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Though part of me wishes Sullivan was rocking his other axes as well on this'n.

Yeah, some of that stuff you're referring to is ridiculous.

Never seen any of these titles before...

Happy birthday Weizy!

I really hoped the title of this thread was "Anyone else living with a slow loris?"

Yeah, some of the cover art stinks on these reissues and at least with the Murray they f'ed up the track order... I mean, all this material should be on CD and done properly, in print for the foreseeable future and with good sound (sound is better than LP on some, worse on others). Extra material is nice when they have it - I appreciate the extended Lowe, for example, and the proper arrangement of the first Marion Brown. The new issues are hit-or-miss; I like the Yugunaut and Jugendstil a lot.

Now: James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad To Be in America? - (Rough Trade)

Posted this in the Dallas/Austin Jazz Concerts thread. Who all is going?

Carla Bley - European Tour 1977 - (Watt) w/ Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Gary Windo, Andrew Cyrille, Roswell Rudd, Terry Adams, Bob Stewart and Mike Mantler. Nutty, but good.

I mean, I really can't believe we're talking about the Beatles on here but okay, whatever. Mal Waldron does a REAL nice version of "Yesterdays." I can't think of any jazz players using guitar feedback as part of their textural lexicon before the advent of rock music. I can't speak for blues players, as I'm not well versed in electric blues. Beyond the guitar, would not the organ be a source of feedback/intentional overload?

Abaton is great. Get it.

So it all sounds like Hugh Davies live at Ronnie Scott's (which I was listening to last night).

? MG Meaning that Bob thinks that, being ESP vinyl, it still sounds like shit...

Yeah, this is a good one. Hope that if it sees the RVG light, it'll have better cover art.

RIP. She gave a lot of pleasure and power to a lot of people. She gave a lot.

Paul Bley Quintet - Barrage - (ESP red label mono) After reviewing the new CD reissue, I think this is one of those rare occasions that the ESP vinyl sounds a hell of a lot better - more present & well balanced - than the digital version.

Masahiko Togashi - Guild for Human Music - (Denon) Pretty sick recent acquisition!

On deck tonight: Andrew Hill - Point of Departure - (BN NY mono) Pharoah Sanders - Elevation - (Impulse black label)

Wish I had the Debut box. Times like these that vinyl just doesn't cut it!

Yeah, the Maslak is heavy! And he HAS to be joking with the cover art/title.

Mingus - Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - (Impulse red/black stereo)

Hank Mobley - Hi-Voltage - (BN Liberty stereo)

Frank Strozier - Fantastic Frank Strozier - (Vee-Jay stereo orig)

Lester Bowie - The 5th Power - (Black Saint) w/ Malachi, Philip Wilson, Blythe, Amina Claudine Myers

I'm not normally a BFT hound but really want in on this one, because I know the kind of impossible-to-guess gems that'll come out of Bob's collection!