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1) Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49 This is a promo edition that contains 10 goldback CDRs in slim cases as opposed to the actual discs. It does include the box and booklet in excellent shape $75 shipped 2) Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie And Lester Young Studio Sessions Contains all discs and box, but no booklet (which can be purchased from Mosaic if you wish). In excellent shape $100 shipped

Well then I guess I won't be picking this up. Hopefully they'll consider a repress.

Will definitely be picking this up

The big name stuff is important work, but there's also so many more obscure titles worth investigating that really provide a snapshot of free improvisation at a point in time. And he was generous enough to discount these titles to very low prices to where you could investigate a lot of stuff you may not have had the mettle for at full price. A whole other can of worms there, but it's something I've often wished other prolific labels in this space might do with their back catalogs as well.

Nothing that I've heard. I'd really like to know what the status of the inventory is, or if anyone has even inquired about taking it over. Seems most likely that if someone did it would be nearby in Europe. I sure do miss the days of being able to order discounted discs from him and have them arrive quickly and cheaply.

Right up my alley, that ~62-65 era Kirk stuff is my favorite of his. also very fascinated to hear some more Jane Getz from this period

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At this point we're very lucky to even have them at all. My assumption is that the vinyl editions subsidize them, otherwise I doubt they would even make the investment back. Not great, but still better than what you see with Elemental or Blue Note where the vinyl pricing outpaces the CD by 300% or more

Glad it's back in print, but the new CD packaging looks a bit cruddier. Glad to have the one they put real time, money, and labor into.

FE is great, they've been in the business for decades and do excellent work. They also have pretty frequent 10-15% off sales.

Dusty Groove has this up for preorder, late November ETA

Souffle Continu announced an LP and CD reissue of this title finally! https://www.soundohm.com/product/give-the-vibes-jamal

Thanks! I would've done it were I able to.

Any idea what's on deck?

Awesome news, long overdue. Some extra music would be nice, but I’d be more than happy to just finally have the original recordings on CD. Now if we could just get someone to do a wide physical release of the ‘73 Town Hall concert, I’ll never not be annoyed by how that was handled.

+1, they are continuing to do excellent, surprising work.

This is a phenomenal album. This is on streaming services only, not physical releases. The reasoning behind it I'm not so clear on.

Catalog number is #283, right after the Sanders set, so it does seem legitimately forthcoming and likely mistakenly included among the used items.

JM sent out an email with a cache of used Mosaic sets, and this jumped out at me immediately. Is it a fan-made set? What's with the (presumably?) fake PR from Mosaic? Very odd ... https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/106579/bob-crosby/classic-decca-rec-orchestra-and-bob-cats-36-42?mc_cid=dd2d2338a0&mc_eid=96816ee3b9

Most of what they're doing at BN now is just rehashing the work Cuscuna did in the CD era, which does encompass the umbrella of EMI holdings that constituted "Blue Note" CD releases back in the day (i.e BN & later tape acquisitions, Capitol, Roulette, Pacific Jazz/WP, United Artists, Solid State, Transition, Jazz West, Aladdin, Imperial, Colpix, maybe a couple others I can't think of at the moment)

This would be very welcome.

Interesting, thanks. Sounds a bit similar to the Jazzpar Octet disc: https://www.discogs.com/release/3778196-The-Andrew-Hill-Jazzpar-Octet-1-The-Day-The-World-Stood-Still/

This very good album came out with little fanfare a couple years back-- unfortunately it's only available on a bespoke LP edition that may be out of print, but you can hear it on bandcamp and other streaming platforms: https://newvellerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-prayer-for-andrew As much as I listen to his 60s BNs, I just as often come back to the later small group albums, especially the three later BN dates and Dusk on Palmetto. I am still hoping we can get a recording of his trio with John Hebert & Eric McPherson. I have often wondered if this was the live AH release Michael Cuscuna had mentioned ca. 2009 before Blue Note stopped making CDs. There are a few other fascinating trio recordings out there:

Marilyn Crispell does a phenomenal solo piano version, which was itself the inspiration for Joe McPhee's gorgeous solo soprano rendition that was recorded playing into the old Village Gate piano that McCoy Tyner once performed on:

Another thing I am thinking of is that even most US-based labels and artists who press CDs have them manufactured in Europe. Will people even be able to get new catalog items made now, even domestically?