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 DF> ObProg - Tony Williams Lifetime @cd "best of" set - very 
 DF> nice with personnel including John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce 
 DF> and others. Some of this is almost psych while other parts 
 DF> are early fusion. 
 KN> How's the recording quality on this? I have the CD releae 
 KN> of _Emergency_ and while a lot of it is excellent, it can 
 KN> be a little rough on the ears. 
Was that Johnny M's last stop before forming Mahavishnu Orchestra?
Or did that come before his work with Miles Davis?
I listened to some of the eponymous debut by Billy Cobham's band Dreams
(with the Brecker Bros and John Abercrombie) at a used CD store the
other day.  Very slightly fusiony, I suppose, but mostly Blood Sweat
& Tearsish.  Which isn't all bad, but I didn't feel the need to
spend the bucks on it at the time.
Also listened to some of _Grayfolded_ (2 hours of edited excerpts from
the Grateful Dead playing "Dark Star"), which was also kinda interesting
but ultimately unneccessarryy.  A little less dicking around with the
digital delay in the editing room and I might've sprung for it.  But
then, I felt Neil Young's _Arc_ EP  didn't quite live up to my
expectations either...
And while their computer showed the Who's _Isle Of Wight_ in stock, the
jewel box is missing so I pretty much struck out that day.  The clerk
took my phone number in case it turns up, but considering he misspelled
both "Isle" AND "Wight", I don't have high hopes.
They DID have the 2 disc Various Artists _Isle Of Wight 1970_, but
I couldn't see $16 just to get ELP doing "Rondo"...  Well, there's
probably lots of other decent stuff on there, but I guess I'm just
not in the mood for one live song each from Tull, TYA, ELP, Taste,
the Who, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, etc, etc...
Dave
... If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?
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