Teasing the Korean

Thank you!

Do the Dex and Herbie sets use the original LP lineups and artwork, or are the tracks presented in an archival, chronological manner?

His score to the 70s flick Born to Win is excellent.

Thanks. Do you remember what that other album is called?

Does anyone have this record, and if so, what do you think of it? I am listening on YouTube but my laptop speakers are kind of shot. Sounds great anyway.

"Now Sound" is admittedly the most unwieldy section within my own idiosyncratic filing system, and I continually second guess certain choices within this section. The short answer would be post-Beatles pop, easy listening, film scores, and jazz - records made by aging composers, arrangers, and jazz & easy listening artists tuning in and turning on to the styles, moods, and vibrations of today. But the section extends into a lot of tangential musics, including certain soul/funk, spiritual jazz, and world music. Anything that could be played during the party scene in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls or the sex scene on the money-covered circular bed in Danger: Diabolik could potentially qualify. Please note that the default is not the year of release but rather the style. For example, a 1980s solo piano George Shearing record would go in the jazz section, but the 70s MPS record where he does "The World is a Ghetto" goes into the Now Sound section. Anyone's version of "Soul Makossa" goes in this section, because every version of that track I've ever heard sounds like a wild 70s party at which I'm scratching at the window to get invited to, but the door never opens. Hope this helps.

NOT AT ALL!

EXACTLY. And anyone who doubts this kind of stuff should check out the NPR Radiolab piece in which a computer composes a Bach mass, after having analyzed every existing Bach piece. The resulting music is simply stunning.

I LIVE for records like this!

I have this on LP. While most of my Olatunji LPs (Columbia era) are filed in the exotica section, this album is filed in the Now Sound section, right between the Ohio Players and Riz Ortolani. It is a gem, and while i have not spun it in a while, I am now inspired to do so!

Why don't restaurants from non-Chinese cuisines use the same takeout containers that Chinese restaurants use?

When I was a kid, I thought the Beatles were the sound of the 60s. Now, as an adult, I think that Lennon & McCartney were simply one ingredient in that wonderful 1960s international stew that also included Jobim, Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, Tony Hatch, Morricone, Michel Legrand, et. al. The other artist who does definitive Beatles covers is Gary McFarland. I can never go back to the Beatles' version of "And I Love Her" after hearing Gary's.

I'm talking about entire albums and, in some cases, artists' entire discographies that were never digitized. I couldn't begin to list all the albums on labels like ABC Paramount, Decca, and Kapp that were never digitized. The original vinyl is what is left.

All of that is irrelevant. Those albums at least were digitized. The outrage is the loss of all the stuff that was never digitized.

In old photos and movies, why do we see famous dead people in crowds? Because there is no one alive to advocate for the forgotten.

Thank you!

They all fit on a single CD! I have it. Three LPs plus an EP. All songs clock in at 1:41 each!

I always play B3 with percussive settings, and it helps me to think of it as a percussion instrument, especially if i'm doing a lot of left-hand jabs between chords. In fairness, depending on how it is being played, a B3 has characteristics of both a wind and a percussion instrument.

Thanks. I saw him also in 1988 and the show similarly covered all sorts of styles. I should add that I have very little of his 80s music, at least until I got all of these remasters. I'm still working my way through the New York period, much of which I already had on Evidence CDs.

So do you subdivide the post-1968 material in any meaningful fashion?

Amaroso, with arrangements but the Great Claus Ogerman, is one of my favorite albums ever. RIP.

No, but thanks.

I am working my way through approximately 60 of the recent-ish Sun Ra remasters, from the master tapes. I am sorting them more or less chronologically - I already understand the inherent challenges with this - and have placed them into folders representing, so far, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia. While the Chicago and New York folders contain a digestible number of albums, there are zillions of post-1968 Sun Ra albums in the Philly folder. I am admittedly much more familiar and intimate with Sonny's Chicago and New York output. What I would like to know is if there is any meaningful for helpful way to chronologically (or otherwise) sub-categorize the post-1968 albums.

Thank you for the link. Have you ever started a thread here about jazz education? I would love to participate, and I'm sure you would get some very interesting responses.