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I will wait a while to see which come out on CD, my preferred format.

Saw him with Roscoe and the expanded AEC at Big Ears in 2019  

Thanks. At this point I don't think I need to continuously upgrade unless there are major revelations.

I contacted info@mackavenue.com, and they have been shockingly responsive at getting my email to the right people, those people emailing me back with intelligent answers, etc.  The did say some of the downloads would be coming out on physical media later in the year, but would not or could not tell me more details.  The Tolliver Mosaic selects have the following albums: MS-020   Live at Slugs Vols 1 and 2, Live in Tokyo, and bonus material (including the Slugs download bonus material which Mack Avenue mistakenly claimed was previously unreleased). MS-037 Music Inc. (the one you mention) , Impact (the Strata-East one, not the ENJA one, and an otherwise unreleased 1979 NDR session). Compassion and Live in Berlin are not on the Mosaics.  Compassion, recorded in 1977, is great, has Nathan Page on guitar rather than a pianist.  Live in Berlin at the Quasimodo was recorded in 1988, released on two discs and is good.  Compassion and Live in Berlin at the Quasimodo were released on Bellaphon CD's in the early 90's, as was Harper's Capra Black, McBee's Mutima, and Harper's Such Great Friends. The ones I have sound great in general; to me, a great improvement over the Bellaphon CD's .  The Tolliver CD is in the mail to me, I can compare it to the Select when I get it.  The one that did not knock me out soundwise was the Sanders.  I also have the Cowell and Rouse CD's and several of the downloads.  I used to own the Mosaic (cashed in when the price for it got crazy), and that also sounded really good to me.  So best advice is probably upgrade if you own the Bellaphon CD's, don't bother if you own the Tolliver Selects or the Jordan Mosaic box (unless you want to sell those for financial reasons).

I would be interested to know how the new reissues compare to other relatively new ones, like the Mosaic Select Tolliver, and the Mosaic Clifford Jordan box