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Miles - Live at Fillmore (Columbia) If you can believe it, there is a deep groove on one side of each LP. Not quite in the same league as Live-Evil or Black Beauty, but solid music nonetheless. This was an interesting band.

Yup.

Well, having Alan Silva on in the car didn't work for one date... I learned wisely and for another one turned off the Frank Wright the moment she got in!

I'd like to hear that Workman. Denon, Baystate and EW are all great labels. The Marion Browns on Baystate are fine, indeed. Then of course there's Trio/Whynot/Nadja, which put out TONS of great shit.

Well, for the most part, they don't really do a very good job. And the writing exercises they conduct get a little old.... For the best writers, these "exercises" are analogous to working through a solo or a composition for a musician. Writing is an art form itself, a difficult one, and just because it takes music criticism as its jumping-off point does not mean it isn't valid on its own terms. There are bad writers out there just like there are bad painters and bad musicians, but hopefully with time, those writers will become very, very good or even great.

Waldron does have another America LP, albeit a trio, called The Whirling Dervish (AM 6128). It's pretty good. IIRC the band is Noel McGhie and Peter "Bass Is" Warren. Monk w/o Monk problematic? Say it ain't so!

...and those Japanese BYGs are great, too!

I disagree, but there are certainly those reviewers out there who do more harm than good. Still, I find most music writers write about it because they a) love music and b) want to feel like a part of the community as it moves in different directions.

Those two Americas that Paul mentioned... Also the band with Teo, Jackson Wiley (cello) et al. doesn't get too many props. Great stuff!

Bob Thiele's amulet is sweet! I have an original mono WLP of this, and it's good. Not as essential as Cosmic Music, though, and I have no idea what the story is with that one...

The tapes are all owned by Charly/Affinity, am I right? Dunno how many of these are licensed from original masters - my guess is they're audio-cleaned from LPs, as CN says. Then again, my Sunspots CD of the Silva "Seasons" sounds AWESOME, enough so that I haven't pulled out my original LP since picking this up a few years ago. Edit: Seasons is from ORTF tapes, so I guess that's the source for that one.

...Hello my name is Luka...

The only records I would grade M or NM are Japanese pressings or high-quality Hat Hut and European CBS records. Since when did Goldmine start using an "EX," anyway?

DG pay 50% of resale value, sometimes more. And their prices on used vinyl can be pretty high, so sometimes it worked out perfectly. At the least I would break even. I took them a lot of ratty Actuels at one point and made a killing... There's a new shop where I live that seems to be working on similar principles, so I've been unloading all my doubles. It's very nice!

I'll admit guilt on not dealing with feedback. When I lived in Chicago, anything that was improperly graded I'd sell to Dusty Groove and usually make a profit. They would, of course, invariably put it out with an overly high grading as well!

Well, I inherited a bunch from my father, all original pressings. Miles Smiles, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky, IASW, Blackhawk 1&2, My Funny Valentine, In Europe and a few others I'm forgetting. Trouble is, most of them were sorta rough shape so I barely kept any of them...

Not that I know of, but that looks like a cool record. Corbett discussed it recently in Downbeat.

Yeah, but most people don't post negative or neutral feedback if unhappy with a transaction. Most people don't leave any, or just a "got the record, thanks." Not too helpful if you ask me. NM- is a Goldmine grade, by the way. EX is not. NM NM- VG++ VG+ ...

There's hope, then... a Japanese issue would be way easier to source, and a better pressing no doubt. Thanks!

Me too. I paid around $40 for my copy, which is super-clean visually but the pressing is noisy in the (few) quiet spots. I saw a pic somewhere of this with a different cover, on CD. It was earlier this summer, so hopefully the reissue won't be delayed too much. Great date!

I really, really want to hear the Moloudji!

Bummer. This is very sad news, indeed. Always really loved his playing - what a left hand! I'll be spinning later today in his honor...

John Carter-Bobby Bradford - Flight For Four (Flying Dutchman, white label) interesting to think of how huge an influence these guys had, especially on West Coast/LA freebop of the last 30 years... would we even have a Vinny Golia without these guys? Doubtful.

I used to do some spelunking, so this could be one to see!