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Got the email today from Circuit City. They've cancelled the order. Knew it was coming, but..... Greg Mo

I often had the thought after reading Benny Green's notes, of "what did I just read, now?" I came to marvel at how he could fill the back of an album cover with virtually nothing. That's interesting. I always liked Green's notes. They struck me as particularly literate and not your usual album liners. They were sure better than those cases in which Grantz cheaped out by not having any liners at all! That said, he did have a reputation for paying his people well, so if the money had to go somewhere, better there than to cool photos and script...I guess! Greg Mo

The Goodman is what I'm salivating for. It goes through 1958. Does that mean the two Brussels albums will be part of this set? And it "focuses mainly on his instrumental recordings for Columbia records during the 1940s." I take that to mean no vocals at all which is what we've discussed on other threads, but it does seem a little more ambiguous than that! Greg Mo

I bought the Donaldson but wasn't sure it would be that great. I was dead wrong. It really is a great box, mostly because of Ray Barretto's congas, believe it or not. They just make those sessions *jump*. It's rare one can get Mosaics on sale (and I find myself wishing I *didn't* have some of the sets so I could order them for less!). There are some great sets on this list, but the Donaldson is a gem. So are the Teagarden, Basie, and Jazztet boxes. Well, they *all* are, but I like those the best! Greg Mo

It appears from Jazzdisco.org that the first few were: Peterson/Pass/Pedersen - The Trio Fitzgerald/Pass - Take Love Easy Duke Ellington - Duke's Big 4 So I was wrong again. Like THAT'S a surprise. Thanks for the response! Greg Mo

"Hey Joe" by Frankie Laine. Eeeeewwwww. Greg Mo

We went through this in another thread, and the consensus seemed to be that it wasn't true. I hope not, anyway. Does anybody know what the very first Pablo record ever issued was? I'm thinking it was Basie's "For the First Time," but I may be very wrong. Seems like it was the first one I ever saw in a record store. For me Dizzy's Big Four and the first two Basie/Peterson albums (Satch and Josh) are still the greatest Pablos. Greg Mo

Mine too. Classic Columbia, Okeh, and Vocalion Lester Young with Count Basie, disc 4. Greg Mo

You have a decade on me Chuck. I remember hearing Don Ellis and his big band at the ballroom in the University Union in Iowa City. I think it was around 1974. I also saw Duke Ellington at Hancher Auditorium there in 1973, Dizzy and Ella too. It's kind of amazing how many jazz greats performed in that town. I didn't see Maynard until I moved to Oregon. He brought a small version of Big Bop Nouveau to our little university a few years back. Nearly caused the plaster to come right off the wall! Greg Mo

yup, seems so - #11-18 of the following disc: The octet recordings here only come to around 23 minutes. I assume the Verve release will have more than that, won't it? Greg Mo

Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano Mosaic Select, disc 3 Greg Mo

One of the things I've most appreciated about Scott is that he occasionally answers emails from loons like me and appears to have an inexhaustible (so far) tolerance for all the suggestions we inflict on him. Of course, *mine* are particularly valuable! Greg Mo

Has anybody done an A/B comparison with the JSPs? I'd be curious to know how these new releases compare with those. I have the JSPs and continue to be wowed by the sound quality on those! Greg Mo

I've never known a Mosaic set to run out of its actual numerical set run--perhaps others have. The lease generally runs out long before the number of sets does, and Mosaic just quits manufacturing them. What's the *highest* set number anybody out there has? For me, it's 5603--Chet Baker Studio Recordings with Russ Freeman, and that was out of a 7,500 set limit. (The Monk Blue Note set--Mosaic's first--at 5428, is second!) My lowest is 56--Gene Krupa/Harry James Capitols. Scott Wenzel once told me that was one of their lowest selling sets. Greg Mo

Truly one of the more bizarre images ever conjured here! Greg Mo

So, if I'm going to dig out my old Dual 1215S turntable (which has a 78 rpm speed) to play my old 78s, what cartridge and stylus would you guys recommend I get for it? Greg Mo

I got the same e-mail. Crossing my fingers... They sent the same one again... I'm getting them too. They're computer-generated, obviously. I think it's only marginally better than an "order is cancelled" email, but I guess hope springs eternal! Greg Mo

I'm sorry to hear that Chuck. The Mingus reissue you did with Uptown struck me as a beautiful model for how those should be done. I hope you'll hook up with another label soon! Greg Mo

I think Anita O'Day did her best work for Verve in the 50s, and without Verve, we wouldn't have Ella's magnificent Songbooks, Dizzy's great mid-50s big band, Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band, or Johnny Hodges' wonderful off-Duke recordings. Lots of great stuff there. Greg Mo

With an unlimited release. Should outsell the Benedetti recordings easily...or at least AllenLowe's stuff! Greg Mo

Hmmm. Bad business plan. 17 would be far too many. Greg Mo Greg, that's not what you used to tell me during those late nights in your basement... Hey! What happens in the basement is supposed to STAY in the basement! Greg Mo

Sidney Bechet Pre-War Classic Sides on JSP, disc two. Greg Mo

Hmmm. Bad business plan. 17 would be far too many. Greg Mo

Well, now I'm a bit confused. The Centennial box set purported to include EVERYTHING Ellington ever recorded for the label, so how can there be no overlap with it if this set includes some of his 30s RCA material?! Sorry if I'm being dense. Wouldn't be the first time! Greg Mo Despite the title I don't think it includes any RCA material except the previously unreleased cuts and Daybreak Express (so there is that overlap). It's a bit difficult to tell because there's no useful annotation for set. Weird! But thanks for the quick response. All this makes me pine for the Mosaic set!! Greg Mo