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A bit more out-leaning, but New York Collage, which was reissued by NoBusiness on CD a couple/few years back, is also quite strong.

Yep, got all the Green River 12"s. Great band. Had a CD on Sub Pop in High School and re-acquired the music maybe 15-17 years ago and they sound better to me these days than at age 15.

ha, nah - just don't feel like listening to jazz at the moment! Was sadly unable to see them during their prime due to being underage (even though I was a huge fan at the time). Saw them later and felt like it was too slick and phoned-in, but the records from their first several years still hold up.

yeah, bought a couple of the Polyvinyl reissues a while back as I wanted to hear them again -- it'd been well over a decade! The albums are good, mellow indie folk with a quiet power. Worth giving another shot 20 years on. Now: Mudhoney - Piece of Cake - (Reprise, German pressing)

Ida - Tales of Brave Ida - (Polyvinyl)

I haven't listened to either album in years, but I'm kind of with chewy here.

Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead - (Warner Bros., 1971 German Teldec pressing)

Tenor Conclave - (Prestige/Victor JP)

bought a sealed copy for $5 on the recommendation of others here. It's excellent. How is that Fall/Favors/Murray thing on Circle? I've never owned a copy.

Rolf Kühn Jazz Group - Devil in Paradise - (MPS, GER)

Bruce Palmer - The Cycle is Complete - (Verve Forecast, US promo) and, like very few copies, only a slight hint of cover wear.

The Can - Soundtracks - (Liberty, GER orig)

Sorry to hear this - never knew him or his playing, but will be sure to seek out the latter. Losing a friend is always very tough. My condolences.

Walt Dickerson - Relativity - (New Jazz, DG) Jeff Clyne - Springboard - (Polydor, UK)

Hekura: Yanomamo Shamanism from Southern Venezuela -- (Quartz, UK orig)

I like Manafon a lot.

"Meh." Just kidding. It was a spare.

Happy Birthday!

Last night we lost the great alto saxophonist Marco Eneidi at age 59. Scrappy and true, his playing moved me so many times on record over the years and I only wish I'd had the chance to see him play in person. Looks like my review of his latest CD, Cosmic Brujo Mutafuka, will be running as a requiem. Here's an interview that Taran Singh did in 2005 with him, which is very informative: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/marco-eneidi-still-here-marco-eneidi-by-taran-singh.php

I'm surprised that felser got a bunch of stuff he wasn't into but I guess it was bound to happen to someone. I don't know whether the mystery lot was a bad idea but I figured at $1.50 or so a disc it was closer to a good idea...

I have no DMMs except for the Dolphy "Other Aspects." Yeah, it's really good. I'd been looking for it for years, just figured it was one that would pop up in person at some point... and it did. Love it.

Thanks - yeah, as I said, not willing to throw him out entirely but also haven't investigated too deeply. I know he knows the music and decided on a commercial path. Hearing or watching footage of him, certainly it's clear that on a certain level he "gets it" and can play.

I did well. Nothing outrageously expensive... sure, those records were there, but there was much to find outside of that. In the jazz realm, best scores were: Giorgio Gaslini - Message - (BASF Italy) Mico Nissim - Glucose Confectionnerie - (Futura FR) Saheb Sarbib - Live in Europe vol. 2 - (Marge FR) (with Muhammad Ali and Joseph Dejean) Allan Praskin - Encounter - (Three Blind Mice, JP) Masahiko Togashi - The Face of Percussion - (Paddle Wheel, JP) Karel Krautgartner - Boleraz - (Amadeo, AUS) really gorgeous clarinet-driven modal/post-bop tunes plus 2 Harry De Wit LPs on Bead, some nice folk and ethnographic recordings, etc., bought about 20 records I think.

Now THAT is a really fair point. Thanks.

haha that's a little beyond my pay grade...