http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/ A list devoted to general discussion and sharing the interest about Ralph Towner, one of the most prominent guitar players of Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:48:09 GMT John Shaw http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2165 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2165 ... Good interviews and great concert footage of Ralph playing solo (and on Icarus, with two other guitarists). I particularly liked the guitar version of Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:48:53 GMT Steve Silberman http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2164 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2164 Interviews with all four Oregon members following a performance at Bohemia JazzFest this month: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KSY5d3RwDY Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:19:23 GMT egoodst285@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2163 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2163 ... **Thanks for heads up!! Ed ************** It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:14:06 GMT cornelious http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2162 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2162 hey fellow Towner friends: tHERE IS A Really Cool interview with Ralph, posted just recently on youtube.com. seems to be in yugoslavia (Croatia, maybe?) OR Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:30:45 GMT David Binder http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2161 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2161 I've had this for ages but never had the setlist - thanks for that! It *is* a fantastic set....!! Best! Dave =================== Dave Binder 506-333 Chapel Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:20:20 GMT Steve Silberman http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2160 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2160 Fellow John Abercrombie fans: For what it's worth, the live recording linked in the comments here... Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:09:29 GMT Steve Silberman http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2159 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2159 ... Later" IS supposed to be released after all sometime this year. If someone has information either way it would be deeply appreciated. A little bird told Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:59:38 GMT ronddurham@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2158 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2158 I thought I read somewhere on this yahoogroup that "Five Years Later" IS supposed to be released after all sometime this year. If someone has information Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:43:51 GMT Steve Silberman http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2157 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2157 ... wrote: uth... ... There is an absolutely luminous ECM recording of Towner and Abercrombie together that even many fans of both players are not aware of. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:50:58 GMT Geoff Hands http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2156 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2156 The few mentions of 'Five Years Later' just had me poking through my lp collection as I plugged in the record deck after well over a decade yesterday. Imagine Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:59:13 GMT Daniel Rheault http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2155 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2155 Me? I'd give my left arm for the three Abercrombie Quartet discs with Richie Beirach: Arcade (though I've a limited run expensive Japanese release of this one) Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:37:49 GMT David Binder http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2154 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2154 Five Years Later isn't available...yet. There's something like 40-50 titles that have yet to see release on CD and I'll be surprised if we don't see them on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:42:57 GMT Kurt & Nancy Harris http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2153 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2153 Sigh. Very nice list and I'm glad for these releases, but why won't ECM release Five Years Later? And by the way, what does it mean they are releasing these Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:27:18 GMT David Binder http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2152 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2152 To be clear - this is NOT an ECM all-time Top 40. It is simply making a number of what they call "touchstone" discs available at a nice price ($10.98 at Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:10:22 GMT John Shaw http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2151 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ralph_Towner/message/2151 ... Admittedly, there are only perhaps a dozen other ECM artists and recordings I've heard over the years. And, like the top 10 list of a few weeks ago,