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Lon, did you get that additional track on disk #1 of the Byrd/Half Note set? (assuming you got it in the first place)

I had a 60% off, but I think I deleted the email and now it doesn't apply to the shopping cart that I had set up. Oh, well......maybe next time.

Did NOT order anything from Mosaic!

I got Roy Brooks' "Free Slave" in the mail today from my ebay purchase. Listened to it once all the way through. Sounds pretty smokin'. I'm just happy to get ANOTHER version of "Wil Pan's Walk". B)

I've got "Modern Dance" (original Blank 001 promo copy LP), "Tenement Years" and a solo thing called "Sound of the Sand" (w/Richard Thompson, among others) and I don't think I've listened to any of them all the way through. I'm convinced that they're great and Dave Thomas is probably a genius, but I've never been able to "get" their music. OTOH, I really appreciate their complete "unique-ality" (how's THAT for a word?). One of these days I will sit down and spend some time with this stuff. Honest!

I hear ya', Clint. I'll be picking up "American Song" sooner rather than later. You can count on that!

Is this "favorite pop musician website"? Or "favorite pop musician" website? In other words - great website or great pop musician? Here's a couple of pretty good websites (musicians, too): - Richad Thompson's 'Beesweb' - The Wonder - All things Television ...

Yeah. Seems to be down again.......all of them.

Hard question to answer. I bit the bullet, but everyone will have to make their own decision on that one. It's got nice packaging, too.

Anyone have Grace Slick's "Manhole"? ... I didn't think so. B) Same cast of characters. I guess it isn't very good, because I've had it since it came out and honestly don't remeber what any of the tunes sound like. [update: After reading the AMG Review, I may have to revisit this thing.]

Besides the appearance of "Wooden Ships", Volunteers has some of the vibe of the Crosby album. Pretty much the last good Jefferson Airplane album.

I like "Bodacious DF", too. Nice, straight-ahead Marin-style rock. I thought that 'Fillmore East' album was awful the first couple of times I heard it. The mix was bad and many of the vocals were REALLY off. The more I listened to it, though, the better it got. I think I was comparing it to the great "Bless It's Pointed Little Head", which is an incredible live album.

AB - My "Blows" is a 1987 mastering - "ancient" in CD years. Don't have a CD of "Sunfighter". While we're on it, "Baron Von Tollbooth" isn't all bad, either. Technically it's a Kantner/Slick/Freiberg album, not the Starship - but then again, neither is "Sunfighter" (Kantner/Slick).

Went on a Dashiell Hammett walking tour of SF today. I had done the same one over 20 years ago and the same guy is doing it. Pretty entertaining and definitely a workout. It's over 4 hours and plenty of hills, too. One of the highlights is a visit to one of Hammett's apartments, which also happens to be the same as Sam Spade's apartment in Maltese Falcon. The guy is a character and you get plenty of personal asides as well as info about other authors and general SF history. It's only $10, and you DEFINITELY get your money's worth. If you are in SF, it's worth checking out. Here's his web page: Don Herron

I'm a little biased because this is one of my all-time favorite rock bands. I got all of the new remasters except for "Takes Off". They all sound great and it's nice to have the extra tracks. The additional stuff is pretty much collector's quality music, though. The best of the bunch is an unlabeled piece at the end of "Baxters" - an instrumental version of "Young Girl Sunday Blues". It comes in at about 2:40 of track #15. I was always a huge fan of "Blows", also. I didn't realize that there are remasters of that and "Sunfighter", too. I would definitely pick them up, if they are any good. I'm not sure why "Volunteers" hasn't been remastered yet. Maybe that's an upcoming release.

Don't miss out on that live Television set! If you like that band at all, it's a great recording and a great performance.

Absolutely! That would have been GREAT.

FYI - They're BACK!

It's probably the same (or better) quality as bootlegs of the same music already on the market. I think this was released in order for the band to get some royalties. Zappa did the same thing in the 80's.

Wow. Blue Mitchell has only been OOP for mere WEEKS and it just sold for $105.25.

It's pretty funny. Hard to believe it's real.........but it IS!

If you like Johnny Hartman, the first half of this album is arranged by Gerald Wilson and it really smokes. The second half is by Oliver Nelson which isn't bad, either (yet Gerald edges him out in this set)

Very bizarre that the whole "suite" of sites is down. Must be a REAL drag for Mosaic/True Blue as I expect they get a lot of their business through the web. Hope it's back up soon!

Thanks for the suggestion, Pete. I'm leaning towards the Mingus Big Band, though. It seems like something that should be seen on their "home field" and it's not that easy to see them otherwise.

That's pretty much it, Tom, with the addition of Arthur Webb (on flute) sprinkled throughout the album.