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Alas, never got to see him live. Fantastic musician. RIP.

Oh, that's interesting. I just assumed there was a US pressing of that album but I guess not. Great LP indeed. This video footage is super.

The Epworth Church LP is particularly strong.

https://www.discogs.com/release/5415473-Mark-Harvey-Group-In-Concert-At-Harvard-Epworth-Church https://www.discogs.com/release/10922454-Mark-Harvey-Friends-Duets

Agreed, Karl. Actually, I didn't really connect with Nommo until I acquired a copy of Live at Yale and could listen to the whole thing in "order." The playing on those records is very different from what you hear on the first Giuseppi Logan LP, more of a piece with what's on offer via More Giuseppi Logan, but even then, it's a dialogue on its own terms. Owning records doesn't mean you immediately "get" what's on them and it can take a long time to figure this stuff out. The lo-fi stuff is also appealing on a very basic level to me... the Boston scene around Cosmic/Musra/John Jamyll Jones, the Abdul-Hannan record, the Mark Harvey LPs, those are very special albums, and there isn't much out there like them.

the only one of the Milestones I have is Sonny Rollins In Japan (actually the Victor pressing). I've listened to a few others but did not end up purchasing them. In Japan is fun.

I'm asking Tom right now -- I think it was early video, yes.

This is different from the footage in Kasper Collin's film (Stockholm?), and I think Surgal used what was in Collin's film. Good to see it although of course I wish it was longer!

Only one I have filed is Long Island Sound. I have owned the date with Eddy Louiss and the date with Tjader but kept neither (though "Ginza Samba" is an amazing tune).

yeah, I've had that LP for many years. It's good. Those few handmade copies that exist are exceedingly rare -- I remember the one time I saw it on eBay my jaw dropped. the Porter CD has some nice extra material with Lance Gunderson and others from the Boston orbit.

Ty Braxton is really good

yeah. I mean, he wrote that thing in 1995. Most people were unaware of that music at the time, myself included. He was 37. I was 29 when I was writing dorky comments about it on organissimo 11 years later. We're all a bit older and wiser, and his list stands up better than most quick takes on it... wonder if he's found the Byard Lancaster on Dogtown by this point???

I mean, it was the 90s -- and that comment thread is just as bad (yeesh on some of mine). But I will say that the whole article is pretty solid and stands up today. All of the records he mentioned are canon, whether or not his list helped that fact. Still ride hard for Doyle, no matter what Sangrey and Nessa say.

nah, I think show and tell is through places like Instagram. Most of my music friends don't live in the town I live in, and I can't remember the last time I sat down and listened to a record with a fellow music nerd -- it's been years.

Great label. Though I've tried to pick up original Palm and Futura titles over the years when I can, some are just too elusive/expensive... Tusques' Piano Dazibao No.2 being one example, and a tremendous one at that.

I used to use (and make) lists but can't keep track of 'em anymore... this board and its predecessors certainly have provided good recommendation lists, and Bandcamp is fairly good at that as well. As much as I am loathe to admit it, social media does point me in certain directions sometimes, like if shop X is stocking a reissue I was unaware of. https://www.furious.com/perfect/staff2.html

this was my experience too, albeit maybe 25 years later. I still enjoy EBRD a lot.

also worthwhile: https://www.discogs.com/release/2925432-Bartók-The-Juilliard-String-Quartet-The-Six-String-Quartets

Yeah, the duo with Hooker is strong and always felt quite uncharacteristic to me in its out-ness.

There's a dropout or blip in the single disc of mine as the band is being introduced, but it does play through. Weird. Until the Coltrane debacle I thought defects were mostly limited to modern LPs!

The new PoD has an excerpt from Singularity Codex if you want to try before you buy: https://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD84/PoD84Allen.html

can't wait to dive in! Congrats!

I am quite a fan of that band.

You know, I never got deeply into Chapin (not out of dislike, just never followed the threads) and could probably use some recommendations too. I do have his first LP on Alacra though he advanced as a horn player quite far from those initial recordings.

Thanks so much!