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Amazon has surprisingly good prices on the Zev RSD CD's. I ordered the Henderson, Jamal, Cecil, Lateef, plus the Terry Callier. All due in between tomorrow and Sunday.

Off the top of my head: 1 - Complete Village Vanguard 2 - Live Trane: European Tours 3 - Concert in Japan (complete 4 CD version) special mention to 'Live at Birdland' and 'Selflessness', which have superior quality but are lacking in quantity.

Thank you! Glad you are enjoying them!

Amazon physical media music prices were competitive at one point, but have not been the past few years.

Yeah, they did a nice job repackaging some CBS/CTI titles, such as Blythe, Hubbard, Farrell, Turrentine, Laws into very efficient sets with good sound (their mastering tends to be excellent). They also have a good package of John Surman's first three albums.

And also to Winwood/Capaldi/Wood. 'Alone Together' and 'John Barleycorn' were classic unified albums. The first couple of Traffic albums were somewhat schizo collections of songs. Incidentally, amazing how much stronger the US version of the first traffic album is than the British version (out: "Utterly Simple" and "Hope I Never Find Me There" in: "Paper Sun", "Hole in My Shoe", and "Smiling Phases"). Weird fact: 'Low Spark of High Heeled Boys' did not chart in UK, despite going Top 10 in USA.

This.

'Alone Together' is a GREAT album, and he did some good (though admittedly spotty) work before (with Traffic) and after.

And another here.

And consider that, with this being the introduction to the series, the remainder may sound even worse.

I'm excited to pick up some of these titles on CD Online Day (sic) in a week or so. Starting with the Henderson, Lateef, and Terry Callier.

Red Records put this one out without any advance hype AFAIK. I'm in, of course, and I'm sure many others here are also.

Yeah, Earland, JH Smith, Lonnie Smith, Reuben Wilson, etc. I play Earland's "Happy Cause I'm Going Home" in heavy rotation to cheer myself up.

That Earland cut is spectacular!

I was never really a fan of the label despite some intriguing looking releases. The whole often seemed to be less than the sum of the parts, inadequate preparation, less than stellar sound and mixing (I know Cliff referred to no multitracks).

Stunning stuff:

Thanks for sharing. I like Cole (and Pepper, of course!), but am not familiar with this album.

Disc 2 of this. Got a "dented box" version of the 8 CD set very cheap on Ebay. Not for the casual fan, but this stuff has always been in my blood, and this is a fascinating listen if it has the same level of meaning for you.

Have a blessed birthday!

I was playing volleyball about 10 years ago on a concrete court, fell reaching for a ball, and have a plate and 10 screws in my left wrist from the resulting fracture. That was my retirement from participatory sports.

How is it? I'm a moderate fan.

I'm 71, married 33 years this year. Retired at 66 following being laid off after 40 years when Cerner downsized to sell to Oracle (I'm thankful I missed the circus of horrors that has been, and my severance package was twice what the current Oracle packages are for the 30,000 employees they dumped to fund betting the house on AI). For the first time ever, I paid someone to shovel our driveway and clear our walks following an especially bad snow storm here this winter. Thankfully, we're able to still be pretty active as needed, and our house and lot are not particularly large at all. I still mow my own lawn, etc. Biggest unexpected twist to retirement is helping to raise our eight year old grandson (who is awesome) - he and his mom live with us. Thankful for each day of health and clarity I'm granted, and trying to invest the time and energy well. My mom is still alive at 92 and I help care for her also, so I'm seeing the effects of aging through her, but also how she is handling it with grace.

Utterly Glorious. Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks have never sounded better.