I've been meaning to get the Wes set for a while. I have some of it on vinyl on an Affinity release called "Impressions", so I knew it would be good.
... and it is.
I haven't made my way through the whole thing yet, and I look forward to the cuts with Johnny Griffin. I love "Full House".
As for "Blows Against the Empire". I always liked this album a lot since it came out. I think it might sound a bit dated to someone hearing it for the first time, though. The remaster is a great improvement on the previous CD release. There are some interesting extra tracks, including about 3 radio commercials for the album (which aren't listed in the liners).
It also comes with a mini-reproduction of the lyric booklet that came with the album.
Both albums HIGHLY recommended from me.
Wes Montgomery - "Complete Live in Paris 1965"
Jethro Tull - "Benefit" remaster
Jefferson Starship (Kantner/Slick) - NEW "Blows Against the Empire" remaster
A Larry Young set just sold for $215.
The CDs and booklet were excellent/mint, so I guess the "discount" was because of this: ... while the box is good except for the binding on the left side, which has the letters mostly torn off.
If not, there is some sort of a slump in the value of this set.
For a totally different take on KJ, check out "Expectations". Sure, he's got 'the hair' and a tie-dye t-shirt, but with Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Sam Brown, Dewey Redman and Airto you have some quality music, too.
Another Larry Young that went for less than $300. There seems to be a diminishing value on this.
OTOH, this Jackie McLean sold for nearly $250. That's over $60/disk! Maybe the supposed autograph had something to do with it.
If you liked the music in the film "Broken Flowers", some of it is available on eMusic.
That great, 60's-like tune with lazy female vocals that pops up a couple of times is on The Greenehornes' "Dual Mono" album. The tune is "There is an End", featuring the vocals of Holly Golightly. She has some albums there, too.
I also found out that the haunting Etiopian music that you hear throughout (from Winston's CD) is there. It's on Ethiopiques Volume 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974.