The other day I was reading the latest issue of Absolute Sound, an audiophile publication that recently published a piece about Henry Rollins called “Henry Rollins:  I Am an Audiophile!”  I wrote a blogpost about that on my KCRW Rhythm Planet column (http://blogs.kcrw.com/rhythmplanet/henry-rollins-i-am-an-audiophile/).  In the new ish there was an article about classic lp’s that have never been reissued/need to get reissued.  One of those lp’s was an album by one of my favorite jazz pianists, Paul Bley:  it was issued on the Dutch label Fontana Records in 1966 and was titled “Blood”.  Now I was sure, as I approached the “B” section of my vinyl library, that I didn’t have this lp or if I did it must have been sold, loaned out, or otherwise gone.  (I sold my vinyl collection in 1976 to Rhino Records to help pay for long distance phone bills occasioned by my breakup with my French girlfriend.  What a waste!). Read More →