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Good advice here. Keep on keepin' on. You'll get there!

The Lars Gullin Mosaic. No, wait a minute, it's the second half of the volumes in the Dragon series. Seems like Mosaic work!

Good question! I have them all. . . in the Mosaic, and again many of them on Japanese Blue Note cds. . . but I tell you, I think they would sound splendid in RVG editions!

No, different dvds!

The Storyville DETS cd sets are excellent: the sound is great, they also have added on broadcasts from the Hurricane, and other broadcast material to each cd . . . great value.

Now reading Phillip K. Dick Society Newsletter #5 (last weekend went through boxes and got them all out and threw them in an Accogrip binder) while "Voices From the Street" sits on the chair beside the couch I'm sitting on, just waiting.

Well, not only that, but he was writing so well, if slowly and metinculously (which was very different from his earlier methods). "The Transformation of Timoty Archer" was an excellent, excellent novel, perhaps in some ways, his best, most mature. And who knows what "The Owl in Daylight" might have become. It's a shame. . .but reading about his life (and reading about how he felt those final years about his impending end) I find it hard to imagine he would live. You know, afer thinking about it for a decade I sent him a letter right at the start of '82, full of my awe and gratitude for his work, and a tale of hunting out each of his books after I bought the very first one ("The Zap Gun") in Addis Ababa in 1967. He replied in a bright breezy letter. . . and in weeks the news was that he had gone. I was just floored! I had never before been quite so moved by the death of someone not a member of my family.

Dawson was a teacher of Tony's I've read. I definitely hear some Dawson in Tony, especially in hihat use. And some Roy. And some Elveen too. But. . .he became his own man. . .almost before he qualified (as a man!)

Got my Select yesterday! So good to hear a clean "Inner Glow!"

Bud's book is worth reading.

This was recently available as a Japanese cd. . . I bet "Mr. Tanno" could get it for you.

I saw this film once. . . thought it was mean and depressing and I never want to see it again! I do like the Chico music though. . . .

WELL to me, they're QUITE different. Both are really great swinging things. . .but different.

Bud. . . love his tone and his suppleness. ALWAYS makes me happy!

Okay. . . I have listened to the whole thing at last. I like the bonus disc best! It's an okay show. . .but only that. . .some really tepid performances.

Well to be accurate. . . only about half the box really just jumps from Bird solo to Bird solo. On part of the Los Angeles stuff they allow bits of other music to slip in. In much of the New York material all or near all of a number is recorded. I thought this material would really bug me too. . . but to be honest. . . it's fascinating shit. And the booklet is amazing. You learn so much, and unexpectedly you learn a lot about Dean Benedetti that is so contrary to what Russell et al put out there, and is truly attention grabbing. And in the process learn something about jazz in the West Coast.

Hope you get the job to do the next Condon set!

Last weekend I listened to the "In Sweden" on Dragon. . . . Wow, that always makes me sit up and take notice, both the quartet and larger ensemble sides.

You'll like this music. . . but I won't say that is VERY VERY much like the Mob set. It's more cohesive in that it's not different artists but all sessions Condon very strongly midwifed, and is a bit more "stretched." Excellent stuff, excellent sound on the Mosaic (haven't heard the Collectables).

Elton and Rod. . . sorry. . . I just never did like their music. They're not in Stevie's league. . .FOR ME.

I know all about Decware. Wasn't recommending it to a European. I'd recommend them to Americans though. Supported for the lifetime of the owner. Hand built modified digital sources. Hand built amps, preamps, phono preamps, speakers! CEC. .. beltdriven transports and cd players. Excellent!

Sorry. Should have just typed Toots or Tootsie.

I like a lot of this set. . . . Haven't spun it in a while, need to get it out. Theilman does some nice playing on the sessions he's on!

Including Decware? Are they represented in Europe, or, more specifically, in the Netherlands? I've never seen them here. By the way I was recommending CEC to his friend, not Decware.

So far I think all the recommendations are for European supported equipment. . . .