clifford_thornton

I'm about halfway through and really, really digging it. Sure, it is a bit jumpy in some of its transition to first-person, and the AACM-European improvisation influence isn't toyed with much beyond "Gittin' To Know Y'All" (where it's negated, naturally), but this is definitely a great book.

Ray Russell - Secret Asylum - (Black Lion orig) Spinning the wild guitar/drums duo track, "These That I Am." Certainly a blueprint for a lot of wasted music since...

Arica - Heaven - (Just Sunshine)

I think I put a rice paper sleeve in mine - the stock on that one is pretty ridiculous. Great record.

I liked it a lot but the hype sort of soured me on it. And I actually coudn't stand the music.

I thought there was a thread referring to something like that. Ric Colbeck's lone Fontana LP is another prime example - stunning date, far and away superior to his rare sideman appearances.

Happy Belated! Hope to hear those Barkingside discs soon.

Long been curious about this one but it seems to slip my mind enough that I've not picked it up. Will have to rectify that soon.

Now for something really exotic... Willem Breuker - Litany for the 14th of June 1966 - (Wergo)

Hans Dulfer & Ritmo-Natural - The Morning After The Third - (Catfish orig)

Well, again!

Tough call for me between Hill and Larry Young. I like both of those records a lot. Later Moncur... maybe, as the Roscoe/Jackie Mc comparison wouldn't be that "off," but then again I often feel like as good as New Africa is, it would've been better served by different recording/label circumstances. The Shepp version from the Way Ahead/Kwanzaa sessions comes close.

And life goes on...

Huh. Pass the salt.

I'd love a clean copy of The Phantom. Last one I saw in a shop, in Austin, was thrashed and $50!

Yeah, I try to buy off-eBay as much as possible. Just got the ICP Chocolate Box from an auction list - probably never would have occurred in a high-visibility eBay auction. In fact most heavy pieces I've bought were through non-eBay connections. Plus, there weren't that many copies circulating of these rarities - they may be out of the market for a while now that new hands have 'em.

There are two volumes with similar artwork. The first is a jewel case.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

HBJG!

Marzette Watts - Marzette & Co. - (ESP orig)

I think there was no small amount of tongue-in-cheekness involved. It is sad that more people around here don't get that. I'm starting to reconcile Chuck and Clem here a bit more these days...

That's good to know about the Lowe, which I have on LP. The Zitro is fantastic, one of the hidden treasures of the catalog.

A guinea pig with really big cajones!

But hyperbole is always welcome.