Roy Eldridge

[John Tapscott]

I'm delighted to have the music available. I would buy this set if they came in plain paper sleeves. I'm bothered by whines about flopped negatives. Buy a friggin' mirror if it bothers you so much.

OK Chuck, I respect your opinion, and I agree that the music is far more important that the photos. But Chuck, I honestly doubt that you would do such thing on any of your releases. If I were a record producer, I sure as heck wouldn't allow that to slip through.

BTW, is there any significance to the fact that it's the Verve Mosaic reissues that generally have these little slip-ups, as opposed to the Mosaic sets from other labels? That does make me wonder if Cuscuna has a little less input on these.

[Chuck Nessa]

OK Chuck, I respect your opinion, and I agree that the music is far more important that the photos. But Chuck, I honestly doubt that you would do such thing on any of your releases. If I were a record producer, I sure as heck wouldn't allow that to slip through.

Once my art director called me and asked for permission to flop a picture. I went to his studio and looked at the variables. I agreed, because it fit the "dandy" design best. No one ever caught it 'cept the artist. Can anyone here tell me which record this was?

[David Ayers]

I can see why people selling records might want customers to shut up, stop whining, and hand over the money. But it's not compulsory. As it happens, photographs are expensive to license, and a good part of the cost of hearing the music goes to pay for visual and textual production.

Apologists for sloppiness may be thought to be sloppy. If well recognised historic photos appeared reversed, the editors would be judged incompetent. In fact, the same applies when the photographs are not well known. These sets are offered as historic documents. As I noted, the DG sets which lack the visuals cost less then half the EMI (sorry, Mosaic) sets. The price should and must reflect the quality.

These mistakes are careless editing. The line that we should be grateful for whatever we get in whatever form it comes cuts no ice with me.

[paul secor]

OK Chuck, I respect your opinion, and I agree that the music is far more important that the photos.  But Chuck, I honestly doubt that you would do such thing on any of your releases. If I were a record producer, I sure as heck wouldn't allow that to slip through.

Once my art director called me and asked for permission to flop a picture. I went to his studio and looked at the variables. I agreed, because it fit the "dandy" design best. No one ever caught it 'cept the artist. Can anyone here tell me which record this was?

Just a wild guess - Fred Anderson: The Missing Link?

[Chuck Nessa]

Lucky Thompson "Body & Soul". He thought it was funny, in context, because in the photo he seems to be quizzically examining his soprano.

[Eric]

Lucky Thompson - now there would be one hell of a Mosaic project !!!

Eric

[EKE BBB]

Just ordered the Eldridge set. Can´t wait to spin this one!!!!