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answer is in the affirmative: from the label I'm told Cargo in the UK, Groove Attack in Germany, Differ-ant in France. So it should be available.

thanks, gents!

It's pretty far out and very intense music, but there are a lot of little instruments and the themes are often bluesy or middle eastern in feel. It should be distributed in Europe, yes. Maybe SoundOhm or Jazzman will be dealing with that? I'll clarify and respond with more info. Disk Union is handling Japan.

Thanks for the note. I worked for years on getting this happening, and it's finally out. Of course I am biased but it's a lovingly assembled package, straight from the master tapes and with much joy and friendship coursing through. Phill Musra is a good friend and I'm looking forward to seeing what the future holds.

label has something to do with drummer/visual artist Gregg Simpson from what I understand.

One of the few ESP-Disk' artists I will not file in the collection.

I assumed that, rather, it was associated with The East as in the cultural center in Brooklyn active during the 1970s (Mtume Umoja Ensemble; Pharoah Sanders; etc.). I have a nice-sounding rip of it and it's a very fun listen. Originals are rare as hen's teeth and about as expensive.

Rights reverted to the artists after the label dissolved.

^ oh yes.

Wow -- RIP.

yeah, just grabbed one since I will never be able to afford, let alone find, an original pressing.

yeah, have had the same reaction but glad she was here doing what she did when she did it.

yep. I'd rather invest in art than real estate but both are skyrocketing. In fact, contemporary art is a surer bet at this point compared to more blue chip markets, but then again a significant Da Vinci obviously doesn't come up for sale often.

I missed it and am curious!

yeah, all four of those TOK records are excellent.

Takase and Sato are awesome -- and in the spirit of the thread, I guess I don't find them all that overlooked (same for Masabumi Kikuchi, though he's a bigger name). I'll also throw out Yosuke Yamashita, Takashi Kako, Hideo Ichikawa, and Shoji Aketagawa.

I'd add Takehiro Honda to the above description too.

I did buy a nice Japanese Overseas copy of this album (with different cover art than the US Inner City release) and it's a fun little record. Not desert island material by any means, but I"m glad it exists, fleshing out the ensemble take of "I Should Care" on the B side of Coral Rock.

yup

yes, bassist Ali Jackson is the father of drummer Ali Jackson. Not sure what he was doing in 1964 but he worked with Coltrane and Yusef Lateef in the 50s.

The tapes for Variations on a Blue Line may have been lost. I've had great luck w/ CvsD but it is true that not every source has been audiophile. Such is life. Forthcoming I noticed Roy Ashbury and Larry Stabbins' "Fire Without Bricks" (Bead Records). Corbett said he was hoping to do a number of Bead releases that never saw reissue. There are also two Bead cassettes which I will encourage him to investigate reissuing. Graves-Pullen duos are also coming out sometime soon I believe.

Yep. He was also a saxophonist and co-led a group with Ed Summerlin.

YUP.

Wow, RIP -- not very old either.