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I think he is in recovery mode after a double-hernia operation earlier this year. I can understand why he stepped down !

Recorded by Les Tompkins at Ronnie Scotts from his own personal collection of recordings. This '65 tour was a legendary one for Rollins.

Great news ! Here's wishing Mr Griffin good luck for a speedy recovery.

Looks good. I might just be tempted..

Very nice ! I see that Nucleus have just done a gig in London as a sort of reunion. Ian Carr didn't play apparently but was sat in the wings.

Happy birthday and hit the rare Brit jazz !

So maybe in 20 years time Mosaic will have relocated from Stanford into a single unmanned droid pod in Earth orbit, multi-tasking researching rare Xanadu/Deram/Turtle Records issues whilst 'servicing' customer requests for downloads..

I just played the JJ Johnson vinyl after cleaning the LPs on the VPI cleaner and - wow - what a great set ! Don't miss this, Mosaic lovers...

Just noticed that one. Popsike reported a copy of this sold on ebay for $262 so this seems to be in line with Paris Jazz Corner's price. Not sure why the crazy price - RVG in the dead-wax premium? They also list the MPS 'Watch What Happens' for about 130 Euros. I picked that one up for £12 recently. Footnote - the Goldmine guide lists the Contact album at about $25 in mint !

I think around the $200 mark but maybe Wolff has some past-sale stats on this..

I don't know - it's probably a mere breeze compared with 17 Lps of Maynard Ferguson Roulette

I have a couple of his Fresh Sound vinyl reissues which I have yet to give an extensive listen to. 'I Hear Music - Modern Music' (originally on Concert Hall) 'Let's Dig Bert' (originally on Trans-World). What I've heard so far sounds pretty good indeed. Very nice 50s modern-mainstream sessions. Richard Williams' Miles Davis book also has a great photo of Eddie chatting at a club gig with Miles.

My Four Freshmen set has arrived from Tower. Took a week to get from the US for about $10 compared with Mosaic's up-to 6 weeks and $30. The set is in great shape and is number 2037 out of a total of 3500.

Is it any good? Just spinning Basil Kirchin 'Abstractions of the Industrial North' (Trunk Records). From 1966, Jimmy Page meets Tubby Hayes ( )

I think that 'Cosmic Eye' album originates from the early 1970s, after the run of Lansdowne/Columbia albums. Not aware of any 'legit' issue on CD. Update :- just checked the D'Silva site and I see that it was produced by Dennis Preston of Lansdowne and issued on Regal Zonophone on the original LP. Around the same time as Neil Ardley's 'Symphony of Aramanths'. I suspect that Universal have the rights to this and there has certainly been no 'legit' Universal UK issue. Sounds dodgy..

Hi Stephano, Thank you for updating us with this information. Hopefully Universal get their act together and reissue this very fine album. Like all of your father's albums, it sure needs to be out there !

Thanks all ! The Scotch is flowing freely tonight

$150 for this is a reasonable price (I'm assuming it's the 4 CD version). I have the LP set and like it but to be honest I don't play it anywhere near enough. What I do recall is that the booklet has an excellent overview of Chaloff's career from the early days in Boston onwards. This is a good reminder for me to give this set a fresh spin.

Hey, good idea ! After a couple of Macallans I think its time to put on 'Manfred Mann Chapter III' and stare at the decal as it goes round...

Sure is ! I'll try to squeeze in a bit of JJ Johnson LP if I get time.

Unbelievable ! Have they added something to the water over there in Germany recently? There was a time (and I'm thinking back to Beckenbauer, Muller & co.) when the German national team was all but invincible. Getting goals against them was like getting blood out of a stone. Having said that, I bet they're still better than the bunch of overpaid posers that Sven-boy is running over here.. Back to the Mosaics..

Incredibly, the two Davis/Evans sets that completed on ebay last night went for $610 and $396.

John Surman 'Tales of the Algonquin' (Deram) Sam Rivers 'Contours' (BN NY USA mono, signed on the back by Sam )

Up on deck for the day's listening pleasures: Maynard Ferguson LP set Bill Evans Vanguard LP set Kenton Holman/Russo LP set Lee Morgan/Wayne Shorter VeeJay CD set That should keep me going for a while..

Great news ! The banana boat comes through..