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At the end of the seventies, I had one of these for a few years. The only car I've ever had that made me forget about motorcycles. . . . Mine didn't look this pretty when I got my hands on it, wish it did!

Saw lots of those Fiats in Addis Ababa 1966-1968---they were the taxis! I have one of these in my driveway, but sure doesn't look this nice:

I recommend this one, on the excellent Uptown label:

I've started grabbing these. I really like the "Surrealistic Pillow" remastering. "Comin' Back to Me" is one of my favorite musical moments of the mid-sixties. I love how the mood is introduced to this song right up front and how the arrangement (spontaneous perhaps) just sustains that throughout. Beautiful stuff. I feel this remastering really brings out the space and the delicacy of the original recording. I actually think this is a pretty good source recording. Texture and "room" are well displayed and there is still plenty of punch and ring to the electric sounds. The way the piano is recorded and placed on that one track for example is "just right" if you ask me. I've been enjoying listening to this music after a long time of not spinning it.

That's interesting. . . but to my knowledge there WAS no mid-nineties reissue of either the Lateef or Gabor titles (there was a nice sounding K2 Japanese reissue of the Gabor later).

Yes, "Belly of the Sun" is her best imo.

Hmmm. . . that's funny because I like the newer stuff MORE. But that's me!

Plenty o' drums and drummers! Looks good. Thanks for the headsup.

A 10" twofer with Urbie Green and Lou Mecca.

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Amen. RIP Coretta.

I think Vol. 3 and Vol. 4 have all the discographic/personnel information printed on the back card, and have covers. They're phenomenal reissues.

My favorite. You'll dig.

Cool news!

I don't know about the international postage rates, but www.dustygroove.com has a lot of the JIP discs for 4.99 US and the three boxes for 19.99 US. . . . EDIT: Well they had the boxes and may have them again. There are dozens of the individual cds though.

Buddy really should have not sung at all early in his career. . . late forties big band sides with vocals were awful! I do have one Verve lp though where he sings and to behonest I like it. Maybe it's a fluke. . . . I mean I won't ever listen to it over and over and over. . . .

My enthusiasm for this town wanes and wanes. . . . With an illness in the family and a stressy and extra-hours month or three at work, I'm not really available for socializing for a spell. . . . In a few months maybe let's try to get together!

Dan, I understand where you stand. . . . Cliff, I think that say "I'm Yours, You're Mine" or "The Audience with Betty Carter" (though it's a double, but it's doubly good) are good solid starting points.

Hmmm. . . just can't agree with Chris and Dan on this one. (And can't imagine anything "grotesque" about a single note on say "It's Not about the Melody"). I feel she was a master. A totally different singer than Ella (who I love madly). But perhaps for me more moving. I don't hear her as a Sarah imitator. (I'm not that much of a Sarah fan).

Just finished listening to "Sleepy Time Down South" on "It's Not about the Melody." Wow. So nice. . . a great sendoff for my yucky day (just about to accompany my wife to the clinic).

I would categorize my collection "Jazz" and "everything else," with a large area in between where they sort of blend into each other in a hard to define way. . . .

How do I factor in "not on the scene but alive" and "burned out badly?"

I think there was a British (?) CTI reissue of Free recently. The one I have is the original US reissue with two extra tracks, So Tender and Jequite. I've always liked that one.

Wow thanks for sharing those experiences Allen and Allan. John, I know exactly what you are talking about with Lee and with Woody. . . but. . . though I have the complete official recordings of both I believe and a lot of unofficial. . .the work of neither has something that I would be hard-pressed to explain that Miles' work has that makes me LIVE in the recordings, they're really a part of my life. The way they have captivated ME as a jazz fanatic makes me understand a bit how they captivated the attention and market in nonjazz fanatic ways.

"No singer on earth is more woman than Betty Carter" Ray Charles is reported to have said. Bold words that could be interpreted many ways. In fact you might even invert the phrase somewhat and some I'm sure will agree "There is no woman on earth more a singer than Betty Carter". . . Alas there is no more "is" but "was." In my opinion she left us at the top of her game. She kept getting better and better in all the ways I can see. She became more herself as an artist. She became so secure and deep. Also, she became an excellent producer. If I were a horn player in the field today I would vehemently wish she could produce an album for me. Arrange and work with my r-section too. It would challenge and bring out the best in me. I miss Betty Carter! I'm lucky in that I came to become a big fan late in the game and I have more to explore. But there will be no more great Bet-Car productions to anticipate. . . . Recently the one I'm stuck on, that I play a lot is "I'm Yours, You're Mine". . . . Pop in a post if you're a fan.