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On the last Japanese reissue of Trio, the alternate take of "Crutch" was eliminated as it turns out there was no alternate take. The US CD had the master take of "Crutch" on twice.

I need to help a friend find some so he can shop for me Thanks!

YEAH, BUT ARIC WAS THE FIRST GUY ON THE BOARD TO KNOW ELVIN WAS GONE...

Well from the vinyl evidence I have (Confirmation, from the late 70s Ugly White Cover series), "Cherokee" and "What is this Thing Called Love" have no damn business in limbo. Mogie. Fuller. Geez, Blue Note. We know that it'll all fit...

I have a CD-R of her that a friend burned from a reel-to-reel. She's loaded, slurring words, spittin' and cussin' and talkin' smack. I have no idea what the origins of this thing are. I haven't listened to it in awhile, but it's in the studio- lots of false starts (with a band) dissolve into drunken ramblings. Strange but nifty...

I'm holding a Lexington copy of The Jazz Messengers @ Cafe Bohemia 2. The jacket has masking tape split repairs. The record has been gone at with a belt sander. Sometimes working the used record shop is heartbreaking

Yeah, but the catch is finding a friend with a cd burner AND copies of the McMasters of these...

Why'd they do that? Anybody want to trade the old ones for my RVGs?

Whether in the UK box or not, from a quality of material standpoint, the Capitols are the way to go. I have a hard time enjoying the poppier, extremely dated Columbia stuff. But man, Capitol Frank, no matter which, is sweet. The 3-disc Capitol Years set is swell as a sampler, but the tarck numbering on the packaging goes from one to sixty or seventy-something, leaving you to guess at how the tracks are numbered on discs 2 & 3... The Capitol singles box is done right, however. But I like it better as an adjunct to the albums. I think I'd be sad if it were my only Capitol Frank.

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?