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But the column—which continues under her daughter, Jeanne Phillips—wasn't all pressing societal issues. In her advice to an old woman who complained that her husband did Spanish dances at parties and took out his dentures to use as castanets, Abby had little sympathy. "Let him have a good time," she counseled.

The Bach Guild's (Vanguard) Big Beethoven Box. 15 hours of music for 99 cents: http://www.amazon.com/Big-Beethoven-Box/dp/B00AOMZHSO/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Just noticed this on Wolfgang's Vault. The pairing of Tal and Jim Hall sounds crazy. Makes me tempted to get a subscription: http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/jim-hall-and-tal-farlow/concerts/central-park-june-30-1973.html

Thanks for the link, and thanks for alerting us to this.

Please provide a link; thanks. I find the layout of their site baffling.

Have a good 7/4 time!

Previously discussed here:

Now that the release date's approaching (Jan 29), what's the best price available? Amazon's stabilized at $45.75.

I might go. Good Friday, btw.

It'll be interesting to see how "music" is defined. If music at a certain resolution and bitrate is protected by copyright, would the same music under a higher or lower resolution be considered the "same" music?

I'm interested, both as a music business development and for the music itself, but if there's no way that I can hear it, then...?

Happy birthday! I do enjoy your knowledgeable posts.

On Jan. 8, 1968,Otis Redding's "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" was released on Stax's Volt label. Co-written by Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper, the single reached No. 1 on Billboard's pop chart in March 1968, where it remained for four weeks. Two Grammys followed, along with the song's induction into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Redding never heard the single. On Dec. 10, 1967—just 18 days after the recording session—the 26-year-old singer died in a plane crash in Wisconsin, killing everyone on board except Ben Cauley, the trumpeter in his band. Mr. Cropper, pianist Booker T. Jones, trumpeter Wayne Jackson and Mr. Cauley recalled how the song was written and recorded, why sounds of surf and gulls were added, and the story behind Redding's famed whistling. The full Marc Myers article here: WSJ

Agreed. One CD in my 3-disc Getz West Coast/East of the Sun album won't play as it nears 80 mins. Someone - I think it was Clunky (?) - said his copy had the same problem. So did mine.

I worked at a jazz record store when Weekend In LA came out. That thing flew out the door for many many months. Two record set, too - kinda expensive. But people wanted that, and wanted to hear it. You couldn't walk down the streets of Manhattan without hearing On Broadway. Sometime in the early '80's ('82?), I saw Benson sitting in with the Art Blakey band at the Village Gate, so I don't think he ever turned his back on jazz. He's just good at what he does.

Ray Collins, who invited guitarist Frank Zappa to join the band that eventually became the Mothers of Invention, has died at age 75. Read more: Early Mothers of Invention member Ray Collins dies - The Denver Posthttp://www.denverpos...s#ixzz2GJaCjAuN

It was great seeing that photo in the WSJ.

Amid the shifting trends and fads that underlie the year-end holiday shopping binge in Japan, one item commands enduring and dogged fascination among retired baby boomers and others by conjuring up an enthusiasm for jazz from decades past. Jazz fans have taken to buying vinyl Blue Note records that almost exactly re-create original recordings dating back to the 1950s. Vinyl junkies are apparently obsessed with the otherwise obsolete pressing technology that re-creates the original look and feel of the records–even though originals they are not. More here: WSJ

Now available on eMusic for $90.87: eMusic

To every thing, turn, turn turn….and when there’s a time to dance, put on a record, not an iPod. For the daring or the curious,the Instructables website has instructions for converting today’s modern MP3 files into old-timey records. Read more: http://www.foxnews.c...s#ixzz2G5b8UNAS

Amazon has many albums this week for $5.00 each: Amazon

" Anheuser-Busch InBev no longer prominently markets the beers on its websites alongside the better-selling Michelob Ultra." There's probably a correlation between promotion budgets and sales.

No! Loved his drumming. RIP.

It looks like some of these are actually limited editions and are running out. The Mahavishnu box hasn't been widely available for 2 months now, and if Amazon is any indication, the Woody Shaw is also gone.