Kevin Bresnahan

2015 Bucella Cabernet Sauvignon. It was excellent.

David Murray did quite a few recordings for India Navigation that are now out of print... if they've ever even been in print on CD? Actually, Chico Freeman did quite a few for India Navigation as well. That's one I would be interested in.

Only two labels - Black Saint & Gramavision. I don't even know who owns Gramavision these days. They were part of the Rykodisc labels and many of their recordings reverted back to the artists after they folded. I also don't think that a John Carter 5 CD box set of his Roots & Folklore series would sell well. Most fans of this music will have the 5 original CDs already. I suppose if they offered them on vinyl, they might pull in some owners of the CDs to drop the money for an LP set. But if they simply reissue those 5 CDs, I don't see a lot of us buying it.

Nope. Not in my neck of the woods. There were no hip hop stations back then. Not a one. And yes, I used to spin the dial quite often back then. In the late 70's/early 80's it was mostly Top 40, Oldies and AOR. You still had talk radio. Sports radio. Public radio was mainly big band and classical. Not even many country stations like there are today. Oh, and there was always a few classical stations up & down the dial. But hip hop? Nope. And again, after Run D.M.C., I listened to some of it. I may even have bought Run D.M.C.'s "Raising Hell", but I was not a fan of most of it. Having said all this, I still do love Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" but like Run D.M.C.'s "Walk This Way", this (and the follow up, "Funky Cold Medina") got a lot of radio play on rock stations because it sampled rock tunes.

Floyd... I remember when they toured for "The Wall" and they only played two US cities - Uniondale, NY & LA. I had a HS classmate who had an extra ticket to see them in New York and my mother wouldn't let me go. I still regret that. Yeah, I didn't know too many people who were into punk. In fact, it wasn't until I got to UMass circa 1983 that I met someone who was really into it so I started getting a taste. Joe was big into the Sex Pistols and the Dead Kennedys. I just thought it was weird. About the only band he was into that stuck with me was The Clash. I see his FB pictures and see he's come a long way from the leather jacket & chaps, studded dog collar and facial piercings.

How the heck would I have "noticed" Run D.M.C. back then? Me & my friends, yes, mostly white friends, were big into rock. There was plenty of it around and we were into all of it. I was one of the few that branched out into other genres, mainly classical, but even I never went for hip hop because I didn't like it. I still don't. Also, I don't know where you grew up, but if me or any other of my white friends showed up at a venue where Run D.M.C. was playing back in 1983, we would not have been welcome and most likely would've been beat up. My "white experience" would've been, "That was stupid", as I lay in a hospital bed.

That cuts both ways here. Run D.M.C. was breaking out Rock Rap but none of the rock fans would have known much about it if it wasn't for this crossover hit. I didn't pay much attention to Run D.M.C. until after this came out. This one song pushed "Raising Hell" into a mega-smash and cemented Run D.M.C. as the leading rap group at the time. As stated in Wikipedia, "The success of "Raising Hell" is often credited with kick-starting hip hop's golden age, when rap music's visibility, variety, and commercial viability exploded onto the national stage and became a global phenomenon. Their success paved the way for acts like LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys."

Yeah, I hear Ben in there too. Minus the Fwuffff fwufff stuff. But I do hear the LTD style along the way too. He bites off the notes like Dexter whereas Big Ben kinda slurs everything together. Really not liking that organ though. Roller rink music. I feel like I'm at a Boston Celtics game in the old Boston Garden circa 1983.

Jim - as I said - I really don't know what you're after here. Looking at blue with red eyes... um... again... no idea what you want me to say to this. I do think that nitpicking on my generalizing that "everyone" was into Aerosmith in the 70's and then have you go off to generalize that overindulgent behavior, sex, drugs & rock & roll equates to a loss of critical thinking and impulse control is pretty hypocritical. If it makes you happy, I'll grant you that everyone wasn't into Aerosmith in the 70's.

Overindulgent behavior, sex, drugs & rock and roll does not somehow magically result in a loss of critical thinking and impulse control. Several of us here are proof that there are alternative outcomes. FWIW, I don't know what you're after here anyway. You seem to looking for an argument but I don't know why. Arguing over Aerosmith's popularity or my definition of everyone seems weird. "Fandango" came out in 1975. I had a copy. Several of my friends had copies. I wouldn't use the term huge, but they were far bigger than a cult band up our way. We had a lot of AOR (Album Oriented Rock) stations in my neck of the woods so most of the people I hung out with were into a lot music that wouldn't make it on a Top 40 station. Maybe that had something to do with my view of the rock world?

Well, his kids have all gone Hollywood, so maybe he's settling into a new role as a patron of the arts.

Well, in good ol' Holyoke Massachusetts, Aerosmith was very big - huge even - back in the late 70's/early 80's. It probably had a lot to do with the fact that they were from Boston, but no matter, everyone I KNEW was digging Aerosmith back then. If you were down in Tejas back then, I imagine ZZ Top was bigger than Aerosmith. Locale certainly plays a part in everyone's definition of "everyone".

That is the question, isn't it? I certainly have no idea. However, he hasn't mastered anything recently and he is in his mid-60's by now. Maybe he isn't doing it much these days so you could get a deal?

You are so lucky to have been able to do this for your dad. It's a memory you can cherish forever. If you do go with a commercial release, times are tough. You might want to go the boutique route to get the most out of it. Maybe release it on vinyl or SACD? I've participated in several music-based Kickstarter campaigns recently and the success rate has been pretty low. Maybe you could get Steve Hoffman to master it. That would garner you quite a few sales from his forum members.

Does Denon ever license their stuff? I can't remember anyone ever reissuing their stuff except themselves. I think MPS used to license out their recordings... didn't Prestige used to release their stuff in the US? Baystate.... who even owns that anymore? Looking up Baystate, it looks like some of this stuff went to RCA but some of it seems to have referred back to the artist. After all, how else could Billy Harper issue his own version through his fan club?

Not looking good for this campaign. Not much time left and a long way to go.

Eventually, if the board is still around by then, you'll be listed here too. We all have to go sometime.

Ron Thorne, man of the world, Jazz drummer and all around great guy died a few hours ago after a decade-long battle with COPD. Ron was 76. My condolences to his wife Patty, who was by his side to the end. I met Ron on the Jazz Corner and considered him one of my on-line friends. It's weird that we never meet some of these "friends" but still feel the loss as if they lived down the street. Ron's son Justin posted this on FB: Justin Thorne After a lengthy, nearly 11-year battle with COPD, my father Ron Thorne has left us today, in his sleep in the early hours of his 76th birthday. Very happy to have been by his side for the final 6 days, and to surround him with as much of his favorite music as circumstances allowed. For a patient who was ruled out of surviving countless times, he outdid every prognosis they made, and always did everything on his terms.

Don't you think it's rather hypocritical to say this in a thread about Sony's "Bootleg Series", a series invented to finally get the listeners this great music in the best sound ever? What has Sony done "wrong" here, except for taking too long to get to this particular recording before the CD market bottomed out? With this Bootleg Series, Sony began to get these recordings out there. I am glad they did it. We can disagree on this.

Miles was under contract to Columbia (now Sony). They own the rights to this recording. They don't own the recording, but they do own the right to sell it if they want it sold. Look, I know you think it's great to be able to hear this, but it's a bootleg, plain & simple. The thing is, your desire to hear something doesn't override the rights owner's rights to profit off of it, whether you like it or not.

A total bootleg and why Sony is releasing these recordings themselves to prevent this. I love the note on the disc & back of the CD: "All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcast prohibited." Ha ha ha. They have no rights to the recording and they still think they can restrict you from doing something with it? Do whatever you like. They don't own this so there's nothing they can do. Sony on the other hand...

This incredible painting is right next to it. And this one is on the back of the Mona Lisa's little closet:

I was warned by several people that 1) The Mona Lisa was tiny, unimpressive and not worth the wait and 2) It takes hours to get in to see it. Both times I went to the Louvre, I was able to walk right up to it. No line like I was warned. A crowd, for sure, but not too big. And yes, it is almost tiny, especially since they put it in that little room about 10 feet away from the viewing window. To be honest, I really wasn't that impressed. In fact, one of the times I was in that room, there was an incredible painting on the adjacent wall that kept my attention for a solid 10 minutes. The Mona Lisa was a glance by comparison.

Lon is right - they are quite different. For instance, there are no vocals on "Princejazz". I've actually heard all of the music. Many years ago, Bob sent me a link to a shared hard drive so I could hear it. I just want to get a hard copy.

For several years, I've randomly searched for a reasonably-priced copy of Bob Belden's "Princejazz", which was only released in Japan back in 1994. I've never thought to ask here, so here I go... Does anyone have a copy they'd be willing to sell for $20?