Edward

Hey, Daniel, I tried to send you a PM regarding shipping fees, but your inbox is full. In short, the shipping costs would amount to $10.40, but I am going to re-weigh your package tonight without the jewel cases. I estimate that this should reduce postage fees by around 50%. I will try writing to you again later. -Ed

All CD’s are in excellent or better condition unless otherwise noted. Fees for USPS First Class shipping within the U.S. are as follows: 1 CD: $2.25 (the 2-CD sets listed count as one CD for this purpose) 2 CD’s: $2.75 3 or more CD’s: actual shipping charges to be determined (actual shipping charges to destinations outside of the U.S. also to be determined) I accept payment by PayPal, money order, or cashier's check. Please send a PM if interested – thanks! JAZZ: Julian “Cannonball” Adderley – Cannonball Takes Charge (Capitol) - $3.75 Julian “Cannonball” Adderley – En Concert Avec Europe (RTE) - $3.75 Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt – Boss Tenors – Straight Ahead from Chicago (Verve) - $4.75 - SOLD Harry Arnold – Big Band in Concert, 1957-58 (Dragon) - $12.50 - SOLD Charlie Barnet – Drop Me Off in Harlem (Decca) - $8.50 - SOLD Art Blakey – Like Someone In Love (Blue Note Collectors’ Choice Series) - $2.75 Don Byas – Laura (Gitanes – Jazz in Paris) - $2.75 - SOLD Donald Byrd – Caricatures (Blue Note – factory sealed) - $2.75 Benny Carter – Complete Benny Carter – Essential Keynote Collection 7 (Mercury with liner notes in Spanish – there are a couple of small stains on the inside of the front cover of the CD booklet and a crease in the back cover of the CD booklet) - $2.75 Sonny Clark – Sonny’s Crib (Blue Note Connoisseur Series with OBI strip) - $2.75 - SOLD Johnny Coles – Little Johnny C (Blue Note Connoisseur Series with OBI strip) - $2.75 - SOLD John Coltrane – Coltrane’s Sound (Atlantic) - $3.75 John Coltrane – Giant Steps - Deluxe Edition (BMG Music Club edition in a jewel case, not a digipak) – Rhino) - $3.75 Lou Donaldson – Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (Blue Note Collectors’ Choice Series) - $10.50 - SOLD Jimmy Giuffre – With the Jim Hall Trio (Giant of Jazz [italy] – recorded between 1956 and 1960) - $2.75 - SOLD Bennie Green – Soul Stirrin’ (Blue Note Connoisseur with OBI strip, which is a little worse for wear) - $10.50 Joe Henderson – Page One (Blue Note RVG) – $3.75 Andrew Hill – Andrew!!! (Blue Note Connoisseur Series – BMG Club edition) - $7.50 Andrew Hill – Dance with Death (Blue Note Connoisseur Series) - $7.50 Andrew Hill – Judgment! (Blue Note RVG – BMG Club edition) - $3.75 - SOLD Richard “Groove” Holmes – Comin’ On Home (Blue Note) - $3.75 Bobby Hutcherson – Stick-Up! (Blue Note Connoisseur Series – OBI strip included) - $7.50 Bobby Hutcherson – Now! (Blue Note Connoissuer Series) - $7.50 - SOLD J.J. Johnson – J.J.!– (1995 German RCA – one small, light scratch that does not affect play) - $4.75 - SOLD Stan Kenton – The 1950’s Birdland Broadcasts (Jazz Band) - $4.75 - SOLD Jimmy McGriff – The Worm– (Blue Note Rare Grooves Series) - $3.75 Jackie McLean – Consequence (Blue Note Connoisseur – BMG Club edition) - $7.50 Jackie McLean – Swing Swang Swingin’ (Blue Note Connoisseur – OBI strip is missing) - $16.50 Thelonious Monk – Live at the It Club – Complete (Columbia 2-CD set) - $9.50 - SOLD Thelonious Monk – London Collection, Volume 1 (1201 Music - 20-bit remastered) - $4.25 Thelonious Monk – London Collection, Volume 3 (1201 Music - 20-bit remastered) - $11.50 Thelonious Monk – Monk Alone – The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings: 1962-1968(Columbia 2-CD set – there is one small area with a few light scratches/scuffs that do not affect play) - $7.50 - SOLD Wes Montgomery – Dangerous (Milestone) - $5.50 John Patton – Got A Good Thing Goin’ (Blue Note Rare Groove Series) – $3.75 - SOLD Art Pepper – The Complete Surf Club Sessions (Jazz Factory 2-CD set) - $8.50 Art Pepper – Straight Life (OJC) - $4.75 Art Pepper – The Way it Was! (OJC) - $4.75 Buddy Rich – This One’s for Basie (Verve – Jazz Heritage Club edition – SEALED) - $2.75 Buddy Rich – Rich Versus Roach (Verve) - $6.50 - SOLD Sam Rivers – Contours (Blue Note Connoisseur Series) - $7.50 Tony Scott – At Last(32 Jazz 2-CD set – cardboard slipcover sleeve is missing) - $20.00 Woody Shaw – Rosewood (Columbia) - $3.75 - SOLD Woody Shaw – Stepping Stones– Live at the Village Vanguard (Columbia – BMG Club edition) - $3.75 - SOLD Jimmy Smith – The Sermon (Blue Note RVG) - $4.50 Sonny Stitt – At the Hi-Hat, Vol.1 (Roulette – BMG Club edition) - $3.75 - SOLD Sonny Stitt – Prestige First Sessions, Vol.2 (Prestige – SEALED) - $4.50 - SOLD Johnny Varro – Say Yes (Arbors) - $1.75 - SOLD BLUES: Tiny Bradshaw – Breaking Up the House (Proper 2-CD set) - $7.50 Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) – Vol. 8, 1937-1951 (Document) - $3.75 Cow Cow Davenport – Vol. 2, 1929-1945 (Document) - $7.50 Walter Davis – Vol. 6, 1940-1946 (Document) -$6.50 Champion Jack Dupree – New Orleans Barrelhouse Boogie(Columbia) - $8.50 Blind Boy Fuller – Vol. 1, 1935-1936 (Document – there are a few small, light scratches/scuffs that do not affect play) - $6.50 Etta James – The Sweetest Peaches – The Chess Years, Part One, 1960-1966 (MCA) - $2.75 Etta James – These Foolish Things: The Classic Balladry of Etta James (MCA) - $2.75 Mance Lipscomb – Texas Songster (Arhoolie – some light scratches/scuffs that do not affect play) - $6.50 Willie Love & his Three Aces – Greenville Smokin’ (Cleopatra - Trumpet Records) - $2.75 Willie Mabon – 1949-1954 (Blues & Rhythm Series Chronological Classics) - $8.50 Percy Mayfield – 1951-1954 (Blues & Rhythm Series Chronological Classics) - $8.50 Monkey Joe (Jesse Coleman) – Vol. 1, 1935-1939 (Document) - $7.50 Kid Prince Moore – 1936-1938 (Document) - $7.50 Big Joe Turner – The Very Best of Big Joe Turner (Rhino) - $3.75 Big Joe Williams – Big Joe Williams & Friends (Cleopatra - Trumpet Records) - $2.75 Sonny Boy Williamson (the second) – I Ain’t Beggin’ Nobody (Cleopatra - Trumpet Records) - $3.75 BLUEGRASS/FOLK/COUNTRY: Flatt & Scruggs – Complete Mercury Recordings (Mercury – BMG Music Club edition) - $4.75 Flatt & Scruggs – Essential Flatt & Scruggs – ‘Tis Sweet To Be Remembered (Columbia 2-CD set) - $7.50 - SOLD Don Gibson – RCA Country Legends (RCA) - $3.75 Woody Guthrie – Library of Congress Recordings (Rounder 3-CD set) - $20.00 Hank Williams, Sr. – 40 Greatest Hits (Polydor 2-CD set – BMG Music Club edition) - $9.50 Bob Wills – Anthology (Columbia 24-song compilation) - $4.50 Faron Young – Complete Capitol Hits (Collectors’ Choice 2-CD set) - $14.00 EARLY R&B: Various Artists – Honky Tonk! The King and Federal R&B Instrumentals (Ace Records) - $8.50

I recently purchased (not from Mosaic) a partial set (5/10 LP's) of Mosaic's Miles Davis Complete Plugged Nickel Sessions, but I no longer need it. All five LP's are in near mint condition (some are probably unplayed as I did not have the chance to listen to them all), BUT there is no booklet and the partial set is housed in a plain, black Mosaic box (i.e., there is no photo on the box top cover). I am looking for $45 plus reimbursement for actual shipping charges; I accept payment via PayPal, money order, or cashier's check. Please send a PM if interested. The track listing of the five LP's is as follows: RECORD THREE, SIDE A: (1) Four (15:05) (2) When I Fall In Love (10:44) RECORD THREE, SIDE B: (1) Agitation (13:13) (2) 'Round About Midnight (8:42) RECORD FOUR, SIDE A: (1) Milestones (14:04) (2) The Theme (0:38) (3) I Fall In Love Too Easily (11:53) RECORD FOUR, SIDE B: (1) All Of You (14:38) (2) Oleo (6:05) RECORD SIX, SIDE A: (1) If I Were A Bell (13:29) (2) Stella By Starlight (13:09) RECORD SIX, SIDE B: (1) Walkin' (11:01) (2) I Fall In Love Too Easily (12:07) (3) The Theme (2:50) RECORD SEVEN, SIDE A: (1) All Of You (10:39) (2) Agitation (10:48) RECORD SEVEN, SIDE B: (1) My Funny Valentine (13:52) (2) On Green Dolphin Street (12:48) RECORD EIGHT, SIDE A: (1) So What (13:36) (2) The Theme (3:28) RECORD EIGHT, SIDE B: (1) When I Fall In Love (13:39) (2) Milestones (11:49)

I just sent a PM regarding the Ben Webster and Yusef Lateef CD's. Thanks! -Ed

Tjazz brought this promotion code to my attention on the "Yourmusic.com Corner" thread, but it is such a good code that I believe that it is worthy of further note: L7P1 - 65% off with free shipping, good until (through???) 7/15 The newly available Dexter Gordon 3-CD Savoy set, "Bopland", costs only $12.24 delivered when purchased with this code. This is also a great code for purchasing $24.98 and $29.98 2-CD sets, which, with code applied, cost only $8.75 and $10.50 respectively. A number of the Universal "Deluxe Edition" releases (such as Marvin Gaye's, "What's Going On", and James Brown's "Live at the Apollo, Vol.2") are priced at $24.98.

Again, I think that a Mosaic Select of this material is a great idea, and I would definitely buy one. I have no idea, though, what Mosaic's expectations are in regard to the sales of its Select series. The first two releases in this series came out 4.5 years ago, and I would be curious to know what sales are to date (and whether these sales are meeting expectations).

I agree, although I place the blame squarely on Verve. Verve has completely mismanaged Buddy de Franco's catalog during the CD era. (For instance, why did it issue "Mr. Clarinet" as a full-priced, limited edition pressing in an LP mini-sleeve when, at the time, the same exact session had been available as a Japanese pressing at the same price? Of course, aside from "Mr. Clarinet", the Verve Elite Edition disc with Oscar Peterson, and the tracks from the 5-disc Lionel Hampton boxed set, Verve U.S.A. has reissued NOTHING by Buddy de Franco on CD, not even a single disc compilation.) Perhaps I am stating the obvious, but I think that the only reason that Verve opened its doors to leasing its material to Mosaic again a few years back was because of the rather belated realization that European copyright laws only offered protection for 50 years. At any rate, as Ken noted, I am not sure that this set would be commercially viable, but I definitely would buy it.

I sent e-mails regarding Stride Right, Roy Eldridge 1951, and Cuban Fire! Thanks!

Thanks for the insight. I also am reluctant to take such measures.

Thanks to all of you for checking your copies - I am glad that none of you seem to be encountering this problem. Cleaning has not corrected matters, and the fact that the backward skip occurs at exactly the same point on both copies of the record is disheartening. I am open to any and all suggestions. My friend and I each have a Goldring player (recommended on this board), and I, for one, have never had any problem before.

All CD’s are in excellent or better condition unless otherwise noted. Fees for USPS First Class shipping within the U.S. are as follows: 1 CD: $2.00 (the 2-CD sets listed below count as one CD for this purpose) 2 CD’s: $2.50 3 or more CD’s: actual shipping charges to be determined (actual shipping charges to destinations outside of the U.S. also to be determined) Please send a PM if interested – thanks! JAZZ TITLES: Julian “Cannonball” Adderley – Cannonball Takes Charge (Capitol) - $4.00 Julian “Cannonball” Adderley – En Concert Avec Europe (RTE) - $4.00 Julian “Cannonball” Adderley – Somethin’ Else (Blue Note RVG) - $4.00 Harry Arnold – Big Band in Concert, 1957-58 (Dragon) - $14.00 Tony Bennett/Bill Evans – Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (OJC) - $4.00 Don Byas – Laura (Gitanes – Jazz in Paris) - $4.00 John Coltrane – Coltrane Plays the Blues (Atlantic) - $4.00 John Coltrane – Coltrane’s Sound(Atlantic) - $4.00 John Coltrane – Giant Steps Deluxe Edition (RHINO - BMG Club Edition in a jewel case, not a digipak) –$4.50 Lou Donaldson – Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (Blue Note Collectors’ Choice Series) - $11.00 Jimmy Giuffre – With the Jim Hall Trio (Giant of Jazz [italy] – recorded between 1956 and 1960) - $3.50 Joe Henderson – Mirror Mirror (MPS POCJ-2160 – OBI strip is in excellent condition) - $5.00 SOLD Joe Henderson – Mode for Joe (Blue Note RVG) - $4.00 Joe Henderson – Page One (Blue Note RVG) – $4.00 Andrew Hill – Andrew!!! (Blue Note Connoisseur – BMG Club Edition) - $7.50 Andrew Hill – Dance with Death (Blue Note Connoisseur) - $8.00 Andrew Hill – Dusk (Palmetto) - $4.50 Andrew Hill – Eternal Spirit (Blue Note Connoisseur) - $19.00 SOLD Andrew Hill – Judgment! (Blue Note RVG – BMG Club Edition) - $4.00 Andrew Hill – Pax (Blue Note Connoisseur – BMG Club Edition) - $7.50 SOLD Richard “Groove” Holmes – Comin’ On Home (Blue Note) - $4.00 Stan Kenton – The 1950’s Birdland Broadcasts (Jazz Band) - $5.50 Jackie McLean – Consequence (Blue Note Connoisseur – BMG Club Edition) - $7.50 Jackie McLean – Its’ Time (Blue Note Connoisseur – BMG Club Edition) - $7.50 SOLD Jackie McLean – Vertigo (Blue Note Connoisseur) - $9.00 SOLD Thelonious Monk – Alone in San Francisco (OJC) - $3.50 Thelonious Monk – London Collection, Volume 1 (1201 Music) - $5.00 John Patton – Got A Good Thing Goin’ (Blue Note) – $4.00 Art Pepper – The Complete Surf Club Sessions (Jazz Factory 2-CD set) - $9.00 Art Pepper – Straight Life (OJC) - $5.00 Art Pepper – The Way it Was! (OJC) - $5.00 Bud Powell – Scene Changes (Blue Note RVG) – $4.00 Sonny Red – Out of the Blue (Blue Note Connoisseur – OBI strip is in very good condition) - $16.00 Sam Rivers – Contours (Blue Note Connoisseur) - $8.00 Horace Silver – Six Pieces of Silver (Blue Note RVG) - $4.00 SOLD Johnny Varro – Say Yes (Arbors) - $4.00 NON-JAZZ TITLES: Patsy Cline – Patsy Cline Story (MCA) - $3.00 Nat “King” Cole – Tell Me About Yourself/The Touch of Your Lips (EMI) - $6.00 Fats Domino – Fats Domino Live! (Shout! Factory) - $4.00 Red Foley – Tennessee Saturday Night (Proper 2-CD compilation) - $7.50 Judy Garland – Judy In Love/Alone (S&P Records) – $6.00 Don Gibson – RCA Country Legends (RCA) - $4.50 Etta James – These Foolish Things: The Classic Balladry of Etta James (MCA) - $4.00 Frank Sinatra – CBS Mini-Series Soundtrack (Reprise 2-CD set) - $4.00 Pete Townshend – Who Came First (Rykodisc 1992 release) - $7.00 Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane – Rough Mix (Atlantic, 1989) - $4.00 Traffic – Traffic (Island – 2001 remaster) - $4.00 Faron Young – Complete Capitol Hits (Collectors’ Choice 2-CD set) - $15.00 Helen Ward – The Complete Helen Ward on Columbia (Collectors’ Choice 2-CD set) - $15.00 Bob Wills – Anthology (Columbia single disc compilation) - $5.00 Various Artists – Honky Tonk! The Best of King and Federal R&B Instrumentals (Ace Records) - $9.00

I have listened to Side B of Record 5 on my set as well as a buddy's, and both copies skip at the transition between track #1 (an announcement) and track #2. There is no visible defect on either copy of the LP. Both sets in question were numbered in the 700's. It is an annoyance more than anything, as the skip precedes the start of the group's performance. There is also little that can be done at this point as Mosaic does not have available any partials for this set. I am curious, though, whether others' sets have this defect and whether this defect is confined to the last or latter pressings. Thanks!

No, I am afraid that I have not received any e-mail from you - I don't know what happened.

I sent you an e-mail earlier today regarding three of the Bethlehem Japan jazz vocal titles - I just want to make certain that you received it. Thanks!

Don't forget the sellers' surcharges! No, I haven't forgotten. I certainly do not think that levying such surcharges is the best way to do business (especially for a high priced item such as this), but, then again, the seller could have easily limited the acceptable payment methods to money order and cashier's check only. I could be mistaken, but I believe that PayPal affords purchasers greater protection (even when effecting a money transfer from a PayPal balance) than could be obtained by sending a money order. We shall see what happens, but auctions such as this one often seem to end at a winning bid price well below fair market value. Of course, if this auction attracts the interest of two bidders with deep pockets (and who cannot do math very well), then all bets are off! Unless the auction is cancelled by eBay because of the surcharges... Right! I have no idea what eBay's policies are in this regard.

Don't forget the sellers' surcharges! No, I haven't forgotten. I certainly do not think that levying such surcharges is the best way to do business (especially for a high priced item such as this), but, then again, the seller could have easily limited the acceptable payment methods to money order and cashier's check only. I could be mistaken, but I believe that PayPal affords purchasers greater protection (even when effecting a money transfer from a PayPal balance) than could be obtained by sending a money order. We shall see what happens, but auctions such as this one often seem to end at a winning bid price well below fair market value. Of course, if this auction attracts the interest of two bidders with deep pockets (and who cannot do math very well), then all bets are off!

I did a little math, and this Mosaic lot consists of 218 CD's. Fifty-eight of these discs are from sets that are presently available, and at the old Mosaic price of $16 per CD. So, excluding shipping charges, it would cost you $928 to purchase these in-print sets directly from Mosaic. Subtract this amount from the current high bid of $2,225, and the current bid price for the 160 out-of-print CD's is $1,297, or just over $8.00 per CD. So far, then, it is a bargain, but there are still over nine days to go.

I hear you. I have just received the Berigan (#1961) and Miles '63-64 (#701) sets. My guess is that the '63-64 set was selling so slowly that Mosaic decided not to extend the pertinent contractual agreement.

Twenty dollars? Then Mosaic has doubled the price since I last ordered some booklets and partial sets a couple of years back. Good for them as long as they end up selling more than half as many booklets as they used to sell.

All CD's listed are in near mint condition unless otherwise specified. Quoted prices include shipping via USPS First Class Mail within the United States; prices for overseas purchasers will be adjusted to account for actual shipping charges. Payment via PayPal is preferred. Please send a PM if interested. Thanks! Dizzy Gillespie - An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve - there are three small, light scracthes that do not affect play) - $6.00 Edmond Hall - Petite Fleur (Mighty Quinn) - $8.00 - SOLD Ahmad Jamal - Ahmad's Blues - (Chess - factory sealed) - $6.00 - SOLD Marian McPartland - Piano Jazz with Lionel Hampton (Jazz Alliance, original issue - factory sealed) - $5.00 - SOLD Ray McKinley & His Orchestra - Borderline (Savoy - there is some light scuffing in one area that does not affect play) - $5.00 - SOLD Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself (Riverside original issue) - $5.00 "Big" John Patton - Got a Good Thing Goin' - (Blue Note) - $7.00 Bud Powell - Scene Changes - (Blue Note RVG) - $7.00 Horace Silver - Six Pieces of Silver - (Blue Note RVG) - $7.00 Sonny Stitt - Prestige First Sessions Vol.2 - (Prestige - factory sealed) - $7.00

Bol, If you are interested in obtaining a booklet for that fine set, you may want to check with Mosaic Records if you have not done so already. Because of the costs associated with printing runs, Mosaic generally (always?) ends up with extra booklets that can be purchased for $10 each once the set has gone OOP.

Then again, there are many who treat it as a forced savings plan. Extra money in the paycheck has a tendancy to get spent and a lot of people don't have the discipline to save. That tax refund may be the only reason some have money in a savings account or have that money to get a new car or pay for that vacation. When you think about the pitiful amount of interest you'd earn in a savings account to keep funds liquid and accessable hassle-free, you're not really going to be missing out on much. I completely agree with your assessment that many folks use their tax refunds as a forced savings plan. I always laugh, though, when I hear the same friends, year after year, gleefully talk about how much money they are getting back from the government. JLarsen and Harold Z are right on - if you are getting a significant amount of money back, then you have not managed your finances as well as you could have. I also agree that, after factoring in federal and state taxes, most people stand to gain little from putting money into savings accounts or interest bearing checking accounts. For instance, if you are paying the top federal and state marginal rates (35% for Federal and 9.3% for California), then 4% interest earned on such investments becomes approximately 2.2% after taxes. Still, it is better than nothing. (BTW, ING Direct presently offers about 4.5% on its savings accounts and 4.0% minimum on its checking accounts. ING still has a promotion in effect whereby you get $25 if you open a savings account with at least $250. If you do open such an account, make sure that you allow a friend who already has an ING account refer you since this person would then get a $10 referral placed in his/her account.) However, relatively few people should be keeping much of their money in traditional savings/checking accounts. If you are talking about an "Emergency Fund" (i.e., three months' pay), I would keep no more than one month's pay in an interest bearing checking/savings account, and then put the balance into a relatively low-risk, no-load mutual fund with a low expense rate. Such an investment is quite readily accessible via electronic funds transfer. I, for one, keep about two months' pay in Homestead Value (HOVLX) because (1) the initial investment amount was only $500, (2) the expense rate is only 0.76%, (3) the fund has earned an annualized rate of approximately 9.9% over the past ten years (the annualized return over the preceding 1-, 3-, and 5-year periods is greater), (4) it is relatively low-risk (Morningstar rates it as having average risk, but the fund value decreased minimally during the last bear market), (5) the fund manager has been around for a while (i.e., ~5 years - I actually would prefer a longer tenure, but I decided to make an exception here), and (6) I can easily add and withdraw funds via the Internet. Now, I am NOT pushing Homestead Value in particular, but certainly there are other mutual funds (most people probably should choose a no-load fund) with similar attributes that could serve an investor well. The upshot is that mutual funds generally offer increased rates of return, the opportunity for deferred gain (be wary of mutual funds that make a lot of dividend distributions as these will be taxed at ordinary rates), and preferential capital gains treatment (15% Federal) if the money is kept in the account for more than one year prior to withdrawal. If you have little tolerance for risk (and there are plenty of good reasons why this may be the case), however, you should probably keep most/all of your money in savings/checking accounts, high-grade bonds, and similar investments. Also, I realize that some people (e.g., JLarsen ) are not particularly crazy about mutual funds, but I firmly believe that they are, at the very least, a good investment vehicle for those funds that you may need to access on short notice. (Actually, I have done quite well with my mutual fund investments (knock on wood), but if I had the time to research matters adequately I would definitely invest more in individual stocks).

Aside from the correct observation that there appears to be a history of the foul calling being just a little biased in favor of the higher seeded teams, I think that the PAC-10 and the BIG-10 are at a bit of a disadvantage come tournament time because their teams are used to playing more physical games within their conferences. How many three-point plays did the Gators make during that second half against UCLA? As for Florida beating the Bruins, I cannot say too much when Affalo pulls his disappearing act once again. Yes, there were some bogus foul calls made against him early, but he can NOT disappear during big games. This is not to take anything away from Brewer, who had a great all around game. However, Shipp did not seem to have much trouble scoring on him in the first half (I am afraid that he exerted so much effort carrying the team that he was exhausted for the second half). Afflalo needs to take out an insurance policy and stay in school for his senior year. If I were an NBA scout, I would have far too many reservations about this All-American. Noah is an extremely over-rated player, and he would have done well to bolt for the NBA after last season. I don't see a slender, 6-11 forward type being all that effective in the NBA, especially without the courtesy of the officials' whistles. (And, please, do not forgot how often the referees swallowed their whistles last season when he was setting a dubious record for most blocked shots in a championship game. It might have been the difference if the Bruins had actually decided to show up.) Billy Packer is an idiot and a cheerleader, and he should be relegated to providing commentary only for ACC and SEC conference games. I remember the Bruins' last championship win against Arkansas when Packer kept crying throughout the game, "Oh, the Bruins are getting tired. Arkansas is coming on strong now." What a joke! I scoff at any notion that this Florida team (and I will give credit where credit is due - it is a very good team) is the best championship team of all time. Puh-lease! There are a number of teams in the modern era (let alone the Bruin dynasty era) that could have more than held its own against Florida. <end rant>

Soulstation wins some RVG money! I may have won the pool, but I feel like the C student who aced the final. Edward's pickin' was way more impressive. Thanks, Quincy, but one could easily argue that it is an extremely difficult task to pick the finalists and the winner. Still, I would never lay any serious money on a NCAA pool utilizing Yahoo! because the later rounds, IMHO, are too heavily weighted.

Thanks for the clarification. Since these reissues appear to have been remastered by Toshiba engineers, I know all that I need.