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My latest was titled "Today's Krugman Column" . . . which I read. Got a good laugh out of it!

No I think that is identical to the original title, just plain "Bill English" I guess. Been awhile since I looked at the cover. I actually have this on cdr and I'm not sure I have it stored with a cover. Well really, "Bill English" ---nuff said! I too like the simplicity of these covers.

Wish I had a nice cold glassful right now!

Yes, I think it's "Introducing Bill English"---definitely fits right in there with the Burns lps! It would be nice if Vanguard would start reissuing some more jazz cds. . . .

It's a good one. . . so are all those sessions that have Al Grey and Bobby Hutcherson together. Would be nice to see these Vanguards and the other Argos out on cd!

They may have been recorded in live performances. . . separately! I don't believe that the recording "together" really exists. They may have the year wrong. 1960 would be more likely. I have never seen that movie. . . not a Cruz fan, not a sports fan.

Right, I haven't ever seen any of the other titles on cd, and haven't seen alternates. . . this is good news.

Good news! Of those I only have "Motoring Along" but it's a great cd!

Don't make me choose between Uptown and Eclipse! Apple and Orange as Jim has said. As for the early material, now at this point I would say get either one of the domestic sets used as cheaply as possible and see what you think. IF you really really like the resulting purchase, look into getting the Classics volumes sequentially. . . . That's a good way to get it all (in conjuction with Neatworks for the alternates) if that is where you feel you are headed.

I think I have learned to like ALL the Bill Evans'. . . though this was the one that I found EASIEST to love!

Yes, I think Miles had decided on Wayne and was going to get Wayne to complete his group of Young Lions. . . . Wayne had both the sort of mainstream jazz jobbing experience Miles could relate to, AND that Trane friendship and kindred/if maybe a few times removed exploratory track record. . . . PLUS Miles and Wayne had performed and recorded before (the 1962 Dorough session at least, probably other occasions) and he KNEW what the man was capable of and bring to the band, and he could weigh that against Sam's performances every occasion. . . !

I don't know where you're going to find the unissued material! Some of this stuff HAS come out on Japanese lp or cd (some of the ten inch material, some of the items like "Swing Hi, Swing Lo". . . .). Some of it may be avalialbe still around the place like "Empty Foxhole" on cd from out of print and used places. "Black Rhythm Happening" and "Ghetto Music" are available on cd this year from Water Records---highly recommended cd reissues. Some of the lease material may be available on cd from various Eropean sources (Lionel Hampton?)

I wouldn't be surprised to find that there were NONmusical reasons at play as is often the case in musical groupings (and Miles is no stranger to conflict among band members). Perhaps Miles didn't like NOT being the only old man in the group. Shorter fit in more with the age grouping of the rest of the band, Rivers did not. Maybe Miles couldn't lord it over Sam in the way he may have wanted to. Maybe Sam and Tony had a deeper relationship than Miles wished the two to have and he felt challenged by it. Either way I'd like there to be more of Sam in the group to hear, but if there isn't (I have three shows altogether to hear) so be it. We've got what followed.

I'd like to find more Chicago era sun Ra material, but they're not likely in any vault! I'd like to find more Una Mae Carlisle material in RCA or Columbia holdings. . . I think the Columbia might yield more.

Well, I listened to this twice yesterday, one time through the new copy of the French cd that I just got to replace the Koch version that skipped, and once to the Koch version to refresh myself as to where it skipped. Oddly, on my new player, the Koch didn't seem to skip, which it did on every other player I've had, or if it did I missed it this time! Anyway, a great and exciting listen. I've always liked this and I'm especially glad to have the two alternates on the end, and I've always felt that "I'll Remember April" ERR I MEAN "Concerto for Billy the Kid" is a real powerhouse, especially the stereo alternate that has that fantastic Evans solo where he quotes Monk among others. . . I really love that selection, could play it over and over. (And dig that siren on the stereo alternate of "Blewitt"!) Farmer, McKusick, Evans, Bauer: everyone plays so well, and the writing is right there for them. In some ways I don't think Russell ever topped this one.

One interesting thing to point out: there are no AMERICAN RVG versions of those two titles yet to compare with however. . . . The American versions that may come out MAY sound as good or better! (Anything is possible).

Well pressing plants are different, and the engineering right at the end before pressing can make a difference, as well as quality control of cabling and power, etc. But I think most anyone here could only offer guesswork of varying degress of education. Also I find that a lot of JRVGs sound different to me because of polarity reversal, something that has been debated on the boards over and over and which I believe is a real phenomenum: if it isn't polarity reversal somewhere in the chain the Japanese series, then something is happening that causes the cds to sound better in playback with the polarity reversed. That's just how I hear it in the first series of JRVGs especially. I also think that the RVG series in general, either side of the Pacific, yields sound that can be system dependent. JRVGs and RVGs sound pretty darned good in my listening system, less especially so in my computers at home or work or my B&O system in my living room. . . . They sound good, but don't "shine" as brightly.

Are you talking about RVGs from Japan, or TOCJ "non RVG" releases. I myself think many of the domestic RVGs sound better in some ways (or at least the polarity doesn't have to be reversed on some of them) than the Japanese counterparts, and I actually am a little bored with the sort of warm and fuzzy sound of TOCJ "non RVGs." As my stereo system has changed, so has my lust for these. . . .

RVG reveal what he did specifically? Not bloody likely! Maybe Steve Hoffman can put on his special cap and read what happened out of RVG's memory cells. . . .

Man, something is wrong with me. . . neither of those three sentences was really difficult to read.

I don't know anything about Jest Us; I had wondered about that a while ago and just forgot about it. The "Re-recorded" bit would mean, I think, that RVG and Lion sat down and RVG changed/re-engineered the recording to more resemble a Blue Note recording as he mastered this to lp. . . . This happened on a few other recordings that were purchased by the label and not recorded originally by RVG.

As Jim's neighbor might say. . . . Yeah buddy!