JSngry

Guess I'm looking for the wrong word...whatever it is where a person doesn't just move to another country, but actually becomes a citizen of it.

Would anybody care to look at "repatriate" as opposed to "expatriate"?

Good stuff! and also available on:

Oh crap, I meant #14! How is it for streaming? Easy. I give the internet one, I keep the other. The internet sends, and all I gotta do is listen. And when the internet needs new batteries, I walkie-talk over to Amazon and get them some. It was all predicted, and it has come true:

I got those walkie-talkies (#13). That's what I use for streaming.

Well hell...I just got my new record player with Green Stamps, now what am I supposed to play on it? TV shows? I hope Scott gets with the times by the time he brings the Bill Barron set to market.

Who the hell thought this was a good idea? It's like Bobby Womack recovering from throat surgery by doing a Janis Ian album that Janis Ian wouldn't do because she got her standards, ya' know?

I was looking this past weekend, and in a bin full of normally priced older Classical LPs, there were 5-6 Remington label LPs that were priced significantly higher. I didn't recognize any of the performers (not that that means anything), and the packaging seemed a little lacking (if florid on front). So what's the deal with this stuff, is the music that good, or is this a "collector's thing" where the object is the object (or vice-versa)?

I tend to buy either used, or right when released, so for me it's not yet been noticeable. And if it gets too stupid with the price, I either let it go or "phone a friend".

I was just kidding about turning BNs into CTIs. What Rudy did for CTI was use a direct input for the bass. Creed Taylor was making audio crack, I tell you. I lost track of how many stereo stores and record stores used those things to sell whatever they were selling. Ron Carter should have worked on commission! I do remember using a copy of The Gigolo to audition speakers back in the day. The salesmen were like, what do you want to use this record for, it sounds old and puny. I told him, no, I know what a band sounds like when I'm in the middle of it, and I know that this record was recorded to present that and it does it better than most, so let's just see how your shit does with that. He was not happy about that and kept tweaking the EQ to make it sound more "modern" and he just kept fucking it up. No commission for him, or for several others who took the same tact, salespeople first, informed listeners second (if at all!). Finally found a shop who got it, got that I was looking for a system that played back the record however it was recorded, and they ended up getting my business. The one time in my life I bought a serious hi-fi gear-set. Had it for a year or two, then it got stolen. Oh well. OTOH, I bought that Jim Hall Concerto record cold because the record store I walked into knew how to sell audio crack, and hey, I got no pride about it, I bought that rock just like everybody else. But that was with younger ears.

Are they turning them into CTI records? Rudy did those too!

If he and/or you are feeling chatty, ask him did I already order the Mobley yet or not, I honestly can't remember. There's Green Stamps in it for you!

They made it to the moon before we did!

You can ask him, he'll take a PM from you. And you'll have any additional details, you can be their sponsor!

Thanks, Brownie!

Dear Prudence, Back in the USSR, everybody's got something to hide (except for me and my monkey). I'm so tired. Goodnight, Mother Nature's Son

The twofer was made up of earlier/unreleased sessions that Pearson produced. What.role George Butler had as "Executive Producer" is certainly open to speculation. Every other release in that series was a compilation of previously available material.

Fold Foot? What? Please write legibly!

And like Lester, he shows no compunction about engaging with "popular" sources without compromising his vocabulary or esthetic. That kind of thing drives some people crazy! But if he just played the way he plays and did it either solo or within a free-ish/"energy" context, it would drive some OTHER people crazy. As it is, he plays the way he plays with a seriously in the pocket band, makes a record for Blue Note, and can probably work a lot of gigs playing for people who would have no interest otherwise. He gets a chance to make some OTHER kind of money besides subsidy money. And that kind of thing REALLY drives some people crazy!