clifford_thornton

FUCK.

Had four Kostritzers last night, while spinning a stack of LPs and playing a mad game of Boggle. Awesome!

I've wanted those UA LPs. Maybe I'll keep an eye out for this one!

You don't have this? It's wonderful!

Frippe Nordstrom - Natural Music - (Bird Notes) Heavy Swedish solo alto and duo with bassist Sven Hessle.

Ornette - Town Hall 1962 - (ESP) white label mono, pencil-sketch jacket A classic. Too bad the other material taped has not surfaced as of yet.

You'd have to use both... She's underground. Those just cover the tips.

...and when they leave, throw on The Forest and The Zoo!

But you CAN get office coffee, which is what I'm drinking right now!

Wow - that's far out! Yes, Gallo is a good label to hunt down for '60s SA music. I believe there was a Chris McGregor on Gallo that's pretty scarce. They also distributed those Dollar Brand LPs on Soultown, iirc. I've had a couple of those before.

Strangely, I fear somebody stealing my vinyl collection! Apparently, it does happen... and that's the only investment I really have at this point.

Yea on Ntshoko; I'd be curious to hear the band he led for Enja, Makaya and the Tsotsis, at some point. Hopefully the Lissack will draw some attention, despite the fact that re-playing a drum solo seemed to be a strange response to the original's sloppy editing (which, I admit, is hard to detect).

So Curried Jazz is on CD, eh? Nice to see.

Ditto. And Shawn, I know how you feel - going thru similar trying days myself right now, and it's really hard not to... well, you know. The anti-depressants only go so far, you know, but they do help.

Well put. I haven't many examples of Ronnie Beer's playing, though from what I can tell, I like him and would like to hear more. Myself, I'd like to hear more of the SA contingent outside of the BOB scene, that is, players who ran on their own. Sadly, without much access to the music produced in SA during the '60s that didn't make it far outside the country, it may be damn well impossible to get a clear picture of other strains.

Not much to add here, but I look forward to hearing more about your research ep. Please keep us posted!

Not entirely surprising, this price, though I will admit it seems to me completely

I have been thinking about getting that one... Now: Paul Bley - Touching - (UK Fontana FJL issue, with the "shadowy hand" jacket) One of the better-recorded earlyish Bley sides, and not coincidentally, one of the strongest!

Depends on the condition of the jacket, or if the jacket itself is made of especially fragile material. In such cases, I store outside. Flimsy Futura, Birth and Euro private jackets get this treatment. Also, a few handmade or silk-screened covers that I have are stored separately. If I'm really worried, I keep a piece of cardboard in between the jacket and the LP, and store in a self-sealing sleeve. Ship outside, always...

Not a reissue that I know of... it surfaces on eBay now and then for not too many bills. It was billed as an "exotica" record (MFP was a UK subsidiary of EMI, offering cheap bachelor pad hits and so forth), and it's got a bit more of a light, easy swing to it than the Harriot sides which, to me, have a bit more of an unruly edge. I like this one a lot, though - it's very groovy!

Fashionably late, I am always... Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday! Those late-stage Aquarians sure are doing well for themselves today...

Yeah, Happy Birthday! Thanks for your contributions here, and hope it's a swell one!

The former University of Kansas staff member who administered the Wright collection is a member here, and of the Blue Note board before that, iirc. Brandon Burke. He used to post occasionally about his experience at K.U., but has of course moved on to other things, and hasn't posted as often lately. At any rate, that's interesting... my memory is foggy regarding the developments that occured there. I'm not sure I ever got the full story. I remember when Brandon worked there. I thought they had another person manning the ship, and if that isn't the case and it's in limbo, I am sorry to hear that. I had willed my collection to that archive, but may need to change that...