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Interesting one! Has the companion blues album from the same session ever made it to CD? Would love to hear that one, too!

okay, thanks!

Thanks a lot for sharing that story, Chuck! Now I have "Hey Pete, Let's Eat More Meat" in my head and can't get rid of it

Just go my CD - and it's in the player right now. Very, very good music! Thanks for the heads up again, Jim! Looks like a very nice presentation, though I'm too tired to read the notes ... but couldn't they have given the full credits from the back cover again in legible size?

She posted your photo on twitter and said nice things about you. In addition to being a fantastic musician, she's rather entertaining on twitter. I like her, without actually having met her. twitter or tumblr? I saw the later and was of course flattered by her comments ... I tend to forget to open her tumblr regularly, but I love it as well! (I don't do twitter at all.)

Matana Roberts and me, last night (source, including some kind words) ... and the chocolate santa I brought (to apologize for asking about an interview via her tumblr and being promptly but politely scolded there ... her agent did never reply though, which alienated her). Anyway ... first went to say hi after her Coin Coin Chapter Two gig in Zurich in March (the result was the photo here) ... just wanted to ask her about taking that pic since she has plenty of fans in the forum where get happy!? had it's origin. But she took lots of time, we had a most pleasant chat for a quarter of an hour and she was genuinely interested in the magazine, too. In May then, I went to see her in a very small place in a remote area, a solo concert as last night, and after the second band on the bill had finished, while the guys were cleaning up, we (a friend and me) had a lengthy and most pleasant chat with her. Then again last night, not much time, but she was very kind ... anyway, it's all about music, I adore what she's doing with her Coin Coin music and I'm happy to be able to witness it!

a father christmas style thingie in chocolate (santa claus, celebrated on december 6 here) -- a little apology ... and since she was in Switzerland, what else

Rampe and Pollerus are on their way, will post some impressions once I've heard the discs!

Do you mean the French VSOP series from the early 60s? As you are in Switzerland you might well mean those. Very Special Old Phonography No, I found the Columbia LPs (no idea what editions/pressings, I guess there were many? certainly no six-eye ones but later pressings) used in very good condition and for a pretty attractive price. These:

Thanks again, Mike! I think I'm slowly gaining an understanding ... and Meyerson would then be another good choice, I'm sure. But I'll go with the two you recommend most early in this thread first, that decision has been made!

Went to catch another great solo concert by Matana Roberts - will post a (german) review tomorrow, on my blog. That weirdo on the left is me

Okay, so we're getting there ... the klassika.info site on Händel lists HWV 442 as "Prélude et Chaconne avec LXII Variations".

Many thanks, Mike (and Hans - those amazon tracklists keep confusing me, too stupid to count!) So I guess I'll rather go for Rampe and Pollerus, maybe add the Baumont ... and then see if I still want any of the more expensive Yates discs. Re: Baumont - Mike, you call the above one a box set ... it's two discs only, best tracklist I found is here: http://www.amazon.de...ks_all_1#disc_1 That's not complete as far as Händel's suites go, I think (?) ... but I assume it's all that Baumont has recorded? If I look at this listing here: http://www.klassika....tung.html#Suite I see there are eight from 1720 but nine from 1733 - so the three Yates discs still miss one Suite? But then the count most often seen is twice eight ... I'm still confused!

into disc three now ... more great Webster! very nice box indeed!

disc one - very nice! too bad though the book won't fit into the oversize (but too small for the book - looks like a production gaffe to me) box and too bad that hardly anything in the book is in english! Dolphy! add Wess and Lateef as two of the finest of the earlier days - Wess' tone and control is hard to beat, I think!

Ricky: anyone remember the four-volume "Louis Armstrong Story"? Me: hellyeah! I bought the LPs just because they've got such nice covers! Crazy, huh?

Tending to go for Borgstede just to have the entire series of works for starters ... and then deciding if I need more. The Yates isn't quite complete yet, right? One more volume to go, I guess? The samples sound fine though, but I admit I'm a cheap bum and I'd like to get the entire run for starters.

ooops, wrong thread ... but thanks, Ricky! Taking the Frémeaux route here, but I've got so many duplicates already, it's rather crazy! I'm with Lon in liking the Sony set of the Hot Fives and Sevens, don't know the JSP though, but as I'm no audiophile, I can't be bothered too much.

Also, anyone familiar with this one? No samples around, it seems. EDIT: Found samples for Ludger Remy here: http://www.jpc.de/jp...33/hnum/7172865

Having heard Richter's partial recording of the Händel suites, I'm inclined to find a harpsichord recording, too ... the Ross is impossible to get (or rather: very expensive), but the Yates is around (three single volumes, that's all there is - no 3CD set combining it all, correct?) As for Baumont, is this the one to beware of? I'm pretty confused as the tracklists for these don't seem to match with anything from the Richter recordings ... are there various series, are the "keyboard suites" different from the "harpsichord suites"? I know nothing about Händel yet, so please bear with (and enlighten) me!

Got the double LP for around 13 swiss franks (or the price of one and a half pints of Guiness in the Irish pub here), that's fine with me, no need for an overpriced old CD. But thanks for mentioning it, Steve, wasn't aware of it, either!

I can't yet, I noticed ... in my own perfect world, such a small edition would of course sell out quickly, but I guess this world ain't good enough

Okay, will get the LP anyway ... if I transfer "Shuffle Boil" to digital, I could compare with the Legacy edition of "It's Monk's Time". Might even try and do so tonight!

Will pick up "Always Know" tomorrow, then Is there anything otherwise unavailable on it besides that one ten-minute "Honeysuckle Rose"?