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I have a quadraphonic ‘Bitches Brew’. Never heard it in other than stereo. My Impulse LP of Sam Rivers’ ‘Crystals’ is playable quad as well.

Wading into this box.

And almost sabotaged by those idiots at Yodel, as I recall..

Fair enough - UK Jazz Journal are counting the Hayes as a 2019 release in their 2020 ‘round up’ as well.

The Tubby Hayes Fontana Box would be hard to beat in any poll - it came out in 2019 I think though.

Claude Williamson or ‘Fiddler’ Williams?

CD2 - Mindblowing !

It was interesting to read the text with regards to what it says about the ‘Memphis...’ album, namely that BN ‘nearly released it 2 times’ back in the day.

I had a ticket for the Colston Hall performance on that tour but couldn’t make it - snowed in !

Very sad news. I saw him just over 10 years ago as part of Charles Tolliver’s Big Band and he looked in good shape at that time. He was doubling on both baritone and tuba. Yes, his work on Mobley’s ‘Slice’ album was great, as was his work with Gil Evans - RIP. First albums I heard with him I think were Shepp’s ‘Mama Too Tight’ and the Evans Hendrix tribute.

I remember paying about $90 in Canada for that box nearly 30 years ago. Seemed like a fortune and a total extravagance back then. Now - a bargain.

This is great !

Personally then (and I speak for my own main system with a good CD player and even better vinyl source) the MM would win hands down. Both of them very acceptable though.

No contest - but it would depend on your source i.e. a great CD player playing TOCJs would be superior to an inferior deck playing the MMs.

Just starting Barbara Thompson’s autobiography. Very nicely done, with lots of pics and memorabilia.

Definitely get plenty of demos - or even better, home demo loans if the dealers are willing.

Arrived from HJs. This is a really excellent reissue - Pretty good facsimile. I’ve not compared with the Regal Zonophone but likely not a lot of difference, doesn’t sound like a needle drop. Surprised it hasn’t already sold out at 500 copies. Definitely in the same zone that Keith Tippett’s groups were in during this period - Charig being a common factor.

Big plus also that the Tone Poets are much more widely available over here. When I subscribed to MM for their 45s there was international shipping and increasingly onerous import taxes to pay. MM used to hold mine back and ship in batches, which helped, but still a bit of an ordeal and increasingly big hit on the pocket. Didn’t bother with the 33s.

More from the Ardley archive.

I guess this thread was overtaken by the Tone Poet series..

Sorry to hear that, get well soon. That’s a first - Music Matters 45s as a covid remedy !

The sound is a bit clipped so I guess they used a backup tape not from Dennis Preston but from the Neil Ardley or Jon Hiseman archives. Quite passable though and superb music all round. Updated - turns out the origin was the Neil Ardley archive, also used in the Dusk Fire CD.

First group I thought of was this one.. Glad I’ve avoided it then. It looked potentially intriguing.

Remember seeing that exact band lineup, on what must have been the same European tour. Blakey in his usual dungarees. Superb debut. I always wondered what a cartoon full of Uncle Fester athletes at the Ministry of Silly Walks had to do with Miles Davis and his Horns..