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Just got this from Dusty Groove (for $12). The Bethlehem Byrd/Adams session sounds great, and can be found separately for $3.99 (used) at amazon. The first four tracks are the Thad Jones United Artists Motor City Scene, the last piece of the Mosaic puzzle I needed, so I got it. It sounds like crap- has a steady hiss as if dubbed from cassette. My downloaded 160Kbps Minor Strain sounds better...

Actually, it was the "cluttered front line" that had the Penguin guys all bent out of shape, not the obligatory groove number. IMHO Mogie, McLean, and Fuller were never capable of "cluttering" anything. I have othe rbeefs with those guys, but it's off-topic stuff. Long live AMG!

Jackie McLean's Consequence & Jacknife in the Complete 1964-66 set.

Booker Ervin's 4 late 60s BN/PJ sessions. All out of print. Now there's a Select...

The Penguin Guide's low regard for this session is the reason I stopped taking the Penguin Guide seriously.

I was just thinking the other day that Freddie's probably gonna rate a Select soon. Too much OOP BN material. And I don't have a copy of Brown Sugar... hello, Mosaic? Are you listening? Down to Earth, Mo' Greens, Good Move, BS and All That's Good are certain to fit on 3 discs, right?

Minor Move's part of my Tina Brooks shuffle, comin' outta my tiny li'l computer speakers as I type.

Imo they're reasonably priced, even at the Borders $11.99. I always enjoy Blumenthal's new notes- they're usually a factor in my upgrading. The only one that angers me (still haven't bought it) is the Rollins Vanguard double with its inexplicable $27 list. Can't figure that for the life of me. But I want it...

Mogie BN 50s, disc 1.

The point indeed. I now have a tear in my eye, and sadly there's no emoticon for that. Good work!

These words, alone, make me cringe. Poor Chesney had fallen upon hard times. Have you seen the Mariachi Brass LP with the very sad hat? Anybody got a scan?

The Kinks, in their Something Else/Village Green/Arthur period is stuff I love more than the Faces Immediate material. Ray was (is) certainly capable of extreme silliness, but could throw it out at a moment's notice in favor of absolutely transcendent beauty. Not much pop stuff I get that from- but in Autumn Almanac when the "this is my street, and I'm never gonna leave it..." bit happens I swear gravity loses its hold on me for a few seconds. Every time I hear it. Anyway, the Small Faces could indeed kick out the "music hall on acid" (I like that, btw), and you're right on with that Charles Lloyd assessment!

I don't know if I missed this in anyone else's reply Re: Prestige stuff, but emusic has all of the McLeans from that period. A low-risk, inexpensive way to get 'em all. Later: Aha. Should've read Claude's post. Oh well...

?!?!?! Maybe early on, but they shed any similarities soon after they signed with Immediate. For me, there's nothing in the Who's catalogue (with the exception of "Armenia City in the Sky") to match the Small Faces' Immediate recordings. The SFs ended up a great psych band before Rod Stewart came along and Humble Pie happened and it all just went to hell. The Who were never the rich man's psych band. I've always thought of them as the somewhat less imaginative man's Kinks... Edited for early Sunday syntax issues.

Swell topic, T_F! Welcome aboard.

Isn't the blond haired one in jail?

Hey- if anyone missed this and is sad, mine's for sale over in Offering/Looking For... It's gone.

Though I missed their show here last weekend , I've been told by 3 of my esteemed co-workers that it was the best show that's ever hit town... they showed up for work hungover, bruised and very happy.

Anyone found a complete list of these yet?

And I do not celebrate the celeste

It's the bonus tracks on Blue Spirits I can't bear. Goofy intrumentation indeed. The actual album is wonderful.

Indeed. Hope you find something useful!

Yep: coupon

I wonder if this is true for any jazz CDs? You get the lowest-priced CD for free? If my local Border's store had let me know this, they'd have been able to sell more CDs, for sure. Getting further off topic, I know... but has everyone's local Borders' jazz stock gotten anemic, or is it just mine? There's 3 here and they used to have the deepest jazz selection in town. Now every shelf is half empty. Sad.

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