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CD1 . Very nice !

Art Pepper Select arrived today in lovely condition. Thanks, Face !

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What a price.. (albeit one requiring a time machine to take advantage of now). Hopefully no noisy hiss ! Reminder to self to get my copy out..

Happy Birthday for 2011 !

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Same Province but North of Cowtown. I've heard about 'Opus 69' but think it was long-closed by the time I got there. A&B Sound were the main outlet during my days out West, in both Edmonton and Calgary. They were big in Vancouver too but I believe are also now gone. Most of my Conns were from A&B Sound.

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That's interesting - listening today to the LP my impression was that the sound was somewhat flat and 'one-dimensional'. Not untypical of Atlantics - but if anything even more so than usual.

Oh yes..... I think one of those swines still adorns my 'Clark Terry In Orbit'.

Best wishes to you and No. 1 cat with your new home !

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I read somewhere that he picked up the 'Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra'. Not sure if it was Vol 1, Vol 2, both and if it was the ESP or domestic Fontana imprint. Must have been bought at Dobells or Colletts I guess.

Lots of 'Imported by Discovery Records' stickers on my LPs too !

Just been listening to the 'Thesaurus' LP. Definitely worth getting hold of. Miles Behind has super solos by Warne and a Gillespie-ish Conte Candoli. Great chart !

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No wonder he's pulling the face !

Clare Fischer Big Band 'Thesaurus' (Atlantic, stereo)

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Still got LPs with their sale stickers in situ - especially HMV, who had the big "£3.99" stickers which could be tricky to remove from Pathe Marconi Blue Notes. Usually I've removed them (apart from the ones with plastic bag outers where I've left the price on e.g. Mole Jazz 'Collector's Item') but on CDs I've often left them in situ. Mole Jazz, Ray's, Tower Records, Fopp, Duck Son & Pinker/Milsom, Sam The Record Man, A&B Sound - all my old haunts are represented.

Ingrid Jensen at the Rex Hotel looks worth checking out. Nice to see that John T. Davis is still in action on the B-3.

Happy Birthday !

Late to the party. Happy Birthday !

Also recommend a trip out West - the usual spots: Salisbury, Bath, Oxford, the Dorset and Devon Coasts and maybe spectacular Cornwall, if time allows. I will be in London in Aug for one night of the track finals (200m & 800m mens) as the ticket lottery went totally t*ts up and actually gave me some tickets. I'm looking forward to the spectacle but anticipate a nightmare getting in and out of London. For the rest of the Games, the TV is the best bet. The sailing down in Portland might be worth checking out - all of the viewing tickets are sold I believe (at least the ones offered to the UK public) but I'm sure there will be some free places along the coast where you can check it out. Bring lots of dosh - UK not cheap, unfortunately. Good luck with the plans !

Bravo !