clifford_thornton

Supposedly there are private tapes of performances into the late '70s/early '80s (in SF, I think) but I've never known anybody who has heard those. The Tes Esat has been dated at both '71 and '73 (depending on the America discog or Gary Windo's widow).

I had not one, but two piece-of-shit Ford Tauruses. The first one in high school, which I gave to my sister upon leaving for college, and the second I got while in college and realized I needed a car again. The second I abandoned in front of a bar because I wasn't safe to drive it. I canceled the title the next day and got a near-new Honda Civic, which is great.

Here's the short list re: Alan Shorter -- 1964 Archie Shepp - Four For Trane (Impulse) 1965 Wayne Shorter - The All-Seeing Eye (Blue Note) 1965 Marion Brown - Quartet (ESP) 1966 Marion Brown - Juba-Lee (Fontana) 1968 Alan Shorter - Orgasm/Parabolic (Verve/Polydor) 1970 Archie Shepp - In Antibes, vol. 1 (BYG) 1970 Archie Shepp - In Antibes, vol. 2 (BYG) 1970 Archie Shepp - Coral Rock (America) 1970 Archie Shepp - Pitchin' Can (America) 1970 Archie Shepp - Doodlin' (Inner City) 1970 Alan Silva - Seasons (BYG) 1971 Alan Shorter - Tes Esat (America) 1971 Francois Tusques - Intercommunal Music (Shandar) + one film I don't have and a few unissued recordings with Bill Dixon, Sunny Murray and others.

I believe I have every one. Some are better than others...

Dusty Groove has it. I'll move on't.

I think fifteen or so all told.

He does have another one as a leader...

Huh. And to think I just do a few push-ups every night and ride around with a messenger bag filled with sand.

Albert Ayler - Ghosts - (Fontana UK) Now: Albert Ayler - NY Eye and Ear Control - (ESP-Disk' orig)

I ordered mine through Dusty Groove. Hopefully it'll be in stock soon!

Another one where the Japanese CD is as elusive as the vinyl. The Japanese Fontana vinyl of this one got snapped up pronto too. I really screwed up by not buying this or the Gonzalves LPs when they were available as reissues. D'oh!

Because there's always the spectre of "coming back."

The only 2LP 45 I have is Ut's In Gut's House on Blast First. It's a great rec, but a) it wasn't mastered by Steve Hoffman and b) 2LP 45s are a pain in the ass.

Joachim Kuhn - Paris is Wonderful - (BYG Actuel) w/ J-F Jenny-Clarke, Jacques Thollot, Aldo Romano and guitarist Georges Locatelli.

Word.

Gospel, I would assume: Nashboro Discog

I'm Stimpy, of course.

As much of a pussy as Kanye is, his production on the new Common disc is not bad. My roommate has had it in heavy rotation, and I was impressed.

Ohhhh what a sweeeetie! Verrry cute! (admit to a compulsive fixation on cuteoverload.com)

Funny... he looked a little younger on screen. Good film, though it didn't quite meet my (admittedly very high, no lie) expectations.

She can probably suck a golf ball through a garden hose, but other than that, not my type either...

Clifford Thornton - The Gardens of Harlem - (JCOA) My "namesake" would have been 71 today. Happy birthday to the real "CT."

I pretty much can't STAND Zeppelin. That said, I've heard wasted/stoned live boots that are excellent, with some pretty bizarre sonic juxtapositions.

Happy Birthday, Bob! Hope it was full of Landsownes!

Albert Ayler, Holy Ghost, disc two.