soulpope

a beloved record to me.....

Based on my numerous experiences items described "3-5 days" were shipped within the lower end of that timeframe + service and packing are impeccable to me. If targeting an "older" item it may be worth to give a shot to Hmv.jp - I encountered that they would eventually fulfill orders with "2-4 weeks" items too (probaly cheing stoch with their outlets....) - once received a rare item I`ve already gave up on after a couple of months..... Furthemore some japanese Amazon Platform sellers quite often offer "older" items, of course sometimes honoring the items rarity with a higher price.

actually have a soft spot for this one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Hj5Fh6fwc J.P Robinson "Keep Me Satisfied" (Blue Candle 1504) - upflifting......

Ron Mathewson "Mexican Green" (Savage Solveig SS001)

What were the odds? Upon further review, it was 1980, so the odds were better than 50-50. I recall the time on Board Krypton, somebody asked tomatbluenote, hey, these recent Jackie McLean Blue Note records have been great, when's the next one, and tomat, honest man that he was/is, had to say, well, they're not really blue Note, they're leased from Japan, and you now, we'd love to have the money to make Jackie McLean records from now until infinity but we don't, and we're not, and that was that. Honest answer, and reflective of the reality, but if Jackie developed sort of a detached protectiveness about playing being all he did to define himself, well hey, no money for no records, c'est la vie, am I going to be the one to say, oh Jackie, no, don't do that? No, I'm not. Having a casual/random listen to Nature Boy right now, and that's just a sweet record, the kind of thing that has no real "moment", yet leaves the cumulative effect of wow, that's deep. Jackie, Cedar, Billy, and that kid, David Williams, "sound of surprise" my ass, this is the sound of, like Donny Hathaway said (through the pen of Leon Ware), there's no need to look, cause you know who's there. Not that I don't value the sound of surprise, hell, yes, I do, but I Know It's You is of no small importance as well. At some point, the shift of investment moves from music in the abstract to the ongoing-ment voices of the people. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", damn, that's pure I Know It's You, and if it's not my baby's arms having been around me a long time, it IS Jackie/Cedar/Billy's voices, they too have been around me a long time, and they too have passed the test, through the good and the bad, and THIS is why I want to post... ok, I gave up (or in ?) and will play :

Conducted by Ormandy.

The way to go...

Agreed........but had by concidence "New and Old Gospel" with a friend and got it back the day following the fire ......giving me the chance to re-evaluate a platter i never really understood....

Carmell Jones - ongoing problem with his trumpet`s mouthpiece ??.....I`ve read that somewhere but unfortunately can`t rememeber the source.... Edit : The Live at Pep's and Tentet stuff was given back to Horace I'm told and I also asked Horace about it and he said the tentet stuff was quite sloppy, the ensembles a mess etc etc. I think I was told the Pep's stuff was rejected because Carmell Jones was having chop problems on this, can't remember for sure though. (Quote : David Weiss)

But maybe another Don Draper quote appropriately describes some (of our) estimations on McLean`s later career : "People tell you who they are, but we ignore it because we want them to be who we want them to be."

For what its worth, I'll take post 1975 Art Pepper any day over the early stuff. I happen to agree with you about Pepper, but disagree with where you take it. Larry really put the case best, so I won't attempt to restate it, but to me, Pepper in late career was working against desperation (or maybe it was disaster), while McLean was working against fatigue (or maybe exhaustion). There's a different frisson associated with each. I prefer Pepper late, but not McLean. Had the chance to witness both artist during live performances in their "late careers". To me Art Pepper played with an urgency and intensity as if his life would depend on each single note played......Jackie Mclean in the early eighties left impressions with me as somebody who physically was "there", but either couldn`t or did not want to to cross certain inner personal "security lines".....so based on that Pepper`s visibility made it IMO easier to appreciate his efforts (don`t get me wrong, I admire Art Pepper anyway) whereas McLean somehow remained "in the shadows"....

was contemplating to buy the release too - how did you like subject cd`s sound ? I bought this less than an hour ago. sorry, suspected already a delivered item - if remembering pls post a short comment in the Blue Note SHM-CD later....... Even though I have a pretty decent original stereo vinyl of this (with "ear") I ordered this SHM cd as well. Got my ship notification last week so I imagine it will arrive within the next week or so... I love all the SHM CDs I've bought so far...have about 15 already and they all sound great. Not sure what they tinkered with in the mastering, but these are some of my most "analog" sounding CDs! thnx for the feedback - as just owned this on vinyl, I finally gave in and ordered "No Room For Squares" as couple of day ago...

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IMO impressive readings of Symphonies 7+11 by Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Leif Segerstam (released on BIS)

If being a dedicated follower of an artist, it`s sometimes hard to follow certain turns of the artist`s career - collectors are sometimes endangered to be trapped in a romantistic view.....to me it was priceless to witness some of my "heroes" simply being glad to be served some quality food, raising my awareness they are doing this for living (beneath an artistic merit)...

These two Waldron/McLean album are good. The Victor/JVC was released in 1976. Like this recording from 1976 a lot, great interplay and a supertight Waldron+Suzuki+Higgins rhythm section.....

probably had too high expectations when buying this as new release in the 80s and was left disappointed...the combo with Mal Waldron (IMO) didn`t work here, Herbie Lewis seemed a bit stiff and the production was somehow "punchless"....

To me it`s generally good news that Mosaic is again dealing with "more recent" (as far as late 70`s/early 80`s qualify reg that matter) recordings......for sure interesting, to which extent (if at all) unissued material will be available.....

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(IMO) Very good indeed..

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Joe Bonner RIP