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Test - It looks like the quotes only come in the order they originally appeared, unless you go to the effort of changing the order in your reply. Now that I have the opportunity to ignore someone who was getting under my skin, he has greatly reduced his posting to the point that he doesn't bother me anymore!

I didn't have the money for the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis at the time. My regrets are more for the ones I've purchased that aren't really my cup of tea. I tell myself that I should give them more time, and I will, but for the money I spent I would prefer more immediate gratification. I'm thinking of the Herbie Nichols and Charles Mingus Candid Mosaics and the Coltrane Village Vanguard set.

Aggie, I just bought Black Stars last month, so it will be quite a while before I get Same Mother. But I'll let you know!

← Free For All, I'm amazed that you found that photo! Bravo!

I have received an email stating that the removal of Jason Moran's Same Mother from my queue was a computer error, and that it has been returned to my queue.

As I recall, he played a bass-playing jazz musician in Where the Boys Are.

It so happens that my only bumper sticker says Eat Bertha's Mussels. My cigar-smoking buddy Farmerator treated me to dinner there. Yum!

My Miles Seven Steps box arrived from YourMusic.com yesterday. I'm enjoying Disc 1 now.

I'm still waiting for Chuck to mention Sonny Rollins' Worktime! What's the holdup, Chuck?!!!

This is a good thread! I hadn't realized how much of my Sunday music was even more relaxing than usual. I started the afternoon with Stan Kenton's New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (with Russo and Holman charts), and am now listening to the soundtracks of Our Man Flint and In Like Flint, which are on one CD.

Thanks for posting that, brownie.

Pete (LaRoca) Sims - Turkish Women at the Bath Something from 1967 that 32 Jazz got from Muse, but not a Muse recording; with John Gilmore, Chick Corea and Walter Booker. I like it!

Richard "Groove" Holmes - Soul Message Henry Mancini - Music From Peter Gunn Paul Desmond - Bossa Antigua Thelonious Monk - Thelonious In Action Herbie Mann (with Bill Evans) - Nirvana Stan Getz - Sweet Rain Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby Mark Murphy - Rah Mose Allison - I've Been Doin' Some Thinking Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again Wayne Shorter - JuJu Gerry Mulligan - first PJ album with Chet Baker Chet Baker - Chet In Paris, Vol. 1 Mike Nock - In Out & Around Steve Marcus - Count's Rock Band Larry Coryell - Offering (I think, the one with Foreplay on it) Don Ellis - Live At Monterey! Dave Brubeck - Time Out Cal Tjader - Plugs In Shorty Rogers - Short Stops

Thanks for your efforts Jim!

I received an email yesterday from them saying that Same Mother is no longer available. I wonder if your receiving a promo copy of it had anything to do with this. Maybe all of their stock was promos, so they shipped them back to Blue Note. Same Mother was available for only a couple of weeks, so I can't believe that they sold out that quickly.

I had a hunch that might be it.

Many of you treat the Conns as if they are special. What makes them any better than a regular Blue Note reissue? Inquiring minds want to know!

I'm confused! Does Sony now own the BMG and Columbia labels, while Bertelsmann owns the BMG and Columbia Record Clubs? I didn't know that the BMG Record Club does so much business that it made the company a major player in the industry. I wonder what the sales volume of a typical Blue Note reissue is for the record clubs.

Lon, I'm glad that you reminded me of the availability of Equinox. A buddy of mine did me a favor, so I ordered a copy of it for him yesterday. I'm sure it will be right up his alley. How do you like it? Is it too lounge-y for you?

For a Sunday afternoon, the Kenton/Russo/Holman charts, Disc 1.

The only Kessels I have are Plays For Lovers and Julie London's Julie Is Her Name. I love the London record, so I expected a lot from Plays For Lovers, and was disappointed. It's a good compilation, but not as good as I expected.

I still think of Rivers first when it comes to "Phoenix". After a series of up tempo singles and albums, his Changes album consisted of slow songs and a new haircut (combed forward, not back), and "Phoenix" was the first single from it. I've often thought about how Rivers' "Phoenix" is one of those forgotten oldies which were popular at the time (at least where I lived in New Orleans), but which have been AWOL on the oldies stations.

Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones I've had this one a while, but I've just opened it up tonight. The alternate takes are as good or better than the master cuts!

Now listening to The Best of, a 1969 Verve LP.

Now listening to Plugs In, a Skye album. (available from dccblowout.com)