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By Jonathan Perry Globe Correspondent / June 2, 2008 Monica Morgan, an 18-year-old high school student from Jacksonville, Fla., is taking a breather from scouting prospective colleges in and around Boston. She is standing inside Newbury Comics in Cambridge, scouring the bins of new LP releases by artists such as Gnarls Barkley and Bjork. Rows of colorful album covers catch her eye. more stories like this "My dad just gave me a record player, so I mostly like to buy vinyl," says Morgan. A stash of records originally owned by her mother, and now bequeathed to her, led Morgan to her latest love. "I have some old Beatles records with my mom's maiden name on them," she says. "I just like the way they sound." Almost any other decade, this scenario would have been ordinary. But the scene - a teenager perusing stacks of cumbersome vinyl in a sleek digital age that is gradually rendering the compact disc obsolete - was unfolding on a Friday afternoon in 2008. And it is one that is being replicated in small but growing numbers across the country. Although she may be an anomaly among her peers, Morgan and other young music fans are embracing the virtues of vinyl. Mike Dreese, cofounder and chief executive of the New England music store chain Newbury Comics, says his company's vinyl sales, which had been increasing at an annual rate of about 20 percent over the past five years, are 80 percent higher than they were at this time last year. "Right now, we're selling about $100,000 a month worth of vinyl," Dreese says. But why vinyl and why now, especially when even CD sales have plummeted 40 percent since 2005? Dreese blames the sterility of technology. "I think there are a lot of people who are looking for some kind of a throwback to something that's tangible," he says. "The CD was a tremendous sonic package, but from a graphic standpoint, it was a disaster. People still want a connection to an artist, and vinyl connects them in a way that an erasable file doesn't." Full story

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This was from a web site of sheet music sales and it comprised the 50 most sold. When I use to play, I learned most standards by ear. Sure I dd have the fake book which so may musicians have, but I don't recall going out and buy sheet music.

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Speaking of snake bites, I remember one summer 20 to 25 years ago, my brother, some friends and I were in New Mexico. We went to a rattle snake round up. For a few bucks you can get some balloons on a stick and dangle them in the rattle snake pit. My brother did that and the snake popped one of the balloons and some of the venom flew up and splashed him in the eye. Within 10 minutes he looked like prize fighter that had his face belted for 10 rounds. At the hospital he started to have problems breathing. Luckily he ended up being fine. If I recall he was given a shot of adrenaline and some other shot which I don't recall.

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This thread is started based upon Micheal Weiss's suggestion from the other thread on "artists with great careers but never really composed much." Today I listened to 3 Tadd Dameron CDs 1. The Dameron Band (Featuring Fats Navarro) 2. Mating Call 3. The Magic Touch of Tadd Dameron Number 3, The Magic Touch of Tadd Dameron really shows Tadd as a great composer and arranger. There doesn't appear to be many session with Tadd as a leader, but he did compose some wonderful tunes.

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Wayne Shorter live at the Village Vanguard here is what I have.It was recorded by someone in the audience. August 1, 1965 Wayne Shorter: ts Herbie Hancock: p Gary Peacock (subbing for Ron Carter): b Tony Williams: d The sound is somewhat poor. 1. The Eye of the Hurricane 10:33, 2. Just in Time 10:09, 3. Oriental Folk Song 12:07, 4. Virgo 7:09, 5. Fran-Dance 6:07 Total time 46:05

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Both were real cool. As Jazzmoose said, Yes, sometimes I like this planet.

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It was at Berkley University. Berkley has all recording from the Monterey Jazz Festival from the first till today. A copy of it was given to the Mulligan estate and it was then donated to LOC. I don't have much other then this. I want to view especially since Sonny Rollins is playing on the film. My avatar is a screen shot from that film.

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So Bertrand, I can make an appointment and go view something without being hounded every second. I would love to watch the film from the first Monterey jazz festival donated by the Gerry Mulligan estate. I don't want to make a copy, but I would like to view or listen to something without contently being interrupted.

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Gene composed quite a bit but they were all, or almost all, blues tunes that didn't make a lot of people want to play or record them. I went and looked at his session and he did compose much, but as you said, not that many musicians recorded those tunes.