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Played a couple of original Harold Land LPs: Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Sample, Donald Bailey, Buster Williams. Cadet LP. and: Land, Dupree Bolton, Elmo Hope, Herbie Lewis, Frank Butler. On HiFI Jazz LP.

The version of 'I am the Walrus' is a dance floor classic. Yeah, that is pretty cool! Although I didn't think of it that way, but sure, I can see that. I went back and looked at the inside of the gate-fold, and I noticed now that there are little notes in red ink next to each track. Must be the DJ's notes (?). Next to "I Am The Walrus" it is noted, "(far-out!!) kids".

Lol Coxhill - EAR OF BEHOLDER - Double LP, Ampex. This copy is a white label promo "D.J" copy. Hard to bracket "D.J" and Lol in the same sentence.

I think I read this is John Surman's first album. Side A is a surprising set of calypso/carnivale music, sincerely played. Side B is more of a free jazz outing. A lot of musicians important to British free jazz are here: Mike Osborne, Paul Rutherford, Kenny Wheeler, Harry Becket, Dave Holland.

Funny you should bring this up. I was reading a biography of the artist Willem de Kooning last night, and they mention that de Kooning, in the early 1930s, despite having very little money, paid $700 for a record player/changer called The Incomparable Capehart, really an amazing price at the height of the Depression. This was supposedly the first record changer. http://mulhollandpress.com/IncomparableCapehart.htm It seems it operated much like the one in the You Tube video. De Kooning's player was destroyed when a workman in the building changed current from AC to DC without warning and the player was on. De Kooning was an avid jazz fan, played records constantly, and went to many of the jazz clubs.

"At least you're not burdened by humility." WOW! coming from you! what a joke. OK, you think you're right, and I guess I'm supposed to accept what you tell me. But I've already done my due diligence, and I don't agree with you. I don't see why you can't just let it go at that.

A pleasant date:

I think the insults were all on your side. I made none and intended none. I'm sticking with the old rule: never argue with a kid or a drunk.

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Geez, I didn't know I was part of the elite . Anyway, no point replying to your tantrum. I just gave the results of my own little experiment. I'm satisfied with that.

I used to be fairly skeptical about speaker wiring, until I had the chance to compare wires using the same high-quality (not a tech term ) speakers and amp/preamp. What I found was that some of the speaker wires produced a brighter sound, some darker, some more balanced/neutral. I think the key was having electronics and speakers that had the capacity to make fine distinctions. For a mid-fi system, that ability to resolve sounds is much less, and speaker wires are less critical. What I do know was that changing out the speakers changed the sound. Psychoacoustics is a pretty subjective area, so I'm not surprised if someone does not achieve the same results.

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The article combines two very popular genres: the technology of another era, and the coming of age/bonding with son-daughter story. You used to (and probably still can) read similar stories where dad and son bonded over old Corvettes, or hunting rifles, or hunting itself, or wilderness treks (one very successful example is Robert Ruark's "The Old Man and the Boy," which captures all the tropes). It's a form of bourgeois romanticism. Who was it who said, "Old wine, old books, old friends." That's the mantra. Rejection of the present (that makes all this possible) and a consequent restoration of the relationships that seem to no longer exist. It's silly, and sad, and a bit dishonest too.

One more from Anthony Davis and his proteges: Interesting and ambitious performance, with Davis, Jay Hoggard, Abdul Wadud, George Lewis, Pheeroan Aklaff, Warren Smith, et al, with Mark Helias conducting.

My top concerts of 2013: Evan Parker Residency, The Stone, Oct. 2013 Frank Gratkowski & Andrea Parkins, Jack, Brooklyn, 8/31/13 Vision Festival: Larry Ochs, Kidd Jordan, Milford Graves, Charles Gayle, Roswell Rudd, June 2013. Larry Ochs Residency at The Stone, NYC, September 2013 Capricorn Climber, Bohemian Caverns, Washington, DC, 2/10/2013 Snakeoil, Atlas Theater, Washington, DC, 10/9/2013 Steve Lehman Octet, Atlas Theater, 11/13/2013 Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn, Gerald Cleaver, IBeam, NYC, 12/20/ 2013

A couple of Anthony Davis albums: Solo piano. India Navigation LP. An album that was discussed here not long ago: Davis (piano), James Newton (flute), Abdul Wadud (cello), These guys, with folks like Jay Hoggard, had something special going on for a while.

This album came up on this thread not too long ago, which may be why I was able to buy a very nice copy off a street vendor in NYC recently. Serendipity. Glad too because it is a very good album.

Three great musicians, one great group: Fred Hopkins, Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall, AIR. Black Saint LP.

Still enough fire in Gato's playing to make this one worthwhile. With Lennie White, Joe Beck, Ron Carter, and Lonnie Liston Smith. Flying Dutchman LP.