Dub Modal

Mort Garson was a talented guy. I've got a couple of his albums. Going to reach for one before the weekend's out. Meanwhile, playing some John Patton. First up, Accent on the Blues With Blood Ulmer & Marvin Cabell - great, great album. Up next and now:

Big 3 = entertainment cartel. Wonderful.

10% ownership can be considered "significant"

Not sure. If you take the asset as a whole, then it naturally depreciates. Pieces of that whole could have periodic surges in value, but would they actually slow that depreciation or increase the overall value of the entire asset? I'm betting it would just slow depreciation overall, but that can be gamed as well. I'm still thinking they would counter any gains made on licensing pieces of that whole with the tax shelter provided by the overall depreciation. Those strategies can be intricate. I'm thinking there's immense value in licensing a certain percentage of that catalog, but not for reissues so much as advertising. Since there's a complete void of soul in a SPAC, they're not going to care which widget is going to win a gain, just that there's a gain to be had. What little I know about the Concord deal seems to be that they just use that asset deprecation as a tax shelter and that's all they want to do. This may be different, and likely will be, due to the aggressive profit motives of PE and SPAC entities.

Interesting Gioia piece. Looks like he has an MBA per one of the commenters. I didn't see where he talked about the tax benefits of declining assets, but that's a consideration of these deals and why they would hold them on the books. The current trend among PE firms was actually longer holds, but SPACs are different - just investment shells. So short term gains based on certain parts of that Universal catalog (licensing, etc.) could be countered by the tax shelter a declining asset gives them. Such a game.

I'm interested in buying if still available. Sending a pm

Cheers for the new website and the OOP discography section growing with info. That's going to be really nice if/when finished.

SPACs are completely soulless.

Agreed. I need to check this one out.

Disc 3. Super funk.

After Passing Ships (interesting album in that it had me wondering if the title referenced some other players that Hill was listening to. For example, the title track sounds a bit like Sun Ra, Plantation Bag seemed to have SGQ influence, and Noon Tide was Horace Silver-ish. Maybe it was just my brain making tenuous connections, but great album regardless). Anyway, Herbie doesn't show up on this one until the 3rd track as I think the opener was a trio (or quartet if both Rivers & Shorter were playing) while the second track is a solo.

Just started but had to put it aside for now. After the 3 I listened to this afternoon, my ranking would be the same as listening order: Change, Dance with Death, then Grass Roots in a distant 3rd. It's good, and has some great moments (Ponder shines in spots), but so different from what was on those first 2.

Man, I didn't recognize the name or those lyrics at first, but now I do and can confirm he still very much has an audience among the southeastern boating class. Radio play and all, usually mixed in with the beach music tunes.

Last Hill for the day:

More Hill. So different from the other albums I listened to. Idris on drums, Jimmy Ponder on guitar (who also appear on Turrentine's Common Touch, so there's some intersection between these sessions I didn't expect).

I've never dealt with udiscovermusic.com before. Have only heard issues with how they package LP shipments. No complaints about CDs. They're an arm of Universal Music, so definitely not fly-by-night.

There's a Haynes connection though.

And now, as stated, moving to Dance with Death

@HutchFan I'm kind of going back and forth between the Hill and that Common Touch album. It's good. I'd say Living Through It All and Lonely Avenue are highlights.

A late-80s spin on classic Reid Miles style. It didnt work.

No love for Trombone Shorty? Outside of Covid I don't think he's ever stopped touring.

Thanks for the link! Turrentine playes with a lot of heart. After that 'tine mini-marathon I moved to: Only my second or third time listening to this recent purchase and I'm floored. If I heard this on a BFT I sure wouldn't guess it was a mid-60s Blue Note date. The deconstruction of a kind of calypso beat on Illusion was badass but then these guys go into Hope where Hill switches to harpsichord while Walter Booker arcos - it's crazy good. I'm thinking this may lead to a mini Andrew Hill marathon... Welcome! And that's a great record. Nice way to start!

That's a good way to put it. When I heard them my reaction was that it sounded contrived and forced.

Listening now. Yeah, the percussion with vibes is nice.