Teasing the Korean

Bill Nelson's earlier response was perfect. I would only add that, when I started buying records, the process of discovery was more active than passive. In the digital era, it is too easy to stumble across something, buy it on a whim, and then let it collect dust on your shelf. I was buying all that space age/mood music stuff long before the internet. Those albums went for a quarter a piece, and there were NO PRINTED GUIDES out there to point you in any direction. There were few people to talk to also. It was all trial and error - A gorgeous record cover may have a lame record inside, and vice versa. You had to keep lists, you had to keep a lot of info in your head. It was very active, and there was lots of time to think, consider, listen, and form your aesthetics. This was the same for most genres of music, though maybe not this extreme. The passive nature of digital communication has in some ways superseded this process. I wouldn't go back, but there is something I miss about the mystery, the discovery, and the hunt.

Have there been any CT reissues of note in recent years? I keep seeing the same CDs over and over. The LPs don't pop up too often, at least the ones that I don't have.

In other news, there are people interested in the records Mile's made in the last ten years of his life.

It's a Kenyon Hopkins album. Creed's name is on it for contractual reasons.

Forget the Miles albums you had and the ones you were missing: What about the artists for whom it was a huge challenge to even know who they were, let alone own all of their music? The mystery and challenge of the hunt is gone. You see a Youtube video of the Wallace Collection, you go on Amazon, order a used copy of their album for $6.72, all in a matter of minutes.

I have a Dynaflex pressing of Mancini's "Mr. Lucky" that sounds AMAZING, blows away the black dog copy.

A lot of this occurs because of the EU 50-year copyright law, which is bound to change in 2012. In most cases, these are done well (e.g. El/Cherry Red). With rare titles, it beats not having the music. Otherwise, I'm content to play records. Also, master tapes disappear.

The show is now archived for one week: http://www.wmnf.org/programs/144

There is a Japanese reissue of "Jazz Goes to Physical Therapy," but it's not out in the US, AFAIK.

I had George Russell pullled but I didn't get to him. I also had "City of Glass" pulled, but I opted for "Abstraction" by Pete Rugolo. We're on the same wavelength. Hope you like the show.

I get very excited when I find his records on vinyl! Still looking for"Simpatico" with Gary McFarland, with the great scooter cover!

I will be devoting an upcoming radio show to Twilight Zone jazz. Details here:

What's PT?

TTK will be guest hosting WMNF's next installment of "A Step Outside," Wednesday, June 23 on www.wmnf.org from 9 pm to 10:30 pm. EST. I will focus on an esoteric sub-genre that I have dubbed Twilight Zone jazz, a mid-century hybrid of jazz and "serious" music that suggests caffeine jags, the concrete jungle, and an imposing modern world gone awry. Here is a previous thread: The show will be archived for exactly one week, before disappearing forever into the ether. See you tomorrow.

Agree with you completely. Even looking beyond jazz, film composers such as Bernard Herrmann had already gone the minimalist, hypnotic static route previously.

Supposedly, they are reissuing the hard-to-find "Jazz Impressions of Dante's Nine Circles of Hell."

Baden Powell - Le Grand Festival - Barclay French double LP, circa 1970.

"Kon-Tiki" by Thor Heyerdahl A fascinating expedition, even if Heyerdahl's theories have been disproved by the genome project.

Hawaii Right Now! The Aliis - Reprise (stereo)

Did they do "Agua Dulce?" If not, they're washed up. Get it? "Agua?" "Washed up?"

Agreed, except the swing tune in the middle of side two sounds out of place. The rest of the album is great, though.

Ira Sullivan - Horizons - Atlantic (Red and purple mono)

Thanks Jim. That's what I got. A/Bed it with a $999 Yamaha - I thought the Privia had better sound and action, overall. BTW, the hardest part of the decision was getting past the name "Casio."

MG spins more vinyl than any of us. I'm going to his house. I'll bring the wine.