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Hahahaha. The rapping is pretty terrible. I like the backing music. Nice acid jazz feel. There's another part where Easy Mo-Bee says something about Miles being around for a long time to come. Of course, Miles went and died before the album came out. Oops.

So is Doo-Bop the worst one, to your ear?

The song Circle in the Round is always one of my favorites. Crazy to make such a unique piece of music and just move on like Miles did. The 1980s stuff is definitely a challenge for me. One thing that helps is to try to hear the songs separate from the production style that makes them instantly...

What do you think of the 80s stuff with Marcus Miller?

There are certain things I always enjoy (the usual suspects, plus things I really like that aren't as popular (e.g. Pangaea), but one thing that jumped out at me this time that I really enjoyed was the compilation album Water Babies. Last time through, it just felt like a forgettable step in the...

I just finished a listen-through of my Miles Davis collection in chronological order, starting in 1946 and finishing with the 1992 Montreux concert. Anyone looking for Miles recommendations? It's all pretty fresh in my head!

Glad your box is okay. My shipping box was banged up pretty good, but the contents were pristine. One funny thing I noticed with the new outer box is the little stripe at the top of the spine with the catalog number is thicker than the Blue Note Anthology one. Storf made it a point to mention...

The thinking was that ECM had the best-selling jazz records at that time, so the label head allowed Michael Cuscuna to do these on the condition that the covers look like ECM records. Weird, but lucky for us because these sound great and can be had cheap!

The new Anthology community is either a ghost town or I'm doing it wrong. The facebook version for the BN Anthology was active, to an annoying extreme because it was not moderated very well. Anyone who is in the Women of Motown Anthology club, do you think the difference is more due to the...

2 of my 3 records in episode 1 are pressed off-center on one side only. Anyone else have off-center pressing issues?

SRX is transparent when held up to light. edit: sorry - didn't realize you don't have the record in-hand yet.

Welcome to the fancy-pants reissue club! Be careful - at first $55 seems like a big reach but then, next thing you know, you're looking at $125 MoFi one-steps! Enjoy the record; it's amazing. And, if it makes you feel any better, I will happily buy that Out to Lunch off of you for the $55 you...

I think it's probably easier for everyone if it's posted here but under the spoiler tag. If you aren't familiar with how that works, you can just modify the text in the attached image below.

My vote is to use the spoiler tags. I don't want to know, but I also don't want to prevent someone else from finding out.

Anthology is still for sale (past the "end of September" date), just in case anyone is interested: https://anthology.vinylmeplease.com/collections/anthology/products/vmp-anthology-the-women-of-motown

From VMP: "featuring interviews with Ethiopia Habtemariam (the President of Motown Records) and much more." Ms. Habtemariam is a woman of color. Can't speak to compensation for the artists. That's probably more down to their record contract than VMP.

I think what I would like is for Storf to periodically "cut away" from the interview footage and provide targeted extensions or interesting asides from that conversation that may last a few minutes and then transition us back. As it is now, he is mindful of his air time during the interview...

Storf definitely made the most recent podcast seem more polished than just a 2-hour interview cut into several "episodes." I hope he continues to grow into the role and find his voice. He's not bringing much to the table yet, but I believe that's an artistic decision he is making. I think...

Is this still the place to discuss Anthology Vol. 2 or did I miss the jump to a new thread? Anyone checkout the prologue podcast yet? Thoughts?

It's a great box. The Art Blakey album sounds great (Hutcherson does, too!).