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Does anyone here have recollection of "The Defenders," from the early 1960s, with E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed (later of "the Brady Bunch")? Not repeated anywhere, not on DVD, but it was considered the best dramatic series of its time, years ahead of anything else in the issues it dealt with.

So although Spitzer recused himself, did you find out which guitarist he actually preferred?

That link has many things. Which one is it? Edit - Found it - Countdown to Guitarmageddon The Decemberists are quite good.

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I enjoyed it, but it's Braxton and not for all tastes.

He played last year at Iridium with about 12 musicians. It was a crowded stage!

I've listened to it a couple of times this week, after recent purchase. Right now it just seems more of the same with the previous album, and the previous album has a few more interesting songs on it, so I wouldn't classify it as an essential purchse.

I thought it would take hours. Last year I bought a different MP3 player. It is 20 gigs and it takes a good 4 hours to upload 20 gigs. It is a piece of crap. I was working for the company, Olympus, and got a good discount, so I went with it. Not worth it. Olympus got out of the digital music busniess. My recollection is the first big uploading of music took hours. But updating later on, in manual mode, didn't take very long for the few hundred songs that I might be deleting or adding. For each album I drag over, it loads on almost immediately.

I bookmarked an earlier thread where you laid out the track lists because I wanted to use it as a reference in anticipation of vols. 3 & 4. Having ordered vol. 2 from you and enjoying it so much, I was basically pre-sold on the remaining volumes. I may have to wait a few weeks before I can order them from you but I'm really looking forward to hearing both! Which thread is that?

That's more than one cut from 1951.

What's the track list on these (not that I won't buy them anyway)?

These days a PBS hour is 52:30 of the body of the show, then add a tease, host intro, credits. It also can vary by show and series.

I think the big hold up on Northern Exposure was the music licensing. I believe the music selections added up to very large sums for licensing, and some songs were ultimately replaced. As for Twin Peaks, heck, I still have them on VHS recorded off TV when the originally aired, commercials and all...

#6 Mulatu Astatke must be referring to Ethiopiques vol. 4. A great album, but not huge as jazz. Very hip & enjoyable. I own # 1 & 2 in their box sets. So if you count that, 6 out of 10. The Eddie Palmieri makes no sense at all.

What about the sound on those more recent Capitol Masters boxes vol 1 & 2? Tower had stacks of Vol. 2 for sale, and I never pulled the trigger.

I just bought this for 60% off yesterday at Tower. I'll try to post my thoughts soon.

And here's the link straight to his article on the records 1973-1990. He admits that he doesn't know the European scene well, and theer are many records from it that are missing. Lots of Hat Hut to start with. http://thebadplus.typepad.com/dothemath/20..._iversons_.html

up, hoping for a reply from Allen....

Everything from "Birth of Soul" is in this set, right? So the question really is, since I have that, how much of the other material is essential?

There's an ESP box? From the real ESP?

Tonight I'm off to UCLA's Royce Hall to see the LA version of Kenny Burrell's 75th birthday celebration. http://www.performingarts.ucla.edu/event.asp?Event_ID=366 Kenny Burrell's 75th With Pat Metheny, The Gerald Wilson Orchestra, The Jazz Heritage All-Stars, The Kenny Burrell Trio, Russell Malone, Lalo Schifrin, Jeff Clayton, Hubert Laws and some very special surprise guests Master guitarist, prolific composer and pioneering educator, Kenny Burrell is one of the most respected instrumentalists of our time, lauded not only for his dazzling talent and lyrical sensitivity, but also for his immense contribution to the worlds of jazz and blues. "Duke Ellington’s favorite guitar improviser," Burrell is now in his 28th year at UCLA as Professor of Ethnomusicology and Music, and the director and founder of the Jazz Studies program. In a very special 75th year tribute, guest artists celebrate the long and illustrious career of this "historic figure of American guitar."

What city is that?

So she is actually performing? I went to a Cat Power show a few years ago and it was one of those where she talked nervously and coouldn't even get through a song. at that time I swore not spend money on her live any more. But The Greatest is a good album.

Hi Allen, Is it time for volume 3 yet?

I also enjoyed it. I'm a fan of the books, and it hews pretty close to the book in many ways (leaves it way behind in others, but still...)