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Thanks, Marcel, for the speedy reply.

The last track on this record is "What Is This Thing Called Love?" It appears Miles does not play on this track. Does anyone know the details (personnel, date, etc)?

I grew up on Ocean Ave between K & L. Saw some movies at the movie theatre around the corner from you, on Coney Island Ave.

I grew up in Midwood too! Not too far from Midwood High/Brooklyn College. Took the subway to see Mahavishnu.

Too easy: So I'll answer myself:

Wings!

Has anyone heard this album? Bob's on it, so I'm curious, but the reviews on Amazon are also intriguing: Sly & Robbie - Language Barrier

Per the Blue Note discography, the same date (12/21-22/96) produced both albums. It states "Year was incorrectly listed as 1997 on CD 4-98222-2" (Another Shade of Blue).

Let me know if you can open this link: WSJ

Wow! Great photos!

Was there a previous thread about this title?

The liner notes are wonderful. They're reprinted in the Savoy/Dial CD reissue box.

So the box includes More Blues and the Abstract Truth but does not include Blues and the Abstract Truth?!?

Dial. Although I became aware of the Dials and the Savoys around the same time - was it 1978 when Warner Bros released the Dial material and Savoy released the complete boxed set? - the Dials were the first ones I owned, in the form of the 6 Spotlite releases. The liner notes were great, and really helped to explain what I was listening to. There's also the drama of the Lover Man session, the comeback of the Relaxin' At Camarillo session, and the variety of sidemen such as Erroll Garner. It may be unfair, but I remember the Savoy box more for the false starts and studio chatter, such as the 12 takes of Marmaduke.

Formica table!

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Moustache!

Great site; thanks, Marcel! BTW, if you use either the Google Chrome or Opera browsers, they can automatically translate the Japanese into other languages.

Thanks, Mike.

$6.49 on eMusic.

I liked the one released on Inner City, tho the sound quality wasn't wonderful. IIRC, it was recorded in Seattle.

I wonder whether it will be an "official" version of this release. Certainly has the name power:

Is it time to move this thread to the Politics forum?

The record business is a funny business. There's always the possibility that you'll buy the record and not enjoy it. Who do you go to then? Also, there's no way to hear a lot of this music in advance, to even form an opinion. A good example is the early Stan Getz material on Verve. Long before the recent Getz box was announced, I bought the Lonehill version (packaged under Bob Brookmeyer's name), and found I really enjoyed the music. Then when the Getz box came out, I was struck by how much better the sound quality was, and I bought it. I doubt I would've bought the box if I hadn't first owned the "Brookmeyer" package. I suppose guilt over having bought the Lonehill was a factor in buying the Getz box, but it was only one of the factors.

Very exciting. I've pre-ordered.