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how is that? I have seen a Finnish RCA pressing (1960s) before, but wasn't sure if the music would be up my alley or not.

Is some of the Folk Bag LP also on the Supraphon CBBB LP? I have that and it sounds wonderful at 1/30 of the price.

Even Zeke Tolin enjoyed himself...

Lisa Parrott and Nicole Glover were on fire last night in Allen Lowe's band -- bari and tenor, respectively. I definitely agree that there are far more women instrumentalists in the spotlight now; I'd assume part of that is due to the changing dynamics of the education system in that music schools are more diverse. Trumpeter Jaimie Branch and guitarist Mary Halvorson have both gotten a lot of love here, as has saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock.

aha -- that would make sense. Both of those Lester sessions on Muse are great. Never saw or met him, alas.

Speaking of Muse, I was going to call out "Rope-a-Dope" but I guess it did come out in Japan in the 90s.

Can't wait!

Heliodor did the WERGO titles in the US and England. That's a pretty late 60 000 series catalog number so 1971 seems accurate for release -- don't recall seeing a heavy stock gatefold edition of that one which would skew it earlier. The Time records did get sold with different covers in Italy it looks like, but they were still "Time" records and licensed overseas by Bob Shad. Might they be RCA Italiana products? Not sure how far they wandered beyond Italy but Maderna was involved with Time/Mainstream as a music supervisor, so it would stand to reason that he helped that deal get made. WERGO bought the Earle Brown-produced New Music titles in the last 20 years, probably even more recently, and has issued them on CD.

Yeah, that DGG Avant-garde series came out in the late 60s, and was mostly (though not entirely) European. I have the entire run of those boxes. Really beautiful music. Wergo is a great label -- there are a couple scattered pieces on earlier compilations but their most significant Cage and NY School releases didn't start hitting the bins until the 70s.

CD version has extra music, one piece of which is particularly good, but abbreviated notes/booklet. LP set of two has a bit less musical content but the booklet is a lot fleshier and also retains the original paste-on style cover art.

I mean, Cage and Feldman records didn't seemingly appear on European import labels until the late 1960s -- Takahashi's performance of the Sonatas and Interludes on Fylkingen were maybe among the first? Earle Brown has a cut on that La Musica Nuova box on Victrola but he's the only American represented... the New York School, despite having a huge lasting influence, didn't have much representation on European LPs until long after composers, artists, and music fans had begun paying attention.

Thanks, all! And as always, anyone having trouble finding this release can contact me.

That's like saying Jackson Pollock was nothing but Thomas Hart Benton redux. I mean, sure, it's definitely there, but it's also beside the point.

The Pearls Before Swine singer and songwriter Thomas (or Tom) Rapp has passed after a battle with cancer, according to Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500 / friend and collaborator). I first heard his music at about age 21; didn't know much about 'psychedelic folk' at the time, and probably still don't, but the stretch of recordings under the Pearls' guise (ESP & Reprise) is still mind-blowing. He later became a civil rights lawyer and did good for a lot of people.

Fair enough. "Online message board's crankiest crank turns 41. His response? 'What?? Get off of my lawn!!'"

also dude needs to learn to use the search function. I said it before and I'll say it again: for the obvious generalist threads, the ground has (mostly) been covered and the search function will help you get there. Better to bump an oldie than rehash under a new title.

Are you open to trades?

There are, again, several threads on the topic, including these ones:

yeah, I definitely like some projects more than others, but he is a superb player in the right setting and works his ass off as well. Impressive, smart, genuine guy. Looking forward to hearing the interview.

Ah man, won't be at any of these -- out of town on Saturday and covering Sylvie Courvoisier at the Stone on Sunday, but have fun and happy birthday!

+1 on Derek Bailey. Also, Duck Baker, Eugene Chadbourne, Henry Kaiser, Joe Diorio, Hans Reichel, Masayuki Takayanagi...

Seems like the interviewer was a bit green (I've been there too) and Quinzy took him for a ride.

Ah, swell -- great to hear, thanks!

I prefer the beer to T.S. Monk, and I don't like the beer all that much.

Yeah, was getting this problem last night on my home Mac, though it's not an issue as of today on my work Mac.