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Sound & Vision raved about the picture quality in a recent issue.

Gary Burton (been discussed many times before here). Does RCA hold the rights to Flying Dutchman? Might be some potential there.

They appear to be the original Horo covers. The Andorrans generally don't do that.

Good choices; you will enjoy.

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I'm still not sure that Dylan was being serious when he wrote (co-wrote, actually) "Joey." Not that he was being humorous; I've always wondered whether it was an exercise in hagiography, as in "you could make anyone into a hero if you really tried."

Feel better, Joe.

I want to offer a provocative, contrarian view: If you can afford it, and like .mp3's, the best way to just plunge in is to buy "Bob Dylan - The Collection" from the iTunes Music Store. For $200, you'd get every official BD release through Modern Times. Then you could explore his oeuvre at your leisure. It really is a tremendous price for the amount of music you'd be getting. Otherwise, in my long acquaintance with Bob's music (40 years and counting), I've always been bemused by how often I didn't love his "best" releases, and found wonderful things in his "lesser" works. "Blood On The Tracks," for example: never much cared for it. I like the original versions a little better; my guess is those songs went through editing and "sanitizing" to protect his family. But "Planet Waves," on the other hand: I've always loved that album! His singing, the songs, the arrangements, The Band's playing (Garth Hudson is such a monster!). Other albums I've loved (and you might): John Wesley Harding New Morning (very underrated) Slow Train Coming Infidels Real Live (great rock and roll, with Mick Taylor and Ian McLagen) Knocked Out Loaded/Down In The Groove (I think of these as one album; they could've easily fit on one disc) The later stuff is more problematic, for two reasons: I find his steadily-decaying voice difficult to listen to, and the point of view presented by the newer songs often doesn't connect with me. But if you're up for it, check out "Unplugged." I also liked "Tell Tale Signs." Finally, let's discuss "Dylan and the Dead." I LOVE this album. To me, it embodies so much of the Dylan ethos: the passion, the inscrutability, the implacability. "Joey," for example: Why "Joey"? What on earth made him think that the audience wanted to hear a 15-minute version of one of his hardest-to-buy-into songs? But I love that he did it, and I love the performance. Jerry Garcia is a monster throughout the whole record: listen to his guitar solo in Slow Train Coming. Queen Jane Approximately is a great rendition. So is I Want You, even if he flubs the words. And Knocking On Heaven's Door is just beautiful. My only complaint about the album is they left off Rainy Day Women, which you can probably imagine is a very appropriate song considering his back-up band ("Everybody must get stoned" indeed).

FYI, the Garcia is $14.99 pre-order at Amazon.

Note that in your orinal post, you said "both" Candid sessions. I replied that there are more than 2 sessions, not albums. So are we talking about: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Mysterious Blues Reincarnation of a Lovebird ? One more: He's also on something called "Newport Rebels," but that isn't considered a pure "Mingus" session.

I send a check twice a year. I'm kinda fond of this place.

Mingus went through many phases, with many different types of sounds. From his early period, which encompasses his early Atlantics, I like Mingus at the Bohemia, Pithecanthropus Erectus and Tijuana Moods. From his middle period, through the mid-60's, the Columbias are probably the most polished and exciting. Props should be given to Oh Yeah!, since it really captures his personality. I don't care for a lot of the Candids because I don't care for Eric Dolphy, and I also don't care for the Impulses because they're either too ragged (Mingus Mingus Mingus) or meandering (Black Saint). For the later period ('70's), I love the The Complete America Session and the Lionel Hampton session.

I love the hommage to Super Session:

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Here ya go (I scanned it from the Mosaic booklet):

Just got back from the gig. Great show! Nice turnout, and all the musicians were in great form. Adam Nussbaum is a monster! And Gary Versace is reeeeeeeally good. If you know the album "Tactics," this was similar to that but better, because I like Versace more than Dan Wall - more tuneful, a little more extroverted. And Abercrombie was just great. It turns out that both Abercrombie and Versace grew up in Greenwich, so it was a little homecoming. Glad I went. Here's a pic I took on my cellphone:

In "How About You", it sounds like he planned it out, and sang it twice! Which gives me the creeps.

"...and James Durante's looks give me a thrill..." Song: How About You, from Songs For Swingin' Lovers

Found this great little tidbit in Orrin Keepnews' liner notes to the Monk/Coltrane Complete Riverside Recordings: I still consider this to have been the first time I really heard Trane. As for my reaction, by the time they had finished this first and only take, I had a question to ask. Ignoring the intercom, I went charging from the control room into the studio. "John," I still remember asking, "What's your record situation?" I will also never forget his precise answer: "I signed with Prestige three weeks ago." It was certainly my biggest record business disappointment to that point, and I could not have had many bigger ones since. The full story did not make me feel any better. Bob Weinstock of Prestige had not necessarily been any wiser than his competitors. Actually, with several strong-selling artists under contract - Miles, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Billy Taylor, Red Garland - he was not in hot pursuit of more. But he was under particular pressure from Garland to record his good friend and Davis bandmate, and so, without an excessive amount of enthusiasm, Weinstock had offered Coltrane a modest two-year deal and it had been accepted.

Same here. *crossing fingers* Did you guys happen to order them from Newbury Comics? I happened to order a copy from Newbury today through the Amazon marketplace (before reading your posts here). I got mine from Newbury through Amazon.

I just sprung for this; $13.99 + shipping from our good friends at ImportCDs, through Amazon. Looks like a good compilation of the original recordings of things Bob covered on The Minneapolis Tapes, etc., plus his formative listening experiences: The Roots of Bob Dylan

Got my copy of the Monk/Coltrane today. Perfect copy too: sealed, no cutout, no scrape along the barcode.

Someone I worked with grew up in Northern Michigan and lived in Detroit. He remembered that show, and said he saw Bird once on it. RIP, Soupy. Also formative on my intellect. I still remember Bachalafaka, White Fang and Black Tooth, and, of course, the pies.

I caught the Revolutionary Ensemble once at Studio Rivbea; bought my copy of The Psyche at that gig. RIP.

Hell, anybody can get that. But none of us really can.