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Looks suspiciously in the style of the 'artwork' for the Miles 'On The Corner' LP .. :rsmile:

I would also say get this one. 'True Blue' is my favourite - a landmark Blue Note hard bop session, magical. 'Back to the Tracks' is not far off, with 'Minor Move' a bit behind. Not quite as interesting in the arrangements as the other two but still very much worth having. On vinyl, the Mosaic Brooks set is indispensible..

Has 'Trompeta Toccata' been put out on CD yet? (other than on Japanese import)

I've also got it - purchased many years ago but one of my favourites with Woody and Joe. Very much a US/Canada 'joint production' I recall, with a good Toronto-based rhythm section. Superb performance from Joe on 'Don't Hurt Yourself'. Very fine work too from Woody Shaw at such a late stage of his career (I believe that Swainson was in one of his final touring groups - check out also the 'In My Own Sweet Way' release).

Great - many thanks for this info ! B) Looks like this visit is going to drain me dry of Eurozlottys..

This one's a 5LP set - interesting comment about the UA pressing. Was this 'The Magnificent Thad Jones' I guess this must be one of those UA gems with the 'RVG' in the runout .. I'll second that thums-up for the Buck Clayton too. It's almost as if you are there in the Columbia 30th St studio, wonderful acoustics and all..

For anyone with a turntable, you won't be disappointed with the Mosaic if you happen to find a copy of this. The other option is to get the King 'GX' vinyl releases from the 1980s of 'Oleo', 'Nigeria' and 'Goodens Corner'. These will sound fantastic but the limited quantities issued means they will be hard to find. Nice sleeve art too !

Amen to that !! I wish these guys would re-issue all of the Mobley 50s sessions, the Blakey Blue Notes of this period and the Morgans. Maybe it will happen in time? Second the comment about the deep groove and flat edge. Nice to see original sleeves and thick cardboard to wrap them in too !

The 'Hank Mobley' and Lee Morgan 'Candy' sound fantastic and are just a wee bit less damaging on the wallet than having to source copies of the original 'deep grooves'. Both highly recommended. I've not heard the Kenny Drew 'Undercurrent' issue from Classic but that one promises very great things indeed !

The booklet for the Mosaic LPs says that Ron McMaster did the digital transfers and mastering, dated 1990. One of his better ones ...

One of the few sets in vinyl still in print that I'm contemplating is the Teddy Wilson Verve. Anyone have any thoughts as to its sound quality etc (probably a daft question - I'm pretty sure what the answer will be - but best to ask anyway). Thanks in advance ! B)

RVG definitely remastered the DeFranco/Clark. The runout on the LPs in this set has those immortal words 'Mastered by Van Gelder' . B) Big thumbs up for the Mosaic vinyl, particularly those Q-LP 180g issues. In terms of sound quality, there are quite a few highlights but honourable mention in terms of my own favourites must go to the Bill Evans 'Vanguard' set, the Thad Jones 'Complete Blue Note', the Sam Rivers and the Horace Parlan. I like all of the Miles sets too - although in some cases the 'soundstage' does tend to differ a bit from the original Columbia issues (CS and CL). The 'Miles/Gil' and 'Plugged Nickel' are my faves from this grouping.

Thanks Alfred ! I'll check it out..

I'll likely be over in the Frankfurt/Stuttgart/Mannheim areas of Germany in a few weeks time. Do any board members have recommendations as to good outlets of second-hand modern jazz vinyl in each of these cities that are worth checking out? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.. :rsmile:

Prepare yourself for some serious monetary damage .....

Hiroshi's quality and service for Japanese vinyl is always second-to-none. The pressings are invariably pristine. Strongly recommended !

I've got Blue Note vinyl signed by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Andrew Hill

Deepgroove rules ! :rsmile:

I suspect that there will be some widely differing opinions on this one but here's my 'two-peneth'.. (1) Richard Davis, John Gilmore, Bobby Hutcherson, Elvin Jones (2) Joe Farrell, John Gilmore, Woody Shaw (3) Wayne Shorter, Don Cherry :rsmile:

The list for me would have to include the two very fine Julian Priester ECMs 'Love, Love' and 'Polarisation', in addition to the previously mentioned 'Turkish Women at the Bath' on Douglas (also issued as 'Bliss' under Chick Corea's name for Muse, I believe) where Gilmore is in fine form. Also that 'Batman' date for Tifton where Ra and the boys were all sidemen for the 'Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale' ie. the Blues Project. I have a very soft spot for this one even though it's hardly their finest hour musically !

It's a good album. My copy of the TOJC was $18 I seem to recall - it was on 'special' at the Tower Records on Sunset Strip, bought about 5 years ago and there were actually two copies in the rack at the time. Since then I've also picked up a Liberty vinyl copy so you could say that I like this album. Lots of Japanese Toshiba vinyl for this one, at what seem to be reasonable prices.

Yep, roll out the Ike Quebec 45s. Too many of us (me included) missed the Mosaic. How about also that 10" of Swinging Swedes/Cool Britons. Not that I'm biased ..

Thank you for the original recommendation - very much appreciated ! No, haven't heard the Mitchell solo disk but agree that it'll be well worth checking out. It would have been interesting to hear what the great man himself, Mr Wayne, would have thought of this gig. I suspect he would have been suitably impressed ! Interesting on the use within this group of a dedicated percussionist and not a drummer. I suspect that this might have been a preference of Norma Winstone, who seems to prefer settings which are not over-powering and in which there is lots of space to manouever. The one addition that occured to me that could have really worked was a vibraharpist, to add a bit of chordal 'middle depth'. A guitarist such as John Paricelli would have fitted in to this combo too ! Next gig 'Shakti' at Poole next month. Closely to be followed by the Tommy Smith supergroup..

I didn't ! Managed to snag two of the last 7 tickets for the gig. It was held in the O'Reilly Theatre at Keeble College - the first gig they had ever held in this lecture theatre. So new as a venue that the stage lighting was coupled in to that of main auditorium, so couldn't be dimmed. Nice to know though that the old university nack of striding down whole rows of lecture theatre seats hadn't been lost. Capacity at the gig about 100ish, so quite an intimate venue. Fascinating performance. Norma Winstone of course is quite simply quite the best vocalist we have over here - period. I liked the way that she interacted with Julian Siegal on reeds - almost telepathis at times - and the addition of Ben Davis on cello was a real master-stroke. I thought that his work (solo and as part of the front line) was outstanding throughout. Also fascinating was the intense concentration on Volker Strater's face throughout this performance- it must have required incredible concentration to co-ordinate some of those time signatures. Some of the material and tempos were unpredictable to say the least. Having spent years grooving to the Blakey 'Free For All' as a full on hard bop piece it was intriguing to hear it played as a slow, pastoral ECM type lament. Amazingly though, it worked ! Didn't recognise 'Children of the Night' either at first from the original version done with Blakey, although a later listen to the version on 'High Life' showed at least some similarity. Again, on 'Children', the unison front line with cello worked brilliantly. Particular highlights for me were the exquisite 'Harlequin' and the moody version of 'Dance Cadaverous' which they nailed completely and on which Norma Winstone's vocal was quite haunting (sorry for the pun..). Robert Mitchell sure put a lot of thought and care into conceiving this one !