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I agree, Chris, the music is great. I'm glad I picked up as much of it as I could. I'd love to see more reissues from the Muse vault. :rsmile:

It makes perfect sense. I can't wait to hear the new version.

Sounds like a great deal! The local Tower records has it on sale. I hope they don't mind if I pay in quarters.

I'm just glad Earland wasn't leading the session. I'm afraid of what the cover designer might have done with the idea of organs. Oof! Actually, I'd be afraid to turn that album over. I don't want to know what's on the back of it.

I hope you like it, Paul! I'm looking around for some spare cash. I can't afford a connoisseur, but maybe I can scrape up enough for an RVG today.

Moose, The JJ set is good 'un! Don't miss out. I thought Bobby Jaspar was great on it. Mike, At least the Ellington was available in stores. You'll probably be able to get a copy even after it goes out of print at Mosaic. I was able to get my Kenton set a year after it went out of print at Mosaic. Good luck! :rsmile:

I do have to say that a cover full of butts is still better than any of the 32 Jazz covers. It's ass-tounding!

I'm just waiting for the wise-cracks to start.

Man, I was going to skip the RVG since I have the old release of this album. But you make it sound so good. There's something about Bud Powell that just grabs me. This has been added to my want list. :rsmile:

To me, the RVG program has served a couple purposes. The first one is to get the best selling BN titles out there in spiffy new remastered packages. The second purpose is to slip out a previously unreleased gem. They seem to release one in almost every RVG release. My thought is that the first ones to be deleted will be the titles that have only been released for the first time as RVGs. Though, I wouldn't be surprised to see some of the more adventurous titles go first, such as The All Seeing Eye.

My answer: Because I can't afford any of them. I'm on a tiiiighhhhtttt budget. Oof! :rsly:

My guess on this is that the RVG's weren't that successful when their list price was $17.98. They seemed geared more towards the average jazz fan than the connoisseurs are. Having had most of the titles in McMaster form, I wasn't really interested in replacing them, but when the price went down, those RVG's got a lot more attractive to me. I remember when the conns were launched they were intended for the true Blue Note fans that had been requesting obscure titles, hence the higher list price. That's my guess. :rsmile:

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! ! !

Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch I picked it up on the way to a recording session. I got there early, so I was able to listen to the whole cd before our session started. Needless to say, I played some interesting solos that night.

WOW! It seems like we just hit 10,000 posts. Thanks Jim/Organissimo for the great board! Thanks to all of you for your friendship and debate. I've learned a lot here. :rsmile:

I love Berkshire. I found about it from you guys on the BNBB. I picked up as much of the Black Lion and Freedom stuff as I could. It's also a great place to get classical music. I purchased about 15 of the Leo Lab series. As Chaney said, they are for the adventurous. Most were a little too adventurous for me. One label that I've purchased a lot of from Berkshire is Brilliant Classics. I know they are a budget label, but I've really enjoyed the performances on the cds I purchased. The cds averaged out to $2/cd. I got Wagner's Ring Cycle (I believe it was around $24), I got the complete Mahler Symphonies, but my favorite of their releases was a 40 CD Mozart Overview set. I had started collecting the Phillips Complete Mozart Edition at one point, but I just couldn't afford to keep up. The Brilliant Classics Mozart wasn't a complete Mozart collection, but it really is all the Mozart I'll ever need. Oh yeah, Henze is great! :rsmile:

Happy Birthday, Brad! I hope that Patton treats you right.

I'm looking forward to Jackie McLean's Action! Whoo hoo! :rsmile:

Thanks Tony. I guess I'm gunshy about Lush. My old roomates used to give me grief for listening to it. Those first two albums are good. Deluxe is excellent. BTW - Nice avatar! Trust is an excellent record.

Don't worry, I didn't. Actually, I think I went there with an ex-girlfriend about 10 years ago. I know I went to this strange bar in Covina.... I'm glad I rarely drink anymore. :rsmile:

Its down by Los Angeles, out by the San Bernardino Hwy (i10), going East out of LA County. Looking at the pictures I am not suprised that this kind of place exists over there. I think I've been there.

I think these are required attire for this place.

I also see some great future avatar ideas here.

Wow, the old images search trick on Google. I've found a lot of great stuff there too, but this takes the cake!