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Sending PM on Shostakovich and the Ramones.

Starting to cut a bit deeper, but I need more shelf space... 8 Fred Anderson Quartet - Live at Velvet Lounge Volume III 5 Tommy Turrentine (Fresh Sound) 6 McCoy Tyner Solar: Live at Sweet Basil 15 Don Wilkerson Complete Blue Note Sessions 2-CDs, cut in spine

No. It's available. PM me and I can double check condition of all the CDs tonight.

10 Clifford Jordan Two Tenor Winner Criss Cross 10 Guy Lafitte Blues in Summertime RCA-Victor (import) Also selling the Mr. Bongo Brazilian Beats and Latin Beats box sets -- these are quite nice 8 CD sets with thin cardboard sleeves for each CD inside the larger box. (See Dusty Groove for a fuller, if not to say fulsome, description) $20 each or $35 for both.

Added some Steeplechase and Black Lion (in first post) For easy reference: 11 Dexter Gordon Cheese Cake SteepleChase 15 Dexter Gordon The Rainbow People very minor marks on CD 20 Dexter Gordon True Blue Xanadu 25 Duke Jordan Double Duke Steeplechase 2CDs 10 Oliver Lake Heavy Spirits Black Lion 11 Jackie McLean New York Calling SteepleChase 11 Jackie McLean Tune Up SteepleChase 11 Jackie McLean Ode to Super SteepleChase 15 Teddy Wilson Central Ave Blues V-Discs Thanks for looking. Eric

Saw the first concert in a complete Shostakovich String Quartet cycle by the Pacifica Quartet here in Chicago. Next year they will take this to NYC and London, so I guess Chicago is the out-of-town try-outs. Well, that's ok. They were terrific, and I bet the tickets here cost half of what they will next year. I was a little tired and faded out a bit a couple of times, but really enjoyed Quartet 2 and the last few bars of Quartet 3. While I doubt Shostakovich would have known Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time at the time he composed Quartet 3, the effect is similar. There is often something about hearing a piece live that brings just that extra bit of attention compared to listening on CD. I don't recall being that moved by String Quartet 2 before, though I will listen tomorrow to a couple of versions. The Pacifica Quartet said that they would be recording their own cycle, and I might pick it up, depending on pricing. In any case, I'm really looking forward to the rest of the concerts.

Dexter Gordon Mosaic Select for sale. It's in very good shape. I'm asking $75. See top post for details. More CDs to follow shortly. Also $20 Stan Tracey The Early Works 2CDs excellent shape $20 Stan Tracey The Later Works 2CDs excellent shape $35 for both

Yes, I read a few O'Neills, but never found them memorable, unlike Williams. Perhaps some of the difference is because O'Neill belongs to an era pretty distant from our own - so much of his stuff was written in the 20s and the 30s, whereas Williams' key period is at least 20 years later. But, where American drama is concerned, Arthur Miller is my favorite, both for intensity and social message. I've been very fortunate that a company here in Chicago has been doing some of Arthur Miller's real rarities, including Resurrection Blues & After the Fall. I should be able to watch A View from the Bridge later this season, and with that, I'll have seen nearly everything (at least the ones I wanted to see) with the exception of Incident at Vichy (which was done while I was out of Chicago).

I've been reading some of Eugene O'Neill's later plays -- Iceman Cometh, Touch of the Poet, Moon for the Misbegotten. (I'm actually going to see a production of Long Day's Journey into Night next month, so I'm holding off on that.) I can't help but notice how many are set in bars or are about drunken wastrels. While he is still a terrific dramatist, his range, particularly in his last few plays, is pretty narrow, particularly when compared to Tennessee Williams who went in some really crazy directions in his last plays. While I am not going to "read" this in any serious way, I was stoked to find a digital copy of I. N. Phelps Stokes' Iconography of Manhattan Island. Given this sells for upwards of $5000, I think I'll settle for the (free) PDF version: http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=5800727

I don't think so. Some albums will still only be available as entire albums or more accurately some tracks will only be available as a full album DL. Emusic clearly is reserving the right for full album pricing. What that will work out to is unclear. While it still may be a better deal than iTunes or Amazon, according to my calculations when the new pricing goes in, I will be getting 1/3 the tracks for the same money (taking into account a couple of price increases). That's just too much for me to swallow.

So what are the better alternatives for someone primarily interested in jazz, especially from labels like Clean Feed, Black Saint/Soul Note, Delmark, etc.? There may not be anything better, at least not anything legal, but everyone has a tipping point/price point. I have far too much music as it is, and the latest round of price increases has simply made me look more closely at whether I need this on-going expense, and the answer is no.

More changes to emusic, specifically another increase in prices and a move to iTunes-like pricing. At this point, I think I am through with emusic. I need to go through my saved albums and decide which ones I can't live without and download them this month.

You might try it again. I had no problem listening to it (I usually wait til the last day, but definitely wanted to catch this one). Very nicely done.

Not sure about that. There's always be some nostalgia for the old LP cover art and liner notes - in a form that you can touch, feel and fondle ! Always is too strong. Always with our generation perhaps, not so much with the kids that are only 15 now and have only ever heard music on iPods. Sort of like being nostalgic for bank tellers compared to a whole generation that grew up knowing the ATM.

Nope - at least not where I live. That's interesting. I've virtually always been able to listen to BBC radio online, and I'm in the US. Will try it later.

Just wrapped up Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark. I'm just not enjoying his books at all. Four novels in, and it's becoming a chore. I'm thinking about reading Lolita and calling it quits. At least I've found more of genuine interest in Mahfouz and Narayan. Taking a short break to read a South African writer: Ivan Vladislavic's The Folly.

Because not everyone is like you and some people really enjoy it. Ditto. You're both entitled to your opinions and your enjoyment of sports. At the same time, some people who had followed sports have become disenchanted with all the stuff that's gone on and will continue to go on as long as there's BIG $ to be made. I personally think caring about sports is pretty foolish. I would consider it harmless, except for the excessive government funding spent to subsidize stadiums along with tax breaks these teams get -- to say nothing of the truly obscene levels of government funding for the Olympics, World Cup, Commonwealth Games, etc.

Sure, that would be terrific. Let me know. Merci beaucoup!

Too bad. It's actually just 3 tracks, but quite enjoyable! If I am not mistaken, you hear Toshiko getting carried away a bit and egging the others on.

Just testing the water to see if anyone happens to have (and is ready to part with) the following: Toshiko Akiyoshi Toshiko's Piano aka Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi (slight preference for Toshiko's Piano version) Toshiko Akiyoshi Four Seasons of Morita Village Toshiko Akiyoshi Monopoly Game (I think I missed out on Monopoly Game by about a week on this board a year or so back , but I don't check the Offering thread every week) Barney Wilen Tilt (definitely prefer the CD version with the bonus tracks) I think the first two I can probably still get as imports if no one here is selling. The other two have gotten pretty rare. Thanks in advance. Eric BTW, does anyone know if Akiyoshi and Wilen recorded together except for on the 4 tracks of Newport '59? (I was digging these the other night.)

Seem to be some inexpensive copies of Sanctuary and Talisman floating about on Amazon and elsewhere. I picked them both up but they haven't arrived yet.

Order arrived. Very fast shipping! Thanks again.

According to this site: http://www.discogs.com/Contemporary-Jazz-Quintet-The-Featuring-Sunny-Murray-The-Original-Debut-Recordings-1964-1967/release/1033789 the tracks have been released on Steeplechase for those interested in the music solely. I don't see a price for the original LP. Sorry.

Or he bought a second set to speculate with, which would also get him in trouble, natch. I think with sealed set I would go with eBay, despite it being a pain in the ass.

I thought the Monk show was ok but not amazing. I've seen Bandwagon live (I believe at the dearly departed Hothouse) but wasn't crazy about it. I much prefer him in more straight-ahead settings. I'd probably have to go look to see if I saw him play with Osby or not.