Tony Pusey

Wesbed, it was not my intention to scare people off with the comment about Rossolinos quirky vocals , sorry if that is how the post read,Yes ,there are only 4 of them, yes the set is exellent!

I never had this on a high priority, but took a chance last summer during a True Blue promotion and was really pleasantly surprised, even with the quirky Rossalino vocals. And I play it much more often than some of the more obvious sets. Dont miss it !

I had been lurking on the BNBB and followed with interest its final debacle. Only had access to a computer at work when this one started tried to join but failed! ( I am -still-computer illiterate!) But somehow did manage to affiliate with AAJ, go figure. Then this year got a computer tried again and here I am. And it has become a regular part of my daily regime.

7/4, you ara a naughty boy!

Could the flute be Slick? I dont know why but I always thought it was.

Any general comments about this series of reissues? Quality? Presentation?

Well Jodi, I dont think I will be ordering from your source-Carribean Suite, regular price-10 dollars 90, our price 17 dollars 8!!!!!

John Cipollina on guitar!

Mel Torme?

Ubu got a life with no time off for good behaviour! And I miss you all every Sunday!

Take 5, would you share your thoughts about the Shearing? I understand that Toots Thielmans plays on it ,and if there is one instrument I hate its harmonica! I have been playing a lot of Shearing his year.....

33,excluding selects, I have them all except the last 2.... and I sure wish Shearing would come in my mail...

I stand corrected, Ubu. Still ripe for a Con?

What I am missing from this discussion is Marable (spelling?) album Tenorman. Ripe for a Con?

Thanks Amir for the insights and your take on how the band saw themselves. you say that the band never promoted any utopian ideals, it sure looked like it during the early years and at this geogrphical distance. But maybe that was hype or stoned pipe dreams. Or perhaps they saw the implications of where it could take them and they shied away not wanting the responsibility, maybe in the end they just wanted to Party! If you are correct then my whole post is one long rant. I am depressed that the band who had the potential to really change the rock´n´roll paradigm ended up being another Corperation/Logo, just like Cola, McDonalds ( not Country Joe!) et al. I do not intend to demene individuals but their subjective understanding and the objective reality of their situation was not necessarily the same. Another example of how Capitalism recuperates each and every radical gesture and turns it into its opposite. And I do not put the Dead in the same bag as tha Airplane whose revolutionary posturing was just a fashion statement. But perhaps you are right and what remains is the music. Perhaps that is enough. Perhaps.

Peter, dont be too harsh on those Dead Heads, they are probably too stoned to fit the records back in the jewel cases! Actually, this in a way begs a larger question, for such a radical band the Dead were depressingly straight-sure you had all the anarchic stuff with the Diggers and the free shows, all their experiments to create alternatives to the conventional outlets:their own record label, Dead Heads, Fly by Night Tours, and so on,all useful outlaw mythology, and there were significant numbers of fans who took them at their word and articulated that sense of community which they implied. But the band always stopped one step short of the political contestation these steps implied and remained ìnside` Parrishes book, Home before daylight shows a banal hedonist lifestyle which would not be out of place in a Spinal Tap parody, just dope and groupies and hangers on -all the negative drag energy which put paid to the hopeful Bohemian experiments of the so called Summer of Love. ( No irony intended) So ,to get back to your story I am not surprised that so many later day Dead Heads have bought into this pick and choose freedom myth-hey, property is theft right? The Dead were an alternative band, but alternative to what exactly? And they got many of the fans they deserved. He who makes half a revolution digs his own grave. And to reiterate, I loved the Dead! But they were not what I thought they were, just another rock´n´roll band- but back then, I wanted them to be Volunteers!( of Amerika).

Yeah, I am also hot for this baby, and welcome further thoughts and comments.

You lucky dog! Sigh-I sure would like to get hold of that Shearing! Enjoy, enjoy...

And what about: Nuggets on Rhino Golden Road/Dead Steve Reich on Nonesuch Chess Blues Pet Sounds and-cue sound of trumpets and alarums-Smithsonian/Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk music

I dont get it !

I only have Falling in Love, but I love it to bits! Saw him on TV a couple of years back, on Jules Hollands program, and didnt like it, then recently turned on the box mid way through a film about a hotel (Chelsea?) and saw him perform Lennons Imagine (and if I never hear that song again it will be too soon!) alone in a room and he was magnificent!

Well, I cannot add anything to the general discussion, but I would love to get a hold of this stuff if anybody is willing to share!

Ubu, I have begun learning the song When Im cleaning windows. I suggest a visit to the discography thread devoted to George Formby, but I do not think that the Toshiba RVG version is the best available.

Now that David was a good suggestion!

And why not spoil yourself? All 3 together sounds like an intelligent compromise. I wouldnt mind joining you in fact.