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wow. Nessa t-shirts still available? Or was that homemade? Oh, I see now. Sorry I missed them when they were around.

Very hard to choose, but I loved his playing on two tracks of Alan Shorter's Orgasm LP. Interviewed Haden fairly early on in my jazz writing career and he was incredibly kind and fun to speak with, as well as politically engaged (naturally). I would imagine the LMO being a voice for the voiceless in places like Palestine/Israel, the Congo, and other areas right now, which is desperately needed.

oh shit, RIP to one of the site's great writers. That's terrible news.

ah, yeah, the declawing is gnarly. So sorry that happened to him. I am so glad you are trying to find your buddy a workable situation.

Update: four proper LPs and the music from one 7" and a Gilson Anthology track spread across 7 records, so they've obviously maximized sides in odd ways. No newly unearthed music. The booklet is probably pretty cool, given Pierre's way with words and a heap of rare photos. I might get it just because my Mother Africa pressing is kinda noisy and I want the book, but...

oh yeah, Feliway definitely has worked for our cat in trying times. All advice here I'm seeing is good. Even if the cat goes outside the box, he's still a family member and accidents are a part of life -- cats get very ashamed and I always tell my Noodles that it's okay, we just clean it up and try to find out what's happening.

yeah, cats poop outside the box generally as a sign of some issue they're having, be it medical or stress. Our 11 year old cat started doing that but after an arthritis shot seems to be doing a lot better (she was creaking up the stairs). I hope it gets resolved soon and that your cat is okay.

yeah, the one time I saw him was excellent -- quartet with Harold E. Smith, Ed Crockett, Bert Smith, and Rufus Harley sat in along with his son Messiah. Pretty far out.

yeah, and one of the 7" tracks also appears on Funny Funky Rib Crib. Regardless it is interesting music and will be a welcome set, especially if it includes additional music.

so 4 original albums, one of which is a double LP, plus a track from the Anthology, and what else fills out the set? Curious. I have the originals but I could be tempted to pick this up.

Pod is the best Pixies album and the only one you need

yeah, not a bargain bin album at all! But certainly fascinating and probably one of a few Garricks I'd really like to own on vinyl (have most on CD).

The Surman and Woods are "around" on the 'net. They're very good. I think the Wallen Bink sets are very well-presented and the sound is excellent, but not all of the music really knocked me out. Still, it's good to have most of it in one place. Would be nice if the additional material from the initial CDs made it out again. and speaking of Kleinschuster & Surman, there's also this stupendous NDR broadcast that came out some years ago: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/flashpoint-ndr-jazz-workshop-april-69-2

right, those are strong too (they were not issued at the time).

Re: Michael Foster, this one is just now released and is very, very good: https://tornlight.bandcamp.com/album/solfege

He is now!

Agree. All those 60s/70s Goykovich sessions are superb. RTB, Philips, Ensayo, MPS/Session, Vista...

We had cat/house-sitters last week and the dude of the couple is very into music, nice person. I instructed him on the LP organization system and made sure he was good at taking care of records. So far only one random misfiling; there might be more, but I'm not too worried. Most notably he came away fascinated by Steve Lacy's "Stalks" LP.

I think Bates bought the Jazz Line/Jazztime catalog in the 1960s. Some of these were reissued on Fontana/Polydor in the UK, Holland, and Germany in the late '60s. Pearson's great Angel Eyes had its first issue as a UK Polydor LP but was recorded for Jazz Line. The Willie Wilson initially came out as a Freddie Hubbard LP on Fontana, and was issued under Pearson's name in the US by Prestige. I find this all quite fascinating. Muzak must have a pretty good licensing deal with DA Music (which holds all of the Bates productions).

Might be facing spine-inward on the shelf. That's happened to me before, for whatever reason (refiling after a few beers?).

wow, that is really kind. Speaks volumes (pun not intended).

The vocal tracks are quite a turnoff to me. But maybe I'll try again. I recall when it was a fairly cheap record in the used bins and I never bothered with it... now, of course, it's quite expensive and I wouldn't mind having a few copies to sell!

Every one of the Fontana/Freedom/Polydor LPs that Alan Bates had his hand in is worth owning and listening to. Can't speak for the Steve Kuhn on Buddha, however -- different thing entirely.

Children of the Sun's "Ofamfa" is a great, great album, perhaps my favorite of the Universal Justice/BAG releases.

Absolutely true on the vulnerability aspect. As Burton told me, she was so fragile and the New York (free) jazz scene did not treat fragile people well.