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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)

Vinny Golia - The Gift of Fury - (Nine Winds) bitchin' 1981 session with Roberto Miranda, Alex Cline, Wayne Peet and trombonist John Rapson.

I love the Bowie cover. Got 'em on LP, and they look nice!

Yeah, totally, especially considering that price!

That copy doesn't look all that nice to me...

There's an interesting band referenced on the back of Hans Dulfer's Jazz in Paradiso LP that includes McLaughlin, Freddy Van Hove, Han and Peter Bennink. This would've been 1968 or '69. I know McLaughlin was also working with Gunter Hampel during this period. Would've been interesting to see/hear what might've happened had he gone that route...

And many more to a wonderful composer and trumpeter!

Well, considering 'Trane was just barely past "anti-jazz" in '63...

Gunter Hampel - Heartplants - (MPS reissue of Saba original) '65 date with Schoof, Courbois, Schlippenbach and Neibergall before they took it 'out.' Some parts wouldn't have sounded out of place on Blue Note...

Terry Riley - In C - (Columbia Masterworks pressing) library copy, but that's because I'm working at the library!

As far as I understand it, Dixon's work wasn't for ballet, but improvised movement and/or modern dance. Judith Dunn was pretty far from a ballet dancer.

I agree with you, or at least I see your point.

Was listening earlier to Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff - (Sub Pop), another great title and classic LP... only a few spins in recent years but in high school it was tops!

Right-o on both counts, Chuck. I have had a few off-center BNs, including some sealed Libertys that would have otherwise been perfect. I believe the only badly off-center (or, in this case, centre) LP I still have is my copy of Keith Tippett's "Frames" on Ogun - definitely a knocked stamper. A little wonky, but liveable.

Has Motivation been on CD? That one is just nuts! So there was a fourth on Savoy - I've never even seen it. I like your description! I can't say I've see a catalog number as high as 12303 on a Savoy LP before.

I have the Savoy LP - actually just traded my extra copy of it. EXCELLENT record, and should be properly reissued - that pennywhistle shit on side two really gets under my skin!

There's a LOT of good mid- to late-60s Savoy stuff. Other than the Shepp/Dixon records, there's some Dixon-produced sides that are brilliant, by Marc Levin (flute/cornet); Bob Pozar (drums); Ed Curran (alto/clarinet); and Marzette Watts (tenor). Love all of them (still need the Watts in the appropriate form). The Bill Barron dates, of which there are three, are all really nice too. Modern Windows and The Hot Line (w/ Booker Ervin too!) are serious - all the Barrons are on CD, or were recently. Perry Robinson has a nice, mellow but kinda "off-kilter" (lame phrase, but fitting) side called Funk Dumpling, with Motian, Grimes and Kenny Barron. I like that one. Joe Scianni (piano) and Dave Izenzon cut a duo called Man Running that's interesting, though the pressing is absolute shite - not uncommon with Savoys in my experience. In addition to the Valdo, Bley had some good Savoy material, though it's not up to his later greatness; still, Bley/Swallow/LaRoca isn't a bad start! Savoy '50s-'60s There are inaccuracies in some tracks, personnel and titles here and there, but it's helpful - especially to find some weird ones.

Yikes! And that's graded higher than the LP!

Yeah, that one never fails to piss me off!

I just bought something NM- so we'll see how this one turns out. Probably annihilated...

I bet this set is good. I have some of these on LP and am consistently finding new things to piss myself about on them... the Lighthouse date is a particularly heavy one, even without Farrell in the mix. I will wonder why he didn't get his own BN menage.

You could chewy-it and listen online first!