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Dead tune. . . or Dylan tune? (Dead did dis, but Dylan done done it first! I think?)

I don't bellieve the director is into Scientology, but as an article that 7/4 linked to earlier in the thread indicates, Hubbard may well have been influenced (wittingly/unwittingly?) by Wells and the War of the Worlds itself in concocting his "methodology."

Great music! About a cd and a half's worth of this stuff (I think) has not been out on cd, and you'd spend a large amount of time and maybe more money trying to get all the cds that were released, and here you have a chance to get the vinyl at what looks to me a good price, all in one transaction. Have no qualms about the music, there's examples here of everything from New Orleans jazz recorded in New Orleans (and NYC) to vocal jazz from Dinah Washington and Marlene Morris et al to bebop from Hermanites et al. Harry Lim was a wonderful producer with great taste.

PS: I don't feel it's anything like the Kenton Presents; the small group stuff with the Kenton guys is a whole 'nother kettle of fish!

I thought you bought this from a board member last month? Anyway, I have had this since it was released. Interesting stuff! Not everyone's cup of tea. I like the sound of this orchestra, big and bold. And I think that Capitol was recording very well in those days and it shows here. The music ranges from swinging to limping along ponderously. But there is some really intriguing arranging and playing going on (amidst some not quite so successful at grabbing my attention). I haven't played this in some time mainly due to the way that my room is organized; it's in a corner I don't travel to often; I need to relocate and revisit.

I think you're right. I'll look at Beyonce's look! -_-

Interesting article.

It's not as easy as it looks. . . Hubbard et al battled the government for years about the status of the "methodology" as a "religion" and as far as I know they may still be doing so.

She shore looks purdy.

I'm not sure you can make that extrapolation over a few days of response or nonresponse on one small board on the 'net. And I do suspect that this set may have a lot of "non web user" appeal. I'd be MORE excited about it if I didn't have the sneaky suspicion I had a good portion of this already!

Nobody really needs one. . . Nobody really needs this "Best Blue Note Album in the World!" And if you did, in my opinion to make it "real" and valid, it would need to have some of the stuff from the first 15 years!

It will probably include the date where Buddy SINGS. . . .

I'd add "Summertime" by Bechet. And something by the Three Sounds should be on there.

Many more happy ones!

Alright! I'll mark my calendar!

Hope yourmusic.com gets these by fall. . . -_-

"Accept no Substitute!"

It's a fantastic cd. . . . I would have bought it indeed if I did not have it. . . . Paid about 26 dollars for it when it was freshly released!

I don't have an iPod, but I listen to box sets often enough. But not to this one often enough. . . . I need to revisit it. I sort of overdosed on Atlantic Trane about nine or ten years ago, and have only revisited it infrequently since then. I have the box set, I listened to it several times after buying it all the way through, and have mined only a few of the discs every since. It's an excellent box set in cd incarnation, and I actually prefer this material chronologically for some reason. You're going to have a lot of fun with it Mike!

Here's a quote from a Coltrane list subsciber that was forwarded to me, which verifies what I was told a few months ago to keep under my hat by someone who had talked to a member of the Monk family enterprise: In January the Library of Congress made a momentous musical find: a tape of the Thelonious Monk quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall on Nov. 29, 1957, a rarity by a little-recorded and short-lived band that had major historical significance. That tape - containing nearly an hour of music - will be released by Blue Note on Sept. 27, under the title "Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane: Live at Carnegie Hall," the record label announced.

Bowfinger, yes, quite an insightful little Scientologist parody. I lived with Scientologists in a large house that was rented out room by room for a few years. I know more than I want to about Scientology. I've seen it mess with some friends. I've even had some stuff, like a Wurlitzer electric piano and a few instrument amps, ripped off by Scientologists that spend so much time at the "org" that they could not afford to live honestly, there's not enough hours in the day to earn an income. And when you get right down to it, it's as mentioned above a paramilitary outfit that protects a select few, and their "religion" is gnostic stuff as old as the hills dressed up in pseudo-science fiction trappings. Just don't let them take over China as I think they want to!

I want to buy some Elis Regina cds. . . I'll probably pluck a few from Dusty Groove I've got the upcoming Sammy Davis Jr./Carmen McRae "Porgy and Bess" on preorder. . . for the McRae, not the Davis

Welcome naos! Pleast post plenty!

I think Marty has answered this excellently! (No surprise there!)