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The live Village Vanguard album was out on a budget disk. I picked it up by "accident" a few months ago - thinking it was something I didn't already have.

Yes........Lena Horne. B-)

Blue Mitchell - disk #4

I save 20GB worth on my Archos MP3 and the rest I burn as MP3s onto CDs. You can get a LOT more music on a CD if you burn them as "data" MP3 tracks.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...4710820652&rd=1 DON PULLEN-Mosaic Select 3 CD RARE numbered sealed NOTE:Due to bad experiences with some buyers I refuse to sell to anybody with less than 5 positive feedbacks or non register users, only bid if you are 100% sure that want the item, ... Perhaps if this seller was a little more honest he/she would have fewer "bad experiences".

Big John - disk #3

The new Rolling Stone is probably worth picking up. It's a tribute issue.

That's the cover of "Dry", isn't it?

I picked that album up from eMusic a while back. I liked it at first, but it didn't wear on me well. Maybe I should give it another listen.

That's precisely the reason that I always hesitate to bash Rap music. I don't listen to it, but if I made a the effort to hear all the different styles, I'm sure there would be some stuff that I like.

Damn!!! I didn't know he was on that!! I was watching the beginning of it, but it seemed to messy for me, too many similar sounding guitars all playing at once(why was Eric's multi colored??), and once Jimmie Vaughan started singing I couldn't bear it any more, so I shut it off (I've never been able to like anything I've heard by either Vaughan brother). If I had known Santana was there I would have waited it out. FWIW, they did "Jingo". I missed most of the show myself and had the sound off for much of the rest of it. I did hear Joe Walsh (w/Booker T & the MGs!) doing "Funk 49", which wasn't 1/2 bad. Just about the only thing by Walsh that I could say that I like.

I don't know how well Carlos can do "jazz", anyway. No matter where he plays, it always ends up sounding like "Santana" music. He's just so intense, I think it's hard for him to blend into another style. I just saw him last night on the PBS special Eric Clapton "Crossroads" guitar festival. He had his own band and Eric sat in with them. It was no contest, really. Carlos is a fiery, agressive guitar player and Eric was just too laid-back and bluesy to keep up (although he gave it a valiant effort).

Lee Morgan BN 50's Sessions - disk #2

I like "Borboletta" a lot, too. I don't know why they haven't done a remaster on this one yet, since they've it for "Welcome" and "Caravanserai".

Except for the direct-to-disk album, all my EWs are reissues on Inner City. Still sound good, though. BTW, is "East World" the same company? I have another direct-to-disk by Clifford Jordan on that label. It's called "Hello, Hank Jones" and includes Hank, Reggie Workman and Freddie Waits.

"Caravanserai" is much more laid back than those 2 albums. I haven't listened to Lotus & Moonflower back-to-back, but I still think they are more alike than they are different. Expecially compared to much of Santana's other work after those releases. He became much more commersh. "Incident at Neshabur" is a highlight, for sure. He even throws in some "Afro Blue", if I remember correctly.

Lotus isn't all that different from Moonflower. More instrumentals and just a couple of vocals from Leon Thomas. You'll should like it.

Another album they just added is Pharoah Sanders' "Journey to the One". A superb set!

Anyone listen to Secret Machines? A friend just turned me on to them recently. An interesting blend of prog & alt. "Now Here Is Nowhere"

They do have those "Booster Packs" (discussed above), if you just want to download some additional tunes this month.

A couple of Jessica Williams albums, too.

I'm not sure why they suck, but here they are: Booster Pack 10 - 10 Song Downloads $4.99 Booster Pack 25 - 25 Song Downloads $9.99 Booster Pack 50 - 50 Song Downloads $14.99 Basically, if you use up your monthly "allowance", and you still want to download more music, you can purchase a Booster Pack.

A general rule of thumb on final selling prices on ebay is double the original price (there ARE exceptions, of course - Larry Young, Andrew Hill, etc). Just make sure that you don't put that as your starting price. It will probably NOT sell if it's listed that way.

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