Kevin Bresnahan

If they do a "complete" release and they find more takes of these tunes, I'd be interested. However, I do hope that they don't copy the format of the Rollins' Vanguard release, where they cut all of the banter between songs. That was included in the RVG CDs and I really enjoyed hearing Sonny's little talks.

I think you are right. I just saw a news report that stated (how they got the number, we'll never know) that 37% of young LP buyers are using them as art decorating their walls.

Sadder yet to read that it was his son that likely killed him. Such a tragic end to a great director & comedic actor. Meathead will live on. I still think of this when I put on my shoes.

Ford's tours are very poorly advertised. I haven't managed to see him live in decades and I'd be willing to travel a bit to see him again. I don't see any more performances around this in CT. He was scheduled to play in the Boston area a few years back but had to cancel due to the weather.

They don't really do extra material now. They are doing mostly LP reissues. They have only been releasing what was on the original LP unless they decide to go with a "complete" version. like they've done with a few sessions like Trane's "Blue Train", Rollins' Vanguard or Burrell's Five Spot material.

I just don't see this in my area. CDs are dirt cheap and plentiful in every store I go into. If they were gaining any traction, I doubt I would see so many rare CDs sitting in these bins with $5 price tags on them. I guess you could say that Jazz CDs are rising as a way for someone to acquire a large collection cheaply, but that doesn't seem to be the way it's going. FWIW, the argument that today's younger music fans aren't willing to buy equipment and have an actual stereo setup doesn't hold water when you consider that they are also the generation that has supposedly caused a resurgence in LPs.

I was searching for "Tony Sestanovic" and this thread popped up. I had completely forgotten about it. I was talking to Michael Cuscuna a little while after this sale ended and learned that he sold his CD collection to ejazzlines. That's why these were mostly promo copies - they were sent to him by the label. He was laughing his ass off that I had bought so many, saying something like, "Why didn't you tell me you were looking for these"? At one point, he was going to send me a copy of the Japanese LP of Sonny Clark's "My Conception" because he had multiple copies, but after it came out on CD, we sorta forgot about it. I jokingly told him that he blew it by not selling his extra copies years earlier, especially since they were sealed. Michael once told me what "remixed by Tony Sestanovic" meant but I am not able to drag that from the cobwebs of my mind. Maybe he was the one who duped a bunch of masters back in the day... I'm not sure.

I have that on her CD "Merry Christmas". My daughter still likes to play "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and fakes the high note. Mobile Fidelity has even come out with this title as part of their "One Step" LP program... yes @Dan Gould, they're charging $100 for an audiophile Christmas LP.

I don't know. I got this last year. It might have been this one: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/a-cool-yuletide-remastered-2018-urbie-green-and-his-all-stars/u0r1u4phv4kja BTW - I found this link in this thread:

This is a very enjoyable CD. It's been ages since I've played it. Williams left us far too soon at 53. Cancer sucks.

Paolo Fresu - Jazzy Christmas (Tǔk Music). I love that Paolo used a bandoneon player, Daniele Di Bonaventura on this date. It gives it an Italian flavor that I just can't explain.

Urbie Green - A Cool Yuletide. What a great Christmas session. Swings like crazy. My only complaint is that I wish it were longer.

To be fair, Cuscuna may have been more excited about using those logs to read about sessions that were never released, so maybe having the recording dates of those sessions might have been what he was referring to when he mentioned them being lost?

I have heard one ear temporarily shut off a couple of times but never had it go off pitch. My right ear is pretty damaged from too many loud rock concerts in my younger days so I'll never be able to compare ears anymore.

One of these days, I should listen to this. From the beginning, it's been almost universally panned as "not a Yes album" due to the crazy circumstances surrounding the making of it. It's almost like the band should have been called Yes².