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Fair enough, but the incomplete clause "with the permission" is ambiguous at best. A misunderstanding is understandable, no? Still, it's all good. I'm not at all offended by music promos, authorized or otherwise. The notion of "Keith Jarrett Spam", however, a low-grade luncheon meat endorsed by Mr. Jarrett, cracks me up! It's like a jazz equivalent of

Buddy of mine sends me this burn of a promo copy of a side called Bowling by a band called U-Street All Stars. Things got a Capitol logo on the promo sleeve, and a German EMI weblink. The band's good, actually, high-energy retro mod-bop. Nothing here (absolutely nothing) that you haven't already heard from (now) several generations of young cats who want to swing it like they used to, but there's a good vibe to the whole thing anyway. These cats sound like it's all fresh and new to them, so hey. Right on! Anyway, a little websearch shows that this is a Finnish band, and that this album was actually released on Blue Note Finland. WTF is Blue Note Finland anyway? And come to find out, the band's released two albums on this label! http://www.u-street.com/bio_eng.htm What's up with all this? The U-Street All Stars ain't gonna rock my world off its axis or anything, but they're a good solid band that gives good fun (the title track of the one I got features a drop of a bowling ball knocking down some pins. It works, believe it or not!). If BN America can hype Kerrie Anne Fisher (or whatever her name is) surely they can hype this. Many members of this forum would be well pleased by U-Street All-Stars! Blue Note Finland? What else they got?

Maybe so... You can (and should) buy when/if it becomes legitimately available.

Does he still have that big ol' bald head?

How recent is your information? About 3 weeks ago.

Oscar Peterson completist that I am, I'm excited to the point of fitzwilliness to hear about this!

Musta been '84, before I came back from Albuquerque. I'd not have missed Elvin!

Hmmm, no mention of that one here

I've heard that Bob Belden has finally, once-and-for-all, walked away from all future Miles projects, so that may or may not affect what gets done.

Yeah, but the Mayo costs extra.

You mean this one?

Only 36 left? Already? Wow... I keep forgetting, though, that Elvin is a True Drumming God, with a fan base amongst drummers of all idioms. So this one probably has a broader appeal than those of us inside the Jazz Cave probably realized... Carpe diem, y'all!

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That would make sense, because otherwise they'd have to write it backwards, right? DOH!

Spam that moans? What's next, potted meat product that hums?

They are, and your comments about what Roy's playing are a little, uh... misinformed. Nothing personal, but if you're only into bop & post-bop musics, you're probably missing the point of it all. That's certainly ok from the perspective of liking what it is you like, but all I'm saying is that Roy was a bitch-and-a-half and he plays his ass of on all the sessions here.

It was a Warner Brothers album, Night Dancing. Totally cheesy inside & out. The models looked coked-out & so did Joe. In it's own way, a creepier cover than Canned Funk.

BOO!

Seriously though, I figure that a lot of us here are between 35-55. I myself came of age in the 60s & 70s, so I understand the revulsion aimed at middle-aged hipsters. It's actually healthy, and it will pass soon enough, like when those middle-aged people you hate are the ones signing your checks. Well, actually, that'll probably make it worse... Anyway, history's repeating itself, as is its wont. Only we're on the other side now. Fancy that.

True on all counts. Although... I shaved my beard off last month and am giving less and less of a rat's ass about listening to & playing the same shit for the rest of my life that I have for most of the first part of it, so who knows?

Quite a bit actually. But it's cool so long as you're not a middle aged bearded jazz fan.

Gee thanks. Either way you're saying that I look like a dead man.

Obviously? You mean that no dealer can actually listen to a record before selling it? Really?

As for why, I'd think it would be for identification purposes. Stampers don't have any label or anything else on them for ID, so that would be a way to tell which one was which. Now you got me thinking - just how and where were stampers stored between pressing runs?

The etch it into the stamper, I believe. As for who did it, it was Frank Sinatra. It was a passion of his. The death of vinyl, and the resultant loss of the industry's need to etch stampers anymore, is what really killed him He died of a broken heart. You might hear otherwise, but don't believe the hype.