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This is the one record that I can't imagine never hearing again.

Bill Amatneek — Acoustic Bass

Bill Griffin — Guitar, Harmony Vocals, Mandolin, Piano, Twelve-String Guitar

Darol Anger — Violin

Daniel Jones — Pedal Steel Guitar

Ford James — Electric Bass, Harmony Vocals

John Tenny — String Arrangements

Kate Wolf — Piano, Vocals, Twelve-String Guitar

Nina Gerber — Electric Guitar, Lead Guitar, Harmony Vocals, High String Guitar, Mandolin, Twelve-String Guitar

Norton Buffalo — Harmonica

Peter Siegel — Pedal Steel Guitar

Tom Lackner — Drums, Percussion

Tom Lee — Acoustic Bass

Tony Rice — Guitar, Harmony Vocals

I have to be careful with this one. I played it to death during some hard years. A decade on, it's still heavy.

Great record! Playing loud on the Cornwalls and the double bass is vibrating my chair lol.

"Philadelphia Folk Festival (1977)"

(1978, on Flying Fish)

This record was sealed until tonight. It contained a glossy tee-shirt order slip/postcard from Flying Fish that's waited almost fifty years to see the light of day.

A1. Bruce Martin –

Scots Piping

Written-By – Trad.

A2. Tom Paxton –

Did You Hear John Hurt?

Written-By – Paxton

A3. Norman Blake –

Jerusalem Ridge

Written-By – Monroe

A4. Michael Cooney –

Lady Isabel and the Elf King

Written-By – Trad.

A5. De Danann –

Irish Dance Medley: The Boys of Ballisodaire / The Longford Collector

A6. Kate Wolf –

Then Came the Children

Written-By – Seibel

A7. John Jackson –

Step It Up And Go

Written-By – Trad.

A8. Odetta –

I Gotta Be Me

Written-By – Odetta

B1. Dave Van Ronk –

Green, Green Rocky Road

Written-By – Trad.

B2. Lou Killen –

All For Me Grog

Written-By – Trad.

B3. Roger Sprung, Hal Wylie & the Progressive Bluegrassers –

Wild Goose Chase

Written-By – Trad.

B4. Debbie McClatchy –

A Little Piece of Wang

Written-By – Lloyd

B5. Lew London Trio –

The Glory Of Love

Written-By – Gershwin

B6. Highwood String Band & The Green Grass Cloggers –

Dance All Night

Written-By – Trad.

https://youtu.be/wfX3BF1-6Xw

"Doc Watson"

(2025 mono reissue by Real Gone Music; ltd. ed. of 500 in "Black Mountain" colored vinyl (transparent grey/beige); originally released 1964)

A1 Nashville Blues

Guitar [2nd] – John Herald

Written-By – Delmore Brothers

A2 Sitting On Top Of The World

Written-By – Lonnie Carter, Walter Jacobs

A3 Intoxicated Rat

Written-By – Dorsey Dixon

A4 Country Blues

Arranged By, Adapted By – Dock Boggs

A5 Talk About Suffering

A6 Six Thousand Years Ago

A7 Black Mountain Rag

Arranged By, Adapted By – Arthel 'Doc' Watson

Guitar [2nd] – John Herald

B1 Omie Wise

Arranged By, Adapted By – A.D. Watson

B2 Georgie Buck

Arranged By, Adapted By – A.D. Watson

B3 Doc's Guitar

Written-By – A.D. Watson

B4 Deep River Blues

Arranged By, Adapted By – A.D. Watson

B5 St. James' Hospital

Written-By – James Baker

B6 Tom Dooley

Arranged By, Adapted By – A.D. Watson

Copilot's behavior has apparently changed so that the Think Deeper mode constantly reverts to Auto mode within chats (I'm using (m365.cloud.microsoft). Is there a way that I can I make it persistent again?

Previously, if I started a new chat in Think Deeper mode, that mode was retained throughout the chat, i.e., for any and all additional prompt/answer cycles in the chat.

Today (17May2026), the chats are reverting to "Auto" after each answer, such that I have to repeatedly select "Think Deeper" with each prompt/answer cycle. That is, the Think Deeper mode is no longer persistent within a chat.

This is new behavior. I use this Copilot chat function multiple times per day, always in Think Deeper mode.

Is this something Microsoft changed? Or is it something my IT department has changed? I assume there's no way for me to control this, but if anyone has any insights as to how to make Think Deeper mode persistent within a chat, please comment.

"Willie Watson" (eponymous)

(2024, on his own label Little Operation Records)

A1 Slim and the Devil

A2 Real Love

A3 Already Gone

A4 Sad Song

A5 One to Fall

B1 Harris and the Mare

B2 Mole in the Ground

B3 Play It One More Time

B4 Reap'em in the Valley

Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica – Willie Watson

Bass – Paul Kowert (tracks: A1-A4, B1-B4), Sebastian Steinberg (A5)

Drums – Jason Boesel (A1-A3)

Fiddle, Violin – Sami Braman (A1-A2, B1-B3)

Guitar – Dylan Day

Harmonium, Drums – Kenneth Pattengale (1/2 of the Milk Carton Kids) (B1, B3)

Organ, Piano – Benmont Tench (A2-A3)

Piano, Violin – Gabe Witcher (A2, B1-B3)

Songs written by Willie Watson and Morgan Nagler except:

"Slim And The Devil" lyrics based on "Slim In Hell" by author Sterling A. Brown

"Already Gone" by Willie Watson, Morgan Nagler, Jason Boesel, and Gabe Witcher

"Harris And The Mare" by Stan Rogers

"Mole In The Ground" (trad.)

"Reap 'm In The Valley" by Willie Watson with interpolations from "Sow 'em On The Mountain" and "Worried Man Blues"

Old Crow Medicine Show – "Big Iron World"

(2026, on Acony Records; originally released 2006)

Ketch Secor - Vocals, harmonica, fiddle, banjo

Willie Watson - Guitar, vocals, banjo

Critter Fuqua - Banjo, vocals, slide guitar

Kevin Hayes - Guitjo, vocals on "Let It Alone"

Morgan Jahnig - Upright bass

David Rawlings - Guitar (tracks 4 & 10)

Gillian Welch - Drums (tracks 5,6,10 & 11)

A1. Down Home Girl

A2. Cocaine Habit

A3. Minglewood Blues

A4. My Good Gal

A5. James River Blues

A6. New Virginia Creeper

B1. Union Maid

B2. Let It Alone

B3. God's Got It

B4. I Hear Them All

B5. Don't Ride That Horse

B6. Bobcat Tracks

Peter Rowan, Tex Logan, Greg Douglass – "Revelry"

(1983, on Waterfront Records (England))

Acoustic Guitar, Mandola – Peter Rowan

Bass – Dave Hatfield

Fiddle – Tex Logan

Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar – Greg Douglass

A1 The Holy Wells Of Ireland

Written-By – Peter Rowan

A2 Maelstrom

Acoustic & Electric Guitar – Greg Douglass

Written-By – Greg Douglass

A3 Sitting On Top Of The World

Written-By – Lonnie Carter, Walter Jacobs

A4 Rising O' The Bones

Written-By – Peter Rowan

B1 Lovesick Blues

Written-By – Cliff Friend, Irving Mills

B2a Talking Bluegrass

Vocals [Talking and Tobacco Chewing] – Tex Logan

Written-By – Peggy Logan

B2b Black Mountain Juice

Arranged By – Tex Logan

Banjo – Tom Stern

Written-By – Trad.

B3 Mansion On The Hill

Written-By – Fred Rose, Hank Williams

B4 When I Was A Cowboy

Written-By – Huddie Ledbetter

B5 No Place Like Home

Acoustic & Electric Guitar – Greg Douglass

Arranged By – Greg Douglass, Peter Rowan

Written-By – Trad.

Emmylou Harris – "Angel Band"

(1987, on Warner Bros. Records)

A1. Where Could I Go But To The Lord

A2. Angel Band

A3. If I Be Lifted Up

A4. Precious Memories

A5. Bright Morning Stars

A6. When He Calls

B1. We Shall Rise

B2. Drifting Too Far

B3. Who Will Sing For Me

B4. Someday My Ship Will Sail

B5. The Other Side of Life

B6. When They Ring Those Golden Bells

Emmylou Harris: Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Vince Gill: Tenor Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin

Carl Jackson: Baritone Vocals, Lead Acoustic Guitar

Emory Gordy: Bass Vocals, Ernie Ball Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar on “We Shall Rise”

with:

Mike Aldridge: Dobro

Jerry Douglas: Dobro

Mark O’Connor: Fiddle, Viola, Mandola

"Nineteenth Street" about Portland and "Ghosts Along The Mississippi" about Louisiana.

Both books are fascinating. The Portland book is about 8'' x 10'' so the photos are a bit small. The Louisiana book is a bigger coffee table book.

An impeccable recording. Bill Thalmann of Conrad-Johnson used to use this recording as a reference for evaluating audio gear.

Bob Dylan – "Desire"

Side A of this record is one of the greatest album sides. It's playing suitably loud on the Cornwalls! 🔥

Scarlet Rivera's violin playing is 🔥🔥!!

(1975, on Columbia Records)

A1 Hurricane

Backing Vocals – Ronee Blakley, Steve Soles;

Congas – Luther Rix

A2 Isis

Piano – Bob Dylan

A3 Mozambique

A4 One More Cup Of Coffee

A5 Oh, Sister

B1 Joey

B2 Romance In Durango

B3 Black Diamond Bay

B4 Sara

Backing Vocals – EmmyLou Harris

Bass, Backing Vocals – Rob Stoner

Congas, Bells – Sheena

Drums – Howard Wyeth

Mandolin – Dom Cortese

Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica – Bob Dylan

Twelve-String Guitar – Vincent Bell

Violin – Scarlet Rivera

Someone on FB was rebuilding an AR XA and was missing some bits. They asked for info to replace the counter weight and the tone arm rest, and I made the measurements for them from my XA. I thought I'd share it here outside of FB in case anyone comes along looking for that info.

AR XA tonearm counterweight:

Diameter: 28 mm

Length (parallel to borehole): 22 mm

Borehole diameter: 9.5 mm

Weight (with set screw): 98.8 grams

Material: brass

AR XA tonearm rest:

39 mm from bottom of yoke to top of plinth top plate

(In the 2nd image, I've added arrows that point at the two parts. That 2nd is stolen from the site "John's Weather," which has an awesome page of a detailed tear-down and rebuild of an AR XA turntable: <https://johnsweather.com/Turntable1.html>)

Peter Rowan, "The First Whippoorwill"

(1985, on Sugar Hill Records)

Peter Rowan - lead and rhythm guitar, vocals

Alan O'Bryant - guitar, tenor vocals

Sam Bush - mandolin, baritone vocals

Bill Keith - banjo

Richard Greene - lead fiddle, bass vocals

Buddy Spicher - harmony fiddle

Roy Huskey, Jr. - bass