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To Live and Die in LA (one of the greatest car chases of all time IMO) Ronin Aliens II (fun to watch Paul Reiser be a bad guy) Terminator II Raiders of the Lost Ark Return of the Jedi (Jabba the Hut was a bad ass) Brave Heart Payback Gladiator Gangs of New York (well its mostly action) Saving Private Ryan

It depends. Personally, I'd rather have the music in the original format because more often than not, I'm going to want to hear more. I only have one 'compilation' and that's Sun Ra's Greatest Hits and I got that one because there is so much music, but over time I have bought a ton of Ra albums on Evidence and no longer need the album (although I can't seem to part with it either). For the novice listener, on the other hand, I see no problem with comps.

"They say history repeats itself. They say history repeats itself. They say history repeats itself. They say history repeats itself, repeats itself. But history is his story, its not my story, what's your story?" -Sun Ra

Yes.

Sleet/rain mix

Good move, Ghost. SONG OF THE SPARER on the first disc is a real favorite of mine... Yes! I listened to the entire set all the way through last night and it is amazing, especially Outer Spaceways Inc. which I think was originally on Black Lion.

I can, and have!

Sun Ra: Calling Planet Earth 3 cd box set:

I also noticed that the production credits on Concert for the Comet Kohoutek is Joe Phillips. Would that be the same Joe Phillips on Norman Howard's Burn Baby Burn? Calling Clifford :rsmile:

So I picked up the Freedom box set today and I am quite pleased that contrary to the Amazon reviews, the sound is of pretty decent quality. Needless to say the music is fantastic. I really find Sun Ra's transitional music of the mid to late '60- early '70's pretty interesting. FWIW, I did not know that Pat Patrick doubled on electric bass, at least that's what the liners say for the 12/71 set.

A couple other places to hear some bassoon: James Newton Ensemble-Suite for Frida Kahlo-Audioquest...Julie Feves on bassoon and there's some nice George Lewis on this one too. Beaver Harris 360 Music Experience-Beautiful Africa-Soul Note...Ken McIntyre on bassoon and GM III in the front line as well.

What label (s) were these concerts originally on if any?

I found this one used a couple of weeks ago. I like it. Supposedly the tapes were mis-labled as a concert in Mexico in '74, but they are actually rehearsal tapes. By and large the music is intereseting, but there is the occasional tuning, talking and stopping mid-song, but there are several instances where the tunes will go on for 7-10 mins at a time. Not essential but worth it for a decent price. I think there are 4 or 5 2cd volumes in the series as of now.

Mine better be valid-I just got it a month ago Will be using it in March to celebrate St. Patricks day in Dublin

Eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw a copy of James Blood Ulmer's Tales of Captian Black on DIW sitting in the used bin...for $6!!! edit: I meant Captain Black not Captain Nasty

John Coltrane/Don Cherry-The Avant-Garde-Atlantic/Rhino Deluxe Packaging

Coltrane's Sound-Atlantic/Rhino Deluxe Packaging

I was pretty amazed to see the Clark-thought it was OOP-but at least two of the Half Prices here had them in stock along with various titles from that BN Spanish Blue Note Collection where all the covers are blue.

Opinions on this one? I can snap it up for about $30. How's the lecture?

Are there any pics of what the actual packaging looks like? I mean, are the new cd sleeves any different from the old digipacks?

Heard some cuts off of Disco 3000 and have elevated that set to 'high priority' !

Oh hell yeah! Of course, no one outside the jazz world would get it Don't have any tattoos, but if I was going to get one it would be a toss up of either Brotzmann's Machine Gun cover or Sun Ra's Jazz in Silhouette.

I wanted to clarify that the other slams can be seen live, just either really late or early in the morning. If I recall the Aussi is the hardest to watch on a decent schedule.

Tsonga dominated that first set, and I was quite impressed with his game. In short, he made a couple of amazing shots. Once Djokovic settled in though, it was all Novak after that. It must be a thrill for Novak to win his first major and no doubt it won't be his last. And for Tsonga who's unseeded to make the finals is also very noteworthy. He'll be ranked in the 20's for sure.

That's understandable; tennis is played all over the world and the time change plays a major role in that. the only slam that can be watched live here in the states is the US Open (I know, obviously ).