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What are your first impressions of the Basie and Farmer ... sets? ← In both cases - superb. I have the Basie set playing right now. Played 2 CDs of each so far and it's been a real pleasure. These are very good Mosaic sets and the Addey mastering is well up to scratch. The sound of the Basie in particular is incredible, considering the age of the recordings.

Basie Clef/Verve CD#2. The Kid on organ, as I write..

Happy Birthday Brownie ! Hope it's a great one with lots of nice Contemporary monos and Prestiges on the platter, to with the cigars and wine..

Looks like these imported beavers are German. Another Saxon invasion !

I think most of the early Columbia Miles LPs were released on Fontana (some, such as 'Milestones' appeared on the 'Philips' imprint). It must have been around 1965-66 when CBS UK started issuing Miles' albums domestically. I suspect from the time of 'ESP' onwards.

I would guess that the Lexingtons and 47W63rd DGs would be best from a fall-out perspective as the limits set for atmospheric testing were pretty liberal at that time. Things tightened up around the NYUSA and Liberty eras when detonations went underground !

Yes, those were the sessions I was assuming you had in mind. I guess 'Extrapolation' had a wider (possibly US?) issue via Polydor (after the initial pressings on Marmelade) so yes, it's quite possible Miles could possibly have heard it. Zero chance I guess of Miles ever hearing Sandy Brown's 'Hair at it's Hairiest'. (No doubt he would have had something very witty to say about the wild cover art).

a real nice collection, was never so keen on him but this Mosaic is really convincing. Disk 7 of the Roy Eldridge Mosaic now playing. ← Indeed ! This particular set is something of a revelation.

And later that week it's Gerald Wilson.

I hope to check them out too on this tour. Its over 10 years since I last saw them.

Should be interesting to see how they get on. It's the wimpy 'non-American' variety. UK Beavers

Just ordered it from Amazon France. Looks like it went through OK.

Roy Eldridge disk 1

Yes, I would agree. They were pretty obscure even over here. The only one which got any kind of exposure at the time was 'Extrapolation'.

Many thanks !

I think mine cost £8 (not including 10% discount) for the same pressing.. Is it really that rare on the blue/white Liberty?

Many thanks, Brownie !

Art Farmer/Benny Golson disk 1 Basie Verve to follow..

You mean the 'Cote Europeennedu Jazz' book that came out in 2002? Written by PJC headman Arnaud Boubet. I find that one pretty accurate and obviously the people dealing with vinyls use the book as reference from what I see in secondhand shops and record conventions. ← Any idea as to how to get a copy of that one?

I thought Tony Williams played a recording of them playing together for Miles. ← Yep, just editted in a bit about T. Williams.

Two things concerning John McLaughlin in the late 1960s spring immediately to mind. First of all his very solid grounding in R&B (with Alexis Korner, Georgie Fame etc.) and commercial studio work - which must of itself have been of great appeal to Miles. Secondly his incredible stylistic versatility and ability (almost chameleon-like) to fit into numerous 1960s UK jazz contexts. Really everything from straight ahead mainstream (e.g. Sandy Brown's 'Hair at Its Hairiest') through to Kenny Wheeler 'Windmill Tilter' (also on Fontana) and Gordon Beck's 'Experiments In Pops'. On each of these, 'Johnny' McLaughlin plays a very key role in the success of the sessions. I suspect also that his willingness to be 'moulded' by Miles and his music (along with all of the plaudits from Tony Williams) played no small part in his eventual selection. Spedding also had a superb rock/commercial grounding prior to great work on such sessions as Mike Westbrook's 'Love Songs' (his work on this particular album is outstanding) and Neil Ardley's 'Greek Variations', for example. Less of a 'mouldable chameleon' though, I suspect, in the jazz context. It would have been fascinating to hear though !

Hope it was a great vinyl-filled day !

I'll keep a look-out for these when they hit the shops and report back. The Garrick and the William will be top of my list. Having said that, I've still to spot a copy of 'Chitinous'

Great news ! I got my Basie, Farmer/Golson and Eldridge sets from JPC today. Extremely well packaged and in tip-top condition. Farmer/Golson CD1 playing as I type. Big to Alfred !

and maybe a link to David Essex and 'Gonna Make You a Starrrrr'