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Now Universal could reissue the "Live at Donaueschingen" MPS album in their Originals series! And then do a reissue of Cecil Taylor's "In the Black Forest" as well! I'd be all over those!

They're OOP alright, but I guess Mosaic wouldn't do that, arguing that those who wanted to buy them did get them... some terrific music, though, on albums like "Mama Too Tight", "Live in San Francisco", "Four for Trane", "Fire Music", and "On This Night"! These and the Newport disc were all part of those Impulse Master Series or whatever it was called, roughly 1996-99 I think? So was "The Way Ahead". The album "Three for a Quarter, One for a Dime" was included on "Live in San Francisco" as a bonus. "The Way Ahead" included two bonus tracks from "Kwanza". "Black Gypsy" was part of the Free America series. "Attica Blues", "The Cry of My People" and "Kwanza" were reissued in the LPR/Originals series. That leaves about four albums or so (including one with Philly Joe done for America, and the fine "For Losers" and "Magic of Ju-Ju", both of which MCA/Verve somehow missed to bring back in the late 90s). I think that's just not interesting enough. Also it would be too large a set. And some of the late music isn't quite that great, while most albums do include some fine music, which would probably still cause Mosaic to do it as a 1964-67 Impulse box, if they ever did it, which would again mean that except for "Ju-Ju", there'd be no new music on it... Thanks for the fantastic summary. Mosaic probably should have done such a box in the mid-90s. The music is certainly worth the Mosaic treatment. Apparently, they missed their chance. Yep, I'd have been all over that set! On the other hand, I love those 96-99 Impulse digipacks a lot as well... (the packaging got flimsy towards the end of the run, see Coltrane/Shepp at Newport, Coltrane's "Ascension" or "Insterstellar Space", but none of the Shepps were afflicted by that... "On This Night", btw, was only available as a GRP CD, packed in regular jewel case). Anyway, Mosaic didn't have access to Universal's vaults back then, and they've never tackled any Impulse material. And after all, in the current sorry-ass state of CD reissues, Universal's "Originals" series is quite outstanding (though I still hate that they don't include bonus tracks that were on older versions of the CDs...)

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They're OOP alright, but I guess Mosaic wouldn't do that, arguing that those who wanted to buy them did get them... some terrific music, though, on albums like "Mama Too Tight", "Live in San Francisco", "Four for Trane", "Fire Music", and "On This Night"! These and the Newport disc were all part of those Impulse Master Series or whatever it was called, roughly 1996-99 I think? So was "The Way Ahead". The album "Three for a Quarter, One for a Dime" was included on "Live in San Francisco" as a bonus. "The Way Ahead" included two bonus tracks from "Kwanza". "Black Gypsy" was part of the Free America series. "Attica Blues", "The Cry of My People" and "Kwanza" were reissued in the LPR/Originals series. That leaves about four albums or so (including one with Philly Joe done for America, and the fine "For Losers" and "Magic of Ju-Ju", both of which MCA/Verve somehow missed to bring back in the late 90s). I think that's just not interesting enough. Also it would be too large a set. And some of the late music isn't quite that great, while most albums do include some fine music, which would probably still cause Mosaic to do it as a 1964-67 Impulse box, if they ever did it, which would again mean that except for "Ju-Ju", there'd be no new music on it...

I'm hear for succinctly Sangry... Took the second option, but the first four or somewhat true, and I like to check out the parallel universe that is the political forum, now and then.

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I got a reply to my asking the marketplace seller about the Shank/Cooper and Pacific Jazz Trios Selects (same vendor). He confirmed that both should have been mailed yesterday... hope that's indeed so, I'll only know by end of September, when our favourite jazz buddy from Paris will be back home to check his mail

most recently, two things: Discovering and re-discovering Teddy Edwards' fine four albums (rec. 91-94) for Universal France/Gitanes/Polygram/whatever, "Mississippi Lad" (with Art Hillery, Jimmy Cleveland, Leroy Vinnegar, Billy Higgins, Tom Waits and others), "Blue Saxophone" (with strings and brass, and a so-so singer), "La Villa" (a live album, with Christian Escoudé, some strings overdubs, and another so-so singer), and finally "Tango in Harlem", the great trio album with Christian McBride and Billy Higgins. Edwards should be much, much better known! second was this album - doesn't get much closer to perfection, I think! Herb Ellis - Nothin' But the Blues (Verve, with Roy Eldridge and Stan Getz, Ray Brown and Stan Levey).

Sorry for having stirred up the pot again... I kindly asked Berigan to consider changing his avatar. Publicly at first (in the political forum of course), then by PM (including an apology for not having done so first). He was kind enough to change it, so that's done with for me. As for the discussion here, I've taken a stance once or twice, so I guess it comes as no big surprise that I'm in the camp of Hans, never and Chuck here. I guess - even though Chuck agrees on this - it basically boils down to a cultural difference between mentalities. Freedom of speech in the US grants acts (yup, burning a cross in the yard of a black family was protected by the Supreme Court because of the first amendment) that in most parts of Europe and by most Europeans are regarded as atrocities and would be expected to be persecuted. Anyway, we've had this discussion before and I guess we'll have it again...

Glad to be of help, Mike & Bob

Got a shipping notification for the Don Pullen! Yippee! Yowzah! And sent a message to the seller from whom I ordered the Shank/Cooper and Pacific Trios to ask... I guess they both shipped, as the order is almost a week old by now, but I won't know for sure until end of September, if they made it to Paris safely, so I thought it doesn't cost anything to ask them for a shipping confirmation!

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Just in case, amazon.de still has a few of these at the same prize I bought it (70€, I got VAT deducted, but I'll pay that back to the mailman I guess...): Dexter Gordon (1 remaining) Carmell Jones (4 remaining) Grachan Moncur III (3 remaining) You might want to check for marketplace offers first, though... if they come through, they might end up a bit cheaper: Mosaic Selects on amazon.de Also, there's one Quincy Jones box for 65€ up for takers. (all links via Org - disclaimer: these might be gone fast now... don't wonder and blame me if there are none left!)

In the Pullen inflationary environment, that qualifies as a 'Great Find' Yeah, I guess that's true... 150$ seems to be usual for that one, but that was the case last week already. I gave up on finding it, but against all odds, amazon.de had one copy left. Still waiting for a shipping mail before celebrating, but it's showing as "will ship soon" and I can't change anything on that order... hope to have a shipping notification by tonight, otherwise I'll give up on that one! Sorry to hear about your trouble regarding the Dexter and Pepper (that one I skipped - got the old CDs and might buy that Omega disc from Freshsound some day, which has two more tunes if I remember correctly).

mine has Franck all over - spine, black-in-black digipack inlay, booklet - except for the liners and personnel listing on the last page of the booklet, it's all screwed up... guess I have an original one... will exchange it for a Frank one plus a few 100$ bills if anyone's interested

Happy Birthday, Gene! :party:

ordered a Pullen for 60€ - holy crap...

sure, the mono mastering was much more expensive, it used much more Beatles and George Martin time back then, and the value of that time has grown as... well, time went by...

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Ok, as halfway expected, the order that's been "in progress" since Thursday (for the Pacific Trios) has finally been cancelled - more than three days, how lame! Of course from a vendor that sent a mail about how they offer the best service there is within half an hour after my order... how doubly lame! Anyway, now I have high hopes that the other vendor, from whom I've ordered both the Shank/Cooper and the Pacific Trios will indeed come through!