Why is Hancock's "Crossings" CD so hard to find?

zwordser wrote: Sean Trane wrote: Haven't had a single problem finding Crossing CDs, especiallu-y the ugly Atlantic remaster digipak (with the orange & black spine. I did once see recently the superb original gatefold sleeve vinyl, but very pricy (it was mint or near mint). I passed up, but changed my mind the next day and it was gone There is a superb small Atlantic Years boxset that includes Fat Albert, Mwan & Crossing in nthe form of brilliant cardboard sleeve (especially for Crossings), but saddly not sextant (on CBS) What I would be really looking for in the cardborad sleeve MiniLp of Sextant If I absolutely love the Mwandishi era, I'm definitely less into the Head Hunters era (though Man Child, I really like) Great, but where are you located? (i'm "Now" too, but aren't we all)--not in the West U.S. I'm thinking. I'm currently in AZ, and recently went to several music stores in Phoenix, thinking for sure I'd find much of what I wanted, including Crossings.  No go with HH, but at least did get a couple great finds. In the West, the best stores for variety of CDs/vinyl, including Prog, are on the coast: Portland and San Fran--though I've forgotton the names; haven't gotten out that way for a while.  The one in the Bay area is HUGE, and even has prog/experimental sections for CDs. .... Actually, I'll look it up....  I'ts Amoeba Music.  Don't remember if I simply didn't find Crossings last I was there, or wasn't thinking about it--I picked up a lot! (3-4 years ago or so).  They also have a location in Berkeley where I was able to grab 3  Hogarth-era Marillion CDs for relatively cheap.

Hi Pierre
Holy crap it’s been ages. I see you’re in lockdown mode as well. At least some of us don’t have any difficulty in passing the time when we’re around our music collections (books are brilliant too)
I’m still working something like a full day...every other week, because the school I work at only is “open” for a few select kids that don’t have anywhere else to stay. It’s weird..but then again I had a wonderful 9 hour workday yesterday, which is something I don’t say that often We had everything to ourselves plus sunshine and warm weather. I spent most of the day dancing around to some Funkadelic with a laughing kid on my shoulder

Regarding the whole cd situation? Depends entirely on what exactly one is hunting for. Some of the old school albums that somehow lost traction with the youngins over time presumably get more scarce as they don’t get re-released in the same way say Sticky Fingers does
I’ve been ordering from Danish and Swedish online shops lately and have been surprised of the type of selection they have to offer. In some instances I’ve come across albums I’d been searching for for ages. Case in point: Älgarnas Trädgård’s Delayed. Yup found that baby hiding out with a ridiculously cheap pricetag attached to it

Some really tasty albums being mentioned in here

Greg used his jazzy Guru skills on me a couple of years back and I can vouch for all the recs he provided. If you’re into jazz with a psychedelic aura about it aka spiritual jazz...well you just hit the motherload!
Add Pharoah Sander’s Karma and perhaps something from the new cats, fx Nat Birchall’s Sacred Dimension https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QzkKoNV0C7w , and you should be good to go - cool as a cucumber and stoically hip..like a levitating beatnik in short shorts

Edited by Guldbamsen - March 23 2020 at 15:09

Sean Trane wrote: Haven't had a single problem finding Crossing CDs, especiallu-y the ugly Atlantic remaster digipak (with the orange & black spine. I did once see recently the superb original gatefold sleeve vinyl, but very pricy (it was mint or near mint). I passed up, but changed my mind the next day and it was gone There is a superb small Atlantic Years boxset that includes Fat Albert, Mwan & Crossing in nthe form of brilliant cardboard sleeve (especially for Crossings), but saddly not sextant (on CBS) What I would be really looking for in the cardborad sleeve MiniLp of Sextant If I absolutely love the Mwandishi era, I'm definitely less into the Head Hunters era (though Man Child, I really like)

Logan wrote: Aside from "Crossings", "Sextant", and "Mwandishi", albums with a musical relation to it include Eddie Hebderson’s “Realization", amazing album I think, and "Inside Out" (if you don't have Anthology, Vol. II), and "Sunburst"; Julian Priester's fantastic "Love, Love" and his "Polarization"; Bennie Maupin's "The Jewel in the Lotus" and "Slow Traffic to the Right"; as well as Buster Williams'"Pinnacle", though I find that more forgettable than the others I mentioned. Norman Connors' "Dance of Magic" and "Dark of Light"is also an album that I think should appeal to those who enjoy MWandishi style music. And definitely check out Lenny White’s Venusian Summer if you haven’t already.

This is a great primer of suggestions on spiritual jazz. I have most of these - several based on your previous recs.

Edited by Mascodagama - March 23 2020 at 12:05

They had a couple different editions at my local record store (yes, we have one still!). I got mine on Amazon. Fantastic recording! I love Sextant as well.

dr wu23 wrote:  Probably most people on PA  like the 'trilogy' the best.....but I prefer the earlier more trad sounds of Inventions, Empyrean Isles, and especially Maiden Voyage (1965) and Speak Like a Child. To me they are the epitome of cool city jazz and late nights ,,say in New York or Chicago.

I do really appreciate the oness you listed in their own right. I have heard at least foutteen Hanock albums, from Inventions to Man Child, and perhaps the often most loved of those, which is Headhunters, is the one that least clicked with for me (and I do like funk). I should dig that one out again as it's been considerable years since I last listened to it. I feel like going out to the park, it won't be busy, and playing Death Wish right now, been cooped up far too long.

 Probably most people on PA  like the 'trilogy' the best.....but I prefer the earlier more trad sounds of Inventions, Empyrean Isles, and especially Maiden Voyage (1965) and Speak Like a Child.

^^I’m the same. I prefer a more hands-on approach and love to spend 6 hours in one store flipping through albums.
Yet...when I’ve been to the same place a couple of times and gotten my hands on what I wanted....well then I find myself looking at online possibilities instead.
Still...nothing beats a full day of music shopping - preferably with a sour girlfriend at one’s side - y’know just to get back at her for insisting on the weekend before, where she took you shopping for pants and a very specific pair of socks

Edited by Guldbamsen - March 22 2020 at 11:04