sidewinder

Slummin’ it with the old version.

Amazon are currently listing it. Delivery quoted as 1st Sept. The price seems to be as good as anywhere over here and who knows, may actually drop (not holding my breath). Yep, I’ve lived with and enjoyed the 3CD version from the time it came out. David Weiss has said some good things about the sound of the new issue, it’s Kevin Gray/RTI for the LPs and the Hoffmann Board people are already frothing at the mouth so resistance is futile.

After much Procrastination, just ordered a copy of the vinyl box. I hope it arrives, as it seems to be a pretty limited run.

Good move, both are worth having. As for me - just self-bankrupted and ordered the Lee Morgan Box, which is a must have for me. It will be interesting to see if it actually arrives.

No word that I’ve seen of as yet. The double album will presumably give some clues as to the shortlist though. Yes. that was a good CD issue. The LP came out originally and most unusually on UK Verve. There weren’t too many British jazz issues on that imprint. NJO and Phil Seamen come to mind. Both issues were very scarce.

On the basis of side 1 track 1, sounds pretty good, nice and crisp. I have a good original so will check against it at some stage. Certainly trounces the BGO CD, fine release though that was. One thing I like from this issue is that the fine rhythm section interplay with Holland, McLaughlin and co. comes through nice and clearly. Next stop - Le Dejeuner Sur LHerbe..

My ‘local’ had half a dozen copies in stock ! HJs are getting too popular..

The new Decca reissue.

The Tide is out chez moi..

Those Vogue 2LP sets were the business ! I’ve still got loads of them. Not forgetting also the Clifford Brown ‘Complete Paris Collection’ on 3LPs which they did. £3.99 back in the day !

It would be nice not to think of having to remortgage the house for the LP version. Amazon UK price has dropped slightly on the CDs, worth waiting for more drops I think.

Maybe a tweak to Flight24 filtering out the ADS-B transponder codes for flights linked to the Lee Morgan Lighthouse Global Rollout. Express delivery N. America. Clapped out packet steamer European zone.

Yeah, that was the track that stood out for me.

I’m pondering an order for ‘Loosdrecht’. Been kicking myself for years since I sold my Black Lion to Mole Jazz for peanuts. I thought at the time it was erratic but I was very wrong. Just noticed that McBee in the forthcoming releases bit of the PP site as well. I could spend a fortune on there !

These Tolliver Pure Pleasures are the ‘bee’s knees’.

Harry Barris or Barry Harris?

Alas, they are quoting 27th Aug over here.

Pretty sure I saw O’Neal with the Messengers and yes, it would have been 1983. Probably the same tour. That lineup sounds the same as well.

With the inevitable ‘Custodian’s Mix’ coming down the line..

Same project team that ‘launched’ the Monk, perhaps?

Unfortunately porcy they too have switched emphasis onto streamers. There will come the inevitable time when the head unit becomes a door stop and the PSUs become connected to whatever their latest streamer is. Until then, at least I am covered for spares and servicing. In other news, they have entered the turntable market with a Clearaudio collaboration called Solstice and the Aro 2 Unipivot arm. Plus pigs are flying..

I met him once. Chatted with him about touring with Vic Lewis ! Nice guy. Perkins and Enevoldsen were around at that event too, also in the 90s. Cy Touff was conducting a recreation of his ‘Keester Parade’ band but no longer playing by then.

Fortunately, the manufacturer of mine still has plenty of spare mechanisms. Hopefully stays the case for a decade or two.

Always liked this one..