Teasing the Korean

Do you know who this is? Depressing nonresident Helen

I have a couple of those Sounds Orchestral albums, and they are really good, their James Bond knockoff album in particular.

Check out the track at the 12:40 mark:

How does 21st-century society value music in general or jazz in particular? David Bowie was right when he said that music is becoming a utility, something you turn on and off like the tap. Brian Eno was right when he compared the mid-20th-century record industry to the whaling industry of the 1800s - a blip in time in which sociological, cultural, technological, and economic factors all lined up to make a lot of people very wealthy. Who decides what 65-year-old Randy Weston albums are worth vs. the 2019 album by Joe Schmoe? Anyone into music enough to post on a forum like this is happy to complain about the inequities, but we are just as eager to hop on a great deal when we see one.

"...father of Jeff Buckley..."

Agreed! Many of us in the US within a certain age group will tell you about the impression that Riddle's music for Batman had on them. Here is a suite of music from the Batman theatrical film. Then there is the Untouchables theme, which, while firmly rooted in 1950s crime jazz, suggests the spy genre that would take the world by storm a few years later. Here is Riddle trying his hand at exotica, and while not rising to Les Baxter standards, it is still pretty good. And, of course, the Route 66 theme:

Very possible. It is too soon to guess either way. The Beatles' fan base may slowly dwindle, as happens sooner or later with nearly any pop act. On the other hand, in 500 years, they could be viewed as the Bach or Mozart of pop music, continuing to stay relevant to varying degrees. We likely won't ever find out, unless our brains can be uploaded onto a computer.

Let's make that retroactive to JS Bach, or even before. What do you think?

Pop music is generally not designed to have a long shelf life, but from what I've seen - anecdotally - the Beatles seem to be that rare exception.

It was extended to 70 years in the UK, correct? But the change was not retroactive. If something had previously entered the public domain at the 50-year mark, it stayed in the public domain. Agree about Mickey Mouse and the Beatles.

This past June 1 would have been Nelson Riddle's 100th birthday. Nelson Riddle's work with singers eclipses his own instrumental work, but his two early-70s album for MPS wonderfully exude the decade's spirit of international jet-set decadence.

As I mentioned earlier, I have only two of these sets, three if you count a Qobuz download. All three were VERY cheap. With two of them, I knew in advance they had great sound quality, so it was worth it. Another was $3 at a yard sale. It was an impulse (not impulse!) buy, and it sounded like crap. Most of my music accumulations consists of used LPs purchased in the 1990s, when no on wanted them, or legit CDs. The PD sets were extreme outliers for me.

To say nothing of "Love is Blue," "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" "The Hustle," "A Fifth of Beethoven," "Rockit," and many more.

Can you think of a single example in human history in which we have ditched a technology or luxury, unless it was because something else did it better, cheaper, quicker, more efficiently?

Why would they name a shoe nordwest? Unless it's a false cognate?

I have two volumes of this! All German commercials from the 1960s and 70s. If you've ever tried to grab opening drum breaks from records and loop them, you find that it takes the drummer two beats or so to get into the groove. The opening drum pattern posted above loops perfectly with zero manipulation. So don't you ever insult your fellow countrymen again! No! My grandmother taught me some German as a kid, but I didn't stick with it. Is it an airline?

That has been the history of human beings since we invented the wheel and harnessed fire. Nothing becomes obsolete, unless something new can do it better. Do you know the definition of a necessity? It is a luxury that you have experienced at least once.

Or just hit the "buy now" button on Amazon and save yourself time and headaches.

Yes, we have all been doing that already for decades. There are still some insanely rare albums that have eluded us. And not all of our friends have digitized their vinyl.

I seriously use YouTube to audition a very obscure album, and then decide if it is worth seeking out. I don't use it for any kind of "serious" listening.

Are you real, or are you simply a field of disembodied electrons on my laptop?

Through our differences, we shall become greater.

Not that it's any of your business, indeed. You do your thang, and I'll do mine. And I guess you skipped over the part in which I stated that I own only two of these, three if you count the Sabu download.

The two Vogue sets were like this.

Sometimes the PD releases sound better than the YouTube links or the blog uploads. And do you really think the conglomerates can be any less incentivized to reissue ancient music? If it hasn't happened by now, it ain't gonna happen.