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cool. I assume THE BASTIDS will probably have that title at some point in November.

Shows a release date of November 10 but RSD is on November 24. A little confusing.

The Soul Note/Black Saint CAM reissues are a little confusing and I've heard that they aren't exactly adhering to the original contracts (or weren't at one point anyway). So whether the Roach estate has received anything from the boxed set is debatable. my copy of We Insist! is a Japanese Victor LP from the 1970s. I don't know what the Victor license looked like but imagine it came from CBS, which owned Barnaby and the Cadence/Candid catalogs.

Oh, I was just thinking about that particular Columbia deal. Sure, there are many reissues of varying legality of his output overall.

😂 been there many times, my friend...

It's amazing how much space things take up once they're out of storage!

Fantastic drummer, but yes, I've really only heard him on records made in Scandinavia.

I'll definitely scoop this although I'm also definitely running out of room.

Have these records been bootlegged? Bill Dixon leased the quartet with Shepp to Savoy, but it was reissued/booted numerous times over the years, starting with BYG in 1969. I'm sure Savoy/Lubinsky cared a lot less about following the contract than Columbia or Lundvall did.

Yeah, I'll scoop the CD. Will be interesting to have a fuller picture yet again, even if not all of it is "legendary."

Excellent album; haven't dug it out in ages.

There are a few pieces on which he played celeste, this being among the better known (I think). There's also a piece on Blue Note 78:

Yes, U.N.C.L.E. is what I recognize him from. RIP.

Right, I remember hearing about the unionization. I haven't noticed any obvious changes on the user end.

Hot potato. I don't know how much Bandcamp changed under the Epic ownership. Any takers on this notion?

Makes me think of the Mighty Boosh... he doesn't hate jazz, he fears it!

Good one. That Rumpf cover is one of the worst looking album covers I have seen in my life.

classic BYG session.

Do the Omnivore CD's notes discuss the Transition date at all?

This is great to hear.

I'd like to have a time machine specifically for those cutout bins. Of course, that would make me nearly 80 -- not a bad age, but things are already starting to fall apart on this body.

BYG and America definitely had pretty good US distribution at the time, and they still remain relatively available on the used market (depending on title -- some are more obscure than others).

Sad news from the folks over at the Free Jazz Collective: https://www.freejazzblog.org/2023/09/jost-gebers-1940-2023.html Glad I was able to interview the man once, and experience the Total Music Meeting (a life-changing event). FMP/SÅJ/Uhl forever.

Yup. That record is an all-timer for me.

I've dropped one or two over the years. I've definitely had a few covers fall and get banged, which is always a drag.