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Sergio Mendes - The Beat if Brazil - (Atlantic) Blue&Green label (I found this today, still in its shrinkwrap). Between listening to Gabor Szabo recently and Sergio Mendes today, I'm feeling like a hep cat daddy-o! I should pull out Esquivel's Other Worlds Other Sounds to complete the scene.

If I could get myself to stop buying music for a month or two, I'd have one paid for. Someday, someday.....

I used to buy records from Euclid from time to time until they started putting all the good stuff on ebay. I probably bought five or six records over a year or so until I noticed the selection started dwindling and they were pushing their ebay site.

Ab so fuggin lutely. I spread my money around three local shops, all with great owners/clerks. Nothing like a little conversation and just plain hanging out a little as opposed to clicking your mouse.

Look Around - Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66 (A&M) orig. stereo

That's a good point. Miracles do happen (sometimes).

Thanks for the link. I should have known this had come up for discussion before.

I'm not sure where to post this, but I'm interested in opinions about this topic because I don't have a solid answer myself (yet). Is there a difference between buying a used lp in a record shop that isn't available on cd (either oop or never committed to digital) or downloading the same from a website that doesn't compensate the artist or his/her estate? I've been buying used vinyl for decades and of course the artist doesn't get compensated in this situation. Twenty or thirty years ago, it was fairly easy to find new lps that were still being produced by the original record company, so artists in theory could be compensated monetarily. Now however, a lot of said companies are no longer in business and artists are long gone, like the new records. So if the artist or estate is not being compensated, how wrong is it to acquire these records with either method?

I am very envious. I would love to have a mono and stereo arm on my turntable. Hell, I just wish I could have another arm with a mono cartridge standing by for those mono lps. My VPI Scout makes changing tone arms very easy, but then there's the cost of the addtional cart and arm. Maybe some day.

On a related note, what does it mean when RVG or VanGelder is not in the deadwax of a lp that he recorded? I have a copy of Blue and Sentimental on a Bluenote Liberty pressing. Does this simply mean that he wasn't involved in transfering said album to vinyl? The album sounds good to me, though I haven't a/b'd it with the cd version, as I'm not usually anal enough to do such a thing. (Not that there's anything wrong with that)

I want one! Anyone know where I can find a sugar momma?

I just listened to Gabor Szabo's 1969. Teasing the Korean is right. It's a little too poppy. Way too many Beatle and Joni Mitchell songs on it. Actually it's the arrangements of the songs that I don't like. Dull, dull, dull. Maybe I need to trade it in for Jazz Raga when it shows up in the racks.

not too many years wasnt it made in 2000? Yes, but strangely enough, that's just a hair less than a quarter of my life (yikes!) ... As I understand it - and this may be total bullshit - a wedge was driven into the original lineup when Zorn replaced Tchicai on some gigs, and that another reunion is unlikely. doesnt tchicai visit the states occasionally? I saw him last winter in Winters, Ca. John came to Davis, Ca where he used to live and teach to see old friends and his daughter, who still lives there. He's still living in France afaik, unless he moved recently. He's playing more tenor and bass clarinet at his shows these days, but I don't know if he's stopped playing the alto altogether.

I agree. When I bought the cd player I could have paid a few extra dollars for mp3 compatability but I said no, thinking I'd never care to play mp3 discs. Long trips in particular would be good use of mp3s especially since I have a single disc player and it's a pain, not to mention dangerious to change discs while driving. I have a 1960 Vauxhall Victor that only has a funky radio in it and I'm thinking of putting a sound system in it. I'd really like to put a cassette deck in it though, since it's not the most secure car in the world and I have a lot of tapes that don't get played much anymore.

I've wondered about this myself for a while. I bought a cd player for the car three or four years ago when my tape deck died after ten good years of service. I hesitated at first because I was happy with my tapes, since I was using good tape with a good recorder. I probably should not take any of my hard to find or expensive discs on the road, or as others have recomended, burning it to a cdr if you really want to drive around and listen to it.

One of my favorite albums by one of my favorite musicians.

His contributions to the Monkees albums are always solid. Get the mono versions if you can. Also, a ton of Monkees stuff, including top notch Nesmith songs, showed up the collections "Missing Links, Vols. 1-3. You have to skip over some pretty godawful Davy stuff, but these Mike songs are killer. As for post Monkees stuff, the three RCA albums with the First National Band are great. Loose Salute, Magnetic South, and Nevada Fighter are the titles. They all pop up on vinyl for reasonable prices. If you like country rock from that era, these are the cream of the crop. I never checked out too much after these three, but a friend of mine swears by his concept album "The Prison." Thanks for that. I see those FNB lps around pretty regularly and they aren't expensive. I listened to The Monkees a lot when I was a teenager and I'm afraid to go back. I have heard from many sources that The Prison is worth owning, but it doesn't show up very often.

Recently spun "Spellbinder" and "Jazz Raga." 1969 is a little on the hit and miss side, but I love the other 2. I've only had a chance to play these once, but the wife liked them! Not that she's into pop jazz or easy going stuff. She's a big fan of Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and John Tchicai for starters. I'll be on the lookout for Jazz Raga. I don't know why, but I'm kind of digging these jazzed up Beatle songs and even The Beat Goes On. It's an interesting change from my usual.

I've always liked what I've heard by Nesmith, but I don't own any of his music. Which album(s) would you recomend starting out with?

Last night I played some new arrivals. Gabor Szabo - The Sorcerer (orig Impulse) - Bacchanal (orig. Skye) - 1969 (orig. Skye) Years ago, I probably would have stuck my nose up at these albums, but I'm digging them today.

Agreed! Booker is one of my favorite jazz musicians and his run with the above is some of my favorite music commited to vinyl. Alas, I don't own any of the Book albums on vinyl, though I do have a few other titles. I'will buy any jazz album that I'm not familiar with if it has the above rhythm section or any of the individuals on it. I don't think I've been disappointed yet.

Blue and Sentimental - Ike Quebec (Bluenote Liberty Pressing) No Van Gelder in the deadwax but it sounds really nice. Ike's horn jumps out into the room on the first cut.

Buckingham-Nicks (Gatefold Polydor) Really nice sound. Prior to that, The Band (Orange label Capitol) - Truckloads of bass and crystal clear acoustic strings.

The Big Gun Down - John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone (Nonesuch)

Ella's Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie (Black label Verve Mono).