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I never heard their CD of the material; only ever had the Fontana LPs, which sound excellent (was lucky to grab those very early on). Revenant were an excellent label -- Rick Bishop's "Salvador Kali" is among my favorites of their releases. They were supposed to do a boxed set of all Crime material (the S.F. band) but the project fell apart once the label went under. Most of that material has been rereleased by Superior Viaduct and other independents since.

Yeah, man, the whole Revenant thing was such a disaster. Sad. I think these comps that Hat are doing seem odd -- the Marion Brown makes no sense -- but at least they are probably legit (which was my original concern when the Brown was announced).

Exactly. Major loss.

I'm liking Murder Most Foul.

It is aiiit. I like the music better.

For vinyl I had an Excel spreadsheet that I moved over to google sheets a few years ago, and then put all that info gradually into Discogs, checking pressing details where I could. One thing that's annoying is that that info changes within 'scogs -- usually where there was just one "master release" and no variations, and now those variations have been added in. Most of my collection is in 'scogs, but there are still some outliers. I'm slowly -- very slowly -- adding CDs to 'scogs as well, though most of my CD collection is in storage.

There's some video on YouTube of recent/ish live performances that really cooks.

Regret passing on a couple of opportunities to see him at the Baha'i Center. He was really good.

yeah, that makes sense. the limited edition pressing is nasty-looking.

I'm told it will be pressed on some sort of red/orange/yellow splatter colored vinyl for a "special edition." Saw a pic on instagram and it looks fuuuugly!

wonderful LP. Now spinning: Musiques du Gabon, Ocora 41

Great record -- have the original on Debut, as well as his album on Metronome called Ashoka Suite (not quite on the same level, but good). He was quite involved with the Radiojazzgruppen at the time, appearing on at least a couple of their other releases. Don't know his later work nearly as well, but an interesting figure nonetheless. I'll have to check out that Rypdal -- looks cool.

craAp

I know I used to have some of Erb's music on a CRI LP or two, not sure I still have them, but he was interesting for sure.

Damn. Major loss.

very.

Yeah, that's a smart piece.

Awful. There will undoubtedly be a bunch of these circumstances coming up; it's really sad.

^ Same. I am sorry to hear about Longo; heard he was hospitalized the other day. Awful.

Well said. Thanks. You know I'm anxious, I think!

Damn.

Telecommuting and set for TP but damn this shit is freaking me out.

yeah, read that earlier and it's terrifying.

Dolly is one of the best. RIP Kenny Rogers.

Abdul Malik Muhammad -- Songs for our Children -- (Amir, US) good solo guitar record from the artist formerly known as Melvin Smith