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Yeah, really. Lots of his songs, but the absolute nadir to me was "A Better Place To Be". I will admit to liking "Taxi" when it came out, but the sequel several years later was several bridges too far (and a commercial desperation attempt).
I have all four of them (and all four of the boxes of her remastered Warner/Reprise albums), but this is where I get off. The Asylum stuff leaves me cold (as does the Mingus album on WB/Reprise). My favorite Joni is the pre-Blue albums, and the first Archives set is stunning. Mark, I'm with you that the Don Juan album is much more interesting than generally given credit for.
I received the Bley, Lyons, Murray, and have played the Bley - very happy with the SQ given the usual SQ of the original recordings on the BYG-Actuel label.
I'm sorry (and surprised) to hear that. I also pre-paid, and have received all except the final three installments, and they have been good about answering my email inquiries (though it's been a year at lest since I contacted them). I hope they do right by you. I don't remember a September survey email.
Beware, parents, your kids could look like this if not guarded from the addictive evils of 7-Up and pressed ham sandwiches! BTW, fun album, though a little frothy even in terms of flower pop. Bunch of studio musicians IIRC.
Read this on an Amazon review (of Liebman's Wayne Shorter tribute album) by someone with the handle Roochak:
"Liebman seems to have a confrontational relationship with the soprano sax; the instrument does exactly what he wants it to do, except when it doesn't. "