Tony Pusey

Volunteers also appeared in a Quadrophonic version, several tracks of which turned up in the Jefferson Airplane Loves You box. Perhaps RCA will include that when they get round to releasing a remastering, I seem to remember that the tracks I heard sounded radically different.

Oh dear, looks like my third Airplane upgrade on CD awaits. I upgraded a couple of years back ( you know that series with Jeff Tamarkin liner notes, and no extra tracks) and I guess I was happy with them until now. Do you know the "extra" album that came out around the same time as the rest of these? Live at the Fillmore East. Very very good. I also love the Blows album, while Sunfighter never really did it for me. I agree after Volunteers and Blows, it was sharply downhill, Bark has (a few) moments but I could no longer take Kantners lyrics seriously. Much more interesting was the Balin Bodacious recently reissued by the very exellent label Evangeline.

Thanks for all of these initial replies I will reread them a bit later and sift out what I can use, thanks to one and all! A consensus seems to be thatthe MPS reissues represent one of the high water marks of his playing, are these SACD reissues hybrid? Can I play them?(Deus, I will be in touch)

I hear what you say about your financial situation, but I must agree with several posters, go with the Mosaic if you can beg, borrow or steal...I took a chance on this , the first Mosaic I bought that I knew nothing about prior to purchase and ,Boy, was I happy that I took the plunge. It is (mostly) magnificent, so good that I rarely get past the first CD, because I press the repeat button...

Can no longer ignore the VME (Verve Mercenary Expropriation?) Oscar Peterson albums at my local retailer. I have heard nothing by him, and although I have heard some eulogies, (from piano players) I have only picked up negative impressions when his name turns up. What do board members think of him? Positive recomendations? cheers.

First bought the Zodiac Cosmic Sounds as an impressionable 15 year old when it was first released and on a domestic, english release, it was "heavy man."..and the "chicks" loved it, Cyrus reciting ponderous truths about the stars, and I am ashamed to say that the time (cringe) I loved it. Word of warning, I have not listened to it in 30 years! But I had to have a copy of the Water issue for old times sake. The Pearls however, I do play and with some regularity, and I must be one of the few to really love the Familiar Songs album.

This is one hell of a label! Tom Rapp, Eddie Gale, Joseph Spence, Sonny Sharrock, Holy Model Rounders, Duke Pearson, Zodiac Cosmic Sounds,William Fischer and now Mingus and Kirk, there must be something in the water in S.F.(again)! I need a subscription for everything these jokers put out because they have tapped into this old mans aesthetic big time!

Yes Kenny, that was the show. Too loud "man". But Ed was always good to see with his massive field drums. I remember the Pölice (their second gig) in their matching grey jump suits like a group of Tellytubbies....This post has opened the dusty attic of memories..I saw a great show by Canned Heat (always saw them when they were in town,) supported by Harvey Mandels group,he had recently moved over to let Henry Vestine rejoin the Heat.In the middle of Fitos drum solo during Refried Hockey boogie both bands streaked naked across the stage which,ahum, caused fito to miss a beat (or several, you can imagine that this was not a pretty sight) causing the band in various states of undress to return to the stage about 20 mins early to wind it up! Strategic placement of instruments was only helpful in some cases! And Henry Vestine was magic, like Ayler said he looked like shit but boy, could Sunflower buzz!

Yes, I was also at the Spirit gig, or perhaps it was a Kapt Kopter gig in reality. Funny, I had sublimated the fabulous Moorish decorations. I am pretty sure I saw Weather report there as well, but I could be wrong, (yeah I know that I said that I did not see any Jazz there!) Also Little Feat played there at least twice, and I liked them both times! The first was best though...Steely Dan, however,were crap. looks like all the surviving members of the audience at the John Cale et al show are on this board! Now does anybody remember the Sundown in Edmonton?

....and of course it was from the stage of the Rainbow that a jealous boyfriend threw/knocked Frank Zappa into the orchestra pit breaking his legs, that was a good show!

Love if only for Forever Changes.Glad to see Quicksiver getting a mention and also the Grape and the Airplane and... but where are Mad River?

Ah yes, the Rainbow...aka the Finsbury Park Astoria, was mainly a rock oriented ballroom, kind of a wannabe Fillmore... Opened by 3 shows by the Who, followed by Alice Cooper if I recall correctly. I remember seeing Poco,Little Feat, Steve Miller, a John Cale/Nico/Kevin Ayers thing which I think was recorded and so on...It closed after a few years when the Punk thing cleared the air. I do not recall ever seeing any jazz shows there.