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This is a reissue. Hope it gets some US distribution, as no discogs offerings of the original 2003 release are priced in US $.

Not trying to be a smartass and no disrespect intended to anyone, but does that qualify as "on a label"?

Press release says "Changu Records". But the only titles discogs shows on that label are two prior Jaleel Shaw albums.

Yosuke Yamashita film music. From what looks to be a super-weird 1972 Japanese film. Ecstasy of the Angels / Tenshi no kokotsu (1972) | Japanonfilm

I had figured ezz-thetics dropping tracks from CD reissues was just a way to fit 2 LPs on 1 CD. Interesting theory about the PD claim fiddle. I also avoid those dodgy ezz-thetics reissues on ethical (IMO) grounds, but do own 2 (Ayler and Marion Brown) purchased used on this forum.

In the cello category, Dave Holland's Life Cycles is pretty good. I don't think I own any full solo bass albums. In the modern/avant sector, a lot of solo bass entails heavy use of extended techniques, which IMO comes off a lot better live.

Really strong ensemble named after their (I assume lead) violinist, many recordings on Supraphon. You can trust anything they record to be good, especially Czech composers.

Yes, David Beardsley who I recall going way back to rec.music.classical.contemporary days, long before I knew of this forum. There are some good Ben Johnston interviews on the interwebs: Ben Johnston Interview with Bruce Duffie . . . . . . . Paris Transatlantic: Johnston Interview A Conversation with Ben Johnston - New Music USA

Looks like he just does complete cycles. Earliest thereof for Bartok SQ is Juilliard 1 (1950) on Pearl. To my surprise. Your inquiry is interesting, but I don't even know how to research it! Maybe it's closely tied in with the history of the classical recording industry. Pretty wild that the first recording was 1925 or later, considering that SQ #1 was first performed in 1910!

Thanks. I stumbled across those last week, wondered if they were good but never followed up.

Finished up with the Ben Johnston quartets. The more I listen to these, the more I like them and the more "important" I consider them. But not "easy listening".

Thanks. I'm familiar with the site from Google and the author's posts on a classical forum. He tries hard to be comprehensive, and does the same thing for lots of other classical cycles. I actually consulted the site for my Bartok SQ addition, and have also read his LvB piano sonata and SQ surveys.

Thanks for the tip. I was fortunate to cop the Eternal Myth Revealed set when Stefan Wood was a big seller here. And I have a Campbell discography in Szwed's book. On the negative side of the ledger, I'm an old fart and have been too much of a Luddite to go the download route, so grouping by date or session looks like a daunting project.

I think Sun Ra LLC has been killing it with Ra reissues, quantity, quality and sound-wise. Hard to imagine Mosaic stepping into their bailiwick. More than happy to "build my own".

The Ben Johnston (microtonal) string quartet cycle. Starting with this, the other 2 discs probably later.

I'm culling the Novak Quartet (Philips) recording which I dislike (on the Pay it Forward thread if anyone cares) and replacing it with an ultra-"Hungarian" version, Végh mono 1954. I have the Végh 1970s Beethoven set (Valois) and am curious about earlier vintage recordings by them.

Couple of small local things this weekend Paul Pinto and James Ilgenfritz Saturday, part of a new improv series @ a revived venue Tani Tabbal Quartet Sunday

I have a CD of this. Something you might want to check out: Carter (played by the dedicatees), Babbitt and Mel Powell (!)

Great album.

Matthew Shipp seems to think there is. In his "Black Mystery School Pianists" essay there's an enigmatic paragraph: I have wrestled with whether Elmo Hope belongs in the group. I am not sure. I go back and forth for different reasons. If he is, a lot of it would be because of his influence on Hasaan Ibn Ali, who is another extreme of an ultimate example of this. Sadly, Shipp doesn't elaborate. [I recalled seeing this passage but it took a while to remember the source. I just reread 2 Hasaan CD booklets, one of which was written by Shipp but does not posit any influence, and got the idea to revisit his famous essay.]

Homecoming is one of my favorites, too. More upbeat than many Elmo albums. Just noticed: kind of strange that the above 2 covers use the same photo.