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I'm just wondering what music you might have recently purchased that didn't make the cut. You bought it, gave it a listen, another... and then maybe another and realized that it just wasn't to be.

Time to find that reject a new home.

Currently on my bottom shelf:

Regeneration (Soul Note 121054-2) Rudd / Lacy / Mengelberg / Carter / Bennink ---> On its way to a new home.

The Remote Viewers (Leo Lab CD 049) ---> On its way to a new home.

Collective 4tet: Live at Crescent (Leo Lab CD 043) Geisser / Hennen / Hoyer / Parker ---> On its way to a new home.

Reaching (Leo Lab CD 062) Steve Lantner / Mat Maneri

Circadianaa: CLANGORI (Leo Lab CD 045)

Trio Nueva Finlandia: HA! What's Going On? (Leo Lab CD 046) Paakkunainen / Ojanen / Hauta-aho

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Stephen Chopek & Chris Lovejoy - Brain Trust

A couple years ago I saw these two guys playing percussion for Charlie Hunter. They nearly stole the show. I thought this CD would be fun, even though it's almost entirely percussion. Well it's not fun. There isn't enough rhymic activity to make up for the lack of melody & harmony. I haven't been able to get through the whole disc yet.

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I've been turned on to some interesting new music by sneaking in and reading the Funny Rat thread, but Duos for Doris by Rowe and Tilbury was not one of them. Hey, minimalism can be interesting, but Glass already did the "take it to an absurd level" schtick...

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Gary McFarland - Soft Samba :tdown:tdown:tdown

Saw a few enthusiastic reviews for this album on this board, and since I've liked other things I've heard by him, I ordered a Japanese CD pressing. Quite possibly the biggest CD purchase mistake I've ever made. Syrupy arrangements, annoying humming, and not a single exciting thing happens.

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If anyone out there still has a vinyl LP by the Baird Hersey

Big band called "Year of the Ear" ...destroy it immediately before

it infects your collection!

This is possibly the WORST ROTTEN ASS PUTRID UGLY

big band side ever made !!! ...bar none !!! ( IMO , of course )

One listening could cause severe tinnitus ..no shit!

Fortunately, I don't think this musical gomer was ever

re-released on CD, ..

:rmad:

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Well, I have conflicted feelings about Duos for Doris but it's worth persisting with. The hype surrounding it upon release--indeed, before it was released (one critic was picking it for "best of the year" in February 2003!)--was offputting & my first reaction was disappointment on actually hearing it, but it's worth trying to listen to it closely without the distractions of expectation & peer pressure.

I think the biggest dud I picked up lately (i.e. bought, rather than received for review) was Archie Shepp's Live in San Francisco.

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A fellow member suggested that I give away my rejects which I thought a good idea.

Anyone who has any interest in my ugly babies, send me a PM and I'll send one or all along to you. (I will send the CDs and artwork and retain the jewel cases. I'll also have to ask recipients outside the USA to foot the cost for shipping.)

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A fellow member suggested that I give away my rejects which I thought a good idea.

Anyone who has any interest in my ugly babies, send me a PM and I'll send one or all along to you. (I will send the CDs and artwork and retain the jewel cases. I'll also have to ask recipients outside the USA to foot the cost for shipping.)

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You’re one generous dude , good on you.

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A fellow member suggested that I give away my rejects which I thought a good idea.

Anyone who has any interest in my ugly babies, send me a PM and I'll send one or all along to you.  (I will send the CDs and artwork and retain the jewel cases.  I'll also have to ask recipients outside the USA to foot the cost for shipping.)

overlakehospitalorg3.jpg

If any of them are Arista Anthony Braxton on CD, send me a PM. :party::party::party:

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[Collective 4tet: Live at Crescent (Leo Lab CD 043) Geisser / Hennen / Hoyer / Parker

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I bought that one, listened to it twice(Sometimes I'm just too forgiving) and then was glad I got it on sale for $3.99. If anybody wants it, send me a PM and I'll send this piece of crap to you.

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I'm just wondering what music you might have recently purchased that didn't make the cut. You bought it, gave it a listen, another... and then maybe another and realized that it just wasn't to be.

Time to find that reject a new home.

Currently on my bottom shelf:

Regeneration (Soul Note 121054-2) Rudd / Lacy / Mengelberg / Carter / Bennink ---> On its way to a new home.

I've got to admit, I really like Regeneration. :unsure:

To each his own. :w

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[Collective 4tet:  Live at Crescent (Leo Lab CD 043)  Geisser / Hennen / Hoyer / Parker

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I bought that one, listened to it twice(Sometimes I'm just too forgiving) and then was glad I got it on sale for $3.99. If anybody wants it, send me a PM and I'll send this piece of crap to you.

Some of those Leo Lab titles are dreadful IMO - $3.99 is too much.

I've got a stack of them. :tdown

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I'm just wondering what music you might have recently purchased that didn't make the cut.  You bought it, gave it a listen, another... and then maybe another and realized that it just wasn't to be. 

Time to find that reject a new home.

Currently on my bottom shelf:

Regeneration (Soul Note 121054-2) Rudd / Lacy / Mengelberg / Carter / Bennink --->  On its way to a new home.

I've got to admit, I really like Regeneration. :unsure:

To each his own. :w

Wow! I really love that disc!

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Regeneration (Soul Note 121054-2) Rudd / Lacy / Mengelberg / Carter / Bennink --->  On its way to a new home.

Collective 4tet:  Live at Crescent (Leo Lab CD 043)  Geisser / Hennen / Hoyer / Parker

Well, though I admit I am too familiar with it to feel thrilled any more, I'm surprised you didn't get much out of Regeneration.

As for the Collective Quartet, it's true I sold my copy as part of my rationalisation program, but in effect this is a NY Art Quartet tribute group and IMO has its good points. Worth a try, unlike many other Leo's which are totally skippable.

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john zorn - hockey (horrible!) :rmad:

note to 7/4 - try the sanders again, i really liked it! B-)

I'm spinning it now. And I like it better. Still not what I expected for disc titled The Creator Has A Master Plan. I'm not too sure the master plan is standards, but Pharoah gets paid and has a calling card to get paid playing standards instead of some younger cat, so I guess it's ok.

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Some of those Leo Lab titles are dreadful IMO - $3.99 is too much.

I've got a stack of them. :tdown

I've got a bunch of Leo discs - mostly Braxton and Sun Ra - but don't think I've heard any of the "Lab" discs. What's their m.o.? I would assume a-g, but to be honest I sometimes have a difficult time telling the "good" a-g from the "bad." What exactly does "dreadful" mean in this case?

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Although most seem to be talkin' about avant garde stuff, the thread title looked more inclusive, so:

Teddy Edwards - MISSISSIPPI LAD (Gitanes/Verve). AT least for now. I've tried 5 or 6 times to like it, given how much I usually like Edwards, but this still seems putrid to me right now. Tom Waits = overrated and most definitely OUT OF PLACE in this company.

This is really saying something for me, I can only recall ever CONSIDERING selling back 1 or 2 jazz recordings EVER - but I'm thinkin' about it with this one.

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Some of those Leo Lab titles are dreadful IMO - $3.99 is too much.

I've got a stack of them.  :tdown

I've got a bunch of Leo discs - mostly Braxton and Sun Ra - but don't think I've heard any of the "Lab" discs. What's their m.o.? I would assume a-g, but to be honest I sometimes have a difficult time telling the "good" a-g from the "bad." What exactly does "dreadful" mean in this case?

I like a lot of avant jazz, but those Leo Lab discs just don't hold together for me.

Even with repeated listenings, it seemed as if there was nothing for me to get into.

I guess they were too avant for me. :ph34r:

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