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I did this recently. An upgraded Moon phono amp made an enormous difference to my vinyl pleasure.! Nice one ! Have just re-powered up with the new amp in place (took hours to reconnect everything) and the improvement is not small. Both LP and CD playback are massively improved.

Happy Birthday, Evan ! :party:

I'm sure I saw him wearing that jacket with Cedar Walton's trio..

Plenty o' vinyl to be spun this weekend as I'm on for a pre-amp upgrade.

You must have had a duff copy I guess. Just given this one a re-spin to check and no complaints here. It looks essentially unplayed and I think came from the archive of 'Gramophone' magazine, probably a major plus factor. No doubt 90% of the copies that made it this far have sadly been hammered to death on record changers and sonically oliterated by styli like knitting needles !

Bill Russo Orchestra 'Stonehenge' (UK Columbia, mono) Yusef Lateef 'Eastern Sounds' (Fontana, mono)

Joe Harriott 'Abstract' (UK Columbia, mono) Tubby Hayes 'Down In The Village' (UK Fontana, stereo)

Joe Harriott 'Free Form' (UK Jazzland, mono) and 'Partying With Joe' (Gearbox 180g)

Carmell Jones 'Jay Hawk Talk' (Prestige blue/silver label, mono) - nice ! Sonny Simmons 'Rumasuma' (Contemporary white label, stereo)

Sounds like the box set might be a good option for me. I have the 2001 'Moon Germs' (the only Farrell CTI I have on CD).

Music Matters put the 'Goin Up' album out as a 2 x 45rpm audiophile release.

Great find, assuming it is the Verve Elite edition.

Jon Eardley 'Hey There !' (Esquire, 10 inch) 9 NZ dollars and sounding as good as the day it was pressed !

Ornette Coleman Trio 'At The Golden Circle, Stockholm Vol 2' (BN NY USA, stereo). Lovely copy from the Tokyo haul. followed by: Oliver Nelson 'Three Dimensions' (Impulse ABC 2LP set). One of the Michael Cuscuna 'Dedication Series' with additional tracks from 'Sound Pieces'.

Coltrane 'Crescent' (HMV, mono). I have a number of copies of this one but for me, this is the definitive issue.

Nuthatches spotted in the back garden today. Daffs are out too.

I have a copy of the King 'Inner Glow' but the music gets a lot more spins on the Mosaic Select, I must admit.

I remember seeing his solo show around 1996. It was a spirited and brave performance. Also saw the Lake/Workman/Cyrille trio in NYC around that time - Lincoln Center open-air fest I think. Pretty sure I have some photos of that event.

Best Wishes !

Very Best Wishes !

'Sonny Stitt and The top Brass' (Atlantic blue/green) Richard Carpenter's imprint all over this one. We still need Dutton Vocalion to reissue that one on CD !

Not sure if Carling Black Label is still up there. Back in the 1970s I would have said 'yes', along with watney's Red Barrel. These days it's probably Carlsberg (brewed under licence). Just bought some Old Speckled Hen. Way better than all of the above !

Used to get acosted for a 'Personality Test' on a daily basis many years ago. Glad to say that I always politely told them where to go.

Now I'm having doubts if it was Carla Bley I saw him with. As you remind me, Gary Valente was certainly featured in the concert I went to, along with the recently departed Lew Soloff and Victor Lewis on drums. What an amazing trombonist Valente was and is - he sounded like a latter day Kid Ory! It would be Gary Valente, for sure.

Didn't see the 'United Nations' Orchestra Bill but the one I saw was obviously drawn from the ranks of that band an earlier Gillespie lineups (Melba Liston sat in with the trombones). It was several years after Gillespie's passing. Some fine trombonists in the lineup with Turre - Garnett Brown and George Bohannon I think.