clifford_thornton

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...

Indo-British Ensemble - Curried Jazz (MFP orig) Great meeting of Indian music and jazz with Kenny Wheeler, Jeff Clyne, Bill Eyden and Ray Swinfield.

As I've said before, it would have been nice to be the age I am now in the '60s (and with disposable income and a good town to buy vinyl in)...

A number of people in recent memory... Would much rather have this than a DG of True Blue...

They throw out more than they keep. Not necessarily dictated by the collection at hand. Maybe my second comment is a little more in keeping. That has been my experience so far, anyway.

Thornton taught there, fwiw.

Bola Sete - Ocean (Takoma) Brilliant guitar soli and very much in keeping with the Takoma banner...

Rad...

There's a thing called "your local library." Donate it. University libraries and music collections are also frequently in need of good stuff, especially jazz.

I'm not that particular about my BN/Prestige/whathaveyou pressings, as much of this material has been reissued frequently (and well) over the years. When I started buying free jazz records (of the '60s and '70s, anyway), much less of that was on CD, and consequently I sought out vinyl. I'm not as picky these days about format, and have bought CD issues of this material as a sonic upgrade - hell, that Freedom and Unity is a pretty rank pressing. Hence, the UMS piece of aluminum does me just fine these days.

Not a bad discog, just a few small errors. That RAU LP is pretty scarce. He got the Malinga LP wrong - it's Tears for the Children of Soweto.

I'd add that, by the same token, you can't spit on eBay without hitting a copy of a Milford Graves LP on either IPS or SRP. The hand-painted Yale shit is uncommon, but the rest are all over the place. Despite that fact, they're still expensive. I've had these things, traded them, and gotten them back with ease - yet Babi still seems to crack $300+ (and "RaRe!!!") with striking regularity. Whatever... I would say that my disdain is not for the music - it's stand-alone awesome - but for the purported rarity and the price-gouging that ensues.

Don't have that one. Seen it a few times and it didn't go for too much... maybe $40? I have a number of pretty rare titles that I would not say are all that "in demand." The first Hans Dulfer on Heavy Soul? Serious LP, only a couple hundred pressed, but I don't think the demand is all that high. Same goes for the three privately-pressed Kees Hazevoet LPs. I have them all, and as he's not as major a figure in Euro free jazz as, say, Brotzmann, they don't seem to cause an eyelash to bat when they're offered (again, not all that frequently...).

I have both the orig LP and the Atavistic CD. The CD sounds better, but I know a fair number of people on this board get bummed on needle-drops and the like, so...

Yeah, I definitely have to pick this one up. From this period, the Impulse is phenomenal, and the Saba ain't too shabby neither! I also like the more manic sides from the '70s, though "directed" they ain't always...