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I'm full up on "1980s live Arkestra set" recordings. Open-minded about other periods, but I can't afford* to buy all the flood of releases, so I selectively screen on Bandcamp. Oddly, I really enjoy the 1990 Mayan Temples, though. *Plus, getting old and realize that I've accumulated an absurd # of CDs and objectively don't need any more. 🤪

And one of the great album cover photos.

Very much agreed. Kudos to Sun Ra LLC and others for all the releases, but the flow has become extremely difficult/costly to keep up with. I can't afford to buy everything. Prefer a release of all unheard (by me) material to a reissue of something I already own with a couple of alternates/outtakes added.

While on the Paypal site, I did notice that they have a set of rules for "Donations" that seem more prone to levy fees.

Jim, FWIW I just logged in to Paypal and copied the following: Sending and Receiving Money When you send money (initiated from the "Friends and Family" tab of the "Send Money" flow) to, or receive money into your PayPal account from, friends and family without making an underlying donation or commercial transaction (that is, the payment is not for the purchase of goods or services or for making any other commercial transaction), we call that a "personal transaction". The rates relating to personal transactions are set out below. Sending domestic personal transactions Fee Table: Sending domestic personal transactions Payment method Fee PayPal balance or a bank account No fee Cards 2.90% + fixed fee Amex Send™ Account No fee Visa+ transaction to Venmo Visa+-enabled digital wallets No Fee Visa+ transaction to non-Venmo Visa+-enabled digital wallets 1.75% A minimum fee of 0.25 USD A maximum fee of 25.00 USD

I often use Paypal Friends and Family and it doesn't work like that. I send (say) $100, the payee gets $100, I pay exactly $100. The difference is that the money comes directly from my bank account rather than via other routes (say credit card).

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I can edit a post but not delete it. That seems to be a very recent problem.

Those (like me 🤪) who cling to the dying CD are gonna have to get used to the DL->CDR thing. Beyond the CJ Mosaic I've been filling in some gaps with Japanese reissues. Almost certainly in (to some extent) on this new series, though of course subject to exactly what gets released.

DG touting a reissue of this. 1978 album of standards, maybe nothing special but I'm enjoying it. Unfortunately, too pricey: CD $25.99 / LP $45.99

Weird, but funny and a gas to listen to.