Shawn

AOHELL laid me off back in March....so....FUCK 'EM!!!!!

Coles is easily one of my favorites, not a "flash" player...but what a tone and there's always "feel" to his playing. Hard to describe, but easy to like. I agree with Chuck that I've always considered "Little Johnny C" to be a Duke Pearson date, but Duke created a wonderful vehicle to display Coles' talents. The song "So Sweet My Little Girl" is beautifully haunting and would go on my "desert island" compilation. Another of my favorites:

I've never seen that album. How is it? Loose but very enjoyable jam session date. Worth buying for the personnel alone....

I gotta pay my respect to Morphine, a very unique band and a tragic loss when Mark Sandman passed away. They proved that a baritone sax can propel a rock band as well as a guitar. All their albums are worth seeking out. Check out the song "Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer" off of "The Night" for a GREAT party song. "...by the time we put the Al Green on, the bottle was gone."

Not surprising that it's in E Flat Minor since that's the only key he can solo over.

Okay, I've always used banks, I have the opportunity to join a credit union...but really don't understand what the difference is...or what the pros and cons are. I know it will differ from place to place...but can somebody provide me with a simple explanation of the difference? Thanks in advance. Shawn

Mose Allison Sings is a compilation of vocals. I got it in college. It has been available for about two decades as Greatest Hits. You can get that at Your Music. True...but the mastering on Greatest Hits is ancient and I'm really looking forward to what Rudy can pull off with these tracks. Plus...Mose Allison is "da shit".

Fripp's "strange control" is that he's a master writer, producer, arranger, guitarist & finder of extreme talent. I doubt seriously that Fripp puts any "restraints" on Belew...

Now if only I had some money...those rental deposits will kill ya. (security, pet deposit, electric, gas, cable, etc)

Consider yourself lucky and enjoy the music!!!!

It's a tie, I purchased these CD's on the same day. The upper CD is the Elektra version with the bonus tracks from the Creeping Death EP. You can see about 50 holes when you hold it up to the light...but it still plays!!! My mother picked out the Deep Purple disc, she loves Child In Time (she says it reminds her of me because it came out the year I was born).

Exactly, totally agree.

Thanks guys...man, I must be tired to have missed that link.

I was looking on their site and there seems to be no way to provide feedback, request specific reissues, etc. Anybody got an email address for these cats? Thanks!

Do any of the download stores carry her stuff? I've been very curious to hear what she sounds like, but I haven't been able to locate anything yet. And I've been too busy packing to search very hard.

When it comes to Moodsville albums, many times it's the song selection that will help me decide what to purchase (if I'm stuck trying to decide). With these two particular sessions, I have to give The Hawk Relaxes the edge...but just barely... It's all a matter of personal taste, but they are both very worthwhile & enjoyable sessions in my opinion.

Just found those notes - they're on "Bacalao", which I only got a few weeks ago and hadn't got around to reading the notes. I don't think that it's insulting. Time and again one reads notes in which the musicians are praised for breathing new life into warhorses. That's all Amiri did in this case. It's perfectly legit comment, in my view. MG I haven't read them in awhile, I'm sure you're probably right...I just remember being really turned off by them at the time.

Not a bad idea! God...this is probably like the 35th time I've moved in my life...once I get down there, I think I'm going on a nice long bender. Thanks to Mr. Gone for the link, much appreciated!

Sorry man...it's the whole metric thing...I'm a math phobe. So how many grams = 1 pound? I don't know any coke dealers.

Thanks gang, I'm headin' to the post office where they have scales.

I'd love to see the official Quartet Out tour van....

I can't remember which album it was, but "Leroi Jones" wrote the notes to one of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' Prestige albums, wherein he spends the entire time talking about how boring the songs on the album are...but that Lockjaw manages to salvage them to some degree. They came across as insulting and if I was Lockjaw, I would have found him and wrapped a mic stand around his head.

I judge liner notes based on whether they keep my interest whilst I'm sitting on the "throne". If I put them down and start reading the ingredients on the back of a bottle of hand soap...they don't pass my test. However, in those cases they can be used if the spool is empty.

I don't own a scale. Just a ballpark will do.

Here are two more little known but GREAT films by Val Guest. Both well worth the price of a rental.