Steve Gray

Side issue here... Don't you guys in the States ever have to pay import duty when you get a big package from Japan or Europe?

Shame that the chair creak on "Old Folks" has gone awol.

Lots more coming in January and February including New Conceptions by Sam Rivers and Contrasts by Larry Young http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/search/advanced_1/category_1%2C2%2C3%2C4%2C5%2C7%2C9%2C10%2C23%2C24/formattype_1/keyword_tycj/pagesize_1/sort_datedesc/target_SEARCH/

Today, release day in the UK, amazon.co.uk says 'available in 1-2 months'

I should have "Out To Lunch" in a day or two. Will post my opinion then.

I have just received my copy of Somethin' Else, the only one I ordered. I have to agree with everything erwbol say, it sounds wonderful. I can't imagine why the new take of Autumn Leaves was not issued before. Very similar to the 'old' version but it just misses out on the magical ending that the version we all know has, with Miles alone floating over the rhythm section. Instead Miles plays with Cannon at the end. I suspect they did another take to improve the ending. If you love this album as I do, buy it!

An alternative take of "Autumn Leaves" on "Somethin' Else"!!! Wow Got to hear that. Really wonder why this has not been issued before.

Sounds like this is an earlier release of it based on the reviews. http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Thelonious-Monk-Quartet-Pleyel/dp/B002DIPSKY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382262136&sr=8-2&keywords=thelonious+monk+paris I would imagine the Blue Note version would be of an improved quality, again based on the reviews.

I am going to ignore the Acker Bilk and Chris Barber records :-) It was actually the English version that only had 5 of the regular 7 tracks but also included one of the tracks from Jazz Giants 56 (why did they do that?). I later bought the missing 2 tracks on an EP. October 1961, I still have it. I was 14.

No idea on the answer to your question. There was a Herbie Handcock session that was lost after they corrected the spelling mistake. Plenty of candidates for the Sexiest Album Cover thread on that hitland website!

This is so sad. Loved his music since the 60s after buying some of the English issues of his Duke LPs on the Vocalian label. Only saw him once, in London in 1984.

I would love to see :-- Blue Mitchell Bring It On Home To Me Sam Rivers New Conception both never issued on CD as far as I am aware. Plus there are others that have no been available for a long time. e.g. The Empty Foxhole

Sorry, my post wasn't very clear either. I knew you were talking about the November concert. I was just pointing out that there were more than 13 tracks available of the February date. Looking forward to this. Many thanks for all your work.

20 tracks available on Volume 12 of the fremeaux series. Disk 2/17 to Disk3/13 14 with Edmund Hall and 6 with the big band http://www.fremeaux.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=64&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1442&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=0

Some discussion here ...

More info here on John Kendall from the same site http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/john-kendall-records.html

Yes, I saw Roland there once as well.

Johnny Winterbourne perhaps. More information here including a list of staff members. http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org George Foster was the leading light in the Jazz Society at UCL when I was there from 65 to 68. I didn't realise he worked at Dobell's

Actually, I thought my post #2 said it all, but it seems some people couldn't be bothered to find out what Hanlon's Razor is. Hanlon's Razor states "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Paraphrasing it for this example - Don't attribute some kind of super intelligence to EMI for their notations on these CDs, it is much more likely to just be a cockup on their part.

Yes, otherwise known as the 'cockup theory'

I think the answer is something to do with Hanlon's Razor

Volume 12 is here http://www.fremeaux.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1442&Itemid=13

It is definitely a different take. There is NO whistling on the take on the ACE CD. Unfortunately though it is still the same tune. EDIT: Just found the CD case. It states that 'Each Time' features Eddie Barefield without mentioning the tenor player. It also states that the tenor on 'Yeah Yeah Yeah' is Ray Abrams, It implies that the take of 'Each Time' on the CD was the one actually issued on Regal 3312, seems they definitely got that one wrong.