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Next up - Verdict - definitive issue, by far the best version of this classic I have heard (don’t have an original). Charlie Mariano never sounded better and the Spanish guitar sound is exquisite.

Picked this one up - and the Oliver Nelson. My excuse - it is Xmas. First impression of ‘Blues..’ is that it sounds amazing. Leaves the old Anchor version for dust. Likely my new ‘go to’ copy now. Sleeve quality superb too and at least up to Tone Poet standards.

Oliver Nelson shoot-off between early US orange/black stereo and 1976 UK pressing put out by Anchor Records with US sleeve. The early US version sounds lovely - bags of RVG punch where it counts, excellent dynamics. The UK Anchor Records, which used the HMV tapes I think, sounds also very good indeed, albeit with less punch and a few more pressing glitches. Extremely musical though and benefited from an RCM spin. I was wondering if I ‘needed’ the new AP version and I guess the answer is probably no. My hunch is that the AP will sound not unlike the Anchor.

Winnipeg 50 Probably a lost cause again but you never know..

Enjoyed this one since I got the Pathe Marconi vinyl back in the 1980s, which sounded OK sonically at the time to me. Have a Liberty vinyl and also a blue label copy, plus at least one copy on CD, so you could say it is a favourite. The sound of the session is totally unlike RVG. ‘Ethereal’ would sum it up for me.

Ten Four.. I have it on a mid-70s Impulse Green label double with super thin vinyl so maybe I need an upgrade. That one is combined with ‘Mingus Plays Piano’.

Don’t tempt me - a local store has a copy.

Excellent Craft Records release - and a nice RTI pressing.

What a find !

Excellent reissue of that Oktav !

Saw him in action about 25 years ago in an open air concert conducting a West Coast orchestra and vocalist. Fun times.

Must dig out.. The one time I saw Coles he had on that cap - and I think that jacket !

German Metronome 5LP set with all the Evans/LaFaro/Motian albums. Bought by me from Zweitausendeins many years ago for a relative pitance. Superb sound.

Vol 2 of these broadcasts - excellent !

One of the earliest memories of Cannonball sadly was the ‘flash’ tribute put out by Peter Clayton on his Sunday BBC radio show on the weekend of his sudden death.

I’ve got a copy of the LP set - good excuse to dig it out.

It was about a month ago I think - I got an email about it. Alas, have never been able to attend one (for obvious reasons).

They’ll be going for quadraphonic music centres with built in 8-track players next !

That is interesting news about the Francis Wolff photo archive - I wonder where they are going? Doesn’t sound good re: the forthcoming restrictions on prints.

Soccer ball..... coconut... they’re all the same...

Saw an original vinyl of that in the shops some time back, in very good nick. No change from £1k !

And a painted coconut !

Sheila Jordan is incredible. I saw her once in a Western Canadian club in the depths of a severe Winter when it was blowing a blizzard and sub -30C outside. She seemed totally unfazed and was very warm in her stage manner. That was with Harvie S. too. Long may she continue gracing our stages.

‘Chile Con Soul’ seemed to come out on CD over here by stealth - never used to see it but eventually tracked it down. A keeper then?

Not to mention they even still had the 3LP Sonny Rollins in Holland hiding away. Alladin’s Cave.