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Must be... the original was a private, if I recall correctly. Unless I'm totally stoned and thinking of something else.

Lots of very interesting observations in this thread. Thanks. Those Saravah Lacys are really fine, and Lapis is probably my favorite of the bunch (still looking for Roba!) ...

Infinity is pretty expensive on the eBay market... I'd like to hear it, too. The Philly Jazz is wonderful, and I get a real kick out of the Dogtown as well.

Damn, I would love to see this gig or go sailing with him. Thanks for the info.

Oh, and I really hope they fixed the track order on the James. At least the original vinyl seems to have it mixed up...

The Lacy is good, but the one from that era that REALLY smokes is Sortie, issued originally on the Italian GTA imprint (RCA-related, iirc). Has Kent Carter and Aldo Romano in place of Dyani and Moholo. Apparently the ESP was taped at a fluxus event/happening; I suspect Guillermo Gregorio has some recollections of that period in Argentine art and music, and could probably contribute some interesting anecdotes/thoughts if asked nicely. These were all done by Calibre before (as were the Byron Allen and the Grimes), so I can't imagine we're getting much new here. Great records though, all of them. The Silva is a favorite of mine, as is the Berger. The tapes are in Berger's care, so I don't think they'll be reissuing that one... as for Skillfulness, I recommended it to Bernard for reissue, but that was some time ago.

Prince Lasha - Recommended. I dig Prince Lasha. Sangrey is biased because he played with Prince Lasha.

Obviously you know who the "real" Steve Miller is...

Yes, knowing the instrument is very important. I play - or did play for a long time - the cello. I always hated being asked if it was a bass, even though I also loved the bass. Funny, they never asked if my violin was a guitar...

I've had two or three copies of that one, and all were noisy pressings. The Terroade and Thornton I seem to remember being fine; I got those sealed. I don't know if Charly/Get Back de-click in remastering, but just by using better quality vinyl than BYG did, they have to be an improvement. I know that, for example, originals of Seasons were a pressing nightmare (mine has distortion all over side 5 as well as in parts of side 1), but the reissue sounds good.

I haven't got the chance to check that out yet. Thanks for the reminder.

Dig: Interview on AAJ with Smith (for Nate)

I really don't know how to write; I just do. Pardon the cliches you will inevitably find in my reviews.

Quite like the cover art m'self.

Yes, deserving of a Darwin award...

BYGs are plummeting in price - not worth listing 'em as "rare" at this point.

Overall it's Marion Brown, tough guy even for german producers Well, considering the recordings he was doing around that time for Calig, Freedom and Century, it's bound to be a little wild! Most of the early ECM catalog is pretty interesting and fairly "free," though I've got some good ones on LP well into the 1100s.

Never really thought of those as "action," tho I guess my choice of Rififi is similar to yours...

Various - For Example, Workshop Freie Musik 1969-1978 - (FMP) Record 3, Different Orchestras, currently the Breuker Kollektief.

True.

Manfred Schoof - Voices - (CBS orig) w/ Schlippenbach, Dudek, Niebergall and Jaki Liebezeit why Schoof's '60s small-group sides haven't been reissued on CD I'll never understand.

Really? I thought they were now totally independent.

The first 30 minutes are really, really well done.

Anybody know if there's still a Blue Note? I wished them luck in a mail regarding a proposition for a Mosaic Select, and in his recent (well probably two weeks by now) reply, MC said they didn't know anything about their future yet... I guess it takes a while to evaluate things and decide how to milk that cow... Mosaic has obviously been milking a lot of other cows for a long time. They aren't an EMI property, so I'm sure their future is fine. They really do need to get on that Braxton Arista set, though!

The most I would pay for that is $20. Maybe $30 if it was glossy...