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quoted 3 lines Herbie Hancock - Old Record (Verve Japan)

> > > Herbie Hancock - Old Record (Verve Japan) > > > > > > This didn't come out in 1998, because Herbie Hancock died in the

1940s,

quoted 1 line though he kept playing to beat the band (who deserved it) until well

> > > though he kept playing to beat the band (who deserved it) until well

into

quoted 5 lines the late 1950s.

> > > the late 1950s. > > > > What are you talking about? > > good question...

Duh. (sorry, but you did not seem to catch Gil's drift) That shit was funny as fuck Gil. If every record review was this well researched and thought out, this poignant, this seamlessly logical and detached, this tight, this compelling and gut wrenching, well, it would sure make reading record reviews more interesting. You hear me? Record reviews should be creatively written. Of course, I don't know whether or not Gil actually has heard or even seen the record in question, or even if there is a record in question, but the point is that the review was fun. In a weird way, an entertaining review, eloquently or cleverly written, is a much better gauge of a record's sound than a detailed description of the instrumentation, styles, bpms, etc. When you write reviews, entertain us! This is not meant to discourage a dry, Robbe-Grillet-like analysis of a track. A over-the top 2000 word clinical dissection of a track would be fun to read too! -Cf -Cf