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The MTM show (1970-77) and the earlier BN show (1972-78) were contemporaneous, so I don't think there would be any "'next generation' of actors" problem. Also, I had no impression that Newhart himself (the only standup in his show's cast) was doing less or other than he should in terms of inhabiting his character effectively. MTM regulars: • Lou Grant (Edward Asner) Mary's boss • Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod), the head copy writer • Ted Baxter (Ted Knight), the vain, pompous, dim-witted news anchor. • Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper) (1970–74), Mary's best friend and upstairs neighbor. • Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman) (1970–75), Mary's snobbish landlady • Georgette Franklin Baxter (Georgia Engel) (1972–77), Ted's sweet-natured girlfriend and eventual wife. • Sue Ann Nivens (Betty White) (1973–77), host of The Happy Homemaker show. Her superficially ever-cheerful demeanor belies her true, man-chasing nature. She is particularly attracted to Lou Grant. BN show regulars: • Bob Newhart as Dr. Robert Hartley, psychologist • Suzanne Pleshette as Emily Hartley, his wife, a school teacher • Bill Daily as Howard Borden, their next-door neighbor, an airline navigator • Peter Bonerz as Dr. Jerry Robinson, Bob's friend, an orthodontist • Marcia Wallace as Carol Kester, their receptionist Larry, my point was MTM and Asner were veterans of earlier television than BN and his crew, a time when there was likely much more of a "we have to nail this because we have one shot" energy and philosophy. That could make a big difference in the feel of the recordings.

RIP dear lady of song!

You won't want that set Dave. . . it has uncredited "singing" by Keith Jarrett on every track.

So the difference I think is the actors. . . and what they are used to, live television for instance in the MTM case. . . they were just more "on" perhaps. The director in the BN show somehow couldn't get this "next generation" of actors (stand up comedian, more video-tape-studio-experienced actors perhaps?) to be in the same frame of mind and modus operandum?

It's a piece of history, it's a labor of love. . . . I think you'll find yourself immersed in it more often than you might originally think.

Wow, they must be in between printings. That's a fantastic box set.

Man I haven't spun that Herman LP in a long time. Was a good one. I think Rhodes is used on "Fiesta."

Congrats! Since I bought a 2006 Les Paul Vintage Mahogany Studio (with updated switches and pots and a paper in oil cap) I have let my two other electric guitars sit idle. Wow. What a great guitar.

Yes, all the stuff of Tal and Eddie here and elsewhere are special!

I have the Ivory Classics box set and really like it. I also have, and also really enjoy, Preludes 1 and 2 by Catherine Collard, on RCA, on Japanese cds. Both of these are available at www.broinc.com

The manual to my new Roland TD-9S V-Drums kit.

Yep. And knowing how much I love to contradict myself, surprisingly I STILL agree 100% with that!

Hmm. . . I'm actually not a fan of Close or Turner particularly, so I'm glad that O'Day reminds me of neither! I listened to disc two of the Handy Mosaic this afternoon. . . right before going off to see "Che (Part One)". . . .

Okay, I just want to say. . . you can design a tube amp with nearly perfect linearity and about as "pure" a sound as a solids state sound. There are many audio amps that are this way. I love them. They don't necessarily make tube guitar amps that way. For a good reason. I love them. Almost every amp in my house, stereo and instrument, has tubes! At the moment the only exception is my Warwick bass amp. Give me time. . . .

I'm listening to a lot of Claude Thornhill and WISHING there was a Mosaic set. In the latest stuff. . . I'm hearing piano and bass and drums that seems Monkish. And it makes me think that Thelonious was listening hard to Claude (?)

I personally don't think any of his stuff is "too out there." He wasn't much of an out there player. Try his work with Cannonball Adderly or Chico Hamilton. Good stuff.

They did add a nice silver lining to this booklet. . . quite appealing.

I think the answer to your question was no!

Thurber was amazing. I have a 1000 page biography of him on my shelves. . . I really must read it one day. . . .

I think I understand what Jim is saying. . . but I just don't read this sort of thing into or find it coming out of the music. . . . I think Jarrett is most likely among the most pretentious of living jazz musicians. But i really enjoy his music without an interpolation or intervention of his pretentious, prickly (or to believe a few here, puerile) personality. And I'm happy for that. I've gotten many many hours of enjoyment. Thanks for the reminder about "Book of Ways." Need to dig that out soon.

THANK YOU! Those are good suggestions HP!

Oh hell, I think ICDsoft is a dick.

I'll say he has.

Ra actually reached into Western esoteric philosophy and mysticism, especially that from Egypt. And peppered it with pulp science fiction spice. It's okay for me until you hear him preaching it. . . then to ME (others have different reactions) it seems loudly BS.

Try this one: There are in my opinion DIFFERENT Jarretts. . . this is one of those that show my favorite Jarrett.