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YMMV. I was in that camp too until the other day.

Having revisited some 80s AEC material at a friend's house recently, I was reminded of how GOOD they were at that time. Maybe my tastes have changed or I've heard more music in the ensuing 20 years, but those ECMs really stand the test of time as much (if not more than) the earlier work. The box is a great deal; too bad I have most of the CD-era stuff already...

hadn't realized he passed -- thanks for the update.

yeah, been looking for the Japanese version as well -- I've seen it a few times, but always a bit more abused than I'd like at the prices commanded.

Cool cube. Lotta fantastic music.

Ha -- I don't think the BLUES map was brought up. He's from Lovejoy, IL which is on the mappity map as far as I know.

Had the great pleasure of seeing him a number of times, both solo and with ensembles. Interviewing him -- very early in my musician-interviewing days -- was amazing, as he was very kind and VERY serious but also hiLARIous. Rest in peace, Bluiett, and thanks.

The LP version of the Oliver Jackson abounds here in NYC; there are dead/old stock copies that should run you about five bucks.

It's an excellent album though admittedly I haven't had it on deck in ages. Will listen and report back, as Carter is very easily identifiable. I assume one could ask Peter Warren as he's alive and well.

nasty way to go: https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8477603/jerry-gonzalez-dies-trumpeter-dead recently picked up some live Fort Apache cassettes which I'm having digitized. Was hoping to connect with him about the material, but...

oh man, would be curious because who doesn't love a little gossip?

yeah, that's probably the best one (or at least my favorite). Not sure if he's still active.

yeah, few other things I can think of are Ken Hyder's Talisker records and some of Surman's tunes.

might be licensed from another label, as happens with quite a few Lyrichords. Of course, getting to the bottom of that trough is easier said than done. I know the Michio Miyagi lineage, less familiar with other koto masters and students.

That's Discogs for you; those aren't all from 1970.

Bill Barron -- Variations in Blue -- (Muse)

How about some Hans Koller?

correct -- Pierre Berjot had his hands in a number of pots.

yeah, Celestial Harmonies has licensed quite a number of records from other labels over the years. I didn't realize they'd branched out into this kind of stuff.

Are those Black Sun CDs legit?

America had a licensing deal with Fantasy; they also put out some Creedence LPs. Danish Debut was a fan club label and had a reciprocal arrangement with Debut/Fantasy on some releases until the late 1960s, when they went out of business. Most of their catalog after 1964 consisted of Danish artists.

it's closer to a weird ECM record than a Trio + Mangelsdorff record. Just take a bong hit and enjoy.

Glad to see people posting these America releases. The Roach album has much better cover art than the US Fantasy issue. Sadly, the America Records issue of the Ayler LP leaves off his spoken introduction! have an original Nipples, one of my most treasured albums.

MUMPS is cool too.

haha, where do you find this shit?