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This is a kick-ass sax-drums duo record, but eesh, the cover kills me... almost wish I had a white-label test pressing in a blank jacket!

Same here, albeit almost 30 years later. Same here, a few years after Joe.

Yeah, that's kind of a nasty one... I was thinking tonight how dubious most Cadence/CIMP covers are, though they often contain some very fine music. Still, the graphic design/artwork is prone to make one gag. They started early, with that horrid Ahmed Abdullah jacket (CJR 1000) and just kept'a going!

Prayer for Peace is a wonderful record - I have it on a Transatlantic LP. Ditto the Spotlite stuff. There's a lot of SME to be had, and none of it has hit me negatively so far.

That's a fine one indeed! Candy Clouds is also a great record, and El Saxofon is just retarded...

And, apropos of the other thread, Funky Donkey does NOT have a "dorky" jacket. It's heavy!

Right - the South Africans would definitely fit in here. I'll leave it up to the experts, but indeed, In The Townships is a fine LP, and MRA from the 1st BoB LP is a rumpshaker indeed...

Then: Barbara Donald & Unity - Olympia Live - (Cadence) Now: Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising - (Homestead orig/silver label)

I cannot remember the last time I was that repulsed by a record that I actually bought or was given. The Mobley I'm not nuts about, but it's not that obnoxiously bad, is it?

Most rock critics are around 40 or younger. Klosterman's girlfriend I used to pal around with in Minneapolis; wonder how she got her job at Spin...

Though they haven't been reissued on CD, and the LPs are rather - um - scarce, the Hans Dulfer Ritmo-Natural LPs totally fit the bill here. Ditto his work with Soulbrass Inc., with Herbert Noord on B3. Where's Atavistic UMS when you need 'em?

Yeah, me too - all original NY BNs, two mono and one stereo. Excellent records! But to each their own, right?

Happy birthday!

The one on Sun? Don't have that, but I'd like to. The Ujaama is amazing, but certainly out of the realm of this thread.

Yeah, that hurts my feelings.

Wow. Major suckitude, but glad you are on the mend. A friend of mine had a minor stroke several years ago - he was like 28 at the time. Scary.

I used to have that on vinyl and thought it was boring at the time. Though my tastes have changed in the ensuing years, I don't recall it ever making me get up and dance around the room.

I've rarely looked at what I've bought with dollar signs in my eyes - as in, either, "Glad I paid only $20 for this" or "Glad I kicked out $300 for this one." But you're right - demand does exceed supply, even on recent titles.

Grow Fins is what made me appreciate Beefheart; I'd had the studio LPs before but didn't listen to them much. Dare I say he fooled with the tunes on Trout Mask too much, so that when it came time to release the thing, a lot of the fire'd been whittled out? I think this may go for Lick My Decals Off as well. Just a thought. Fuck the Stone Roses, Smiths, Sgt Pepper, Pet Sounds, etc. White Light White Heat gets my vote for VU. Nico is annoying.

His underappreciation of Garrison is kind of dubious, in my estimation, but... whatever. I appreciate his contributions to the music, even if his "boom" and tone aren't always what I'm after.

What time is it?!

Archie Shepp - & The NY Contemporary 5 - (Savoy orig) 1/2 of an LP shared with Bill Dixon's orchestra; the Shepp band includes John Tchicai, Ted Curson, Ronnie Boykins, Sunny Murray and on one track, Don Cherry.

Right, the Storyville compiles the Sonet/Delmark sessions; the Fontana is an entirely different LP. A number of these - not sure how many - were reissued on CD in Japan some years ago, retaining the original sleeve artwork.

He was probably wearing an overcoat and hadn't cut his hair... just like the "old days."