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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!

Where do you find this stuff?

I like "Life" (and my name's not Mikey!!! ) But seriously, I think "Life" is a pretty good Neil Young album. Maybe not a 4 or 5 star album, but not any less than 3 stars (and personally I'd probably give it 3.5 stars). Well worth picking up if you find it used for cheap. (And if you like "Landing on Water", then you'll probably also like "Life". I like 'em both.) Sorry Rooster, I got confused, I was thinking of Landing On Water, the album that came right before Life. Life was pretty good. You guys have been bringing up some interesting music. I loved that Nick Heyword single you mentioned, jmjk, I'd love to hear it again. I was a big Jam fan and I dug the Style Council too. Heck, I even like Paul Weller's '90s albums. The Cocteau Twins were great. I learned a lot about guitar effects from them. I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I really loved the band, Lush, that Guthrie produced. It was pretty similar to the Cocteau Twins, but more poppy. In the early 80's here in Southern California, the radio station KROQ was amazing. I miss being able to turn the radio on and here such great music. Stuff like, XTC, Bauhaus, Adam and the Ants, the English Beat, Madness, etc... It was a great time to be a kid.

It's great to see pictures of these shows! I really loved the old To Tell the Truth. These shows bring back great memories of being a kid.

OUCH! I guess soup's on at Shrdlu's. Maybe you should open a soup kitchen or something?

Yeah, the new Hollywood Squares doesn't do much for me. They need Jm J Bullock to liven it up a bit or something. Paul Lynde on the old show was the best. Gene Rayburn was pretty funny. The banter between him, Brett Somers, and Charles Nelson Rielly was great. Another show I liked was Make Me Laugh. That was a great place to see former Hogan's Heroes. :rsmile:

Here's a link to an interesting MSN article about one of these types of scams.

Thanks for the info! I only had Flight - Bremen. I've been kicking myself for years for not picking up Emphasis. I love Giuffre's music, this is great stuff. :rsmile:

I also have to say that your cd is still on my playlist. I've barely been listening to jazz lately, but I'm still listening to Organissimo (and I'm still trying to play Joe's guitar parts).

I loved Match Game too! A couple years ago I had the game show network on cable. It was a real kick getting to see that show again. I loved games shows. Since I have a 2 year old, I watch a lot of Spongebob Squarepants. Charles Nelson Reilly is great as the voice of the Dirty Bubble. :rsmile:

Good point, Rooster. I have a hard time thinking of classic rock musicians that did interesting work with 80's production. I guess the most interesting performer to me would have been someone like Robert Plant. His solo stuff was really different from Led Zeppelin, but it was interesting to me on it's own (even with the eighties style production). It also was an era where a lot of classic rockers really lost their way. Neil Young's Landing On Water is a case of that to me. The production just strangled his personality out of the music IMO. I think some of the new wave production styles were really cool in the late seventies and early eighties, but by the mid-eighties, it seemed to have become very formulaic. A band that I really liked was the Cars. Their first two albums were great IMO, but there later stuff (though it was really popular) seemed to have lost its' edge. I guess that's what 80's synths and drum machines took away from rock and rollers, to me, was the edge.

Congratulations!