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Saw most of the Hyde Park thing on TV. Madonna put on a good show and got the crowd worked up and the Floyd were worth checking out, with the unlikely sight of Roger Waters back in the lineup. McCartney wrapped things up nicely. Not particularly my scene on the whole but seemed to be a good show.

Hopefully 'Jazz In Britain 68-69' gets a re-release either through Dutton Vovalion or 'Impressed Repressed'. That one is very long OOP, I don't think it's ever been re-issued as an LP after the early 70s original and certainly not as a CD. Very much anticipated. 'Around 6' is very highly recommended. Great band with Parker and strong sense of purpose to this album. The 'Azimuth' albums seem to get a mixed reaction (particularly 'Azimuth 85' but I like them (Wheeler and Winstone are always great to see live). ECM did a 3CD set of their stuff some time ago but I'm not sure if it is still in print.

The Complete Verve/Clef Anita O'Day set. Disk VII with the Bill Holman arrangements and orchestra. Wow !

Recently picked up a DVD with this documentary of Sonny Simmons (Brandon Evans, 110 minutes, Cathode Films). Have yet to check it out. Anyone else have this and have any opinions on it?

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John Coltrane 'Live In Seattle' (Impulse 2LP red/black label). Yikes - grunge started here . Time to hit the pit methinks...

That's very sad - much too young. Unfortunately, looks like his close relatives were also very short-lived.

The Liberty vinyl of that one is absolutely outstanding.

Great album - Muhal cooks on that one. Currently spinning: Wayne Shorter 'Adams Apple' (BN blue label Liberty - wow, sounds great) Donald Byrd 'Fancy Free' (BN Liberty) Kenny Cox 'Multidirection' (BN Liberty, needs to be reissued on CD )

Don't know that particular Linn power amp but the Linn amps I have heard have had impressively tight musical reproduction. I find the same thing with Naim with regard to customer service here in the UK. When I give them a call they are able to check up the full service history on all my kit - particularly useful for the Hi-Cap obtained second-hand. The fact that they are 20 miles down the road in Salisbury also helps ! Both Linn and Naim seem to attract very loyal customer bases.

But presumably if you have the 'Congo Lament' rainbow-series LT LP and the Japanese pressings of the originals (including '45 Sessions' (Toshiba)/'Minor Revelations' (King)) then you are sorted...

That's good to hear ! Which model of Linn power amp is the one that blew up?

No problem !

Picked up the TOCJ of 'The Rajah' at Tower in a shopping mall in central Tel Aviv (I think it worked out around $10). I've got the suspicion (based on news broadcasts) that this mall has since been targetted successfully by suicide bombers..

Grant Green 'Street Of Dreams' (BN Liberty stereo)

The Mercury VSOP Album set I have has the regular 4 LPs. No extra disc ← Sounds like some weird things going on with these extra disks, Brownie. I have checked the set picked up at the JRC last week and it is a blue and white 'EP' of 'Mildama' by the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet. This box isn't signed by 'the Man' though

The light brown label is on the top inside of the front. Says 'This 1986 issue of the Complete Keynote Collection is a Limited Edition. Your Copy No........ Signed by Kiyoshi Koyama'. That said, I have seen other copies of the set without signed label, otherwise box is identical. Some of the sets have the blue and white disk ('Untitled Blues' - maybe not strictly an EP but I think of it as such), others I have seen seem to be missing it. Suspect that all sets originally had the extra disk when purchased. The extra disk format also seems to have been used with the Mercury VSOP set that was also issued around this time. As mentioned though, it is the quality of the music that counts and this is unbeatable. Bottom line is that for your $200 - $300 you are getting fantastic bang-per-buck music wise. $100 from Amoeba is an incredible deal !

I once bought a Mingus Tijuana Moods reissue and a Parker 'Summit Meeting at Birdland' in a small fire/liquidation place that only lasted a few weeks. Both LPs had burn marks at the back and soot inside but the vinyl was OK.

Have a great day, Laton !

There's a place I use here in the UK that deals in three extreme fetishes only. Sci-Fi memorabilia, wall-mounted autographed photos of film and TV stars and modern jazz vinyl.

I believe that the first 1000 copies of this box were signed on the inside front cover by Mr 'Boxman' Koyama and included the Lennie Tristano EP. These are probably likely to fetch a premium. For price comparisson purposes my box workedout about £135 in mint so that's around $200ish. I don't think it had even been played. I figured I had a pretty good deal for one of the '1000' in mint so if you can get it for $200-$250 in that condition you are doing well. Great set !

I like the set too - as mentioned above it is very well recorded for the period and is chock-a-block with great West Coast soloists. Makes a nice combo with the Kenton/Holman/Russo set and sounds particularly good on the Q-LP version (attention : DrJ ). I think the CD version of the Kenton set was also sold at outlets such as Tower, as well as directly from Mosaic themselves. I really don't listen to this set enough so a good reminder to put it in the 'pending' area.

Now playing Art Blakey 'Orgy In Rhythm Vol 2' (BN 47W63, no DG).