367 pages, about 1368 of them having one or more of the same CDs as the previous 1366?

And again tonight, just now, on Adam-12 as Policewoman Ron Carter. Sid McCoy as Ron Carter. Well yes, of course!

I like Keith Jarrett of those days just fine, but I'm of the school that says that if you ...disregard The Treniers, then I don't know if I want to talk about Keith Jarrett with you. And the opposite...hell, whatever. Ain't nothing to The Treniers but old school pride and hard work. Keith can get whiny and shit, and these cats...do you see any inclination towards whining there? Hell no. And who would more likely have something legit about which to whine? I mean, ok, sensitive genius, that's cool, but only under the light of old school hard work. You turn that light off, and, let me leave before the dark gets too real, ok?

I've got a prety crappy system, actually, so the sonics of this SHM might not be getting through, seriously. Someday, perhaps.

Will need these if true.

Ok, six times through Iska today, twice each on LP, McMaster, & SHM. First of all, the likely engineer is Tony May, since he did both Super Nova & Moto..., both at A&R. And best cover reproduction in terms of capturing colors goes to SHM, hands down. Take a bow. Otherwise... LP = still my favorite way to hear this material. The mix and placement of instruments is perfect, imo, although there's some dirtiness in various places that can never be fixed, it's hardwired in there (Tony May had this a lot, as did Elvin Campbell's early Milestone work. It's a "period" kind of thing, I think, and should be treated as such both when listening and when tinkering). But rather than try to clean them up, they get incorporated into the final sound of the record, the LP, Most importantly, Wayne always sounds like he's in the band, on top of it sometimes, but always in it, never away from it. That continuity of sound throughout the instruments is important to me, because this is very much a group music. But, my LP has aches and pains and more than a few signs of having been well-played. We share that these days, my LP & me. McMaster = Keeps the original mix/soundstage/whatever, but just sounds dull (in keeping with the reproduction of the over, perhaps). If it didn't sound so dull, hey, win-win, no vinyl "artifacts" and same sound. But it does sound so dull. So it kinda low-level pisses me off. SHM = No dullness here! Definitely much louder and much brighter (the tape hiss amp hum at the very beginning is crystal clear, and the entry of the second bass at the beginning of the first track startlingly so, I swear it's not this bluntly audible on either the LP or the McMaster). But on my piss-ant system, it sounds like they've subtly altered the balance and presence of the individual instruments, and I don't know if I'm happy about that. Wayne no longer sounds in or even on top of the band, he sounds away from it. I think they tried to improve the dirt of the original mix by cleaning it out, and...maybe not such a good idea? There's more than a few moments where I'm used to hearing Wayne just...appear in the sound like a mist becoming an apparition and then a real body (sometimes over the course of just one or two notes) and those moments aren't here any more. But otoh, yes, there is more clarity of everybody's part, so maybe it's my fault for not piecing it together in this new way. Or maybe they're making records now that people with bad record players & old hi-fis shouldn't buy. Could be! Pissed me off? No. But I wish my LP was in better shape, I'll put it that way. The only "perfect" solution for me would be to either find a mint copy of the LP and guard it like my baby loved one, or else for some outfit to go back and get the original stampers and press another run (this one was not widely pressed, I don't think, it was hard as hell for me to find it back in the day, and the first time I did - at the proverbial "neighborhood" mom-and-pop - was the time I bought it, as well as the last time I've seen it in a normal retail setting, ever), get those probably still near-virgin stampers and press up another run on this hyper-virgin pop-proof vinyl that all the kids are talking about these days and then sell it for the maximum price extractable by law, I'd be good for one of those. Don't remix or remaster (and are there mastering credits on these? I don't see any here unless it's in Japanese, and then, how would I know?), just repress. Unless that's scientifically impossible, it oughta work with a low-run item like this was, those stampers should still be fresh enough to get it done again. Anyway, no matter what the version, wonderful music, and all three of these formats deliver that, so hey, it's a good day.

Goya is known as bitter melon here. I've started to see it by that name on a few menus lately, but have yet to try it, didn't have a clue what it was. Apparently very healthy, though, as you say! http://www.healthiestfoods.com/healthy-foods/vegetables/goya-bitter-melon/

Where is Arlington these days?

Yeah!

Fermentation can do wonderful things to food, as well as horrible.

Oh, but those were sophisticated yet grooving Houstonians! Soak it in before, during, and after!

That seems like a high price for a Fresh Sounds CD...maybe I'll wait for it to come out on some other label, one that doesn't take as much care and can afford to sell it for less.

This was never on CD, correct? Just LP?

I don't have one on One Way, just one on Blue Note proper (very recently obtained, to be given as a gift someday to some young player I've yet to meet who seems/plays/sounds like they're on their way to there...or to the my kids when I die, whichever comes first, and not so fast now, which will come first - I'm still healthy and young players kind bug me more often than not lately!). Are you thinking of Moto Grosso Feio, or did One Way do Odyssey as well? Yeah, that'll work, you know it! vs LP, I don't know. That record always had a..."messy" sound to it to me (and Moto was just plain messy, period). Not particularly carefully recorded or mixed, maybe.Duke PEarson jsut set 'em up and let 'em roll...there's no engineer credit anywhere, ever, is there, so who know? Greater clarity will be weird for me on this one, but weird is often enjoyable!

Can I has Willie Maiden on this, here?

Ok, I got my Iska in, and that red stripe up the side bugs the hell out of me, as does the anachronistic font on the back and photo on the inside. So I guess I'll listen to the CD and have the LP there to look at if need be.

WhErE havE this dudE gonE?