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Nope. When you engage in illegal activities the law isn't on your side. This is why marijuana growers in the US can't patent their strains and hookers don't sue their pimps for shoddy dental plans. Zappa released a series of official bootlegs (or bootlegs of bootlegs) "as is," which made them easier for some less enterprising fans to own. Yet at the same time many of these fans were upset at the sound quality, as no remixing/mastering was done. They were just the same old boots with a Rhino logo on the back. But unlike with bootlegs, the right person got paid.

It's solid! Oh wait, that's a different album. Highly likable approach to gospel tunes, and I think you'll be pleased with how the lineup plays. It will get the RVG treatment in March 2005.

Having earlier resisted the siren's (okay, wesbed's) call to buy the Shorter-Kelly Mosaic, I found a couple of used Vee-Jays while running around town. Wynton's Someday My Prince Will Come and Introducing Wayne Shorter. Each one was in a different store.

Eugene Oregon. If you can't make it to Portland... Cat's Meow - 121 E. Broadway. The only store that specializes in jazz. You can order from them online as well. When in person you'll have to readjust yourself as everything is filed right-to-left. House of Records - 258 E 13th. A quirky little place that has the best atmosphere of any in town. Most of the stock is rock & indie, but they have a respectable jazz section and do the best of anyplace in town of stocking John Zorn's catalogue. They also have new & used vinyl. It's always fun to browse around and hear what they're playing, as you'll hear music from the 30's followed by the music of tomorrow. CD World - W 11th & Seneca Road. The best (only?) place in town to buy an RVG or Conn on the release date. If you move here get one of their frequent buyer cards (each stamp on a full-priced disc equal $1.40 off as filling a card get's you a disc worth $16.95 or that much off a double disc or box set.) They stock a few jazz titles on DVD too. Museum of Unfine Art & Record Store - 532 Willamette. A curious little shop. If price isn't a concern there's an odd assortment of avant-garde titles. LPs available too. Who knows how long it will last as it's been a cursed location for business. Although as it really doesn't seem to be one, maybe they'll be all right. CD Game Exchange - 30 E 11th. A very small jazz section, but as they once had a used copy of the Kid Ory Mosaic it has to be mentioned. A large selection of used DVDs. Borders - 5 Oakway Center (off Coburg Road.) Only if you've printed out a coupon from the thread on Organissimo! Face The Music - 886 E 13th. Only worth mentioning as Zoot Horn Rolo once worked here years ago in the heart of campus town. Jazz selection is very very small, though as there is a used rack one never knows. Unless you're trying to get lucky in the used rack, you're better off walking 6 or 7 blocks to House of Records.

I'm still in the minor leagues with only 20 titles, but both Uptown and Eclipse are delightful. Uptown is my favorite of the 3 Columbias recently re-issued. Eclipse gets bonus points for the cover! I wouldn't begrudge anyone who went for the massive value box but I've decided it isn't for me. I think I'll just plug along and pick up more manageable portions as I go. The nice thing about being "behind" is that there is a lot to choose from, and thus the greater likelihood that something can be found used or on sale. Thanks for your post as it reminded me to resume looking for more early material! Early, middle, or late - so much great music to choose from!

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I'll be darned, that combo struck again. I popped in Conversations and immediately thought "holy smokes I should this play this more." As I got towards the end of the album of I went out to check the mail. The RVGs were in the mailbox, and when Dolphy was done with in went Black Fire. Good score at Younkers!

(Not that you were serious, but I have a Deadbase that doesn't get used as much as it used to.) Almost every Ivy League school got a show, though most had their show early on and didn't get another. Two that don''t circulate: Columbia 5-3-68 U Penn 10-16-70 No show for Harvard, but substituting M.I.T. gets you one of the best "Dancing In The Streets" from the free show on 5-6-70. They played the next day as well. I'm not sure if the Rhode Island Auditorium is in the Brown neighborhood or not, but they played a fine show there on 4-21-71. The Civic Center was played many times after that. Princeton's show is a good one too from a few days earlier (4-17-71). Yale's lone show was from 7-31-71. Legend has it a cop told Jerry to snuff his joint. As Jerry did he said "We'll never play here again." The show was also marred by students who were mistaken in thinking it was a free show. They stormed the gates and got tear gassed. Dartmouth comes later. 5-5-78. Other than 5-8-77, Cornell got 2 more. 5-7-80 and 5-16-81. So safe to say, 5-8-77 is the BEST Ivy League show of 1977!

That's a pretty severe busted up case you got there! Hmm, it's like Freddie saw into the future and knew we'd have these things called CD cases. I just got my order today so tonight's the night!

Why Barton Hall has never come out on cd is a complete mystery -- talk about an ideal Dick's Pick. One of my all-time favorite Grateful Dead dates, even if it does have Donna Jean on it! I believe it is because they don't have it in the vault. It was one of the Betty Boards that was found in the storage locker that was auctioned off when she missed a payment (or two or three) at one of those U-Storage facilities. They've given us 3 from May '77, and I like 5/19 more anyway. Though 5/8 does have the Scarlet>Fire, and da Dew!

A web design site is calling this a case study of how not to redesign a site. Duh!

Ah I love computer calendars. What do you say if I pencil you down for Tuesday the 8th in Feb. & March for now. If I'm early that might end up being the pre-order date anyway. I'm so pleased to see True Blue in the bunch. It's especially nice for us youngish types (make that young-to-jazz ) as it's a hard one to find. I believe you had mentioned in other posts that it would be RVG'd, but confirmation is a very good thing! I like this policy of a-Blakey-in-each-batch they seem to have instituted.

Ladies & Gentlemen and Steppin' Out I pre-ordered. Did the same with Rockin' the Rhein as well as it's hard for me to resist releases from that time. What's fabulous about the Arista releases is that they're multi-tracked. Oh yeah! I just missed seeing you at Wembley in '72 (unless you were at Newcastle.) Not really. I was on a family trip before just before my 9th birthday. I was oh so close to greatness I didn't know existed - for almost another 10 years!

I still like DP 14 the best of the '73 Picks as it has 2 Dews, 2 Playin's & 2 Weather Report Suites. It's a compilation of 2 nights over 4 discs and I have no problem with that kind of thing, but some folks prefer whole shows. DP 19 isn't bad though, namely for the good stuff on discs 2 & 3 (the Eyes, Dark Star, etc.) To a certain degree the Pick is cursed by what else they could have picked from November & December, as there are some more mammoth shows in that stretch. So I tend to play shows that I've traded for in that neighborhood rather than the pick - the curse of having too many shows from that year. Hmm, if you like Skull & Roses I'd suggest Ladies & Gentleman, The Grateful Dead. It's a 4 disc compilation of their April '71 Fillmore run. Lots of fine Pigpen selections too (eyeballing it it looks like 9.) "The Other One" on Skull & Roses appears here in full too. So many songs from that year that couldn't fit on the double album make it here, including a rare "Second That Emotion." And for variety's sake there's an Uncle John's Band>Lovelight. Nice HDCD sound as well (though some - not me - complain about Phil's presence not being as high as the circulating soundboards.) Here's a tracklisting and review: Ladies & Gentlemen...

For those of you who prefer '72 to '75, or the Pigpen era, you're in luck. You'll save a little money. Dick's Pick 32 has been announced. Grateful Dead Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI 8/7/82 CD One The Music Never Stopped 4:19 Sugaree 9:51 The Music Never Stopped 3:59 Me and My Uncle 3:02 Big River 6:12 It Must Have Been The Roses 5:50 C. C. Rider 7:34 Ramble On Rose 7:31 Beat It On Down The Line 3:11 On The Road Again 3:04 Althea 7:56 Let It Grow 11:46 U. S. Blues 5:15 (encore of 2nd set) CD Two China Cat Sunflower 6:42 I Know You Rider 7:43 Man Smart, Woman Smarter 8:29 Ship Of Fools 6:39 Playing In The Band 11:14 Drums 5:30 Space 5:31 The Wheel 5:51 Playing In The Band 4:08 Morning Dew 10:11 One More Saturday Night 4:59 They haven't been picking as many from the '80's, so this will make some of those fans happy. Or not, as they'll complain "I already have that one as a crispy board. Why didn't they pick..."

This is a drag. I have both a Mac & a PC but prefer to surf with the iBook. Both Safari & Camino have text alignment problems that sound similar to couw's problems with Opera. I tried IE for the Mac and while the text displays properly (at least things are lined up right) it is soooooo slow. Plus with IE for the Mac I get the same notice that the site is optimized for IE 5.5 for Windows. Thanks guys. Is the site working better for people with DSL or cable? Seems to very unfriendly to dial-up users.

It was set up in '63 by the Kennedy Administration. Although I believe the primary intent was to provide a way to address the entire nation during an emergency (think Cold War), it was expanded to allow other agencies (National Weather Service, state & local) to use it. When I lived in tornado country it would do its "beepin'" job a few times each summer. Most cases involving its use relate to weather warnings.

You hit an interesting footnote for you one & only. You got to hear the most complete live version of "Terrapin Station," as after that night they stopped doing the "At A Siding"/"Alhambra" portion. I have a friend who many years after your show started screaming "Play the rest of it damn it!" when the band as usual starting drifting off to another place and didn't play those above mentioned parts. "Why don't they ever finish it?" Not owning Deadbase at the time, I couldn't tell him that they never did. Except once. B)

I have the old McMaster. I extracted it to the hard drive and opened it up with Cool Edit 2000. No sign of anything funny at or around 4:35 or 4:37. My ears didn't hear any drop out either. But that's the old one! Hmmm...So if I get the RVG and there is a drop out, I'm part way there to providing a patch.

For me it's one of those sites that I sometimes have to hit again (and again) to get it to come up. Keep trying, you'll get there.

One Flight Up is the one Dexter Blue Note I don't have. I guess as the reports about the other Joe RVG have been positive I'll upgrade this Joe. I've never heard Free For All and have really been looking forward to it. Guess I'll be pre-ordering them all except for Destination Out as I have the Select. For the last batch I ordered a couple from Deepdiscountcd and only Action has been shipped so far. Shoulda know better.

Aw shucks, I think I missed the detail about you wanting Rhino's version. Though there's no telling when or if one will come in you can sign up at Django's (a network of new & used CD shops) and they'll notify you if they ever get a new or used copy. Try this if those previous links didn't work out. There aren't any in stock in the moment, but if you're patient (or just use them as a back up), you never know.

Another piling on for the "quintet live in person" is better. I saw them with Potter & Kilson and they blew all the cobwebs outta my brain. The top of my skull was still tingly the next day. It was thrilling to watch Eubanks & Potter; how they'd hover on the edge listening, waiting for the right moment to come back in (let alone how they played.) Kilson (no longer the drummer) seemed like the drummer from the Muppets - he played the underside of the cymbols! Maybe that's not what some people want out of a jazz drummer, but it worked for me that night. "Prime Directive" was a pulsating thrill ride that night. It was just one of those electrifying experiences that makes you feel good to be alive. And I don't automatically feel that after seeing a show by the way, but it is great when it happens. Although I do like the studio albums (and the live one), I do sorta understand your not being overly enthused about the discs. I've passed over playing them for months now, and for whatever reason I'm not eager to grab one and put it in the player. I really should, but... But if you can see them live, do so. At least the quintet. I have no experience with the big band as I just have a feeling it's not my thing and have too many other areas to explore. Oh do I ever.

Not that it makes it any easier, but that was actually Boy George's drag queen friend Marilyn. As far as I know Boy George's nose is as...well, as it was, just a few years older. Beware of the picture of Mickey Rourke's chin & cheek implants. And of course, Ms. Love or any of the "duck lips" pics.

I don't have a copy but a Froogle search shows CD Universe, Walmart, Overstock and others have it for roughly $10, give or take a buck.