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That's one of the things I dislike about ebay - or rather: about some of the sellers there. ubu

Berigan, to answer the question you ask in the title of this thread: yes, easily so! My notebook (which is just now receiving a new systemboard, SHIT!) is only protected by Norton, too, but I was lucky. Less so my parents: their desktop went down completely, they had some thirty viruses, some ten or twelve trojan horses, and Norton did not even take notice... If you install yourself a real tough firewall, though, you might be unable to even open an attached word-file... ubu

I don't remember the later albums included, but if you got the quintet dates with Cook only, there's another highly enjoyable thing there: the first album, with Joe Henderson, Leo Wright, Duke Pearson... consider that one, too! And you get the nice booklet and box and all... ubu (lucky owner of said set)

Gotta get it as soon as I can afford! ubu

I think one of the three of them on ebay is just a one disc best off comp (Universal does this with each and every box set they release, it seems) The box looks very VERY interesting, though. Lon, I suppose you got it. Care to comment? Mention some highlights etc? ubu

Me being an absolute computer dummy... but when I changed from Outlook Express to Outlook, I DID manage to take all mails and contacts with me via the export/import function. You save all your stuff, got a file somewhere with it, and then import it again. I guess this should work as well when you deinstall Outlook and reinstall it again. But, as I said, I'm no accomplished computer specialist at all. ubu

Wow! I only now saw these pics, very cool! I love Golson! Thanks for posting them. ubu

I'm using one of these: B&O U70. Any opinions? I don't listen with headphones all that often. Got these from my parents, who don't use them anymore. ubu

I prefer the Cannonball approach: Barfoot Sunday Blues... (although it's Keepnew's title...) ubu

Yeah! Let's hope they come around to reissue ALL of these concerts in best possible sound! I bet most of them were actually recorded by some radio stations, no? What's the source of those bootlegs? Radio? Claude, while it was me who alerted to the recent broadcast - I missed the beginning of it! SHIT! (And I really hate half-complete things...) ubu

Good question. RVGs have tended to bring back original album contents (which the previous versions of these two albums had abandonded). The very first RVGs imitated the JRVGs in adding no (or few) extra tracks. That policy has since slipped, indeed it has gone the other way. The old logic was that the US market required the extra tracks while the Japanese market preferred pure originals. That now seems to be not the case. Seems you are right about that. Still I want ONE CD having the COMPLETE Back at the Chicken Shack/Midnight... session, even the Bonus Track could fit on that ONE CD... Yet if they are doing "historical" reissues of just the album, they could give us some historical reissues of those japanese albums, too, no? So bring it on! I got "Standards" rather recently, and LOVE it! Very mellow stuff, very laid back, sometimes it goes back to pre-Smith-organ sounds, at least in general mood. ubu

Thanks, brownie! Tell me, did you pick up the recent reissue of The Great Concert? I still got to! ubu

Wow! They are cool! Really like them! And you did one for me, too! Like it! ubu

brownie, I was at some store yesterday and they had the two LP Stuttgart set. They also have Lord, and he says most of the tunes on the Unique LPs were edited. You know if that's accurate? Then they had some other Mingus boots (off topic): that Mingus/Cat Anderson LP and the Ozone LP billed Mingus/Cecil Taylor (they do not play together). Anyone knows if they are worthwhile? Tanks! ubu

Thanks, Z-Man! How about an RVG of the rest of the material? Would be a great companion to "House Party" and "The Sermon" - why did they not include all the music on these two, anyway?!? ubu

Well, I like the Penguin Guide, & it's fairly reliable, but Cook & Morton also unaccountably give high rankings to Metheny/Bailey's Sign of 4, DD Jackson's Sigame & assorted other albums I found unlistenable, so..... Oh, I'm glad you find "Sigame" rather unlistenable, too! I already thought I got to get a new pair of ears... I'm otherwise very fond of the Penguin. More so than of AMG. ubu

The Oslo I have is on JazzUp JU-307: 1. Fables of Faubus 22:06 2. Orange Was the Colour of her Dress 15:11 3. Ow! 2:29 4. Take the "A" Train (incomplete) 9:42 Is there more around? Just checked with that link I provided below. Any idea how I could get this stuff? Hell, Mr Sangry has suggested this before, but I got to repeat it: Mosaic (or whoever) should do a complete April 1964 Mingus box!! And Lon, when you speak of the Netherlands dates, you mean those three LPs made in Amsterdam? Love'em! As far as I know they were on 2 CDs, too? Were do you find that sort of stuff? I always pick these up when I see some, but that happens only like every two or three years once. ubu

That's a question I asked (though only myself, so far), too. Couldn't anyone who has that data available give us the discographies for these three dates? As far as I know there's no Smith disco online! ubu

One date with KD I like a lot is this one: A great date, recorded October 1, 1961 by Peter Ind, it features KD, Curtis Fuller, the great Frank Haynes on tenor (he's also on that other Bailey album that came out last as "Reaching Out" under Grant Green's name), Flanagan, Ben Tucker and Bailey. Their take on Rollins' "Grand Street" is great, also some other interesting numbers are played: KD's "An Oscar For Oscar", Osie Johnson's "Osmosis", and a tune by Norris Turney, named "Soul Support", among other things. Then there's two trio tracks (Flanagan/Tucker/Bailey), too. I got it on this Prevue reissue which came out as under Flanagan's name ("Trio & Sextet", Prevue CD PR 11): ubu

about the "lack" of piano (and less so, guitar): it took me up to track four or five to even notice there was no piano! So I do not miss it at all. I often find that I love piano-less music very much. Gets an openness that most piano players somehow prevent. Although there are certainly lots of positive aspects of having a piano in a small group, too, and I love many piano players, of course... but it is very interesting to hear a whole disc of not-out-at-all music omitting the piano completely! Good idea, couw! Yep, found out about "Lover Man", too - but as I still not made it past disc 2 of that huge set I got from zweitausendeins some months ago (almost a year, actually - I sure should cut my CD-expenses...), I had not encountered it before. Beautiful! Some moments reminded me of McLean, but the sound is quite different, all in all. Would like to know what exactly #6 is! It does seem familiar, but I'm not sure I really have it. couw, you got my PM on #8? Care to reply? I'm curious! ubu

I guess that's by far my favorite moment of that disc! Anyway, the two live tracks are soooo f**king good, I wonder why they did not release a whole album by that band! ubu

Isn't that Mingus' sandal tapping the rhythm? "The tapping sound later on in 'A Train' was the stamping of my foot and the slap of my sandals. I wear sandals. I tapped my toes and the heel would follow down later. There was no distortion on the concert. The sound on the record is the exact sound of my flapping sandals at the live concert." (from Mingus' liner on JWS 001/002) Funny - mingusian (fancy that as similar to "rabulistic") - liners, by the way! I quote another passage: "A weird thing happened during 'A Train.' I had a pain my chest and the fear of the possibility of my death surged through me. And I overcame it. I was looking at the sky, and I said, 'Well, here I come, baby. Lord, I guess this is it. So I'm just gonna play better 'cause I want to sound good when I die.' In fact, I did have a palpitation, a funny throb. I had been so tired and overworked and I had a funny feeling as I looked up to the sky. That's the way it was in 'A Train' at this point and the musical pulse is unbelievable. So just go ahead and check it out." On the Ellington medley again: I've Got It Bad - features Mingus Sentimental Mood - no one featured All Too Soon - Byard Mood Indigo - Hillyer, supported by McPherson Sophisticade Lady - Mingus A Train - McPherson, Hillyer, Handy, Richmond ubu

gotta get that #14! Was not sure who it was. Like him very much, but I'm only just discovering his work! ubu

Thanks for mentioning! That's another CD I should have a listen to soon! ubu

I thought it was the man you mention on #12, mwtga! But I don't know his work that well. He IS a great trombone player, for sure! ubu