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I saw them in Eugene under the same sort of condition as Peter did (but without the loud talkers.) Hadn't heard a lick from any album but knew to trust the recommendations from board members. Also I took the timing of a Polish musician playing on St. Patrick's Day as another sign that this was a must see show! It was a pure delight. And the pianist is something else. He really has the jimmy legs at times as they often bounce up & down when he plays. Easily one of the most enjoyable evenings I've ever had. Now it's time for me to start buying albums!

Gee...one little trailer and it's already reached 'wait for DVD' stature for me... Oof. It may have even gone beyond that. Well, there is $1 day on Monday & Tuesdays around here.

Phew! Glad to hear he's on vacation, I was really gettin' worried.

Just birthday wishes in this thread? Hope you had a great one!

I'm glad you brought that up. I was thinking Winona didn't look quite that in Night On Earth. Yeah, boy, Reeves isn't the most thrilling choice for this role, but I suppose I will get around to at least renting it someday, if for no other reason to complain that the movie in my head was so much better. Dick sure is a popular source for movies nowadays, which even if the movie versions fall short it beats overlong Sat. Night Live sketches stretched out into movies or more movies about cartoon characters.

Did you help Al Gore invent the internet? Why yea-sss, I did... Once upon a time I made a point of heavily supporting the local independent shops. And I really do like having them around. Eventually I got tired of paying 25 to 40% more for the limited supply of goods in stock (at least with new discs.) It took until after 2000 for it to be the Me Decade when it comes to buying CDs.

My avatar wants a piece of that action! Doubt the real thing is around anymore, as I took that picture about 25 years ago. That'd be one mighty old toad, though maybe not too old to...um, play leap frog!

Thanks Jeff! I can really need it. I'm feeling awfully cold at this moment. Flurin, you and Elvis are both Kings! And a belated thanks for those Jazz in Paris tips from the thread you started way back when. Bobby Jasper! It's wuv day!

One caveat about alldirect, though, is that a LOT of jazz discs are out of stock. My last order was about half OJCs and I had to really hunt to find ones that I liked and were in stock. You have me to blame. I did a run on OJC titles in the summer, and then again when the great OJC thread that Chuck started got going. I noticed some titles that were out of stock in the summer were back in stock in the fall, while others remained out of stock. And after I ordered many more OJCs were out of stock. Never got around to placing another order as DustyGroove then had the Jazz In Paris sale. As Ron mentions at least alldirect does warn you that items are out of stock beforehand, and on my big fall order only 1 disc was out of stock after I placed the order. I do like how they don't trap you into the eternal backorder. I use a combination of many of the sources mentioned. Alldirect for orders over $99. CD Universe for new releases that I want now (rather than waiting for them to show up at alldirect.) And Django's for the Notify Me list for used discs. I've been having trouble with them lately sending the wrong issues and discs not arriving, but they respond to my complaints and try to fix things. And then there's the yourmusic.com thing now too, and I ordered from Disciplinemobile for some Crimson related releases. Suddenly I feel responsible for our local jazz & blues cd shop closing earlier this month after 20+ years of business.

Lotsa love here for the Slow Train material, especially live. I remember at the time being told that I shouldn't like it, but my gawd it was great! Aside from the groove, some of lines delivered by Bob were so delightfully nasty. Infidels was the greatest album since Blood On The Tracks. Then Oh Mercy was the greatest album since Blood On The Tracks. Then... Infidels was exciting when it came out due to Knoffler & Mick Taylor's association with it, along with the songwriting and execution (plus some of the outtakes.) I like Lanois's production on Oh Mercy (and yes, I have the outtakes.) I can understand why some don't care for it, and I wouldn't want every album to sound that way, but then I also love Robbie Robertson's first solo album too that Daniel co-produced. My vinyl of Blood On The Tracks is in terrific shape as I rarely play it, preferring the tiled bathroom sound of the outtakes that I've had on tape, later some of them on official releases and later still on CDR. I really should listen to the official album again sometime just to remember why I play the outtakes. I think that about covers some of the topics above.

Oh yeah! It's one of my favorites. Peter O'Toole really brings Henry II to life! And Katharine isn't too shabby either. It is very amusing to see young versions of Anthony Hopkins & Timothy Daulton, but their parents steal the show. Completely different sort of movie, but if you want more O'Toole after this and haven't seen My Favorite Year, it's another role that Peter nails. As an added bonus, it also stars the actor to the right in Aric's avatar.

Once upon a time before the internet bubble it was one of the hottest stocks on the market. They expanded too fast and the valuation of the stock fell as investors realized that maybe rotisserie chicken wasn't worth that much. It might have gone through bankruptcy sometime or other though I'm not positive. It is now part of McDonalds. That's where they get the salt. Not sure how up to date it is, but here's a map of restaurant locations.

I have a friend who knows Gans. I showed the friend the Steve Hoffman rumor. Friend sent Gans an e-mail which Gans answered quickly as he wasn't playing tonight. It's a hoax. Gans did not write the e-mail that's being quoted. There continues be some hope that the Fillmore run will be released because it is no longer available on archive.org, and one would think some day it will be released since they have multi-tracks. But sadly, the Gans e-mail is a forgery.

Taking into consideration that he's setting up a new computer, he's a real teddy bear.

Happy belated from the sunny Pacific NW! Really, it is sunny! Just ask your brother if you don't believe me.

Have some lime with your Mosaic. Or Tecate. Happy Birthday!

Before owning the Mosaic set I found a used copy of the 1st JSP Django set. I'm pretty sure my ears (and not my eyes) are telling me the Mosaic sounds better (not that the JSP sounds bad.) And of course there's the usual fabby packaging. I don't have the Eldridge but it has been moving up on my want list, thanks in part to Jsngry and Paul and other's comments, plus my own curiosity. As much as I like the Django set, Paul's comments about music availability (or lack thereof) carries a lot of weight, especially if you don't expect to be buying sets every other week like some people here.

I'm tempted to pick it up too. $60 for 10 discs is tough to pass by. There are a couple of threads that touch on it at the Steve Hoffman forum. 2 posters consider the sound quality to be good to adequate, and everyone agrees that the packaging (booklet) and completeness make it well worth owning. Hoffman link 1: Complete Hank thread. The link below is a discussion about the 3 disc Singles box, but other Hank packages are brought up, including the Complete set. Hoffman link #2. I'm pretty certain that I will pick it up sometime by summer. The only Hank I have on CD is the Health & Happiness Shows, and I foolishly didn't buy enough of those 2 record Polydor sets from years ago. Maybe not so foolish, now I can pick up this!

It's fiction that deals with the subject and writing of fiction. A link.

Not to be morbid, but this was the first thought that crossed my mind... An article in the paper today by David Abel of the Boston Globe said he was experiencing chronic pain from various ailments over the years. Back surgery, hip replacement surgery, and he recently broke his leg while in Hawaii. If he wasn't able to medicate the pain, it must have been pretty bad.

My Farlow from Caiman came into today too. I ordered it a day later than others here, and it had 3000 miles to travel. Thank you much for the tip. I had this set in my sights but it got bumped down when the Farmer/Golson and the past 2 batches of Selects, and well you know, other things. Now I'll use the savings differnence and spend it at Mosaic! Just starting on disc one. My oh my, this is a steal! 7 discs of Farlow, and the latest RVGs & Moran expected to arrive in 3 hours or less. Yahoo!

Here's a link to several others. My favorite bit of weirdness is the cover of The Five Keys Live On Stage. A penis? Supposedly on the far left. You know, the hand?

Don't be so sure about that. Actually, the thing I like about pro sports is that they're up front about the money. Whereas in college, you'd have athletes getting free food, which was much better than what students paid for (if you bought a dorm cafeteria package.) Jobs would be given which they didn't have to do yet they'd get paid. Papers would get written for them, they'd pass tests were never taken. Oh not all of the jocks mind you, but the more important ones would. And then there are cases of direct payment as well. And given the money the colleges make off of them, there might as well be some cash passed around, rather than all of the other nonsense. It may depend on the school and the time, but throw in the tax dollars involved (occurs in pro sports too) and in the end, give me the greedy professional athlete any day!

Thanks for that feedback Greg, as I made sure to note that I haven't heard any of the other CD incarnations. In the latest version there are 8 pages of newspaper clippings from '69 about the album. Included amongst the clippings is a list from RR of the top albums for the week of November 1st (the week it entered the charts.) 1. Abbey Road - Beatles 2. Motown Chartbusters, Vol. 2 3. Johnny Cash At San Quentin 4. Through The Past Darkly - Rolling Stones 5. In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson 6. Sound Of Music Soundtrack 7. SSSSH - Ten Years After 8. Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac 9. Nashville Skyline - Bob Dylan 10. Best Of The Seekers 11. Oliver! Soundtrack Not a bad list. Included #11 as I recall my sister buying it and playing it far too often for my liking. To see the rest of the list, you'll have to Google or buy the disc.

I never did get around to buying any of the above versions on CD, but I now have in my hands the latest flavor of In The Court Of The Crimson King. It's been out in Europe for awhile (maybe a couple of months) but was just released in the US this week. What's different this time: 1) They recently found the master tapes and thus used them for this release. 2) This time it's in HDCD, if that matters to you. DGM0501 is available at Discipline Global Mobile. I'm not sure if it's in stores or not, but other things to look for to make sure you get the latest version include a 2004 copyright on the back cover, the HDCD logo in the upper right of the back, and this time it's called an "Original Master Edition," as seen through the clear border to the left of the lovely face on the cover. Under the clear tray below the disc is the following information about the mastering: "The original masters - with splicing tape still present between the various songs, and crossfade between I Talk To The Wind and Epitaph yet to be created - were discovered in the Virgin archives in 2003." Also "24 bit remaster by Simon Heyworth at Super Audio Mastering, September 2004." Haven't had a chance to listen to it, and all I have to compare it to is a kinda beat up vinyl copy from 25 years ago. But I reckon it will be an upgrade for me.