I've actually got a friend at ECM's U.S. office looking into this; didn't want to blow $26 apiece for what are bound to be fairly short discs, only to have them appear at mid-price sometime next year. I'm patient. I own the vinyl. But so far, it does appear that these are going to be Japanese exclusives. I wondered about the Globe Unity disc you mention. I also wondered why they'd issued Music Improvisation Company and Dave Holland/Barre Phillips, but not Derek Bailey/Dave Holland. Maybe there's another batch coming. And actually, the one I'm lusting after most isn't an ECM, but a former MPS: Cecil Taylor's 'Live in the Black Forest.' I'll let you know when I hear something more. Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com NP - Derek Bailey/Bill Laswell/Jack DeJohnette/DJ Disk - Frankfurt 6/7/97 (CD-R) -----Original Message----- From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <proussel@ichips.intel.com> Sent: Oct 10, 2003 12:00 PM To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Cc: proussel@ichips.intel.com Subject: Unexpected reissues on Universal Japan Universal (Japan) started to reissue some jewels of European improv. I noticed that ECM/Japo's IMPROVISATIONS by The Globe Unity was already available (as well as the Music Improvisation Company from the same label). Does anybody know if COMPOSITIONS by The Globe Unity will also be reissued (one of my top ten favorites)? Patrice (still under the shock). PS: this might already been known but I cannot resist to say that FMR will reissue (soon) Trevor Watt's Amalgam fantastic WIPE OUT!!! Yes, the one with Keith Rowe playing rock guitar :-).