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That's cheap.

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath - Brotherhood - (RCA-Victor, German pressing) Haven't had this one on deck in years. Dunno why that is - I guess it's that the live stuff is usually more enticing.

It does have a heavy vibe.

Ben Webster - Blue Light - (International Polydor)

Used to have it in a budget reissue, which didn't sound all that great. The Dootoo/Dootone pressing isn't too difficult to source, probably, if you feel like ponying up. Right now I have it on a Fresh Sound (I think) CD, which works just fine for the moment. It's definitely well worth hearing and owning. Excellent album.

Joel, there are thugs and jerks in every aspect of musical culture. It's impossible to avoid. I actually don't like hip-hop and rap all that much, but I respect its contribution to our musical landscape. Of course, most who try to integrate it into their own work fail miserably, which I think speaks to its singularity.

Sonic Youth - EVOL - (SST)

Orphy Robinson is good...

Good catch. Mine's probably a little worn, but it's forever stamped in my mind as sounding perfect, new, and like few things I'd experienced before. Enjoy, Cary!

I'm not saying that compensation should be thrown to the wind, but a more nuanced look at hip-hop culture might make one think differently. The brush you seemed to paint with was too broad for my tastes. (i.e., "fair use" clauses)

The Clinkers LP/CD (Hat Art/Hatology) is a solo concert in Basel (6/77) - the liner notes mention Joe McPhee waiting in the wings during the first half of the concert Maybe they played together during the second half & this could be the likely release. That's exactly it. From an interview I did with Joe a little while ago:

The above just smacks of ignorance. It's also classist as all get-out.

Nice; I need to pick those CECMA records up one of these days.

1. Time is here. 2. For sure. Sampling is another issue that's v. complex, but as a concept I think it's fine and often great. As long as the source is acknowledged, you know.

I'd like someone to tell me what's morally wrong with buying used items on the marketplace. Most artists I've talked to on this subject have said that, hey, at least you're paying & working to get the art from a reseller, rather than just spreading someone else's stuff around for free. I think that when one makes a record and releases it into the marketplace, they have relinquished control over what the next owner of that physical object will do with it. That's very different from sharing intellectual property on the internet. You're dealing with object vs. concept.

Yes. It's probably the only BN sleeve which was IMPROVED when Applause issued it I got my copy cheap (4 EUR) because someone has painted the cover all blue and then just written "Jimmy Smith, Plain Talk' with a white crayon! Haha, one-of-a-kind!

Oh, absolutely. I think I paid around $60 for Nommo, but that was a while ago in the early days of eBay (Live at Yale is the really elusive one). Of course, some of this stuff just won't be reissued no matter what - Graves doesn't want the SRP albums to be reissued, ever. And the Horo reissue program, well, we've been over that before elsewhere. I think the IPS catalog is also locked down (some excellent stuff across those four releases). And the estates of Jeanne Lee, Clifford Thornton (the real one!), and many other musicians have made it nearly impossible to see their music become legitimately available once again.

Theo Loevendie Consort - Chess! - (BASF/BIM)

I'd kill for those Commodores, so to speak, but my current fiscal adjustment/move has really put the skids on opportunities/relative steals like this one.

Yeah, I mean, I just can't fork over a grand for an LP that's unavailable in another format. If I could I would! And some people on this board (though probably few) refuse to go the download/share blog route, which is a commendable path to take.

Beats me. Pim & Ruud = greatness.

Huh - didn't know of this J.C. Moses appearance. Interesting. He plays fine in this setting, although it is perhaps more conservative than some of his other appearances. I find Sample more enjoyable here than with the Jazz Crusaders; he gets opportunity to stretch out a bit. Sound clip available here: http://www.recordmania.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=f4b7f0b55c1010629e7eb4923c71a818&query=joe+sample&ref=search_records This is also available as a cheap CD reissue under the title 'Fancy Dance'. Yeah, sounds like a nice record - not earth shaking, but not everything has to be. I could never understand what was up with the Plain Talk jacket, by the way. So strange!