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It was a wig. I knew it! He needed to lose it.

Well then, I second that Mosaic Circle set. All I have is Early Circle, which is a terrific set; would love to hear more!

I was just watching the huge documentary "Heavy" on VH1 over the weekend, where they interviewed a bunch of metal musicians, including Kevin DuBrow, and was remarking to my wife, what happened to his hair (the myspace photo is what I'm talking about)? Anyway, Chris Holmes of WASP was also interviewed in his mother's pool while he was guzzling a bottle of vodka straight, and HE outlives Keven Du Brow? Wow.

RIP. I have a few recordings where he appears and enjoyed his contributions there.

Well I went to the store today that had the Oxley title, and amazingly enough, they had Ray Russell's "Dragon Hill" and "Rites and Rituals," which I snapped up faster than you can say CBS Realm Jazz Series :rsmile: So here are my first impressions: "Dragon Hill" which is quartet date of piano, bass drums, and two tracks which are augmented with trumpet and saxophone is a pretty nice and straightforward date. You can sense that Russell though is really trying to push a more 'rough around the corners' guitar sound, which immediately hit me as "pre Last Exit era Sonny Sharrock" This one has the CBS Realm Jazz logo on the cover. I recognized none of the sidemen, but if anyone wants me to list them, I can. But its "Rites and Rituals" that blew me away! Man, this album is heavy! Its a sextet album, with trumpet, sax, trombone, guitar, bass (electric on the first track and accoustic on all the others) and drums. Here, Russell clearly sounds like later-day Sonny Sharrock, but mixed in with Tauhid-era Sharrock weirdness too. The first track is a mother, there's so much going on here. This is positively a more-out date than Dragon Hill. I have to go, but if anyone wants any more details on these dates, like dates and sidemen, just let me know.

Besides "Early Circle" which is under Corea's name, what else does BN have from Cirlce?

That was really the point for me too; to learn the titles and hunt them down, this period in jazz is like a new un-explored area-I'm excited!!!!

Thanks again guys I'm actually going to visit the store that had Oxley title and hunt myself in their bins. I may just get lucky and find other titles in their series

Thanks Sidewinder. I'm gonna check the availability of those titles you mentioned. Concerning the "Realm Series," The Baptised Traveler does have the Columbia "Realm Jazz Series' logo on the cover, whereas the 4 Compositions for Sextet does not.

Yet another casualty in the reissue business it seems and I definitely don't know a whole lot about this series. In fact, I would've never even known this series existed if it wasn't for the lucky find of a copy of Tony Oxley's Batised Traveler and it happened to have a sticker on the jewel box advertising that this was part a reissue series that will inlcude SBM remastering, original artwork and liner notes. It appears that Columbia UK was doing the reissue series. I only found out in the liner notes that Columbia was reissuing 4 Compositions for Sextet in the same series. Just recently, another board member was able to point me in the right direction to pick up a copy. Besides that, I have no idea what other titles are in this series, how many or how long the reissue program went on, but I assume that none of these titles are in print at this juncture. Dos anyone know what the other titles are? And if so, if you own any of them, what are your opinions of them?

Well I do not approve of Mort being asleep on his side (which he was at 6 this morning) and now he's up.

I can think of better things to take a break from for a day: tv, smoking, maybe even using the computer...

Aloc's avatar, I think, is from a series of cartoons with similar themes. My wife and I used to go to the Cleveland Cinemateque when they hosted the Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted film festival, and they used to show a number of shorts from the same artist that did Aloc's avatar. They're actually pretty funny.

OMG. Is that someone's pet...FOR REAL???

And its insane that I own a copy now!

A Guinea Pig or a Turducken? Edited because I apparently can't spell either guinea or turducken

Having Thanksgving at our house (second year in a row) and looking forward to my wife's mashed potatoes.

I have two girls myself, and their births were the two greatest moments in my life. Congrats!

Come to think of it, I'd like to see a proper reissue of Cecil's Hard Driving Jazz, which is now Coltrane Time (and that way I can avoid buying the Lonehill or whatever it is) and restore the original cover. If they can restore the Bill Evans/Jim Hall cover of Undercurrent, then why not this one? And feel free to remaster it, why you're at it

Tony Oxley: Four Compositions for Sextet-Columbia Thanks DMP!

Not a whiskey drinker, but what a shame if they end up pouring it out.

Gas is $3.09 a gallon 'round here.

Ole Coltrane Africa Brass

Cooper-Moore-Solo: Deep in the Neighborhood of History and Influence-Hopscotch: $2.50 Tony Williams-Civilization-Blue Note: $5 Paul Bley-Fragments-ECM: $7 Peter Brotzmann-Berlin Djungle-FMP: $7