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I agree on Clem's props for Mal... I may get this set, as I have only a few scattered Trane non-Miles Prestiges.

Then again, I suppose there were a number of early BNs that weren't reissued until King came along...

I stick with my King, Toshiba, Liberty and lower-tier NY USA pressings. They've been issued so many times that for me, it's not worth it to maintain an all-original setup. When you're talking things that were only issued in one form, or at least very few, then I get interested...

Yeah, why wasn't the Alan Shorter kept in print...? If their leasing of the Giuffre's to ECM (or did they sell them outright?) is any indication, I agree that the only hope for interesting Verve/Impulse sides to see the light of day again is through leasing them out.

Spun Brilliant Corners last night (Riverside stereo black label), will be hitting on more Monk and Lacy today...

Amen. He's a favorite of mine. I have most of the Saravah recordings, save Roba (which I really want), and enjoy them. Dreams is not my preferred jam of the bunch, though. That would be Scraps. Or would it be Lapis? Dang, I just can't decide... The only Lacy record I've heard that I've really not enjoyed was the duo with Michael Smith on IAI. Snoozer.

Agreed on Takayanagi's New Direction Unit. The Axis: Another Revolvable Thing set is also stunning; it's from around the same time. The "Mass Projection" track on volume one is sick - I didn't realize that something could take "Echo"-style density as its starting point, and get denser and freer every couple of minutes... mind-melting. Takayanagi's also good on Masahiko Togashi's We Now Create, a rare Japanese Victor session from '69 that was recently reissued. Yoshizawa and Mototeru Takagi (tenor, cornpipe) also make appearances. Apparently that Eclipse session, first on an Iskra LP, was slated to be Takayanagi's ESP debut. Unfortunately ESP didn't have the bread to put it out at the time, and shut down shortly thereafter. I too have been scratching the surface on some of this material as of late; Abe's the next major project, though I do have a couple of Overhang Party records (Abe/Sabu Toyozumi duo) that are really great.

It's Nona Howard, a French hippie chick, and that record ain't so hot - mainly because it's not the "real" MEV but a French psych group called Spacecraft, posing as MEV. Just 'cause they jammed with the real thing don't mean they ARE the real thing...

I don't know about Sunday mornings (rarely do I get up early on that "sacred" day), but this morning I listened to AMM music from The Crypt, 1968...

Marzette Watts (tenor) featuring vocalist Patty Waters on a truly lyrical version of the song, from the Marzette Watts Ensemble Savoy LP, produced by Bill Dixon in 1969. It's absolutely heartbreaking.

Awesome...

Jackie Mc - Action - (BN Liberty Stereo)

I've met Guy - he's a funny little dude!

Yeah, I just have that on a twofer, but it's great!

I would like to get a few of the McLeans in this form, too. Now THAT's a cat who will never be overrated in my eyes!

What, 'Dance With Death'? Oops, I sometimes let my feelings of Hill's overratedness slip out... sorry! I wish I had some other King LPs to balance it out, but I keep getting outbid on Poppin'.

I've got the rainbow pressing, too (the Daniel A version). I remember the Conn CD had the track order mixed up; is that the case on the Conn LP also? The King looks cool, though I've never seen one offered for sale. The only one of those I've successfully scored was the Andrew Hill, which is cool-looking but ultimately mediocre.

For me, the most rewarding Mainstream titles have been the post-Time classical releases, like MEV/AMM, Sonic Arts Union, New Music from London (Birtwistle, Maxwell Davies, Orton, etc.). For a moment I didn't realize those later jazz releases were at all connected to the Time/Mainstream catalog of the '60s.

I remember hearing and liking that one, too, though it's been a while. African Space Program is pretty wild, and great. Haven't heard it in years, though. There's one on Nadja with Cherry and Carlos Ward called Third World Underground that's also supposed to be good.

I dig Spaulding and Hubbard but the Atlantics never moved me (incl. & esp. the Mimaroglu, though I have enjoyed a few other Mimaroglu works). I say stick with the BNs, but... You'll have to let me know how the Schoof/Kuhn split is; I have early LPs from both and really enjoy the music, so I can't imagine it's a) weak or b) anything I haven't heard before. Jaki is hip on the Schoof sides, though not as "singular" in his approach as he was with (The) Can. Living in NYC is hip, as one may actually be able to find a halfway-decent copy of a later Pharaoh Impulse for less than $15, which is the most I'd pay for any of those LPs. I don't have Love In Us All, but I could imagine digging it...

I remember that... considering the lyrics/context of the song, I can't imagine any offence, but who knows... "If I picked a man's pocket / and bought you flowers / would that make me a thief?"

Paul Bley - Ramblin' - (BYG Actuel original) Great set; I think this was supposed to be a GTA but was not issued until the early '70s... now: Paul Bley - Mr. Joy - (Limelight original) with a fine and very free version of "Ramblin'."

Creeley and Lacy are like peanut butter and jelly...

I prefer Shades of Redd to the other BNs. Don't have the Riverside, or the Futura (which I'd also like to get).

Howard Riley - The Day Will Come - (CBS UK original)