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I have several versions of this and am not going to rebuy it on SACD. The Blue Note and Impulse SACDs I've bought from AP haven't knocked my socks way off. They're good, but so are other versions I have. Great album! I love the soulfulness of both Ike and Grant, they both have these deep lines that just reach out and grab you. And everyone else is there to make it so possible. A classic. I've a strong relationship with Blue Note, very few I don't like. I especially like the first fifteen years or so, not much talked about but real labor of love music from all concerned, timeless.

Wow! Many more happy returns young man!

Didn't know about the Jazz Loft thing. I paid a good bit for mine, but glad to have it. You're right. . . the notes are nothing much, and this music is for the most part not analyzed much or talked about in print that much. Lord knows I don't know what to say about it. I just. . . dig it. Sometimes I think I understand it, sometimes I know I don't. But I've really enjoyed it all my adult life.

We were lucky it came out at all, it very nearly didn't. And I don't think they pressed that many. And it went out of print about the time that they announced the Genius trumpet case, so they likely held back the final thousand for that. You can get used and new copies on amazon from market place sellers, and the prices are slipping a little. (This was never a reasonably priced set even on release). And amazon itself is selling a Japanese version supposedly in stock, for quite a bit of money, 215 dollars.

Doesn't seem hard to find. Just not cheap. Perhaps there will be more used copies out there soon and the price of those may come down. There were a lot of the Genius boxes sold when Pop Market had them for between 4 and 5 hundred. . . a lot of those people are going to have duplicate box sets to sell via amazon marketplace etc.

Getting near the end of Castle Second Season. Some pretty funny stuff.

Many many happy returns!

Interesting. Recordings include those done at 15 and 17 years of age. Hans, you might want to correct your link description to reflect that it's a three cd set.

I'm not happy about it either. Just think that as Universal has been ignoring reissuing any, the vacuum will get filled.

I think it's very close to the time that Fresh Sound starts reissuing Gibbs lps in two lps per cd or three lps on two cd sets.

You just want to frame the cover!

The Getz collection is cheaper elsewhere, e.g. amazon.fr

Good fun.

Wow. I already have all this material I think. It's good stuff. Will I buy it again? Maybe.

Anyone who has this set . . . the initial batch had a defective disc four, "Laughing on the Outside." The defect is that it does not contain two proper bonus tracks, other tracks are substituted. There is a replacement disc, and Jim Lane of Sony is THE MAN for this disc. I emailed him for one on Friday, received it today. If you discover you need a replacement disc, email him at: jim.lane@sonymusic.com

It sounds good but. . . I like the RVG as much or a bit better. I know that RVGs aren't popular among audiophiles, but many of them sound really good on my system.

The Sanders. . . I like them. They're not the wildest, if that's a consolation. But if you weren't really jazzed by the others, these aren't going to make a convert out of you.

Egads! Fusion! I'll have to hope for the best.

Going to be interesting to see what's really on the Christian. The blurb mentions Minneapolis recordings on Columbia. . . I think that was only a few tracks. If they found more. . . well that's great, but wouldn't they be touting that to high heavens? I would!

That's absolutely true Alexander. Medication brought my wife back to me for a decade. I'm glad to hear that they've been helping you these last years. Onward and upward!

I'm thinking it might be cool to find one day the two issues of Dell's "Get Smart" comic book that Steve Ditko drew in '66.

James is right, you've been very brave, and have accomplished a lot. And you should be proud of these accomplishments.

I can imagine your smile when that cork is pulled! Enjoy it Kevin!

Have a good one, and many many happy happy returns!

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