Dan Gould

I don't have the ears or know keys or timbres but its helped me!

I love that particular rendition too!

Oh hell yeah. Was hoping for more in Box 2 but mostly unissued alternates ... not so special. But I still gotta have it.

Well I would just disagree a bit and point to the Soul Gestures in Southern Blue (?) volumes. (Funny story of how I got those, I was visiting my old college town of Tallahassee and it may be the only time I bought jazz at a mall store but it was release day for these three and I snagged the three volumes at one time - had no prior knowledge, being pre-internet, and at that time "swing" and "blues" as signifiers had a lot of pull with me, so I was all in. The clerk goes "some guy reserved all three of those, he's a music major at FAMU, but since we put it on the rack, I guess I have to sell them to you." I said nothing and just took my CDs, wondering how they would deal with that poor guy who missed out.)

One label that might be right up Don's alley is Sharp Nine https://www.discogs.com/label/197639-Sharp-Nine-Records Don, their motto was "Straight ahead and in the pocket" and I was never disappointed by any of their releases. You have an enormous amount of exploring to do and it could get very expensive. I don't reference his music but rather Wynton's oft-stated opinion that "true jazz" swings and has a blues feel. So I was wondering if your tastes ran a lot wider than that to encompass electronics or free or avant guard styles.

Yes, this is an important question for Don ... have you sampled any of the neo-boppers? Does the idea of creativity within an older language/style appeal or are you the kind who wants the originals, as defined by those BN releases of the 50s and 60s? Relatedly, where do you stand on the Wynton Wars? There are a lot of names to add to Bill's list - Brian Lynch and Ralph Moore would be two off the top of my head.

I disagree a little on the short posts being discounted ... at least when its an ongoing sleuthing process, throwing out guesses/suspicions. Separate posts for each track ... well it's not easy to cross 50,000 posts, Mr. 67500 Posts and Counting.

Very curious your impressions of this set Lon. Especially the set with Cannonball (does he get some solo spots?) but really the whole thing. I know I'll pick this up eventually because I can't skip unissued Teddy Edwards but overall the recordings selected weren't as enticing as I had hoped would be in the vaults.

Gotta give kudos to Felser for getting engagement from his audience. His BFT has twice as many posts as my January BFT did and in only 7 days or so. Most BFT discussion threads have been getting about 30 posts this year. And there are still regular, in depth participants who haven't engaged with it yet. OTOH I am confident he'll enjoy more of my tracks than I did of his, so ... Saul Goode.

Yeah, I wasn't sure if Dylan had any deal where he owned the recordings/masters. Maybe he was tired of paying off the recording costs and decided to take this deal instead?

Depends on those licensing deals doesn't it? The companies (and I guess people) who buy rights to big names are thinking very long term. Wait a sec, does this mean UMG owns the rights to sell the recordings as well? That changes the calculation too ... for one thing, soon as dies there will be a ton of money to be made. Which can't be too far off if he's nearly 80.

With the lack of a new Houston Person CD this season, this is doing quite nicely. Available as CDR from Amazon for $10.

Being so far off the street we don't worry too much about porch pirates but on the other hand some FedEx and UPS drivers look at the proximity between our perimeter fence and the driveway and assume there is no room to turn around and stop at the street and leave boxes there ... sometimes hidden sometimes in plain sight. A lack of pedestrian traffic has probably saved us some aggravation. I assume people have seen this guy's porch pirate treatment:

It just dawned on me - and I believe a quick search provides verification - that Houston Person has no new CD out this fall? It seems he's had a new Highnote release every Fall, which I often have asked others for as X-mas suggestions. I hope he's not experiencing any health issues but it seems strange not to see something new from the big tenorist.

This leaves me wondering what the shipping charge will be for the new Joe Castro box.

+1

I can only imagine the sense of isolation she must be feeling but the sign can certainly go on the side of the door frame at eye level then ...

You got a date for that? I got volume 1 of the Ruppli discography to consult.

My mouth hung open as I read this, and then I suddenly remembered: I bought a Muddy Waters comp of "rare and unreleased" (I think) that had the same thing, only it was heavy brown (or maybe green?) tape along all three sides. If I dig it out maybe I'll take a picture and upload. Anyway Bresna I admire you for purchasing based on the vinyl condition. That's all I care about - I need to finally set discogs to NOT warn me when a cover is VG or worse. I got my reasons ...

Well that remains to be seen but truth be told, I had one rule: WWFL? What Would Felser Like? of course, January will reveal whether my decision was to always choose in the negative or in the positive.

Is her door usually closed while she is in her room or is it an apartment? I would get her or someone to put up a sign that says "Mask on!" so she sees it at the door before leaving.

I guess I'm in the middle, I don't buy them to have them on hand but appreciate sellers who send them that way, or when I used to shop brick & mortar, finding them that way in the crates. Probably 50/50 on poly bag vs not, and sometimes I prioritize a new acquisition and an older LP loses the poly bag face-off. But I don't just think entirely about ring wear, its also about rub wear and maybe some corner dinging too. OTOH I am running out of room so I may be thinking about your approach too. Maybe reorganize based on poly/no poly and get some space going that way. But I don't know if I'd have even thought about it without your comment.

I've never taped seam splits whether purchased that way or created while in my possession. I do make a poly outer bag available and make sure I store the vinyl outside the jacket going forward though.

Keeping my fingers crossed, Lon that nothing gets into his lungs and he fights this off. (Not a good sign that its 7 days to get a result but maybe I shouldn't be that surprised all things considered.)