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my dad grew up in Wilton too -- was childhood friends with Darius and played piano with Dave. Would love to check this out. And yeah, certainly most universities parcel off vinyl that they get in donations with other materials. But hopefully SDSU will keep this as a learning collection, as Oberlin has done and as KU has done to a certain extent. Yeah, I was about to say something like this upthread but changed my mind. And I think (hope) it won't be billed as an archive, which it isn't (fwiw, I am an archivist). It will be expensive to catalog and SDSU will probably have to have a 3-year grant in place covering the cost of that (in addition to the storage room and access facilities). But it's entirely possible that they have planned for this and we'll see something interesting come of it. As many shortsighted gifts have resulted in albatrosses, many have also resulted in new directions and cornerstone resource collections.

If you'd been buying since the '50s, it might be. There are probably duplicates, mono/stereo, etc.. The Richard Wright collection at KU and the Jim Neumann collection at Oberlin also come to mind. Also, as a library professional I think one has to separate the value of a special collection from "how students listen to music (or if they do at all) today."

Man, for the longest time I thought the Inner City LPs duplicated what was on the Celebrity/Beacon albums (which I have). OOPS! Need to grab these.

hand-painted Live at Yale has me shook... amazing collection, glad it's going somewhere that it will be appreciated!

Good to know it's legit. Yeah, my impression is that he is involved as a more "Western classical" pianist these days but I could be mistaken.

only heard part of this record but love what I've heard. Still on the hunt for an original but the world will probably be over before I find one at a reasonable price.

Thanks for reminding me of that Larry Young record -- it's been ages since I've had it down off the shelf.

Yes, the Larry Young. Intercommunal Music is excellent in my opinion, but also very, very out. Would love to hear that bonus CD of Vitet-led music.

newer music: https://larshidde.bandcamp.com/album/ancestors-wailing

Really wish I'd made the pilgrimage, even over the phone, to interview him. I bet he had some stories!

Have been given reports from Nathaniel Mackey, Peter Kuhn, and other collaborators that the great trumpeter Eddie Gale died last night at the age of 78. Eddie Gale Stevens, Jr., known professionally as Eddie Gale, worked and recorded with Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Prince Lasha, and his own groups, including the powerful late '60s combo Ghetto Music (which recorded two wonderful Blue Note albums). He was born (August 15, 1941) and raised in Brooklyn, and relocated to San Jose, CA in 1972. Active in churches and schools with a spiritual-educational and political-community bent, Gale's work has transcended both commercial and vanguard realms. He seemed like a very interesting person. RIP Eddie Gale, and thanks.

yeah, I have it as well as Jackie's Bag. Beautiful music.

Good ol' Ted Efantis... I remember the Jane Fielding thread quite fondly.

Great cover.

That Griffin LP is great. I have it under the UK Youngblood Records issue, titled Foot Patting.

Lovely set. This was the impetus for the Michael Cosmic/Phill Musra set on NowAgain.

This is really something. Gonna take a long time to work my way through it, as it should be.

Yep. RIP.

The Raincoats -- s/t -- (Rough Trade, UK orig) followed by Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society -- Nasty -- (Moers, GER orig)

Fabulous set.

Indeed -- wanted to hear that stuff.

Looks like there will be domestic CDs of these on the Valley of Search (VoS) label as well.

wonder if we will see that planned International Phonograph box?