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Lots of digitised (FLAC/WAV) music from Justin Time has appeared on Juno. http://www.junodownload.com/search/?q%5Blabel%5D%5B%5D=%22justin+time%22&solrorder=relevancy

Sorry, the Nice. Knives in the keyboard but can't remember a flag being burnt.

I saw the same tour at the Bristol Corn Exchange. Still a vivid memory, even though I've never heard them since.

Maybe 80 people there with not much publicity. Good concert although I thought she made some odd song choices - like Joni Mitchell's The Priest and You Know Who I Am by LC, a really dull song. Great versions of Tower of Song, Sisters of Mercy and, especially, Suzanne.

Christine Tobin singing Leonard Cohen at the Lichfield Garrick (UK). Phil Robson guitar, Dave Whitford bass.

Gearbox Records This was always a UK vinyl only label but some flacs/alacs - including rare Tubby Hayes - have turned up on Quobuz at decent prices.

A November 23 press release on the System Dialling website states that there is a move to dismiss the claim, on the basis that there is a written contract covering the recording. http://systemdialingrecords.com/headlines-rumors/

Only £12.49 for WAV/FLAC download from Juno. http://www.junodownload.com/products/brad-mehldau-10-years-solo-live/2947315-02/

I was a regular visitor to the New Oxford Street basement in the middle sixties, when still at school (I was born in 1949). My best friend Tony and I would get the Central Line tube from Northolt, usually on a Saturday, get off at Tottenham Court Road and go straight there. Always something good on the PA - I remember buying loads of BYGs, JCOA box sets and, especially 'Reed Streams' by Terry Riley. I've lost touch with Tony now but he was a decent spin bowler (as was Ray) and I know they played cricket together. After I moved out of London I always visited Mole (both shops) whenever I wangled a trip down for a meeting or to attend a course. Another cricket connection - being in the Gray's Inn Road shop (in 1988) with the staff listening to the radio as Graham Hick scored 405no.

Bowers and Wilkins T7 Chosen because I already have their speakers and headphones. Like the sound and the quality.

70th Birthday Concert, on Cyprus Avenue. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0681pb7

Billy Cobham Atlantic Years at £22.99. Out next month.

Jazzy, if not jazz. As it happens my neighbour of thirty years was also there. Neither of us lived in our present houses at the time, or knew each other. We were both captivated by the beautiful cellist, Terry Adams, as were many others.

Just noticed some (presumably legit) downloads here. Available in WAV as well.

Claire Martin with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra singing the Ella Fitzgerald Songbook.

Jamaladeen Tacuma.

Google to the rescue, though Satchmo is only 7 letters. It's from today's New York Times. 1 across is "_____ serenades" (1952 jazz album), but it's 7 letters, not 8. So it is "Satchmo" And, of course, 3 down must be Tate. Looks like it should be seven letters. http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.co.uk

50 years of reading jazz magazines (in the UK) has taught me that they don't review anything unless they get sent sent a copy.

Great interpretations. Classy music.

Nice piece on long departed record shops here. The link inside to http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.orgis worth following.

From the Guardian: 'Jurors repeatedly heard the upbeat song Blurred Lines and saw snippets of its music video, but Gaye’s music was represented during the trial in a less polished form. Jurors did not hear Got to Give It Up as Gaye recorded it, but rather a version created based solely on sheet music submitted to gain copyright protection.'

Seeing Michael Moore referenced above prompted me to get out the three cds by Jewels and Binoculars on which he plays some lovely bass clarinet.

I was at school when ALS came out and have many memories of listening to the lp with school friends and being transfixed. I enjoyed the programme a lot. Good mixture of history and insight. Worth catching if you can.

I've listened to this a few times now and love the first 20 minutes or so. But I think that the subsequent 'pulseless' vocal section is misconceived and when the pulse returns it is indistinct resulting in the sound becoming more generic African jam, less Terry Riley.