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Thanks, Ken!

Thanks, Michael! I got it for Christmas.

Ken, Amazon has only used copies of this. Any idea where a new copy can be found?

I suppose I should add that I do the same with books! ***** Great haul, Pim!

Dan, I suspect I have the patience because (as you can see from the above list) the recordings I buy are decades old. So a few more months won't matter! When I was in high school listening to the British Invasion, we all wanted everything that was hot off the presses (That's a pun.), but now is different.

RIP Moose!

Yes! I buy what I want when it is on sale, then have a little patience in anticipation of those three special days.

With the exception of Christmas music, I do not open CDs upon purchasing them. I put them in the back of the closet, out of sight. I then give the single CDs to myself on Easter and my birthday. The box sets I give to myself on Christmas. I do not tell my family at the time of the purchases, but they are not surprised when I tell them that the money has gone for music.

At the movies. It was the only time I have been close to "rolling in the aisle."

I remember the best time I had in a movie theatre. It was the spring of '72, and I took a date to see a double feature of two new French comedies. I laughed for three hours straight, and she didn't laugh once! The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

I give myself on Christmas the box sets I have purchased throughout the year. If a family member gives me a Christmas check, he/she is told that he/she bought me the box. Henry Cow Barbara Thompson The Police Lee Morgan (2) Lulu Roy Brooks Chico Hamilton (2) Dave Douglas Steve Lacy Ed Blackwell McCoy Tyner Johnny Smith In addition, my girlfriend took me to see Miles for my birthday in Washington in 1971. "The Lost Septet" box was recorded on my birthday three weeks earlier, so I am looking forward to that!

Merry Christmas, everyone! Usually, everyone in the league takes the week after the Grey Cup off, and there is no news. But not this year. I'll catch up soon.

I gather (from Michael's New York Post article) that all of her CDs are needle drops, correct?

Is this it?

1981 Jam with Zoot Sims free through Dec. 31 https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/album/free-for-christmas-jam-session-art-pepper-zoot-sims?from=fanpub_nfnb

Bob, please let us know if it isn't too much of a good thing!

Of course appearances can be deceiving, but I thought that back in the day the labels were started by people who wanted to be in the business, as long as they could make a good living. I imagined that they bragged to their friends when they signed stars like Frank, Peggy Lee, Louis, etc. I think I read that Sgt. Pepper was so much more profitable than albums before it, that companies decided to just shoot for the moon, and to heck with being respected for the label's stable of artists. Was I kidding myself?

This looks interesting. Has anyone heard it? NEIL SWAINSON QUINTET: 49th Parallel - $7.95 https://www.hamiltonbook.com/neil-swainson-quintet-49th-parallel-compact-disc With Joe Henderson and Woody Shaw. A Reel to Real release.

I'm very surprised that an ECM recording is released four months later. Usually they wait a year.

Thanks, Mark! My experience of the 1975-82 period while living in Pittsburgh was that jazz records were not to be found in the stores. The store managers would just shrug, and tell me, "Jazz just doesn't sell anymore." Throughout that period, it was far easier for me to find in the stores Canterbury-type records imported from England.

As a former winner, Brooks has generously offered the prize to "the next in line." !!! The points total is 58. JohnJ has 55. So he is the next closest to Brooks! Congratulations John! John, because you live in Japan, your prize is my paypalling you $17.00! Please PM me your paypal email address, and let us know what you spend it on!

In OT, Collaros threw a TD pass to Darvin Adams in the end zone. Collaros then threw the two-point convert pass to Rasheid Bailey, making the score 33-25. Then it was the Ticats' turn. A holding penalty made it first and twenty. On second and 18, Masoli's pass was tipped and intercepted by Kyrie Wilson. So the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are again the Grey Cup champions! The points total is 58, and winner of our contest is...BFrank (who had Winnipeg and 60)! Congratulations BF! Please let me know whether you want the Mosaic gift card or the jazz books. I will PM you for your address. Thanks for playing everyone!

With 8:20 left, Castillo kicked his fourth field goal to make it 22-13. With 6:09 left, Collaros threw a 12-yard pass to Demski on the 17, who ran it in for the touchdown. Castillo then immediately scored a single (the famous "rouge") by sending the kickoff through the end zone. So that makes the score Hamilton 22....Winnipeg 21. The Bombers have the ball at the three minute warning. And now in the catbird seat is...GregK! ***** With 2:05 left, Castillo has kicked another field goal, giving the Bombers the lead 24-22. And on the ensuing kickoff, White conceded the single point, making the score 25-22. And so now T.D. is in the catbird seat! ***** With 20 seconds left, Hamilton takes a timeout with the ball on the Winnipeg 5. ***** With 16 seconds left, Acklin dropped the pass in the end zone! So Domagala attempted a 13-yard field goal, and almost missed it! ***** Now tied at 25-25, and going into overtime. Sidewinder has Winnipeg-50, and I have Hamilton-50.

LOL! Well, Joe is still looking good. After three, it's Hamilton 19....Winnipeg 10. The Bombers tied it at 10 with Castillo's third field goal. But the Ticats again had the wind at their backs. With 4:10 left Masoli threw a 4-yard pass to Speedy Banks at the 7, who ran it in for the touchdown. With 51 seconds left, Legghio conceded the safety touch. ***** And now the fourth has begun, and the Ticats finished their third quarter drive with a Domagala field goal. So with 12:03 left in the game, the Ticats lead 22-10, and Joe Medjuck is still in the catbird seat! But now the Bombers have the wind at their backs.

And at the half, it's Hamilton 10....Winnipeg 7. The Bombers stretched their lead to 7-0 with Castillo's second field goal. Last week, Hamilton started Masoli, who did not do well. So they pulled him for Evans, who went 16 for 16 and won the game. This week, the Ticats started Evans, who hurt his neck, and was replaced by Masoli, who has done well so far. After that Bomber field goal, the Ticats (with the wind at their back) controlled much of the remainder of the quarter. First they got a field goal, and with 15 seconds left Masoli found Dunbar in the end zone for the touchdown. It looks to me like whoever has the wind at their back in the fourth quarter is going to win. And at the half, Joe Medjuck is now in the catbird seat.