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Thanks for posting that. I wasn't aware of the Clarence Williams track.

May you spend your birthday merri-Lee!

Is that the last release in this year's subscription?

Amazon, but no additional info as of yet.

I just started listening to the 1978 concert. Fun stuff; the band has a looseness more akin to pre-1974 Dead.

Then, on Saturday, October 12 at 3:30 p.m. the Library and BackCountry Jazz will present Billie Holiday: a Celebration, a concert with an all-star ensemble performing the music of Billie Holiday. Just as Billie's music was created in company with jazz icons such as Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie and Artie Shaw, the concert will feature some of today's most celebrated jazz musicians: trumpeter Terell Stafford, pianist Donald Vega, bassist Peter Washington, drummer Victor Lewis, guitarist Tony Lombardozzi,vocalists Malou Beauvoir and Carla Cook under the direction of tenor saxophone master Bennie Wallace.

Why don't you do it?

Just noticed this on Amazon. Release date November 19. Amazon.

I always wondered why UK releases didn't show timings. Interesting.

Happy birthday - hope it's a greeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzy one!

The photo is OK, but the typeface is definitely not Reid Miles (who didn't do the cover). It's the font, and the placement of the text on the cover, that makes it un-Blue Note.

If the title has ever had a CD release, then the masters are already in digital format...I wouldn't think there's much additional cost in converting AIFF format to mp3, FLAC, etc.

Anthony Braxton Quartet (Coventry) 1985, $3.96 Anthony Braxton Quartet (Birmingham) 1985, $2.97 Anthony Braxton 20 Standards (Quartet) 2003, $9.49

Where? Nowhere now, but that would solve their cash crunch, as well as the need to find a pressing plant. If they're worried about the sound quality of mp3s, they could also offer in FLAC and such. But they could literally have this up and running in a week.

Maybe they can do some Bird's Eyes boxes.

Downloads...

Searching the web, I don't see a reference to this, so it could be my faulty memory. The Columbia series involved half-speed masters.

Thanks for posting the link. I have one quibble with the following paragraph: "It was not until 1992 that Wilder discovered that the prime three-channel deck had been running slightly slowly during the first session, with the result that on the LPs and CDs made from it, the numbers on side A (the first three tracks) played slightly sharp in musical pitch. By the time of the second recording session, seven weeks later, the prime three-track deck had received some maintenance, so the numbers on the LP's side B were recorded at the proper speed. To get the proper pitch without adjusting the playback deck's speed, and knowing that the backup tapes had never been played, Wilder used them for the 1992 Columbia Mastersound SBM Gold CD remastering. Those tapes have been used ever since, including for the SACD releases." IIRC, this was discovered around 1980. Columbia had a short-lived audiophile LP series which was meant to compete with Japanese imports: pressed on pure vinyl, with a clear heavy-duty plastic bag instead of shrink-wrap, etc. Very expensive, too, with discs around $20. They released KOB with the correct speed as part of this series. Does anyone else remember this?

Do the master tapes still exist? All the reissues have been needle-drops.

What's wrong with the way they're presented by Black Lion? AFAIK, they're long OOP.

Not sure your efforts are the right venue, but since you have an "in" with 1201 Music, it would be wonderful to have a properly-presented set of Monk's Black Lion recordings.

Just got this email regarding an upcoming Houston concert: Konk Pack Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 8pm Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios $13 general / $10 with student I.D. / Free 18 and under The British/German trio Konk Pack handles a gritty, writhing mass of electroacoustic sound/noise with the rare finesse and skill, one would only expect from veterans of the European improv scene. Puckish and virtuosic, Konk Pack has created a music that is as detailed as it is expansive. Their work possesses a potent mix of delicate textures interlaced with intermittent explosions of sound. The trio juxtaposes elements of weightlessness and heaviness, silence and clacking noise, to both seduce and terrify listeners. Thomas Lehn manipulates his analogue synthesizer with an electrifying, kinetic physicality. His able pianism, most obvious during his live performances, transcends through the patchbay of his vintage synthesizer, where it warps into something both startling and alluring. Born in Cologne, Germany, he studied both jazz and classical piano, and although his interest in electronic music began early on. Tim Hodgkinson is well-known amongst North American and European avant-garde audiences as a founding member of the legendary and radical art rock band Henry Cow, with whom he played for a decade. Tim Hodgkinson's musical output is marked by versatility, creativity, and an intense work ethic. His work encompasses improvisation, composition, activism, writing, lecturing, and ethnomusicology. To Konk Pack, he brings a sense of musical precision and instability, elements that have roots in his political and cultural view of music-making. Both intense and nuanced in his approach, veteran drummer Roger Turner exemplifies the extremes of percussion in contemporary jazz and improvisation. A powerful presence behind the kit, Turner draws audience members in with intricate detail, and then drives them into a foot stomping beat or an irresistible swing groove. Turner’s connections to jazz were established amongst the UK’s 60s Canterbury scene. He later worked with the ensembles of Elton Dean and Alan Silva, to name a few. The physicality of Turner's performances is not easily forgotten. The strength of his personality projects a natural humor that is well-balanced by his focused intensity. Ultimately, these three artists’ talents combine into a thrilling medley of pricks, thumps, and shrieking sound which possesses an unpredictable density and clarity. Learn more about Konk Pack: http://www.myspace.com/konkpack http://thomaslehn.de/read/info_kp.html http://www.thomaslehn.de http://timhodgkinson.co.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Turner_%28musician%29 http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mturner.html http://churchofgrob.com/Churchofgrob/CATALOG/Grob654/index.html

Not meant to offend, but have you cleaned the disc? If so, try playing it on other CD players and computers; you may find one that can play it. Also, if you have Roxio Toast or similar, try to make an exact copy of the disc onto a blank; the blank might then play.

Amazon is currently offering an mp3 download of Esoteric Circle for $6, possibly further diluting your potential sales: Amazon

I'm not aware of a song titled "Softly As A Summer Breeze". It sounds like a song title. I thought it might be a sequel to Softly As In A Morning Sunrise.