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That's the one of those Phonogram/Fontana CDs, along with Touching, that I see around on eBay, etc. I'll keep an eye out for you. It's a great record. Do you do Discogs? None currently offered there but I feel like I have seen it on that site in the past...

"What More Can I Say" is great. Thought he found the in-between perfectly. I do enjoy Gong but some of that stuff is pretty silly. The Softs - even with Jenkins helming the show - were always fascinating, but I agree, it could get chops-y as wonderful as the "jazz" records are.

Baikida Carroll - Orange Fish Tears - (Palm)

I'm of the mind that the Marte Roling cover was only used on the Japanese LP/CD issue. Never saw an original Dutch or English press with that cover, only the Jazz Life jacket. Same with Bley's "Blood" as well.

In that case I don't expect to get a reply from them... Charging $15 - $16 for bootlegs is a disgrace in my view - but I'm probably being naive... Yeah, it's pretty disgusting and honestly, I don't see who's paying for them - most of those titles one could easily find in FLAC format online, for free! What's weird is that apart from their bizarre used item markup and these homebrewed bootlegs (from the owners' record collections), they're a great store. Just to reiterate, they make these in house, in the back room.

Sad news indeed. RIP, and thanks.

Wow. I'd love to hear this.

Good luck. I find that the Fontana LPs are much easier to find than those CDs! It is an excellent album; I have the UK pressing from the late '60s with the "Jazz Life" cover art.

The best one's I ever heard on Inner City were the Art Farmer East Winds ('To Duke With Love' and 'The Summer Knows' - still have them). Although I'm sure that the original East Winds would sound superlative. Yeah, the East Winds I have sound wonderful (Japanese pressings).

Yeah; I've got a Japanese Victor of Dexter's The Apartment, which sounds excellent. IC pressings aren't usually that great, but the couple I have held onto (one Dickerson and one Cecil, from SteepleChase and Enja respectively) are fine. Come to think of it, Audio Fidelity Enjas and Strata-Easts are fairly lame. But what can you do?

Wow, good to hear he's still with us.

His estate and/or heirs...

Takehiro Honda/Gerd Dudek - Flying to the Sky - (Trio)

Pepper Adams - Critics' Choice - (World Pacific, stereo)

I know what you mean. I came to jazz & improvised music being burned out on rock music, so the last things I wanted to hear were guitars and vocals. Now, of course, that's far from the case.

Back on topic for the NYAQ, here is what I've gleaned from some communication with the label:

Huh. That whistle/tenor duet is fascinating. I'm also digging the jump of "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!"

Great vid of the Levis with Derek Bailey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm2hAFAZayk.

WHOA! This is terrible news! Fucking a. RIP doesn't even cut it.

Dennis Budimir - A Second Coming - (Revelation)

Byrd certainly had his influences -- who does not? -- but he was not a copycat. One recognized his voice as his from the first. That Blue Note book was a piece of trash in my opinion.

Tim Buckley - Starsailor - (Straight)

Cecil: "The Second Act of A" covers 2 1/2 LPs (plus an encore) and "One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye" covers three full LPs. Agreed, those are all wonderful. "If I picked a man's pocket and bought you flowers, would that make me a thief?" Priceless Chicago Beauchamp.