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... and, on an entirely different note: MC5 kicks out the jams, motherfuckers! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just got back from seeing a film about the MC5. Some of those guys had serious junk problems. It wasn't just limited to the jazz community.

I saw him at least a couple of times with Blakey. That was a very tight band that didn't get much recognition. The front line of Valery, David Schnitter and Bobby Watson was first-rate.

Geeeeeeeeeez....that reminds me. How could we forget THESE two???

I just picked up a Laserlight CD called "Village Vanguard Live Sessions" which might be the same as "The Second Race" album previously mentioned. It's got 7 tunes recorded Nov. 15-17, 1970. Don't Git Sassy (8:40/7:19) Little Pixie (10:35/10:30) The Second Race (14:45/9:36) Willow Tree (5:00/5:02 - alt. take 4:46) Ah' That's Freedom (9:23/7:00) Quietude (5:00/4:44) Bachafillen (8:50/7:15) I was about to say that this stuff was NOT in the Mosaic box, but now that I'm listening to it, this may be mis-labeled. Without A/B-ing it, this is possibly (probably?) the same as "Session E" of the Mosaic - recorded at the VV on 4/28/67. These tunes are all part of that session and the lineup of musicians is exactly the same. Hard to believe it's a coincidence. A little later ... Now I'm getting confused. The times that are listed are different on some of these tunes. I'll put them into the list above. The Mosaic times are in RED. And later, still ... "The Second Race" just finished playing and my CD player clocked it's time at around 10:26 - NOT 14:45.

Sorry, there was some sort of licensing issue and they pulled it from the catalog. I think there's a discussion about this here somewhere. Might be worth a search.

Just got "Blow Up" and "The Conversation". Both really good, understated films. Also, BU has a separate "music only"audio track - music by Herbie Hancock + one by the Yardbirds. (Amazon has a "bundle" price on the two of them, BTW)

Same number of cuts. I dumped my LP and picked up the CD last year.

This has been a really interesting adventure. Forget the rediculous "manned Mars initiative" by our 'appointed one', this is exciting and it is happening NOW! It's really great to go to their website - Mars Exploration Rover Mission - and look at all the latest news. Not to mention pictures......LOTS of them. If you dig into the site, you can find a page that gives you the opportunity to see every single picture downloaded from Mars. There are literally thousands of them.

Only half of this disc is ultra-cheesy. The other half is pretty decent. Give it a chance sometime. Oh, yeah. I'll get to it, for sure...............it's just kinda nice having something "on ice" for later on.

Hmmmm.........yeah.........I think that would work.

It's kind of amazing how consistenly BAD "Best Songs" tend to be. What's up with THAT??

... or Jimi for that matter!

The only thing I have that's unopened is disk #5 of the Gerald Wilson set (the one with the pop tunes that most people complain about). I'll get around to it eventually......when I'm in the mood.

All those tunes were pretty awful, I thought. Even though I really enjoyed Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara (as "Mitch & Mickey") doing their Mighty Wind tune, I don't think it is a great song. Otherwise, not much to say about the show tonight. Pretty boring this time around. Too much LOTR, if you ask me (not that any one did ... )

Sssssssssssshhhhhhh......don't tell anyone!

Yeah, I only liked the early stuff, myself - "Yes Album", "Fragile", etc ...

One of 'em better be that Bartz album!!

I didn't go to see this, but I thought it might be interesting for Jimi fans. +++ Santana channels Hendrix best Joel Selvin, Chronicle Senior Pop Music Critic Saturday, February 28, 2004 ©2004 San Francisco Chronicle Jimi Hendrix left behind some big shoes. An entire platoon of gifted guitarists trooped onstage Thursday at the Warfield theater and waddled around in those oversize boots until surprise guest star Carlos Santana stepped up and paid Hendrix the greatest tribute of all simply by being himself. The brief three-city swing, put together by Experience Hendrix, the production company run by the late guitarist's estate, revolved around a repertory company that featured some astonishing ringers -- 29-year-old Memphis guitarist Eric Gales, like Hendrix, an African American who played left-handed and backward, and Guitar World magazine editor Andy Aledort, who has transcribed Hendrix solos for music books. A couple of Hendrix rhythm section veterans -- drummer Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and bassist Billy Cox of the Band of Gypsies -- played a few numbers with the guest guitarists. Other guest guitarists included Buddy Guy, Joe Satriani, Neal Schon of Journey and Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, who supplied some fine vocals to "Hey Joe" along with his guitar work. Paul Rodgers of Bad Company, trim and groovy in white turtleneck, pendant and what looked like one of Frank Sinatra's old toupees, sang some songs without bringing much to the party. The Byronic rock guitarist, who died at age 27 in 1970, recorded only three albums. But those albums sound as contemporary and fresh today as they did when they were recorded more than 35 years ago. He is the definitive rock guitarist as much today as he was when he burst on the U.S. scene at the Monterey Pop Festival during the Summer of Love. A cottage industry has grown up around his legacy, helped in no small part by the tireless efforts of Experience Hendrix, run by the guitarist's much younger half-sister, Janie Hendrix, who barely knew him. The sleek 32- page merchandise catalog handed out at the show advertises no fewer than 26 CDs (plus a separate four-CD boxed set), miraculously expanding on Hendrix's actual body of work. These concerts had their beginnings in a 2000 tribute concert at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, where many of the participants first played together, a loose grouping that reconvened for a 60th birthday celebration in Hendrix's Seattle hometown in 2002. Guitarist Sheldon Reynolds, a veteran of latter-era Earth, Wind and Fire, opened with a dandy impression on "Foxy Lady," followed by another eerie evocation from guitarist Mato Nanji of American Indian blues-rockers Indigenous. Gales waved a lyric sheet in his hand while he sang "Manic Depression," and hack British rock veteran Rodgers tried to coax the capacity crowd into singing along to "Angel," with Hendrix vets Cox and Mitchell playing behind him. After more than an hour and a half of these reverent impersonations, that left it to bluesman Buddy Guy to lay some jive on the cats. Always a guaranteed scene-stealer, the Chicago blues guitar great didn't so much channel Hendrix as he did run his own, well-practiced show business game on the crowd, which ate him up. But it wasn't until Santana took the stage as the evening's unannounced headliner that the presence of greatness was felt. Spitting fire from his instrument, Santana played a couple of extended improvisational crescendos that, through their sheer imagination and passion, invoked the spirit of Hendrix. He didn't sound like Hendrix or play like him (although he did wear Hendrix on his shirt). He played like himself, as only Santana can, and in doing so honored Hendrix all the more. He wrapped up his appearance in an unaccustomed supporting role, giving bluesman Guy some stately accompaniment -- and ripping off a couple of mean solos of his own -- on Guy's signature song, "Damn Right I've Got the Blues, " slipping a Thelonious Monk quote into his gnarly vernacular blues. He didn't even bother to stick around for the obligatory guitar showdown and train wreck that followed, as the entire ensemble filled the stage to close the night with eight guitarists clanging out "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)."

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How about "Come Together" - Richard Groove Holmes and Ernie Watts? Some smokin' stuff on World Pacific Jazz Records! ... although, I doubt if this has ever been on CD. I have the vinyl.