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I am one of those My current TT hasn't any dust cover, I build one by myself to protect it from dust and other 'accidents' when it's not playing. With the previous TT (Thorens and Linn) I removed the cover. About the dust while playing, I believe there is no way to really protect records, dust cover doesn't really seal, so I usually clean records with a RCM before playing them. I clean them before playing and use the dustcover while playing. Gives me peace of mind.

NOT produced for Strata-East. Clifford produced these for a label he was going to operate called Frontier. That enterprise never materialized and he licensed some titles to Strata-East. At some point around 1980 he offered the masters to me. He played unissued dates by Wilbur Ware and Ed Blackwell from this stockpile. He included his own titles "Glass Bead Games and In the World as part of the package. He said he was withholding a Don Cherry date at Don's request. Chuck - Do you know if there was a connection between the stillborn Frontier label and Harvey Brown's Frontier Press which was active during that time frame? edit - Googled Harvey Brown - Frontier Press and answered my own question: From - Olson's Buffalo Michael Boughn The earliest appearance of community in this sense was around Harvey Brown’s Frontier Press. Harvey Brown came to Buffalo in the fall of 1964. Like many of the others then flocking to the city, he came from Cleveland, Ohio via the Al Cook connection. Cook, who had been teaching at Case Western, was hired as Chair of the English Department at the new State University of New York, and given tremendous resources to build the Department. Many of those he had worked with and taught at Case Western were hired to teach at Buffalo, or followed others there as students. Unlike most others, however, Brown was a millionaire, a designation that still meant something of consequence in 1964. His grandfather had invented a mechanism that facilitated the off-loading of materials from river barges, and the money he accumulated from his invention propelled his family into the upper echelons of Ohio society. By the time Harvey Brown got to Buffalo, he had rejected both his social position, preferring the company of jazz musicians to debutantes, and his financial position. His relation to the money he inherited was based on the understanding that it embodied two contradictory energies or powers: accumulation and circulation. Call them angels. Brown felt that to capitulate to the angel of accumulation was to give power over your life to money, to allow it to rule your spirit. To give that power over to the angel of circulation, on the other hand, was to subjugate money to spirit. That was the path he chose, and Olson became one of the main instruments he used to realize it. Harvey Brown’s connection with Charles Olson was immediate and intense. In so far as they shared a sense of political priorities, Olson fit into Brown’s plans to use his money to further certain specific ends. Brown, through his connections with jazz musicians in New York and Cleveland, had started a recording company to further the work of struggling artists such as Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Clifford Brown, and Clifford Jordan. Brown understood the work of these artists to constitute the ground of a new American republic, the visionary incarnation of Winthrop’s City on a Hill. It was an ec-centric community whose importance was both in its antithetical message, and in the method it had pioneered: improvisation based on the call and response of traditional African-American music (see Brown’s fascicle “Jazz Playing” in The Curriculum of the Soul). That method for Brown resonated precisely with Olson’s sense of the projective, and that correspondence provided the basis for Brown’s ongoing support for both the recording project, and for Frontier Press. Though Harvey Brown was a bit late on the scene to record Clifford Brown.

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I believe that some audiophiles claim that a turntable cover affects sound reproduction in a negative way. That may be so, but I prefer to protect my LPs from dust while they're playing.

Almost all of the Black Saint/Soul Note catalog is available on CD. (I think there were some titles that weren't reissued, but probably 95% was.) Cadence currently distributes Black Saint and Soul Note. http://db.cadencebuilding.com/search/

Also available from CD Universe: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6526911 Don't know how their price compares to DG's, but it's currently available there.

I'm not a numbers guy (which may automatically disqualify my opinion), but some of the names you've thrown out as not deserving are a bit surprising. Koufax, Dean, Ryan? Are these even on anyone's "marginal" list? And you say on the one hand five good years shouldn't qualify a pitcher, then say Ryan's longevity shouldn't be a factor either. I dunno. ... I'm sure you have stats to back up your opinions on these guys, but I just wouldn't give any of these three a second thought. I'm not a stats guy - some people can make statistics say anything (see Scott Boros) - but when they're there, they're there. Sandy Koufax: 129-47 last six years. Last five years a fantastic 111-34. But 36-40 first six years. Five (maybe six years) don't make a Hall of Fame career - at least imo. Dizzy Dean: 3 fantastic seasons - 82-32; 2 good seasons 18-15 & 20-18; injured in 1937 & was never the same pitcher. Three great seasons don't make a Hall of Fame career - again, my opinion. Nolan Ryan: .526 career w-l percentage. Hall of Fame? Shouldn't be, imo. But all three are in the Hall of Fame, and I recognize their accomplishments as fine achievements. That's one of the great things about baseball - everyone has their opinions and no one is always right. I'm not a stats guy either, but Kofax was just plain dominant. I don't know if you ever watched him pitch, but he was virtually unhittable with confidence to burn. Until he injured his throwing elbow [which Tommy John surgery would have easily got him back out on he mound] he was just plain Mr. Automatic. Jim Brown had a [relatively] short playing career, too. He belongs in the NFL HOF just as Kofax does in the MLB HOF. It's the impact a player has, not years of service. And Nolan Ryan...the all-time strike out leader? He was even more dominant than Kofax was. Who's going to catch him? You'd have to glue two good careers together by almost anyone you care to name to beat Ryan in SOs. The W-L stat you put out as your evidence only speaks volumes about the crappy ballclubs he pitched for not his impact on the game or his talent. He belongs in the HOF. Jim Brown played nine years in the NFL - a good career for a running back. Believe he led the league in rushing in eight of those nine years. As I said about Mr. Koufax - by the way, you probably should learn to spell his name correctly if you're going to write something supporting him - five dominant years in baseball don't add up to the Hall Fame - at least imo. I guess they do in yours. As I said about Nolan Ryan earlier - see Walter Johnson, Steve Carlton, and Ferguson Jenkins - Hall of Famers who also pitched for some bad teams.

That's got to be one of the coolest Strata East covers I've ever seen! Take that its not available on cd? Bellaphon Records (Germany) reissued it on CD in 1993 - probably out of print now.

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I'm not a numbers guy (which may automatically disqualify my opinion), but some of the names you've thrown out as not deserving are a bit surprising. Koufax, Dean, Ryan? Are these even on anyone's "marginal" list? And you say on the one hand five good years shouldn't qualify a pitcher, then say Ryan's longevity shouldn't be a factor either. I dunno. ... I'm sure you have stats to back up your opinions on these guys, but I just wouldn't give any of these three a second thought. I'm not a stats guy - some people can make statistics say anything (see Scott Boros) - but when they're there, they're there. Sandy Koufax: 129-47 last six years. Last five years a fantastic 111-34. But 36-40 first six years. Five (maybe six years) don't make a Hall of Fame career - at least imo. Dizzy Dean: 3 fantastic seasons - 82-32; 2 good seasons 18-15 & 20-18; injured in 1937 & was never the same pitcher. Three great seasons don't make a Hall of Fame career - again, my opinion. Nolan Ryan: .526 career w-l percentage. Hall of Fame? Shouldn't be, imo. But all three are in the Hall of Fame, and I recognize their accomplishments as fine achievements. That's one of the great things about baseball - everyone has their opinions and no one is always right.

I disagree with you on Jim Rice ....check out these stats : Dick Bresciani, the Vice President of Publications & Archives with the Boston Red Sox, recently mailed out his arguments for the inclusion of Jim Rice in the Baseball Hall of Fame (an argument with which I agree, by the way). Bresc's many points were very compelling. Here are but a few: CAREER (1974-1989) Led A.L. with 382 HR and 1451 RBI in his 16-year career, all with Boston. Rare Power & Average: Seventeen players with 300+ HR and a career AVG as high as Rice have been on the HOF ballot. All but Rice are HOF: Aaron, Brett, DiMaggio, Foxx, Gehrig, Greenberg, Hornsby, Klein, Mantle, Mays, Mize, Musial, Ott, Rice, Ruth, A. Simmons, T. Williams. 8-time All-Star 8-time 100 RBI 7-time .300 hitter 6-time Top 5 in A.L. MVP – more than anyone else during Rice’s career (Murray 5) 4-time A.L. TB leader 3-time A.L. HR leader 1978 A.L. MVP (.315 AVG, 46 HR, 139 RBI, 406 TB, .600 SLG, 213 H, 15 3B) Only M.L. player to lead either league outright in 3B, HR, and RBI Only A.L. player with 400+ TB since 1937 (Joe DiMaggio) A.L. record for biggest margin in TB (113 over Murray) Only A.L. player with 46+ HR between ’69 (Killebrew) and ’87 (McGwire) 3-YEAR STRETCH (1977-1979) Only player in M.L. history with 3 straight seasons of 35+ HR and 200+ hits Tied A.L. record of 3 consecutive years as TB leader (Williams, Cobb) Ruth and Foxx are the others in A.L. with 3+ straight 39+ HR, .315 seasons. A DOZEN YEARS OF DOMINANCE (1975-1986) Twenty M.L. players have hit .300+ with 350+ HR over a 12-season stretch (Babe Ruth was the first, from 1915-1926), but Jim Rice stands alone in his dozen years (1975-86). He is the only M.L. player of his generation who accomplished the feat (linking 1974, when Hank Aaron became the career HR leader, to 2001, when Barry Bonds became the single-season HR leader). All players on the following list who have been on the Hall of Fame ballot have been elected – except for Jim Rice. From 1975 to 1986 Jim Rice was the most dominant player in the American League. During that 12-year stretch he led the league in 12 categories and ranked among the top five in two others. His numbers are indicative of a player who was dangerous in nearly every situation. He led the league over that period with 350 home runs but unlike most sluggers of his day, he ranked fourth with a .304 batting average. He collected the most hits over that time period and also ranked first with a .520 slugging percentage. He legged-out 73 triples, including 15 in 1977 and 1978, and he was the most dangerous outfielder to run on in the American League. In every category he ranks above or among existing Hall of Famers. Good points - The Sox have a good p.r. man. What I looked at was: 400 career home runs - Nope. .300 career batting average - Nope. 1500 career rbi's - Nope. Golden glove outfielder - Nope. I have nothing against Jim Rice. He had his problems with the Boston press, which may well be a point in his favor. When I saw him on the field, he always seemed to conduct himself as a gentleman. He was a very good hitter and I always hated to see him come to bat against the Yankees. I'm happy for for him and for his fans.

See a few I've passed up but am still interested in. Probably a good time to support Mosaic.

I have no connection to jazzmusicdepot, but I'll put in another plug for Perkins/Strazzeri: Two As One - one to hear.

Personally, I didn't think that Jim Rice deserved to be in the HOF, but he's in and I tip my hat to him. I think that standards have been lowered in recent years, and that exceptions have been made in the past that shouldn't have been made. I don't think that Phil Rizzuto should have been elected. I don't think that Pee Wee Reese should have been elected. I don't believe that Tony Perez should have been elected. I don't think that Sandy Koufax or Dizzy Dean Should have been elected - five great years don't equal a Hall of Fame career. I don't feel that Nolan Ryan should have been elected - won a lot of games because he pitched for a long time; struck out out a lot of hitters; pitched a bunch of no-hitters; but his won lost percentage is terrible. People say that he pitched for bad teams, but Steve Carlton, Ferguson Jenkins, and Walter Johnson pitched for bad teams and had appreciably higher W/L percentages. I don't think that Thurman Munson should be elected to the Hall of Fame. I feel that membership in the Hall of Fame should be limited to great players, and that very good players should be seen as very good players but not Hall of Famers. Those are my opinions, and I realize that's what they are. I respect all of the players who have been elected to the Hall of Fame even if I may not agree with their election.

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Bud Powell: "Un Poco Loco" and "You Go To My Head" from The Amazing Bud Powell Volume One (BN RVG) I never get tired of listening to "Un Poco Loco", no matter how many times I hear it.

Jim - your comments on Mulligan reminded me of a recent e-mail I got from a friend - hope he doesn't mind me quoting him: I think describing Mulligan as "limited" is perfectly fair. Sometimes that "limited" thing absolutely hits the spot for me, sometimes it doesn't. From having transcribed some of his quartet arrangements, I have to say that it's one of those cases where, as Mark Twain said about Wagner, "His music is better than it sounds." Every time I do one of those transcriptions, I gain more respect for Mulligan as an arranger, but even so, it's a sound you either like or you don't, and most people don't do their listening with a pad of manuscript paper in front of them. (Believe me, I don't recommend it!)

N.Y. Times obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/arts/music/11jeter.html

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David Izenzon's playing on the Golden Circle records is perfect. If he had done nothing else, his reputation (at least with me) would be secure.

:party: A Very Happy Birthday to you!!! :party:

Guess we're getting that now - supposedly 4-8" by tomorrow. I know that's a normal day for the folks in Michigan or Buffalo, so I'm not complaining.

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Happy Birthday!