Dub Modal

NPR & Guardian stories are interesting. So, Alderson set up a single mic to test his state of the art system and set this aside after recording because they were unauthorized. How do they now become authorized for official release? This also sets up the intriguing possibility that he also recorded other acts (Simone, Silver & Blakey's group) that haven't been released before - and maybe more dates of Coltrane's group. The Guardian says that Coltrane had residency at the VG, so was this just for that month of August '61? I'm also intrigued by how things get lost in the NY Library for Performing Arts archives. Was it haphazard cataloging?

June's BFT is ready here: https://thomkeith.net/index.php/blindfold-tests/ Only 9 tracks, with a short, non-jazz groove included at the end. Dedicating this one to our dog that we lost last year on June 3rd. Still miss the guy like crazy. Things still just aren't the same. Hope y'all enjoy this one.

Good to know they're reputable. Now to try and put 3 CDs together...

I have #s 11 & 12, none of the other ones. Fun and interesting BFT.

This is great but I've never been to this site before. Anyone have experience ordering from them?

Don't have that one but revisited the Rivbea Mosaic Select last week and felt the same - underwhelmed. It'll be a while before I play those again.

No worries at all. I hope to make it there!

For some maybe but not for all. Can't paint folks with a broad brush

Oh yeah. The production on that song is incredible and Tina just takes to a whole other level. RIP to a real icon.

I'll be visiting Boston soon and will get to experience it all first hand. Not a smoker or vaper but I do like to visit record shops

Working class folks coping with the pressures of life.

Boutique product for a boutique market. Nothing wrong with that. If you love one of those albums & want to play it on vinyl or hear the new mastering there it is. Maybe get some new LP listeners to explore this music too.

Man, as a long suffering fan of my local uni's sports teams I feel you on this. Negative fans indulge in a toxicity that make it a tough environment. I've come around to ignoring all that and it's helped.

Interesting. Thanks for that. And I forgot to prefix "football" in my post as "American football." You caught it though 👍

Ok, that's a good review. Thanks!

How was the Chilton book on Hawkins? Saw it at the store recently and thought about going back for it but haven't yet.

There will never be relegation in the US, at least not in my lifetime. Minor leagues and college athletics (which are the minor leagues for football and basketball) dominate that secondary tier; and outside of traditional/original sports cities that's where you'll find most of the community-bonding among fandoms and towns. Relegation would kill interest in smaller market teams, which play in stadiums underwritten by local municipalities. Looking at that kind of economic consequence, legislatures would get involved and absolutely prevent it from happening - because taxpayers foot the bill for stadium construction. I don't think the UK has the same college-as-minor-league system correct? (and that's in any sport) It's a totally absurd system in just about every respect but it's so big in terms of revenue that it's basically permanent. Although the NBA's G League and Euro leagues are chipping away at college basketball's establishment, they're still not close to adopting any sort of relegation. And forget about US soccer. Maybe in 3023...

Records and turntables are near to being Rube Goldberg-ian. It's that aesthetic that's part of the appeal.

I didn't get any Mosaics until about 8 years ago. They were kind of a crash course in learning about this music as they were all blind buys. From there I went online and purchased some of the last vinyl sets they had; Sun Ship, Emarcy Mulligan and Roland Kirk.

The light is hitting the silver type on those sets just right so it's incredibly difficult to tell what they are. Damn Mosaic design! 😄

I'm going to defer to others to figure this one out then. Interesting. Swallow always adds an appreciated dimension to whatever setting he's in as well. Also on last month's BFT 👍

Makin' Whoopee if others are correct on song title. I couldn't recognize that myself however. Unfortunately the resolution makes it impossible for me to read - even with zoom. So, Bob Cranshaw - looks like he switched to primarily electric bass around the mid to late 70s and kept at it for quite a while. Is he the the most prominent bass player from his era to make that switch? And it seems he did it while sticking with hard/post bop related music, and not venturing into fusion, etc. (although he did go outside of jazz). Anyway, kudos on including some hard to find songs on this BFT. Usually with some combo of artist/song/album/duration songs can be sleuthed out but that's not so easy here.

A baseball researcher too. Nice.

Ok, attempts at the low hanging fruit partials here: Sleuthing long shot for #2 - is it from this album? Even with the stars of the show figured out, this album's a tough one to pinpoint. Looks like #3 comes from this album - all the correct guesses on it made the album less difficult to sleuth. For # 6, I think it's the song Intermission from this one. If that's the case, discogs says the pianist is actually Zita Carno whom I've never heard of. Mickey Roker & Bob Cranshaw round out the trio. Or is Mary Lou actually playing and this is from a different album? Maybe discogs is incorrect with the credits? Of course, I could have the wrong album guess as well... # 9 is another difficult one to sleuth. My guess is that it's from this album. That would put Ranelin on the trombone.