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Title Artist Publisher Price
Spooked Robyn Hitchcock, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings $15.25
($16.98 list)

Read more and comment... 		Attention fans of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings!  This CD was produced by Rawlings and is a true -- if unusual -- collaboration between Hitchcock and Welch and Rawlings that yields a cohesive whole rife with engaging lyrics floating on haunting melodies, and a couple of very catchy tunes
Handful of Keys "Fats" Waller Proper Records $29.75
($33.95 list)
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Read more and comment... 		YES!!!  At last it has come to pass:  Fats Waller gets the Proper treatment.  More than any insurance policy, the music of Fats Waller will keep you sleeping safe and sound, knowing that you have bullet-proof protection from the blues.  It's simply impossible to be down when Fats is on:  He'll turn your frown upside-down.  Of all the great personalities of jazz, Fats is -- aside from Louis Armstrong -- probably the greatest. Fats would be a legend just for his mastery of the keyboard with which he launched his career,  but he has so much more to offer.  He crafted a true persona which he then donned for each and every performance.  And what performances!  Fats was the very embodiment of entertainment.  And finally, there's the songs themselves.  While Fats could take practically any tin-pan alley tune -- like, for example, My Very Good Friend the Milkman -- and transform it into a timeless classic, he also happened to be one of the greatest song writers of all times.  He brought a jazz sensibility to show tunes and a show tune sensibility to jazz.  Some, like Ain't Misbehavin',  have become standards, interpreted over and over again by cats of all colors, able to be made fresh each time. Others, like Squeeze Me, belong to Fats alone.  The people of Proper Records really had their work cut out for them with this one:  how do you bring the whole of Fats when you have a mere four CDs?  It's painful to leave out even one timeless classic!  Handful of Keys proves once again why Proper Records is the reigning champion of classic jazz packages:  On 100 big tracks, Fats is here in all his glory, from his early days as keyboard prodigy to his final blazing days of songmanship.  This is a set that will bring a lifetime of enjoyment.  If Fats isn't part of your life, then, man, you ain't livin'!  As with all Proper Box sets, this one contains five hours of music mastered with the jazz EQ in mind by people who know what they're doing, and comes complete with a 48 page career overview and appreciation by the Mr. Know-It-All of classic jazz, Joop Visser, and, to top it all off, a complete track by track breakdown of who played what on each and every song as well as when and where it was recorded.  It's a proper deal!  Here's the complete track listing and discography.
Handful of Keys "Fats" Waller Proper Records $29.75

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Read more and comment... 		YES!!!  At last it has come to pass:  Fats Waller gets the Proper treatment.  Of all the great personalities of jazz, Fats is the greatest (laying aside Louis Armstrong, of course, who transcends mere personality). Fats would be a legend just for his mastery of the keyboard with which he launched his career,  but he has so much more to offer.  He crafted a true persona which he then donned for each and every performance.  And what performances!  Fats was the very embodiment of entertainment.  And finally, there's the songs themselves.  Fats Waller is one of the greatest song writers of all times.  He brought a jazz sensibility to show tunes and a show tune sensibility to jazz.  Some, like Ain't Misbehavin',  have become standards, interpreted over and over again by cats of all colors, able to be made fresh each time.  Others, like My Very Good Friend the Milkman, belong to Fats alone.  The people of Proper Records really had their work cut out for them with this one:  how do you bring the whole of Fats when you have a mere four CDs?  It's painful to leave out even one timeless classic! Handful of Keys proves once again why Proper Records is the reigning champion of classic jazz packages:  Fats is here in all his glory, from his early days as keyboard prodigy to his final blazing days of songmanship.  This is a set that will bring a lifetime of  enjoyment.  If Fats isn't part of your life, then, man, you ain't livin'!  Here's the complete track listing and discography.
Young Anita Anita O'Day Proper Records $29.75
($33.95 list)
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Read more and comment... 		Here you have it:  89 tracks on four discs totalling nearly five hours of the music with which the incomparable Ms. O'Day launched her one-of-a-kind career.  Also included is a fully illustrated 40 page booklet written by jazzpert Joop Visser that provides a detailed look at these early years of Anita's career. It's all here, from the classic uptempo "Let  Me Off Uptown" that put her on the map and buoyed the careers of both Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa to the ultimate hardboiled gal tune, "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" that gave the Stan Kenton Orchestra their first big hit to her classic laid back set with the Nat King Cole Trio to her high energy reunion with the Krupa Orchestra and much more, all for one amazing low price.
New Magnetic Wonder Apples in Stereo YepRoc $14.44
($15.98 list)
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Read more and comment... 		This, the first new Apples in Stereo release in five years, is a multimedia extravaganza that contains 14 songs, 12 additional "link tracks," and an Apples first -- the newly invented "Non-Pythagorian Music Scale" included in both digital sound files and an in-depth video description on the enhanced portion of this multimedia CD. If you're looking for an up-tempo head-bobber of a record that will leaving you feeling sunny on the inside on the coldest and darkest of days, look no further: this is it.
Neon Bible Arcade Fire UNDEFINED $17.77
($19.98 list)

Read more and comment... 		Deluxe edition.
The Prime Source Art Blakey Proper Records $29.75
($33.95 list)
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Read more and comment... 		For 35 years Art Blakey was the pre-eminent leader of the hard bop movement. His Jazz Messengers ranked among the most rewarding ensembles in modern jazz. This 44 track 4CD set presents four early Jazz Messengers line-ups in various live settings.
Piano Grand Master Art Tatum Proper Records $29.75
($33.95 list)
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Read more and comment... 		The majority of his recordings during his 1932-1951 prime years covered by this 99-track, 4-CD set were unaccompanied solo performances, each a unique display of virtuosity without need of further embellishment.
The Artie Shaw Story Artie Shaw Proper Records $29.75
($33.95 list)
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Read more and comment... 		This 4 CD set presents the best across all of Shaw's varied output and contains a booklet telling his colourful story - the story of a musician who never seemed quite satisfied with the uses his vast talent was put to.
The Life Pursuit Belle and Sebastian $15.00
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Read more and comment... 		Before this record, you wouldn't necessarily think of placing B & S amidst company such as this, but with this record, they've joined the party and seem to be having a good time.  There's traces of the Kinks, as usual, but also of classic Beach Boys and even Apples in Stereo.  They've really put a back beat on these tracks, and the record, as a whole, quite bounces along.  For those sitting on the fence about this band, this might very well be the Belle & Sebastian record to take a chance on.