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My brother, whose 60th birthday party was tonight, and sister were at the Last Waltz at Winterland and just brought that up tonight. That must have been a pretty cool event to be present for. Both of my sisters were at the infamous Altamont concert with the Stones (telling my parents they were at a quilting bee). They left before the Stones played because it was such chaos. Probably a good thing.

Aaron has clearly gotten to you.

I keep telling you Denver is the old one!

The subscriptions keep rolling in. . . Music Matters Blue Note 45 RPMs: Analogue Productions Impulse! 45 RPMs: ORG Impulse! 45 RPMs:

Sounds fun, Mike. Is that keyboard player dressed as a cocktail olive?

Now, see, that's damn funny.

That is only the box. The original artwork on a gatefold is inside!

Well I was being a bit facetious, but I thought you said your were listening out of the iPhone.

Fit issue! Bass should be great and plentiful.

John Coltrane -- Giant Steps Atlantic Studios Master Series 45 RPM Box All I can say is "Hell yeah!" I should have listened to this record a lot sooner given that I bought it a couple months ago. Good stuff.

Damn, 909, glad it didn't look like that while I was driving back over the Bay Bridge last night! Good to see you posting Knuckles, and a very nice shot that is now my desktop background. Happy new year.

Moar vinyl: The Decemberists -- The Crane Wife The Jimi Hendrix Experience -- Axis Bold As Love Classic 33 RPM Mono

Working on my first New Year's Resolution: listen to more vinyl dammit! Ben Webster -- See You At The Fair AP Impulse 45 RPM Freddie Hubbard -- Open Sesame MM Blue Note 45 RPM Nirvana -- Nevermind ORG 33 RPM

x4! Thanks for running the HC exchange, Steve. I started to note that Paul Motian was most famous for being in Bill Evans' trio and that he played with lots of greats, and then I got distracted on Wikipedia and cut and pasted a few things, including his work with Charlie Haden (not one of my faves but great in his own way). I have and like a fair number of the recent recordings he has done, and I highlighted those because I think they are a nice start. Also well recorded, so that is nice. I should check out more of his early stuff as a leader. Anyway, happy listening. As a leader * Trioism (1993) JMT * I Have the Room Above Her (2004) trio ECM * Time and Time Again (2006) trio ECM * Garden of Eden (2006) ECM With Bill Evans * Portrait in Jazz (1959) * Explorations (1961) * Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961) * Waltz for Debby (1961) * How My Heart Sings! (1962) * Moon Beams (1962) * Trio '64 (1963) With Charlie Haden * Liberation Music Orchestra (1969) * Ballad of the Fallen (1980) * Dream Keeper (1989) * Etudes (1986) with Geri Allen & Charlie Haden * Segments (1987) with Geri Allen & Charlie Haden * Live at the Village Vanguard with Geri Allen & Charlie Haden * The Montreal Tapes with Geri Allen & Charlie Haden * The Montreal Tapes with Paul Bley & Charlie Haden * The Montreal Tapes with Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Charlie Haden * The Montreal Tapes with Liberation Music Orchestra With Paul Bley * with Gary Peacock ECM * Fragments ECM with Bill Frisell and John Surman * The Paul Bley Quartet with Bill Frisell and John Surman * Notes Soul Note * Memoirs Soul Note with Charlie Haden * Zen Palace Transheart with Steve Swallow * Not Two, Not One ECM with Gary Peacock Other * Bill Frisell, Ron Carter & Paul Motian

Happy birthday and happy new year Jacob! Cheers!

Dew eet! Me too

You'll have to wait awhile for a response.

Bill Frissell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones

Marty Ehrlich -- New on the Rail

Fred Anderson -- Staying In The Game

I have a lot of music, and a fair portion of what I post is my own. I do listen to Rhapsody a lot at work, though, and that allows me access to lots of other stuff. So don't be too envious.

Very different from those but really good. I think you'll like it. Plus, mono records are fun!

Everything But The Girl -- Eden

Gil Melle "Patterns in Jazz" One of the surprises from the series. Never heard it or even of Gil Melle, and I seriously love that record.

And if he's put on the traditional "freshman 15" since I last saw him, then he must be up to 95 pounds by now!