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Have a great day !

Can I come along? Happy birthday !

(The) Donald Mosaic, perhaps?

I think my folks have got a mono original vinyl Hi-Los 'Under Glass' somewhere in their place. I'll see if I they will loan it to me. (Last time I played it was on a '50s 'Bush' mono valve gramophone job with auto-changer ). Very tempted with that Freshmen Mosaic. Somewhat to my suprise I really like the samples I must be getting ancient !

I saw that one in the shops the other day for £7.99. Tempting - but I'm holding out for a cheapish vinyl copy.

This Oliver Nelson Mosaic set promises to be a very honourable addition to their big band sets (Basie, Thad/Mel, Gerald Wilson) and well up there in terms of quality. I'm also getting particularly psyched up over this one. I can feel another pre-order coming on..

They have done the Blackhawk set as Q-LPs. It's MQ6-220 (6LPs). I haven't heard this set yet (one more for the wish list) but I've heard great reports on the mastering quality.

Presumably you are aware that Tower have recently been listing the 'Complete Capitol' Mosaic by the Freshmen for around $80?

Just picked up a copy of this in a local sale. As previously mentioned, best not to approach this thinking it will be a typical Horace hard-bop date. It's definitely of its time but full of great tunes and Andy Bey's vocals are just great. On the whole it's a definite ' '. Reminds me, in spirit, of some of the stuff Duke Pearson was recording for Blue Note around this time. I can see why Horace likes these sessions so much.

Thanks, I'll look out for it. Comes from right at the runt-end of Fontana's life, by the look of it (the only other 1970 Fontana LP that comes to mind is Tubby Hayes' 'The Orchestra'. Other releases from that vintage such as Graham Collier's 'Mosaics' switched to Philips).

What's a 'Peaches' record crate? Anything to do with The Stranglers?

Is he/she related to TAL Farlow? ← renegade half-brother...

That place gets sillier by the day ! At least the picture was free though.

I'm still procrastinating over Kid Ory but the Jazz Crusaders, Oliver Nelson and Charles Tolliver for sure.

No 'Cellar Door' LP set? Some really good stuff coming up though - especially the Nelson, Jazz Crusaders and the Tolliver.

That ploy certainly worked on me. I think I bought 'Bitches Brew' back in about '74 after seeing that great Mati Klarwein cover in the racks and being totally intrigued. Found the music totally bemusing at first listen but it's greatness was apparent from first spin. Miles certainly has a huge profile with the media. Check out BBC4, who regularly run an animated trailer promoting their arts coverage. Very prominent in this is a snippet of Miles film taken from the Robert Herridge TV show recorded with Gil Evans. Even 10-15 years ago, the prominence of such a jazz figure would have been most improbable. For many of the UK public, jazz these days equates to Miles (and to a lesser extent I guess with Coltrane), just as it already did to Louis and the Duke. Totally justified, in my opinion.

Anita O'Day, preceded by the Basie 'Live' LP set I think (or was it the Caiman Farlow? )

A wise purchase ! Just spinning the Miles & Gil LP set - the 'Porgy & Bess' and 'Quiet Nights' sessions.

I was thinking of Dodo Mosaic (for OOP LP sets only) but Buster (as in 'wallet buster') gets the vote..

I pay about £0.95 a litre for diesel, which works out over £4 or $10 ( ) a gallon. It's extortionate and even though I get better than 50 miles to the gallon it certainly adds up, even though I run a fairly compact diesel hatchback. On my recent trip to the US I was stunned when the bill for the week for fuel came in less than about $30, even with a hopelessly gas-guzzling Ford Mustang. The US has it good ! Of course we have been here before - the prices in the early 1980s were just as bad, relative to income. It's just that gas has been very cheap in general over the period 1985-2005, a situation which (in the longer term) was only a temporary one.

Steve Kuhn 'Watch What Happens' (MPS/BASF German original) The Jazz Crusaders ''The Young Rabbits' (Blue Note twofer - another great Lourie/Cuscuna pre-Mosaic production )

The new Mosaic catalogue arrived here today and the Jazz Crusaders set is heavily featured ( ). I was wondering about this set as I haven't had a Mosaic invoice letter yet for my pre-order, which I was assuming should have arrived if the set is in the new catalogue. Maybe I need to send them an email just in case my pre-order got lost in the wash. Looks like a really great set !