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Cool Flurin, those look great! Thanks for the pics.

I've been listening to Bob quite a bit, directly. I've been struck by his poetic gift . . .1964 to 1966 he was just at a peak of his powers of writing, really impressive stuff AND ON TOP OF THAT the spooky delivery and the aural delight of his performances. Then there was another peak around the New Morning/Planet Waves/Blood on the Tracks years, where his storytelling took grip and he crafted little slices of life that really resonate with deep life experience. Amazing! I'm LESS interested in what followed. . . but I'm going to do a little more exploring in that direction as I know there are gems in there. In my past I just took a lot of this for granted. But from my different vantage point now I see powerful artistry.

I'm not arguing about expecting Joss not to sound like a kid. I'm not really even a Joss disliker. But 'Retha didn't sound like a kid at 18 to me at all. There is a discernible differnce to me. Not everyone IS like Aretha though. Nor should they be expected to be.

Yeah, I think Vonzell is the one to watch. She gets better and better. She nailed "People" a few weeks ago too. NAILED it.

I would recommend it. I like all the players here; this has a nice soulful vibe going. Don't pay a lot though. It will surface again as a reissue I bet . . . or a cheaper copy. This was not a Connoisseur I don't believe; it was an early label reissue, then deleted, then a Collectors' Choice series reissue of the original cd.

To me they seem about the same as the other crop of singers. And to hear a different viewpoint, my wife has told me about ten times the last two months she thinks this final twelve is the best ever! Go figure!

Actually Aretha was I think a good dollop better at 17. That gospel record she recorded even earlier was amazing. By 18 I believe she was making some pretty spectacular stuff for Columbia. She seemed to have a bit more depth and maturity at that age than Joss is showing. . . .

Now I'm going to support Vonzell.

And yes Dan, Mikalah Gordon, who was so incredibly obnoxious, did the "God Bless the Child" version. She's going to be a beautiful woman when she grows up.

Well, I'll tell you why I'm watching it: Because my wife likes it a lot. Which initially surprised me a lot the first season, how much she responded to this show. Because she really hasn't cared much at ALL about music. She likes to dance a lot, but that is the one function she sees with music, and she doesn't really understand my obsession. BUT she has been asking me a lot about music since this show came on and she has begun to really understand more about music and about what it does and means for me. So this has been a great boon really, this show, for me. It's never angered me. . . . I guess these days only politicians really get me enraged!

Well, it's another Idol season. Last night Nadia Turner was booted. My favorites are almost always exiting about this time. . . . The big surprise for me this year was that a contestant did a Billie Holiday song. . . and it was the best song she did in the whole competition.

There was a piano collection, and also a tenor that had Byas and Hawkins sides. Also, I believe nearly all the lp Keynote set was out on cd between US and Japan and European affiliates. . . great stuff. I think that Universal really isn't that interested in putting more Commodore out on cd, and in fact a few of these may be becoming deleted now. . . . And lately relations between Mosaic and Universal seem downright good. . . (I mean. . .Basie!) Still, somehow I just don't see Mosaic revisiting material they released before even in a different format. . .

Thank goodness it doesn't function until you play the next disc if you leave it on top of the player!

I was thinking Antibes. . . I always think of this as the lp "Miles In Europe" and somehow "Live" snuck in there. To me this is THE performance on the box set.

I'd suggest Live in Europe be in the mix.

I'd go for the Miles singles.

She is fun to watch. . . I haven't bought the albums. I think she'll get better over the next few albums. I agree that "wisdom" will enhance her efforts. Alexander, I agree it is our culture's problem, and md655 didn't say it wasn't!

That does create a problem then. Well, buy with confidence the singles as far as sound quality. I've even found the new remasterings in the box set to best the sound on Japanese DSD cds I have of these titles from a few years ago!

The new My Funny Valentine and Four and More sound transformed! Looks as if there is going to be a portion of the box set, possibly a disc's worth, that will remain in the box set for now. . . . If you can swing it from www.yourmusic.com the box set may be the best route to go. (This is one of the best boxes in the Miles series of boxes in my opinion).

Me too.

Just came back from a poetry reading actually, sponsored by our agency's Cinco De Mayo Celebration Committee (don't laugh, it's nice we're having some exhibitions of hispanic culture, which is what this is, not just Mexican). Excellent poems written by the Nicaraugan poet Ruben Dario. Very nicely delivered readings!

Some of us signed up when it was (briefly?) $4.99. So yes, it has been $5.99 for a while. . . .

Bought the Laswell dub Marley thing. . . . Didn't even know about this but as soon as I found out I ordered a copy off half.com

A three 45 box of RCA Metronome All Stars recordings. Made a great gift to a friend!

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