clifford_thornton

Shit, I missed out on that copy of Action that the Cecil seller had.

Willem Breuker Kollektief - Live in Berlin - (SAJ)

Don't have that one...

Huh. Not that close to my neighborhood but it might have been worth the trek. How is Davis sounding these days?

Mine's en route from Lithuania. Looking forward to diving in, though it's always tough to put a spin on something in writing when Hazell's notes are so damn good...

The Skizoke? Fo'shizzle!

The Coxhill/Miller stuff is great. I also really like the discs w/ G.F. Fitz-Gerald.

Wasn't Ear put out in the US by Ampex?

I think that qualifies! Ditto. I want one of those ! I was wondering about that 'no locked groove on A3 thing', thinking it was something to do with RVG/ears/runouts - and then I remembered that thread. There is a little bump that creates about three "pops" but that's it. Otherwise dandy! I was amazed it was so cheap, especially since even green-label Prestiges are around $20 at this particular store.

I thought about just giving everything 1 dot and seeing what happens...

Thanks; at this point I'm taking a couple months off - August and September - to get re-settled, so maybe I'll have more perspective come fall. But yeah, if you're going to have rating systems, you shouldn't futz with them if the writer is generally not bullshitting. Though the point is taken that in my case, I tend to save the best stuff for a couple of spaces, so I could be shifting the bias. Maybe I should start reviewing lame-o CDs on that site too.

Thanks guys. This was really helpful. Here's my gestated response to his email (which I'm not printing here). The gist of his response was that anything above 3 / 3.5 dots required ample "socio-political and cultural context apart from the music," which is often hogwash anyway.

Wish I'd been in the area to catch this. All the reports I've heard have been very strong.

"Ghosts."

A player I've only recently begun to really appreciate. He will be missed. RIP.

Now: Vinko Globokar - Drama & Correspondences - (BASF)

Haha, just blowing through some stuff while I'm packing my books and housewares...

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Illimite - (DGG, Aus den Sieben Tagen box)

My copy has the Fantasy cover, but the LPs have Charles Mingus Presents labels. And nobody signed anything. How's that for nobody's child? Mine's an America Records pressing from France, with the blue cover. Not particularly exciting pressing-wise, and I'll be sure to buy the Mosaic as well.

Yamashita Trio - Frozen Days - (Crown) not to be confused with the US label Crown...

I think that it would cheese me off that I'm providing free content for a presumably for-profit publication, given that they accept advertising. But it sounds like you have a longer-term goal. BTW, did you mean to only give Bending Bridges 3.5 dots? I gave it four dots!!!

Bill Dixon - The Collection - (Cadence) LP 1.

Free Dance Song - Free Rhythms Dance - (Musidisc) Just picked this up. Keino Speller, Evan Chandlee (Cohelmec), etc. Very nice.

That's what I remember hearing & reading, too, though only those who were there know.