I'm interested in buying or trading for any of the following:
Note: if any of the above are available on CD, I'd be even more interested! For example, Cathexis, Denny Zeitlin's debut album as a leader (and a very fine album it is!), was briefly available on CD as part of the French CD series "Jazzotheque" on Sony (the French arm of Sony). Catalog # was Sony/Columbia 01-467709-10, although on the spine the catalog # is listed as COL 4677092. In any case, it seems to be gone now. I do have a copy, though, so I know it exists.
Update:Cathexis has been released by Collectables Jazz Classics on a single CD along with 5 tracks from Carnival.
The other Zeitlin album that may or may not be available on CD is Tidal Wave. I have the LP, but the cassette still shows up in catalogs as if it were still in print. My LP was released on Palo Alto Jazz, but the cassette lists as a Quicksilver Records release, catalog # 1712 4007 4. Is there a corresponding CD release? I've never been able to find out, but I'd sure like to get one if there is.
As Long As There's Music -- Another limited edition Denny Zeitlin CD released in Japan. What's
with these limited editions? Zeitlin is one of jazz-piano's greatest players.
Surely he deserves CD releases which stay in print for more than a few months.
Anyway, if you've got a copy of this CD, or know where I can get one, please
let me know.
Got It! (this has now been release domestically
on the "32 Jazz" label.)
Update! -- I've found a source for all of the Nancarrow Soundings Press books except Vol. 1. The rest of the books can be ordered from the Frog Peak Music collective. I'm not sure how many copies they have or how quickly they may sell out, but I did manage to get Volumes 2 through 6 from them. I'm still looking for Volume 1, though.
If you've got costumes, props, artwork, signs, or other set-dressing items, etc. that were built for the show (any incarnation -- original series, TNG, DS9, Voyager, or any of the movies) that you want to sell, please let me know.
UPDATE: Well, the Star Trek collecting started getting expensive, and my finances started weakening, so I'm pretty much inactive as a collector right now. If I manage to make an "Internet million" or two, I'll probably start up again; until then, I'm not really in the market for Trek stuff unless the items are authentic and the prices are really reasonable.
I'm less interested in prints of his movie work (although the Blade Runner pre-production paintings are spectacular!). I'm most interested in his "racing", "future of Los Angeles", and "space habitat" works. I have the recent "200th Kentucky Derby" print, and it's great! I also have the Smithsonian exhibit poster.
To be honest, I'm kind of a new fan, so I don't even know what prints may have been released earlier. I recall seeing a print of "Running of the Six Drgxx" at the San Diego Comic-Con a few years ago. I'd love to get ahold of a copy, as it'd make a nice pair with the "200th Kentucky Derby" print, as would a print of "Race in Space Ball" if it exists.
Anyway, if anyone has Syd Mead
If you're curious about Mead, here are a few links (with artwork samples) to check out:
| The World of Syd Mead | A nice overview, with many scans of Mead's artwork. |
| Supersonic Baroque | Contains some scans of Mead's work, and a couple of RealAudio snippets of Mead talking about his work. Be sure to follow the link to the readers' feedback about the article. Peter Tupper's assesment of Mead's artwork is succinct and eloquent, and, I think, quite perceptive. I really can't reduce his comments or state them better than he already did, so follow the link to read them for yourself. |
| StarChild Opera | An unusual opera for which Syd Mead did the set design work. Scans of Mead's conceptual paintings for various scenes of the opera can be found here in the Set Design area. |
| Syd Mead: designer; futurist; god | A fan site with a few images not found elsewhere. Includes a photo of the famous futurist himself. |
I'm looking for a comic book which contained a "Mister X" story involving
balloons with art by Dave McKean. I purchased the original painting of
Page 4 of this story at the 1996 San Diego Comic Convention. At the
left is a really bad photo of the painting which truly does not
do the piece justice; it is a stunning, surreal work, which my $30 polaroid
instamatic camera is unable to capture.
Anyway, I would like to see the context of the full story as printed in the comic. But so far, I haven't been able to locate a copy.
McKean told me that it was originally published in A1 (that's not "AL" but "A-one"). The trouble is, there are two different comic book series with that name: a six issue series published in the early '90s (I think) by Marvel is apparently the more well-known. This story doesn't appear to be in any of those six issues. At the 1997 San Diego Comic Convention, I asked McKean's agent, Allen Spiegel, who told me that before the Marvel series, there was a British A1 series. My guess is that this story appeared in one of the British comics. It very likely was published in black and white. The story was written by Neil Gaimon, illustrated by Dave McKean, was a Mr. X story, and had a subtitle something like "Heartsprings and Watchstops."
In any case, if you've got a Dave McKean-illustrated story involving a lot of
characters carrying helium balloons, I'm interested!
Got It!
[My Star Trek Museum page: original and replica props and pre-production artwork]
