Dan Gould

So it seems like the question I had a couple of weeks ago is being answered - what is coming in the way of archival releases for holiday shoppers/consumers? Am I the only one feeling a bit disappointed? More of the same: Ahmad Jamal and Wes Montgomery and two that are a little surprising, Les McCann and Grif. To be honest I'd be more interested in the Griff with a different rhythm section. Does anyone know if Real to Reel has anything going on? Maybe it wasn't realistic to hope that more Left Bank cassettes were coming this year, but hope springs eternal for 2024, I guess. Thoughts, comments or emotional outbursts?

Well I am going to leave my post as a monument to my idiocy.

Not in Denmark with Dex and Kenny Drew? Or Griff? Or Ben? (now I am not sure if he is on any of the Griff records).

But you moved out of Brooklyn or wherever it was ... you don't have room still? I'd be ordering a new CD rack for $60 and 270 or 540 more slots.

Not interested - Gonz and Brecker not favorites by any means - but is this a reissue or a new release?

Last year the Phils participated all the way to the World Series so don't knock it yet. I was shocked this afternoon to see a headline about Tim Wakefield having brain cancer and absolutely floored to just find out that he has died. Very very sad news. When he was on he could be awesome.

And we'll never know if he could have done it without this year's rule changes.

Need help tonight please, since these brutal failures put them tied, and with the Marlins having the tie-breaker. I don't have a good feeling about the rest of the regular season. Will be interesting to see if MLB does anything against this allegedly homophobic Houston reliever. Under normal circumstances I would say that nothing should be done, but the guy was a dick and he's an Astro, so I say immediate suspension and if he appeals so he can keep playing, then he's out for the playoffs.

I don't know how WAR and its variations (best 7, best 5 consecutive years, etc) deals with defensive metrics (I know they are in there though) but it finds 7 guys ahead of Brooks. https://baseballegg.com/third-base-war-leaders/

I've not known anyone so committed to the idea that there is Brooks Robinson and then everybody else.

OK, and the second team probably beats Brooks' all-timers because Schmidt makes 99% of the plays that Brooks does and hits two homers.

Steve, he was an artiste with the baseball glove! You mean 3B is a premium defensive position? More so than SS which requires far greater range and sometimes a stronger arm? Every player should be judged by both sides, offensive and defensive and to me, as great as Robinson was, Schmidt was nearly his equal (how can he not be with 10 GGs himself?), and ran laps around him offensively. Schmidt is the platonic ideal of a third baseman because its both a high value defensive position and supposed to not be a offensive black hole.

I was warned about mentioning that record before I spoke to him at this particular gig, but it was also before I actually sat down for an interview with him and then, things went so well that I broached the subject and he was cool about it. Later on he didn't even ask that I take it out of the transcript (the interview ran in two parts in Cadence).

Better than having Eddie Higgins tell you "Burn it!" when mentioning "The Music of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and then immediately turning to someone else who had gathered to talk to him. Eddie was a gentleman but that record really set him off. I should go back and listen again.

Hope so, Brad! With the Braves and then the Brewers their path is the most challenging of any team this year.

That Cub loss last night was a gut-punch of the 1969 black cat past the dugout type. I know, Braves, at home, but blowing a lead and then losing like that ... f-ing painful and mostly since my elderly and declining Mother may not have many more memorable Cub seasons left. They got to make it count.

They are listing his bass/drum partners. It's obvious to me that McCann is on all tracks.

I never watched NCIS but I recall my Mother commenting about how old McCallum was compared to how old he looked in that show. I was pretty amazed myself.

Since I will almost certainly use an Amazon gift card or other non-personal-payment method I will probably be less sensitive to the additional cost of making it three CDs instead of two. Curious about the retail price they set.

Thanks for that; I'll say I am in based on the track list; no deep reliance on the tunes that made him famous on PJ. I never did pick up the Hyena release so his patter, if present, will be new to me.

At this stage, pretty sure it was? And an argument could be made that the original trio was the ultimate group to present that material. YMMV.

Does make you wonder about the distribution of music on each, and especially whether they are gouging a bit. I mean, three shows at the Penthouse didn't equate to that much music, maybe 1 1/2 CDs? How much do they have from the Vanguard?

Was trying to find a list of Black Friday Record Store releases and up pops this announcement. I won't pay "audiophile LP" prices but in assumption there's a CD coming too, I am way more likely a yes than a no. And now I see the "3-CD" mention above ... that's a lot of live McCann. Might have to be a Christmas request or Amazon gift card kinda thing but I would lean that way for sure.

Pretty sure the Phils were deeply flawed in one way or another last year but came within two wins so ... this is why they play the games.

Strange to realize nobody posted on this thread in between Jim's declaration of surrender to the inevitable and the huge change in their fortunes noted by GoM. Do I get a prize for knowing that despite the Yankees August collapse that inevitably they would rise back above the Sox? I am left to hope that the Cubs can navigate their challenging last week (Braves and Brewers on the road) and preserve the Wild Card slot. If they do then I can hope and pray for a run like the Phils had last year.