On 07-22-97 DAVID MARHEINE wrote to KENNETH NEWMAN... 
 
  DF> ObProg - Tony Williams Lifetime @cd "best of" set - very 
 
  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. 
 
 DM> Was that Johnny M's last stop before forming Mahavishnu Orchestra? 
 DM> Or did that come before his work with Miles Davis? 
 
        Just before Miles, back in 69. 
 
 DM> I listened to some of the eponymous debut by Billy Cobham's band 
 DM> Dreams 
 DM> (with the Brecker Bros and John Abercrombie) at a used CD store the 
 DM> other day.  Very slightly fusiony, I suppose, but mostly Blood Sweat 
 DM> & Tearsish.  Which isn't all bad, but I didn't feel the need to 
 DM> spend the bucks on it at the time. 
 
        It's ok but nothing that you have to have. For a buck or 
        less , maybe. 
 
 DM> They DID have the 2 disc Various Artists _Isle Of Wight 1970_, but 
 DM> I couldn't see $16 just to get ELP doing "Rondo"... 
 
        ELP did do a really good "Lucky Man" and "Take a Pebble" 
        on the 1971 _Mar y Sol_ album, done in Puerto Rico, also 
        worthwhile for the version of "Noonward Race" by 
        Mahavishnu at their peak. 
 
                                Cheers, 
                                Kenneth 
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