jazzbo

No shit Mark!

Well, I don't know who's fault THAT is. . . they're using the original covers on the series which is what I would/do want them to do. . . . What's kept me straight I guess is that I have been buying them as they come out, and on the top back left each says "The ***th in the series of reissues of the Crown LPs. . ." of some such phrase. They have released eight so far, and there is one more to come. An excellent series covering an incredible period in B. B.'s recording career. Also. . . I have some of the lps too. . .they sound like warmed over crap compared to these cds!

Yeah, that's how I hear it too.

I would really rather see these done differently though, along the lines of the EXCELLENT Crown lp reissue series that Ace is doing of the B.B. King Crown and Kent and RPM material. That way you'd have original lp covers, etc.

Guy, an awful lot of the material IS out on cd, if you don't have it though, it's worth considering this box set as the compacting of sides will mean LESS cds overall to buy, some of which are really only available as imports. . . . An amazing body of work!

Me too. I mean. . . should we be looking for Hank Mobleyian psychodrama?

Welcome! Nice avatar too. . . .!

Many many more happy ones!

That's not even an accurate statement for Big Sid let alone Don!

I hope they reissue more of that Danish saxophonist Ben Webster's work . . . .

That's exactly my situation! Now that we have an iMac, an iBook and Airport, we're not fussing.

Sounds like a good one! Nice that it has reappeared.

Interesting piano player too. . . . I'm going to spin the quartet session I have on MPS.

Yes, I love "Cabin in the Sky" top to bottom! Great film (and soundtrack). Those Lee EMI twofers can be . . . addictive.

SAD news!

Yes, Gable and Seymour! Good work!

No connection between the two.

Glad you're back!

No. . .photo was taken before Byrne was born. . . .

Good guess. . . but no.

Okay, let's try some photo identifications. . . that can be fun. Who are these persons?

Wasn't my post above I don't think, but little to argue with you about. I think the only way that alternate energy implementation in personal vehicles will take off is if it can be made incredibly profitable. . . . Profitable enough to be the new golden egg for those who are busy boredly reeling in the old golden eggs. It can be done, I'm sure. Will it be done? Not so sure.

That's how I heard it. There is very little in any style of American music that James Brown then could not pull off.

Dave, Oh there have been lawsuits slapped! They've mostly been unsuccessful. This being a "right to work" state, and each state agency employing "at will," when state agencies "restructure" or "reorganize" they can do things that they cannot otherwise. . . and get away with it. And when the Legislature tells agencies "give us money back and/or operate with less funding" and employees are let go. . . they have one deaf ear and another that listens to their appointed agency leaders and hears what they want to hear. When a governing body of a state agency is appointed by a Governor for example, and the biggest threat to them is "we're going to tell the Governor on you" (which ultimately, besides a few federal cases that are rarely won by employees, is the biggest deterrent to their behavior) then the threat is diluted beyond deterring behavior. So I think that state employees are protected less in some states than others, and that this instance is one where they are less protected, and the agency head is put in place by the Governor and acting along loose guidelines by the Legislature. . . . Not good for the employees.

I liked it. I just listened to it casually a few times so far with one sit down and really listen session that I enjoyed. I felt James was totally within the elements of the whole session. I didn't read the liner notes. I'm so bored reading liner notes. I rarely read them with attention except on the most historical of releases. . . . I mean so few are as good as Chri A's for the Mosaic Verve set, the notes to almost any Jazz Oracle, or the notes to Bix Restored Vol. 5 or a handful of others.