Ron S

Liebman & Beirach Select

Yes--send ME a Mosaic gift card.

Let what go--being a lawyer?

"I buried Bev."

The Farlow has now been moved from "Running Low" to "Last Chance." (That just happened, right? Or did I just not notice it before? :blush2: )

Thanks for the heads-up!

Thanks for crappin' on my thread, Dudes. Just for that, I've cancelled the Yo Yo Ma box sets I had ordered for each and every one of you.

A far-ranging survey of new box sets in a wide variety of genres: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20...boxed_sets.html He REALLY likes the Crosby Mosaic:

Here's a book that identifies what the author considers to be the 350 essential classical works (and also contains recommendations of specific recordings, but those are somewhat narrow and a bit dated): http://www.amazon.com/NPR-Guide-Building-C...4114&sr=1-1

Not when you add them to your shopping cart. Try it and see what it says.

And if you stick your thumb IN your ear, then you don't even have to listen to the CD.

Thanks to both of you guys for the heads-up! The sale price plus the coupon codes plus the free shipping add up to quite a nice little discount on each Select.

I ordered the Cannes CD from amazon.fr and discovered that the database had my email/password/credit card information used on the U.S. amazon. So its actually pretty easy, except for the unpleasant ratio between the Euro and the dollar. All Amazon sites (US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, etc.) access the same customer database at checkout. Makes it really easy to spend your money all over the world.

Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano Select

Sesquicentennial of his birth in 1860, centennial of his death in 1911.

I miss those CD giveaways and box-set blowouts from BMG Direct. Then again, those are probably the reason that BMG Direct is no longer with us. I also miss BMG's label-search function--a much more comprehensive way to review their inventory of classical labels such as Hyperion, Hanssler Classics, DG, etc. (and which would often pick up recordings of a composer's work that did not show up in a search of that composer).

No, thank YOU. This is an astounding release. People, GET THIS. Well, since you put it THAT way . . . .

And 14 1/2 hours later, notification that it has "dispatched." Go for it, folks (organissimo referral-fee link): http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lady-Day-Complete-...4013&sr=8-2 Remember, if all else fails, same Amazon, different accent.

Don't forget the SEPTA strike and World Series loss--MAJORLY cosmic.

Erroll Garner (Telarc)

But only if they bring in the bubble machine this time.

Meaning, of course, the famous Farlow Concert Band, also.

So where's that Johnny Richards you promised me?

How about that Phillie Phanatic?

Was that a takeoff of this?