[TPIN] MF Band

[RickTrumpetMan at aol.com]

Just adding a fill or two.....
 
I've done the same thing with students and it IS a great  pleasure.   To me, 
it translates to passing the  torch along a little bit going back to all that 
footwork we  did when we were kids and embarked on all that record store 
scouring.  (I remember several stores in Philly, Rose Records in Chicago and Sam  
Goody's in NY.  Not to mention Starr Music Mart in  "metro" Hickory.  I think 
we both wound up with a bunch of those  TRIP reissues from there.....)
 
Here's the part that I find interesting.  The Columbia stuff is  farther back 
in history now than the Mercury/Roulette stuff was to  us, relative to their 
age and the those recordings release dates.  In  a way it's a miracle that 
they even know about the Columbia era records.
 
It sure wouldn't hurt the effort if EMI and  Verve would cough their M.F. 
catalogs up and reissue them  on CD.  (It is kind of fun to have students search  
for the M.F. Roulette Mosaic set on Ebay though.  I believe they  should be 
made available for future generations to own with less than a "crazy"  money 
investment......)
 
Boy with Lots of Brass still hasn't been re-released in it's  entirety.  Sure 
it's commercial, but there's some amazing things on that  record.  I keep 
waiting for Absolute Distribution in Spain to get it  out.  Sure hope they do 
soon......
 
 
Regards,
 
Rick Price
 
 



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