Kevin Bresnahan

The contract wasn't screwy, it was very, very old. I know someone who worked at One Way Records (who legitimately re-issued Wayne Shorter's "Moto Grosso Feio") and Applause tried to sell the this "contract". Their reasoning for its legitimacy was that there was no expiration date. Whoever had (has?) the contract is acting like they have a license for these titles in perpetuity. My buddy told me the contract (today) isn't worth the value of the ink on the paper.

Duke Pearson - Prairie Dog (orig mono)

Sahib Shihab - Summer Dawn (1984 reissue)

Damn! The reschedule was a terrible no-show. You know, now that I think about it more, the rescheduled show may have happened but I couldn't make it so it turned out to be a "no show" for me. However, I never did get to see Jaki perform as he died before coming back into Boston again. I'm still bummed out about that power outage to this day. We tried to talk the Regattabar to let them play acoustic but management said that it would violate their liability insurance policies.

Not a "no show" per se, but the result was no show, so I guess it counts... I went to see Jaki Byard and Michael Marcus in a duo performance at the Regattabar in Cambridge. There was a massive power outage so they postponed the show. Jaki was murdered before the rescheduled show.

Just finished - John Lennon - Shaved Fish Up now: Sonny Stitt & Paul Gonsalves - Salt & Pepper (Impulse!)

Where? The usual places don't have them listed.

Joe Henderson - An Evening With Joe Henderson (Red)

Louis Smith - Just Friends (Steeplechase) 1978 EDIT: For such a nice looking record, it sure plays with a lot of rice crispies. How can such a nice looking record play so badly? It's records like this that give vinyl a bad rep.

Hampton Hawes - All Night Session! Vol. 1

Thank you for this. Now what to buy....

What the heck kind of trumpet is Freddie playing here? It's longer than a normal one but it's not some kind of flattened flugelhorn. The bell is too small for a flugelhorn. The mouthpiece tube is longer and the tube near the bell is a lot longer. I don't think I've ever seen a trumpet like this before.

Poking through the used bins at a store not normally known for Jazz records, much less Blue Note Jazz records, I tripped over a "VAN GELDER" stamped Liberty pressing of Wayne Shorter's "Schizophrenia" for $12. Nice.

Just finished: Miles - Cookin' On now: Kenny Burrell - Bluesy Burrell Inspired by this thread, I picked up a copy of this today.

You mean this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emn4t1syDQ0

I really like "Animals", but I've always liked "The Wall" and "Wish You Were Here" a bit more. I will say this, back in the day, there was no better LP to spin when stoned than "Animals". I remember a friend of mine who didn't hear the buried phony prayer in "Sheep" until it was pointed out to him. I thought everyone heard it.

Dexter Gordon's "Clubhouse". One of my favorite LT rainbows, second to Mobley's "Slice of the Top" and maybe 3rd to Smith's "Cool Blues".

Arnett Cobb - Keep On Pushin'

If they're really beat up and you don't want them, them yeah, into the dumpster.

Cannonball Adderley - And The Poll Winners (original Riverside pressing)

My favorite LP: Hank Mobley - Soul Station (King pressing)

I imagine recovery from a major surgery like a hip replacement is very difficult for a 79 old. Just like everything else when you get older, it takes a lot longer to heal.

Selling used vinyl on line is very tricky, particularly if it's not "Mint". I rarely do it because the only safe way to grade them is by playing them. Otherwise, you run the risk that someone won't like the way your visually-graded "very good" sounds on his deck and you have to start issuing refunds. BTW, the common stuff you find at Goodwill are a dime a dozen and it's doubtful that anyone is going to buy this stuff from you on line, especially if they're beat up.

Well, they did... I don't believe it said that back in February. In fact, Scott told me I shouldn't have been able to order it during the "Free shipping" sale because it was on backorder but he looked it up and my order was in the system. If the website had said "This set is currently on backorder", I wouldn't have even wondered where it was. I would've just waited it out. But wow! 9-10 months to get it back in stock? Are things that bad out there? Should I expect that I won't even get it if they don't get enough orders to justify another press run?

Back during this sale, I ordered the Thelonious Monk "Complete Live At The It Club" vinyl box. Today, I got to thinking... where the heck is it? It's been a month. So I called Mosaic. Turns out it's on backorder. No problem. They expect it back in stock by the end of this year.