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It's gone years ago when I bought that Beatles's White Album, mono numbered pressing, now I drive an old Cinquecento with the original photos of the Fab Four sticked on the rear window.

BTW, the Ornette box set on Rhino/Atlantic is fabulously done also, sort of along the same lines as the Coltrane box set. Yep, the Mingus too. And as for Trane and Ornette, the original monos are better. For some unknown reasons, Mingus' and Ornette's fetch lower prices then Trane's, Pithecanthropus Erectus a part.

IMHO the best sounding Atlantic's Coltrane are the mono originals at least the fews I have, though not so great to spend big bucks for them. Same for Ornette's ones.

Is it the NYK label, the ones Alfred pressed for you back in the days? No! He only pressed Lexington labels for me The ultra rare Lexington/Paris pressing with the "G" close to the "Van Gelder" in the trail off?

Definitely not. Katanga is a great record, Mustang a good one.

Just listened to it. I like it. Not the best Curtis' record, and yes, not the best recording, but not such bad. The vocal is on one track, "Please Send Me Someone To Love", a Percy Mayfield's blues, the least interesting track of the record, IMMV. The double title track is a Sidewinder's funk piece, other two tracks are latin stuff, very good latin stuff, and there is a long 'coltranesque' Amy's original "Shaker Heights' where Curtis plays soprano, that he plays on another tune too. The cover is ugly.

You should.

John Coltrane - Olè Coltrane - Atlantic, from the Heavyweight box set. It was the first Trane I was exposed to in my youth, and I was doomed since then.

Mile Davis - The Complete Blackhawk - Mosaic

Is it the NYK label, the ones Alfred pressed for you back in the days?

Cannonball Adderley - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Capitol

Miles Davis - At Carnegie Hall - Columbia, mono

I'd go for one of these oppo

Hank Crawford - Soul Clinic - Atlantic, mono.

Got this, long time I listened to it, time to renew.

I've ordered from Needle Doctor (once). The numbers in the rest of the post are made up (I don't have the paperwork, but the % is correct) but I bought a new stylus for one of my sets and the $80 bill delivered a needle with a $19.95 sticker on the box.

Never bought this stuff online, but I noted several discount around. Talke a look at Music Direct, Acoustic Sound and Needle Doctor, you might find some bargain if you don't stick to that particular Ortofon model.

Booker Lttle's Out Front, all the record, with a light preference for side 2. Actually I never listen to this record before, I am pretty familiar with most of Booker's playing as sideman, but this record is an astounding surprise.

Haydn's trios, after a marathon of japanese pressings.

Awful cover

Eric Dolphy - Outward Bound - New Jazz, Japan.

I thought I was going to start a thread 'What Word Did You Forget Today?, but I realize it would be very very short.

Was he playing the Crumar Mainman standing back-to-front yet? I don't remember, the weed's smoke from the audience covered most of the stage, I didn't inhale, obviously.

The first one I have memories is Sun Ra Orchestra in 1977 (maybe) at Pisa Jazz Festival, I was very 'impressed'.

I am glad for your kid, I'll rest easy.