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And with these guys (aurochs) in line to be DNA-reconstituted, life on The Plain could revert again to 3500 BC !

CD4. The sound on this set has stood up surprisingly well. The vinyl will stay on the shelf !

Gerald Wilson Orchestra of the 80s 'Jessica' (Trend)

I find this whole thing to be very sad. RIP to both of them.

Mary Berry - well into her 80s, vintage writer of cookery books turned TV superstar (well, UK superstar). Darcey Bussell - ex ballerina lead with Royal Ballet and poised to be the new head judge on 'Strictly' (so they tell me ). Both of the above extremely popular over here !

Hope it was good !

RIP, way too young of course. He had a big health scare back in 2011 that could have finished him then, which seemed ominous at the time.

Beats me - I never watch it. Enormously popular though, appealing to the same demographic that gets equally worked up and manic over Strictly Come Dancing.. While some of us are spinning our Tina Brooks disks the rest of the country is praying at the altar of Mary Berry and Darcey Bussell.

Plus a good article about the history of All Change, including the Baker St shops. Only remember going once, in the pre Mole days, very well stocked with Impulses etc. All Change

Merry Xmas MG and forum members !

There's a bit about it here John. Merry Xmas ! Ronnie Scotts Record Shop

Wow - didnt realise the 'Unicorn' CD was so valuable.

I'm sure that Esquire of 'Olio' sounds great !

My favourites for this year: 'Larry Young In Paris - The ORTF Recordings' (Resonance) Hadley Caliman - 'Projecting' and 'Celebration'/ The Catalyst Years (Fresh Sound) Sun Ra 'The Singles' (Strut) Miles Davis 'Freedom Jazz Dance - Bootleg Series Vol 5' Tubby Hayes 'Split Kick - Live In Sweden' (Savage Solveig) Peter Erskine Trio 'As It Was' (ECM box set) Charlie Parker 'Unheard Bird' (Verve) Tim Garland 'One' (Edition) plus - add the Resonance Thad Jones/Mel Lewis once I have picked up a copy !

A good box to digest for the Xmas hols !

The 'Machinations' sometimes gets a pretty lukewarm response, probably due to some dated guitar sounds on it. Count me in as a fan though too - boring it isn't !

Yep - 'Super Blonde', 'A Call For Demons' etc. are the well known versions and the Hattie Randolph 'Round Midnight' has also been reissued by Evidence, for example. Great to have them in this set though - they sound pretty stunning.

Bear in mind that some of these (particularly the Chicago era titles) are well known tracks from Saturn LPs already reissued on Evidence which previously weren't known to exist as 45 rpms. The 'Nuclear War' was also on the Saturn and Music Box Lps as well as 'Y' Records 12 inch single. The sound for most titles is most definitely an upgrade. I prefer the Evidence booklet though. Also available as two 3LP sets plus two boxes (one to follow next year) of 45rpm singles for the retro crowd ! Interesting to compare the early very spacey 'I Am The Instrument' recital which kicks off CD1 with the quite moving post-stroke version with 'toy piano' accompaniment which closes out CD3. Full circle.

Chilling for sure. Strange to think that I must have driven past the site of where it happened many, many times. M40 flyover Westway in West London is right next to it. Roth's performance was in this episode was totally believable. The original 1971 film had the original street location as a set though - chilling in itself.

Happy Borthday !

All the best !

Happy Birthday !

Betty Carter also appeared there annually, of course. Not forgetting Ella and Sarah Vaughan - never got too see those. I think the £2 student card admission wasn't accepted for those popular artists such as Ella, gold expense account only admitted.

Don't think 8-track ever really took off in a big way over here - although used to see them on those humongous wood-veneer quadraphonic music centres.