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Damn, I wish I had that on LP! You can send it to this address: 29xx W. Dallas Houston, TX xxxxx

Great record - just have to find the box it's still packed in! Yes, it is the first "official" BOB record, though was preceded by The Chris McGregor Group - Very Urgent (Polydor, 1968), with Feza, Dudu, Ronnie Beer, Dyani and Moholo, and before that, a record on Gallo Africa, the name of which escapes me. But for fuck's sake, "MRA" absolutely slays!

Cecil Taylor Jazz Unit - Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come - Dutch Fontana pressing, with Marte Roling cover art Now, side 2 of Marion Brown - Juba-Lee - Dutch Fontana original, and a classic of fire music!

I saw "Cunning Stunts" listed earlier, so I left the Cows off. "Sexy Pee Story" is another great Cows record, if that counts. Yeah, they do, amen. If we wanted to trail off into weird titles, "8-Way Santa" is kinda mind-melting. I hope I'm remembering that right, it has been awhile...

As Brandon will attest: TUBER!

Wow, that cover is amazing. Almost looks like a late FMP or something.

And a really great band, too!

I suppose you left the Cows off that list, though the name might not instill too many raised eyebrows...

Yeah, my WLP of the Hasaan LP doesn't sound so hot, even though it looks clean. And yes, I realized the folly of my reasoning for the earlier post after a few moments, but hey, might as well add to the discussion!

I often feel the same way. Two is just not always enough. Why have two when there's the possibility of three. Folks spend way too much time thinking about 4' 33" when there's other issues to explore. Word. Make 'em squeal like Alan Silva's bass, is all I have to say on it.

I often feel the same way. Two is just not always enough.

6'6" though the rest of it is subjective! Thanks, Patricia!

My mom works for the Rothko Chapel. She's pretty fired up on Feldman, and hopefully they'll get their shit together and have the piece performed publicly for the first time in a while. Happy Birthday Morty! And thanks, 7/4, for posting those wonderful photos. But who is that guy from Sunburned Hand of the Man standing with him?

A New Conception would make a nice RVG. It's a great record, though the rhythm section isn't the most sale-able. But Galper and Ellington (and Herbie Lewis) are great - Steve Ellington is a criminally underrated drummer.

So the Gigolo is that good, eh? Should I feel like a dick for passing up $20 original LP copies because I thought it would sound like the other Lee boogaloo records I have? Have I answered my own question?

Paris? Oui!

Aren't test pressings usually done up on lesser vinyl that doesn't hold up as well? I always think of them as something to check that the plates are correct, and thus the sound on first play, rather than any longevity.

I like the Brooks a lot, but quite a few have the same "Blowing Session" criticism of it that you do. Then again, there are many, many titles in the BN catalog fitting that description to a tee. Still, it's one of those recordings that, if not a 'clarion call,' still signifies that period of post-bop jazz as good or better than many, strictly because of the caliber of playing and tightness of the band. It's been some time since I pulled it out - and it's probably still in a moving box - but I'm now primed to revisit it with some detail. Thanks for the reminder!

Whoa. Anyway, I didn't much care for the major drops over Greenland flying back to the US from Scandinavia. I didn't realize such large aircraft could fall so far, so fast, and so repeatedly. Yuck. I think I was actually crying and slobberiing on my then-girlfriend's lap... Recently had a hell of a bumpy run into LaGuardia, and thought we might be landing in the drink - luckily it didn't happen, but that was probably the craziest landing I've ever had.

I heard there was a party...? Happy Birthday, belatedly, and glad it was a good one (as they all should be). We Capricorns know how to roll.

Belated and hope your upcoming shenanigans are worthwhile... as they should be!

Thanks for the well-wishes; I've been busy acclimating to Texas and haven't been on the board much (in fact, starting the 8th I've been moving into a new crib), but will try to chime in when I can... Thanks, guys!

Michel Pilz - a truly insane bass clarinettist from, I think, Luxembourg (originally, anyway) But hey, re-discovery is sometimes even more interesting, and you can do that every day!

This is a pretty cool thread - would love to have seen any/all of the gigs mentioned... I too would like to know who was in the Gilmore quartet. Maybe analogous to the "Turkish Women at the Bath" date?