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If this thread goes on long enough, ALL the work from this time period will be mentioned and it's ALL good! I once thought I wouldn't be too interested in this period of Ducal extravagance but I was wrong, dead in the ground decomposed wrong. I'll agree whole-heartedly with Brownie re: The Jaywalker. The "Piano Player" cd that came out on Storyville lately is also wonderful. And I'll mention two that aren't actual Ellington band performances but are excellent (in my opinion) pieces of music by Duke/Strays that I just enjoy and enjoy (and didn't expect much from). Both are from musical efforts, one only had a brief life, the other I don't think was every performed: Pousse Cafe (there is an Audiophile Records recording with Ellis Larkin on piano). Secret Ellington (small group ensembles of some great current players doing an interesting "libretto" and music).

Yes, I probably should view that series one day. I just am paring away my "viewing" in order to find more time for "listening" and "reading" . . . and that has been good.

I've never seen either. . . I've resisted I, Claudius because I love the two books so much. . . Graves really outdid even himself. Sometimes I don't WANT to see the filmed adaptations and ruin the movies in my head.

It's a natural for Verve's "LP by Request" series. . . here's hoping one day. I think a few tracks appeared on the "Compact Jazz" Cannon cd. Definitely worthy!

The way my listening has been the last months, I immediately thought of "That's it for the Other One" by Garcia, Kreutzman and Weir. . . . That's It For The Other One The other day they waited, the sky was dark and faded, Solemnly they stated, "He has to die, you know he has to die." All the children learnin', from books that they were burnin', Every leaf was turnin' ; to watch him die, you know he had to die. The summer sun looked down on him, his mother could but frown on him, And all the others sound on him, but it doesn't seem to matter. And when the day had ended, with rainbow colors blended, His mind remained unbended, he had to die, you know he had to die. Spanish lady comes to me, she lays on me this roes. It rainbow spirals round and round it trembles and explodes. It left a smoking crater of my mind I like to blow away. But the heat came 'round and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day. Comin', comin', comin' around, comin', around, comin', around, in a circle Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' around, in a circle, Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' in a circle. Skippin' through the lily fields I came across an empty space, It trembled and exploded, left a bus stop in it's place. The bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began, There was cowboy Neal at the wheel of the bus to never ever land. Comin', comin', comin' around, comin', around, comin', around, in a circle Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' around, in a circle, Comin', comin', comin' around, comin' in a circle. And when the day had ended, with rainbow colors blended, Their minds remained unbended, He had to die, Oh, you know he had to die.

Many more happy returns, miss you too!

Yowzah! Then to heck with Mosaic, come on Rearward!

Yes indeed, years of training and a fair dollop of hypergraphia yield results! Listening to a really cool "Turn on Your Lovelight" from St. Louis, 1969!

Well that's good news. I once saw a listing that included a number of hours of broadcast material. .. I'd really like to hear that as exciting as their live material I have heard has been!

Well PERSONALLY I'd like to see them collect the radio broadcasts that were made and that I would love to hear. That's selfish because I've sought out all the released material and love it. . . don't really need to have it collected by Mosaic, but agree that it would be an awesome set (and would hip so many to this incredible band!) Wonder what dealing Mosaic could do. . . .

Wow Thompson. . .I've read/own every scrap of his I've seen published, even his "Ironside" novel! I love his writing.

Thanks guys . . "you are kind!"

Tony, thanks, after nearly a full year of this we may be weeks away from the end. Helen's stem cell transplant was 18 days ago, and her white cell count is finally on the rise and the doctor's think everything is going well and are predicting a relatively long remission of the lymphoma. I'm going to keep on keeping on.

Those Capitol shows are something! There are some really good audience ones I've found, but yes a lot of them aren't worth hearing more than once. Those early years. . . they can be different from night to night! Sort of thrilling to hear them grow and change as Bill mentions. This is a rare period for me (I'm hoping) in my life. . . I sort of leaned on the Dead when my wife began getting her treatment last November and they were there for me. Diving deep into their music was something new and I found that their music HELPS me. I've been reading about them during this time period as well. The music is here in my head now, and welcome there. My wife is fairly supportive of the habit though no fan of the Dead.

Well, I get up 'round five a.m. and put on the first disc. I sing along in the shower and head down for breakfast--disc 2. Drive to work (okay, I walk)--disc 3. On a good day, one without pesky customers, I can nail about three or four more shows. Then, night comes, and I hit some of the heavier stuff. 3,000 shows? Nothing to it. Actually, I only download stuff between 66-72; and having done so for around four years, that's not totally insane. Now Lon on the other hand . . . . Lon on the other hand is downloading shows through 1975 (meager pickings from 1975!) I don't like Midland, never did, never will, and he ruins the later years for me. I'm not that crazy about the years from 1974 on when Hart returned and the Godchauxs sortof got jiggy. So it's not 3000 shows for me, but it's plenty! I've got ALL the official product from these years and will keep buying!

Cary, I don't know if you're wrong or right. . . I don't think you can really change the file, but I just find that the converted MP3s sound better on playback on my main system. Maybe I'm just imagining it. If so, it gives me something to do, it's sort of a ritual for me now after about 6 months or so of doing this for eMusic and Dead shows.

I convert to lossless. . . because actually I feel they make the cds sound "deeper" . . .better on my home system. It may be an illusion. I convert from lossless to AAC because of the capacity. . . I can store more on the iPod/iTunes (I have iTunes on an external harddrive as it already is larger than my notebook can hold). I've already dumped about 10G of audience shows from the iPod/iTunes that didn't sound so hot so after I'd listened to them a couple of times, I doubt I'd revisit them too often.

I'd love to see a Mosaic of the Ricky Ford Muse recordings.

That's a really good question. . . . Right now I'm listening to about 1/4 or 1/5 of what I'm downloading, I'm just stockpiling because I have the time (I won't have the time when I return to my "normal" life, this year of treatment and caretaking I refuse to see as "normal") and the availability is there. I'm having a lot of fun and am calmed by the mechanics of what I do (download the MP3, convert in iTunes to Apple Lossless, burn a backup cd, convert to AAC files, load to iPod) and I listen when I can (on the shuttle back and forth to the hospital, when my wife is sleeping in the hospital, in the evenings over my laptop and my Bose Companion 2 powered speakers, walking to the stores in the evening, etc.) I find that the cds burned with the Apple Lossless file sound pretty okay, not as fatiguing as otherwise, and the AAC files sound pretty good on the laptop and the iPod--these new B&O headphones (A8) that my father gave me are largely responsible for great sound, I've never head better headphones with an iPod or a regular stereo.

I'll tell my father-in-law to be on the lookout as he lives very close to you.

You are to blame! Well, since my life now consists for a month more or so of wasting time in medical waiting rooms, hospital rooms and hotel rooms in the medical center area, this speeding arrow is a good find and keeping my mind occupied!

Many many more happy returns!

Wow, this speeding arrow/zephyr is allowing me to hear shows I always wanted to, such as the Reno CA 1967 dates and the Mickey and the Hartbeat shows!

funny you say that - i thought the same thing. the packaging is waaaaaaay nicer. for me, i never picked up the previous prestige box due to mastering and packaging... -e- funny you say that - i thought no reason to buy this new one and the subsequent two because i have the complete box, have NO problem with the packaging (what's wrong with it?) or the mastering (it sounds great!)

I kind of like them all. I play these most: Karma - February 1969 Summun Bukmun Umyun - July 1970 Village of the Pharoahs - December 1971, November 1972, September 1973 Elevation - September 1973 I'd like to hear that Murray!