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And isn't there a version (with strings) on "Highway One?"

The Hamilton is UCCI-9175; McFarland, UCCI-9186. "This album is remastered using 20bit A/D converter with K2 interface."

I have the Gary McFarland and Chico Hamilton from this series - it's 20 bit, K2, as above. Sound seems fine, happy to finaly have the music again.

Dizzy Gillespie, "The Greatest Trumpet of Them All;" and Tyrone Washington, "Natural Essence." Both of these albums left me a little cold when I first bought them (40 years ago? Is that possible?) - they seemed to promise a lot more than they delivered - so I'm anxious to revisit them.

Don't know about this CD (I can inquire), but the Allegheny Jazz Society presented concerts in Meadville, PA (90 miles north of Pittsburgh) for years. The man who presented the concerts liked mainstream-type jazz, and the artists reflected his tastes - Scott Hamilton, Joe Wilder, Dave McKenna, Weslia Whitfield, Barbara Lea were in regular rotation there, but those names are only a fraction of those wo appeared. The concerts were held in a small (maybe 40 seats around tables) hall, beer and wine were served, and you could meet the artists afterwards. Looking back, it was pretty special.

Or maybe he would have succumbed to the fashions of the period and made a bunch of fusion-y/sweetened/BlackByrd-ish/CTI totally forgettable albums.

Might be the only one of his Columbia's that hasn't. It's only been in the past year or so that any of his Columbia albums have been reissued, so were're making headway. (If I recall, "Gleam" pretty much represented what his live performances were really like in this period - maybe a little meandering, but different than the over-arranged studio albums. Heavy on the wah-wah electronics.)

Speaking of this, the Wall Street Journal reports that EMI is trying to figure out how to lease their catalog to other labels. So maybe my earlier post - only half serious - wasn't so far off the mark.

I think you're correct, it really wasn't a "title" song, just music played over the opening credits - if I remember, it just sort-of faded out when the credits ended, very arbitrary. Pretty much like the movie itself. But it will be interesting to see how my memories jibe with reality. (Probably in for a disappointment. I had a similar experience recently with Tony Crombie's "Man Fom Interpol" - my childhood recollection was much more positive than the actual music deserved.)

Is this coming out this week? Am I dreaming? It was a lousy movie, but that title song is still stuck in my head since I saw it as a kid when it came out in the '60's.

There was a second LP release of material from the same ("live") session on Impulse - might have been titled "Just the Way It Had To Be" - but the red cover doesn't ring a bell, that sounds like someting that would have been on "Pablo Live."

Joking about "Soul Station," I've aleady bought that one too many times!! Did get the XRCD - you're right - it's terrific!

With EMI a disaster (in this regard probably only slightly ahead of the other major labels), maybe Concord can buy Blue Note - it fits in with their "adult music"/reissue profile - and begin reissuing Blue Note albums in some kind of OJC/RVG/Keepnews Collection series. I could use a new version of "Soul Station," with updated notes by Ira Gitler.

This was very helpful! One point... there may have been 4 Griffin/Davis albums out of one night at Minton's... But thanks for the informative and enjoyable post!!!

So, Blue Note reissues are now confined to high-end, audiophile SACD/XRCD's?

Seems like the only major label still in the reissue business is Universal. Not sure anyone knows what to do anymore. But I actually was looking for a new copy of "Way Out West," so it's my lucky day.

Ahmad Jamal's "Live at Bubba's" - one of the great trio records of all time!

In a couple of cases, didn't Capitol go back and re-record entire albums in stereo? I think this is the case with at least one June Christy LP...

After years of the vilification of Ron McMaster, all of a sudden he's vindicated? I've made a mistake replacing the McMaster's with RVG's? And now I have to sign up for $60 a month (plus shipping) to get XRCD's? Although "Tomcat" is one of my favorites...

I'll buy it for the Lloyd G. Mayers cut - one of the best of those "organ & big band" productions that had a run in the '60's.

And, speaking of Eddie Harris discography questions, on "Tale of Two Cities" (one of those live sessions that Joel Dorn put out on a couple of labels), Harris mentions his upcoming album on Capitol, which apparently involved a lot of over-dubbing. (The comments come during one of the 1983 performances.) As far as I know, no such album ever materialized. Anyone know anything about this?

The local public library has this Mosaic box (and many others, as well). Pretty hip! I'm wondering if this is the case in other places...

It's on iTunes for $39.

It's also on (of course)the Rollins' "Prestige" box, which might be availble at a reasonable price.

My local store couldn't get it, but several copies appeared this week. Thinking I'd never find it, I picked up the "Mr. Kelly's" set, which I figured would be a consolation. It's a good one, pretty informal. Several of the same routines reappear on the "Hollywood" box.