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Dusty Groove has the upcoming Burrell reissues at a good price: $18.99. I ordered Blue Bash, Common Ground, A Generation Ago Today, Night Song, and Asphalt Canyon Suite. I think Verve generally blanded-out their artists, but hopefully the Burrell personality will shine through. Recently ordered this, and thoroughly enjoyed it:

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Currently enjoying:

Ode was owned by Lou Adler. Per Wikipedia: It was distributed by CBS's Epic Records except between 1970 and 1976, when the label was distributed by A&M Records. The original incarnation was closed in 1978 and CBS took over most of catalog, often with Epic logos replacing Ode logos on reissues. Adler reactivated the label several times, including another short run with A&M in 1989. It was disbanded when A&M was sold to PolyGram in late 1989. Ode is now part of Sony Music Entertainment (the successor to CBS), excluding: Cheech & Chong catalogue is controlled by Warner Music Group. After Cheech & Chong switched to Warner Bros. Records in 1978, they took also its past catalog to their new home label. Depending on reissue, they can have "Warner Bros. Records Inc.", "Warner Records Inc." or "Ode Records" printed as copyright owner. It is believed that Lou Adler still owns copyrights for its Ode releases. Soundtrack to The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the London Symphony Orchestra's version of Tommy are still owned by Lou Adler, with reissues distributed under license to third party oldies labels like Rhino, Castle Communications and more recently, The Orchard, another subsidiary of Sony Music. Re Kama Sutra, again per Wikipedia: Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg as Kama Sutra Productions, a production house. The "Kama Sutra" is an ancient Sanskrit text.[1] In 1965, the company was joined by Art Kass and the record label itself was started. A distribution deal with MGM Records was later signed, which lasted from 1965 until 1969. From 1969 onward, distribution was then handled by co-owned Buddah Records. The record company ceased in mid-1976 but restarted in 1981 as Sutra Records. Under this moniker, Kass marketed and distributed Fever Records, Blue Dog Records, Baila Records, Becket Records, and signed and recorded the Cover Girls, the Fat Boys, Victor Willis, and many more before the company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 1993. The 1965-1976 Kama Sutra catalogue is now owned by Sony Music Entertainment and managed by Legacy Recordings. The 1981–1993 Sutra catalogue is controlled by Unidisc Music. Re Dean Martin: Per allmusic.com, Dean owned his masters. Regarding his recordings being reissued on Sony, see: http://www.deanmartin.com/news/dean-martins-reprise-records-catalog-comes-legacy-recordings/ Interestingly, there is still a BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) Rights Management company. The gory details can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann_Music_Group So for example, Amazon shows the label for Van Morrison's latest release (yes, the loved-on-this-board "Latest Record Project Volume 1") as "BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd."

Wow.

Correct. And of the three, I'd say Universal is by far the largest and most powerful.

Headphones make the problem really apparent.

Polygram was absorbed by Universal in 1998: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolyGram Warner Music Group owns WEA, Atlantic/Atco, etc., as well as some labels that Universal was forced to sell (Roulette, EMI Classical). If you have a couple of hours, you can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Music_Group Someone should do a flow chart of labels and their changing corporate owners over the years.

From WSJ: Breaking News... Hedge-fund billionaire William Ackman’s special-purpose acquisition company is nearing a transaction with Universal Music Group that would value the world’s largest music business at about $40 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The deal would be the largest SPAC transaction on record, exceeding the roughly $35 billion that Singaporean ride-hailing company Grab Holdings Inc. was valued at in a similar deal recently, according to Dealogic. It would have a so-called enterprise value, taking into consideration Universal’s debt, of about $42 billion. It’s not guaranteed Universal and the SPAC, Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd. will reach a deal. If they do, it could be finalized in the next few weeks and isn’t subject to any additional due diligence, the people said.

I’ll miss Captain Howdy’s posts, and can’t help but wonder whether tensions could have been defused a bit more amicably.

This looks really good. I hope to get it. Amazon's currently out of stock.

Bob Dylan record returned to library 48 years after it was due Bob Dylan’s “Self Portrait” album was ahead of its time – and 48 years overdue at an Ohio library. Howard Simon finally returned his borrowed copy of Dylan’s quirky double LP to the Heights Libraries, where he checked it out as an eighth grader in 1973. ... The album wasn’t in the best shape when he borrowed it and it hasn’t gotten much more “wear and tear” in the decades since he took it out, he said. “This is true primarily because ‘Self Portrait’ is among Dylan’s least-loved albums … and the library’s copy has spent most of these many decades in my collection quietly sandwiched between its predecessor and successor releases (“Nashville Skyline” and “New Morning,” respectively), which were, and remain, far more listenable,” Simon wrote. He included a $175 check to the library as atonement for what he called a minor transgression “given the weakness of the album.”

Wait till you spend hours correcting/annotating the ID tags. Fun! Glad to hear of your success.

MicroCenter was a good buying experience. Amazon keeps pushing these no-name Chinese brands that kinda suck.

Larry, I do what you want to do all the time, without hiccups. You may have a defective CD player (sorry, "Superdrive"). I'd try a different CD burner. I bought an LG recently from MicroCenter for less than $30. https://www.microcenter.com/product/485814/lg-super-multi-portable-dvd-rewriter-with-m-disc BTW, have you tried it with a few different CDs?

https://pitchfork.com/news/roger-hawkins-muscle-shoals-rhythm-star-dies-at-75/

I loved Desire when it came out. Would love to hear a good-sounding version of that album - the EQ is compressed because it had almost 30 minutes per side. I also loved Hard Rain. That was a great band, and Howie Wyeth was a perfect drummer for Bob.

My guess is Dylan intended "Self Portrait" to tell the hippies that the other half of the country (the people who liked country music, men with short hair, coiffed women) were not bad people, and that he identified more with the "straights" than with the hippies. Hence the sweetening and the lack of a rock beat in these recordings. This would be in congruence with his declaration in his memoirs that at this point in his life he wanted to be a family man and protector to his kids. The problem was that he didn't have the voice to make the concept succeed: he doesn't have a strong George Jones voice, he has a weak and warbly voice and constitutionally can't sing a line the same way twice - meaning he couldn't sound like a real country singer. Instead of sounding like a working man, he sounded effete and like a dilettante. It sounded jarring juxtaposed against the strings and Lawrence Welk voices. The result was a mess, or in Greil Marcus's famous words, "What is this shit?" (The irony is that Marcus saw music almost exclusively through a sociological and progressive lens - music was only of use to him if it furthered progressive goals. In other words, Dylan wanted to frustrate people exactly like him. That's why I say "Self Portrait" touched a nerve: it worked.)

Two more tracks for the potential Sony Legacy box: Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers With Guests Lee Morgan, trumpet; Barney Wilen, alto sax; Wayne Shorter, tenor sax; Bud Powell, piano; Jymie Merritt, bass; Art Blakey, drums. "Theatre Des Champs-Elysees", Paris, France, December 18, 1959 Dance Of The Infidels Fontana (F) 680 207 TL Bouncing With Bud - * Fontana (F) 680 207 TL Art Blakey, Bud Powell, Barney Wilen, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan - Paris Jam Session = Epic LA 16017, BA 17017 Art Blakey In Paris Featuring Bud Powell And Lee Morgan

Happy 80th birthday, Bob.

OMG! Feel better! Here's hoping for a full recovery.

I found this an interesting read. It's the history of the Reservoir label, with remarks by Mark Feldman, its current status, and some comments about Rudy Van Gelder: https://www.stereophile.com/content/reservoir-story

Yes, thanks. I have a Canon PowerShot SX730 that's a pocket camera with an insane 40x optical zoom. So even though I was sitting pretty far away from the stage, I got some good shots. Here's one of Patty:

Sad to hear. I saw him backing Patty Waters in 2018, along with Burton Greene and Barry Altschul. I believe he was self-taught. RIP.