GregK

with the discontinuation of the metal spine boxes, will the new one due this fall be the last of the metal spines, or will it be the standard packaging that is replacing them? And does anyone beside me really care?

I say, more is better. 2 discs are better than one, and box sets are the best. I try to always listen to both discs of a double in one setting

man, that's awful. Like I always tell pedestrians who yell at me, I bike on the sidewalks because I don't trust ANYONE who drives on the road. Not one person. I have been buzzed very closely, once I swear I was missed by inches, when I have had to hit the road for a stretch. People just don't pay attention when they are driving

83 with low humidity (34%) and sunny skies here!! Perfect day!

Did you check the US one??? I gotta say, being originally from Canada, Aric may have a point.....nowhere is perfect but the US is a great place to live and make a living!

Thanks b3-er!! I don't want to keep gushing but the performance of Desdemona on this new CD is just outstanding. I've been listening to this and the recent double disc archival release (released last fall, with Duane on it, from the Atlanta pop festival in 1970) a lot lately and Derek is just as impressive as Duane was back then.

I must be in the minority. I really like Wilco early, and especially like Tweedy's work in Uncle Tupelo and even Golden Smog, but with Summer Teeth I've gotten off their bandwagon, ever since Tweedy has been trying to turn into Brian Wilson. I really think their poppish sound now is so much worse than their country sound. I'm sure these recent records are fine, but nowhere near as interesting as AM parts of Being There

I can listen to music at work, but it's difficult to hear it sometimes, because I work in a lab that typically can have a lot of noise (from running water), and there are 2 other CD players that when playing can bleed into my area, so to listen to jazz is very difficult because you can't make out some of the wonderful subtleties, plus the crowd that I work with think Guns N Roses and Bon Jovi is "wicked, kick-ass" music, so jazz doesn't appeal to these people.

man, you guys lucked out. I'd like to meet the ABB if I ever had the chance to

How did you get to meet him? Did he have much to say? Looks like a youngin'

The perfect cup of coffee

well, I finally got this CD today and I am just listening to it now. First impressions are that the guitars and drums are recorded/mixed WAY up front (thank goodness!!! Never been a fan of the organ over the guitars), and man oh man can that Derek Trucks guy ever play!!! He is absolutely on fire on this record. I hate using the cliched reviews but he really does have very similar sound to Duane Allman, only jazzier, with lots of modal playing in his solos. Real nice clean tone too. His slide playing on Desdemona (a great soulful blues with long solos from their last studio record) is jaw-dropping. It literally made me turn my head and just sit and listen until his solo was done, which only guitarists such as Duane, Dickey, Frank Zappa and Neil Young have been able to do for me. Gregg Allman's vocals sound weaker than they have in years for some reason, with some flat notes here and there and just an overall weariness. But that weariness actually fits some of the blues tunes well. They do a swinging, ripping version of Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, with some pretty impressive guitar from Warren Haynes. I thought I would not even want to listen to the ABB without Dickey, but man Trucks' playing is some of the best I have ever heard. It's too bad Duane is dead, but with Derek Trucks they have the next best thing. Now I'm going to have to go find all his solo records. I understand his first one has versions of Mr PC, So What and Footprints? I've gotta see this guy in concert

I'll never forgive Jeff Lynne for smothering his production sound all over the otherwise fine albums by the Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty and George Harrison in the late 80s. They instantly sounded dated. It's like he wanted to make ELO wanna-bes with those records

so stop watching tv......

Willie put out an instrumental album of standards about 4 years ago, called "Night and Day", which was very good. I wonder if this "azz" instrumental disc coming out is from the same sessions

Chuck, I thought all you record-industry, producer types hated the record clubs because they practically give CDs away

What is an "alpha"? I don't know how to type that

I saw this group in Ann Arbor in April 2002, and Wayne talked briefly near the end of the show, to introduce Smiling Through. He seemed extremely shy, talking very low and looking down at the floor most of the time. I hope they release more from this group

I would be much happier and would visit the site a lot more frequently if we got rid of the politcal forums. I just get disenchanted when I occasionally enter the political forum and see the endless articles posted by Johnny E. And then the bickering starts. Enough already

My BMG and Columbia House orders both came today (funny because they weren't ordered at the same time!). Between them I got the Dylan SACD remasters, the Dylan Rolling Thunder bootleg series, and McCoy Tyner plays Coltrane at the Village Vanguard from a few years ago (I forget the proper name of it). I have Highway 61 playing now, and the sound is great on SACD. Pretty fun watching my 1 yr old daughter dance to it too!!!

Can we expect James Baker soon? he'll be right behind Jesse Jackson I'm sure

nobody here has heard this?? I thought there were at least a few ABB fans here, at least more than Janet Jackson fans ....

sorry, not a fan of Latin jazz at all

yeah, sign me up for this on the day its released. I would prefer another fancy box set like the others in the studio recordings series, but anything will do, as long as it comes out. I'd also jump at the chance to hear some live recordings from the 60s quintet

I was wondering if anyone has heard this and what their thoughts are. It's from their Beacon run last March. Their latest studio record is very good, so I'm thinking that maybe this one might be worth getting, as it is a mix from that studio record and some of their classic tunes