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- From: blindsay@bmerh9f5.bnr.ca (Brian Lindsay)
- Subject: Re: Penguin Guide: Short Review & 5 Star Recordings
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.212123.15405@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
- References: <1993Jan23.031114.14929@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> <C1BvoK.35o@news.rich.bnr.ca>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 21:21:23 GMT
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- In article <C1BvoK.35o@news.rich.bnr.ca> John Thomas <jgthomas@bnr.ca> writes:
- >In article <1993Jan23.031114.14929@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>, wjh@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (william.j.hery) writes:
- >
- >[stuff deleted]
- >
- >|> Here's the list of Penguin 5 Star recordings. Keep in mind that only
- >|> recordings currently in print in England are reviewed in the book.
- >|>
- >
- >How can they leave off Sun Ra's ESP titles? Mingus' band with Dolpy?
- >This really is a ridiculous list.
- >
- >Ahhhhhhhhhh! Is some of this stuff not in print in England?!
-
-
- I am sure a lot of potential 5 star recordings are out of print
- over in UK (and here), but I think you also have to bear in mind
- what they are indicating with 5 stars.
-
- 4 stars indicates " an outstanding record that demands a place
- in any comprehensive collection".
-
- The 5 star recordings are supposed to be of a "desert island
- calibre, amoung the very finest of all jazz recordings [...]
- , only a handful of discs". Maybe the exercise is futile, but
- anytime you try and limit yourself to a handful there is
- going to be something that someone else thinks should have
- been on the list.
-
- In any case I think its an excellent reference. I especially
- like the fact that the players for each recording are fully
- listed, plus it has a full index, so you can find every (in
- UK print) recording your favorite player was on.
-
-
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- The opinions expressed above are solely those of Brian Lindsay
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