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Now on this. I got it today on an exchange. I am surprised at how much better it sounds on vinyl than the streaming and CD mixes.

Sade – Diamond Life Sade seems to be making some sort of comeback, if mentions in the media is anything by which to go.

Do you know of St. Peter's Seminary in Scotland? Abandoned because of damp issues (a recurrent issue with the concrete used). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter's_Seminary,_Cardross

Randy Brecker & Eliane Elias – Amand Feels like Eliane Elias' recognition is increasing recently. I am still not sure about this, which I think might be her debut. All a bit synthetic.

Curves are nothing more than late 19th century bourgeois decadence. We shall have none of it.

Morning listening, inspired by the above: On a different note, guitarist Vernon Reid was for a long time the best thing about the late Twitter. A huge musical brain, very generous and ecumenical, without losing his conscious sense of what he was doing.

Supposedly, the reason that hardcore band Black Flag had such weird / terrible guitar solos on their later records is because guitarist Greg Ginn was obsessed with playing in a ‘harmolodic’ style. As a kid I couldn’t understand what that meant because I assumed harmolodic referred to the more familiar style of Coleman’s acoustic Atlantic era. It was only after I had heard Ulmer and the Decoding Society etc that I realised what Ginn thought he was referring to. Of course, Ginn never did get there.

RIP. One of the last surviving links, gone.

Thanks. I think looking at it that this is where I heard of it.

It's a fantastic record. Pure blues.

Just bought Fanfare by the Art Ensemble and live at Willisau by the Brotherhood of Breath. @mjazzg - Further East London news. I'm afraid OTO has now started to sell second hand jazz vinyl at a fairly reasonably price, apparently via a connection in Japan. Some seriously good stuff.

Science Fiction is a great album, but part of me does wonder whether Broken Shadows is not the superior of the two records. I certainly prefer the CD reissue that combines the two, which is where I first heard them.

I just lean them against the dust shield. It doesn't work for gatefolds, though. I've been taking these for a few years and posting them on Twitter. Since I've started trying to wean myself off social media I thought I could post them here instead.

They are a huge sink for time.

Listening out of interest only, really, although the truth is that this record is not that bad. Certainly better than the studio albums. Catchy, in sections.

I think that this is my favourite Teagarden. At least this is the one that I fell in love with.

First spin of the new purchase

I read somewhere that there were versions of Ascension released for Jukebox. How to clear out a pub in three seconds.

I am with you.

It's quite Steeplechasey but there's lots there. New up and down.

Stan Levey – Grand Stan Blue Mitchell – Blue's Moods Both from Flashbacks on the Essex Road in London, which appears to have recently bought a large collection of bop stuff from. 50s-90s and is selling it off at pretty good prices. Worth checking out for any Londoners in here.