sidewinder

I personally find it thoroughly excellent that we can currently buy a 66 CD 'big box' with the 'Complete' Miles Columbia - or alternatively for those 'dabbling' just the 20CD 'highlights' version. When I think of the sheer all-out hassle of soucing even 1/4 of these albums on vinyl on half-way decent pressings back in the day (usually from Holland, Italy, Germany) I realise that we are truly spoiled these days.

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Dental treatment in Canada can work out pretty expensive for major treatment - although many employers have schemes in which 90% or thereabouts of costs, up to a limit, are covered for 'permies'. My experience of using the medic and hospital system was that it was broadly similar to the UK NHS. Once you have a social insurance card/number, the system kicks in.

Sad news. I was looking at the booklet in the Mosaic set only recently and when it was written at least 3 of the group were still alive. Ross Barbour contributes quite a bit to those recollections, I recall. RIP - not a good reason to bring out the set.

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He and the band performed at NorthSea a few years ago (2005-ish) but sadly it was a very mixed bag. I have it on DVD somewhere as part of a compilation.

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Far from perfect - but certainly enjoyable and a good complement to 'On The Corner'. The sound of that one was always very boxed in though.

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Shame that they filled in some of the steep incline below the Saxon front line with soil when the B'tard built the Abbey to atone his sins ! Still a very atmospheric spot - in particular that boggy bit on the RHS where they butchered the over-eager lot who went chasing the Bretons. Still a bit boggy to this day ! If only Harold had taken his mum's advice and held off for a day. The consequences would have been huge (probably no USA for starters..)

Jymie Merritt on bass. Reputedly Morgan's common-law wife Helen Moore was in the audience for that 'Soul' filming too.

That album (for Flying Dutchman) is the strangest thing Basie ever recorded (along with the James Bond album for United Artists). 'Afrique' even includes some Albert Ayler tunes !

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Another annoying formulaic thing they have added (especially to documentaries) are those damned high-dramatic crescendo sound effects intended to reverberate through home cinemas, which are the curse of just about everything. Curse of the age ! End of boomer rant.

Lou Donaldson Blue Note, CD 3

Seems OK - although the balance on this track is sort of weird, with Lou panned well to the left and just the drums prominent and bass in the right channel.

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Amazing how easy that can happen. At one time I had a recording of Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy at the Bath Fest, courtesy of the BBC - until my folks accidentally wiped over it. Sadly, I've never seen a repeat of this one and no doubt it languishes in the BBC archives (along with Loose Tubes at Bath and other such delights).

Even in the 1970s I remember tuning in to a very intermittent and fading 'Voice Of America' to listen to the jazz on there. It was still more adventurous than the stuff they were putting out at the time on the BBC (honourable exception - Charles Fox). Plus - I think I've mentioned on this board before the revelation of tuning in to one of those Normandy statons on AM radio one Summer morning and hearing the whole of one side of 'Agharta' ! Don't give them ideas ! Yuck..

Great news. I still need to upload all of that Mrs Mills, Frank Chacksfield and Mantovani material onto my I-Pod.

Picked it up about a year or so ago for around £40 along with a couple of other 'OOP' Selects. It was well disguised in its rack but it didn't fool me.

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Thanks for the recommendation, sidewinder. I've just ordered a copy from Amazon. Splendid - I'm sure that you'll both enjoy it. Ridiculous that it is so obscure !

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