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I enjoy listening to mono versions of albums, and am wondering why so few albums that were issued in both mono and stereo LPs are only available in stereo version on CD? Here is a random example: https://www.discogs.com/master/442237-Claude-Hopkins-With-Buddy-Tate-Joe-Thomas-Lets-Jam Issued on CD in stereo: https://www.discogs.com/release/15061231-Claude-Hopkins-Swing-Time It is fortunate that this album was even issued on CD, but why in stereo? Is mono deemed inferior?

Sources: Tracks #1-7, 9-11 form the Transition album "Jazz by Sun Ra" (TRLP-10) Track #8 form the Transition album "Jazz in Transition" (TRLP-30) Tracks #12-15, form the Saturn album "Sun Ra Visits Planet Earth" (LP-207) Tracks #16-19, form the Saturn album "Super-Sonic Jazz" (LP-0216) Personnel: Dave Young, Art Hoyle (tp), Julian Priester (tb), James Scales (as), John Gilmore (ts), Pat Patrick (bars, as); Charles Davis (bars), Sun Ra (p, org), Richard Evans, Victor Sproles (b), Wilbur Green (b) Bob Barry, William Cochran (d), Jim Herndon (tympani, percussion). Recorded at Universal Studios, in Chicago, 1956

Lester Young and Nat King Cole!

Perhaps then we are just accelerating the process.

You are right, there is no rational explanation for my interpretation! Watching these spectacular images just reminded me that we "should not mess with mother nature", as we are doing now.

Incredible drone footage of the eruption in Iceland:

I came across Loren Schoenberg's SoundCloud page. He posted, a few years ago, this wonderful recording of "Take The A-Train" containing a lengthy piano introduction (and highly original, based on the various versions I have heard): Here is the track, if for some reason you cannot play it from SoundCloud: https://storage.googleapis.com/cloudplayer/samples/The wildest Ellington piano I've ever heard.mp3 He indicates "March 4/5, 1958". According to the "Where or When" website this should be either the Travis or Mather Air Force Base dances. Anyone know if this is available ? Some of those two dates were issued on the "Private Collection" series, but not this track. Thanks He also has some recordings labeled "Duke on Fire", which seem to correspond, based on the tracks, to a December 29, 1945 broadcast from the Queensway club in Toronto, but those don't seem to be available either.

This one works for me: Good remix here as well: And this one as well... Down the YouTube rabbit hole. Another classic (Kool & The Gang):

I enjoy his portraits. They are all in the New Yorker's online Archive.

Right. It is easy to forget how things were back then. My children are always curious as to how we organized our social life when we were young and not "connected". Makes me smile - good times!

Having references to out of print albums is not an issue, IMO, as you can always find them on Discogs, and from there search for other versions using various criteria (artist, track titles...).

AbeBooks is your friend. I found a copy for 15£...

Yes, but creating an account is free, and then you can read it for an hour at a time (renewable infinitely), if you don't mind doing so on a computer or tablet/phone. I have not read it yet.

Available on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/modernjazzessent00harr

Am reading John S. Wilson's "The Collector's Jazz - Modern" and am finding it very enjoyable. He pulls no punches with musicians he does not appreciate (at the time - it was written in 1958), but have discovered some nice albums through his comments about those he does appreciate.

I would like to think that Gainsbourg was neither a pedophile or predator, and that he is paying here for others' sins.

Here's a track most of you probably have not heard: I "ripped" it, so the sound quality is not optimal, but who cares? https://www.discogs.com/release/10060386-Phil-Barboza-and-his-Latin-American-Music-Featuring-Vicki-Vierra-Paul-Gonsalves-Só-Sabe Actually, I just found that the whole album can be listened to on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/lp_so-sabe_phil-barboza-latin-american-music-vicki Long live the Internet Archive! Probably recorded in 1962. This song is credited to Gonsalves. There is another Barboza album featuring Gonsalves, made at the same time? https://www.discogs.com/release/10100507-Phil-Barboza-And-His-Latin-American-Music-Phil-Barboza-And-His-Latin-American-Music The music is on YouTube! https://youtu.be/omW9sc-hDMo?si=TkiYsDf49iCAreIy The last track, starting at 9:40, features Gonsalves.

I should have made a recording of a Rosenkrantz recording instead of that track I posted. I think Mosaic has a few samples on their website. Anyway, I agree completely with your comments.

Not related to my initial post, but felt compelled to share this wonderful performance. Recorded on Danish TV in 1967 (not 1965 as per the Discogs entry): https://www.discogs.com/master/1130545-Duke-Ellington-Copenhagen-1965-Parts-One-and-Two

The late and great diabolical Biz Markie mixing some tracks off the Blue Note vaults

What a great album! The stars were aligned for this one...

More Eddie Palmieri: Salsa ? Close enough...

Parliament has been mentioned, so has Walter (Junie) Morrison. Morrison collaborated on "One Nation Under a Groove". I listened to this non-stop when I was 18, and still play it once a while today. Among the later Funkadelic albums, another classic which will undoubtedly get you up on your feet! In another vein, and earlier: Around that time (18), Go-Go, from D.C., was big. This was a favorite: This compilation is good: https://www.discogs.com/master/360844-Various-Go-Go-The-Sound-Of-Washington-DC. It has a better version of "On The Move", but not available on YouTube. Here it is: https://storage.googleapis.com/cloudplayer/samples/03 On the move.flac

Jan Evensmo just published a solography of Ray Nance on violin: https://www.jazzarcheology.com/ray-nance/