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Wow. Never even seen this! Looks great. Now: Thank you, John!

The last sleeve is the original. I have the Black Lion, but downloaded a copy shot of the Polydor sleeve, and wrapped it around that blah blah, Black Lion Cd sleeve; I did the same for the Curson, Tears for Dolphy, like any weird jazz nerd would do🤔

Per Wikipedia. Much of this is news to me, I always thought Freedom was the original company, and that Black Lion somehow just picked up the rights in the early CD era. This was fostered by the change in album covers, where I grew up with the Freedom covers, and the Black Lion CD's had all those (to me) inferior-looking black and white covers. "Freedom Records was a jazz record label headed by Shel Safran[1] and founded by Alan Bates as a division of Black Lion Records.[2] Individual recordings were distributed via Polydor Records and Transatlantic Records during the early 1970s before the company was bought by Arista Records with the imprint dubbed Arista/Freedom in 1975.[3]" Here is an example of the covers: And it actually looks like maybe neither of those was the original cover?:

Freedom Records 1001: Marion Brown - Porto Novo * 1021: Ted Curson - Tears for Dolphy * Quote:"Individual recordings were distributed via Polydor Records" Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Records

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Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orchestra - The Columbia Legacy, disc 4.

Brahms: Sextet No. 1, op. 18, as heard on this CD:

I have The Sound of Detroit (3lp) and highly recommend it! Excellent music and sound quality.

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Black Lion Records - Wikipedia https://share.google/xsMepK6SinGbUjs8p RIP Alan Bates 1925-2023 (Black Lion / Candid Records) – and Tributes - UK Jazz News https://share.google/DXPKAoAUyGgjFlfsX

Offered for sale are the following great Mosaic Hank Mobley box sets: The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions 6 CD, Mosaic, 1998 All is in Near Mint (NM) condition - outer box, CDs, jewel cases, booklet https://www.discogs.com/release/5250366-Hank-Mobley-The-Complete-Blue-Note-Hank-Mobley-Fifties-Sessions $103 (+ $10 media mail shipping) U.S. shipping only Payment by pay pal friends/family The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970 8 CD, Mosaic, 2019 All is in Near Mint (NM) condition - outer box, CDs, jewel cases, booklet Limited to only 2,500 copies This one is very scarce and pricey on the used market. There are currently only 3 copies for sale on discogs and the lowest-priced copy is $300 (not including tax and shipping). See discogs link below. https://www.discogs.com/release/14546480-Hank-Mobley-The-Complete-Hank-Mobley-Blue-Note-Sessions-1963-70 $255 (+ $10 media mail shipping) U.S. shipping only Payment by pay pal friends/family

Torn ACL for the rookie Dobbins who showed some pretty decent stuff and poise this year. Need for starting help and relievers is getting extreme. Especially with Tanner Houk suffering from suckitis after his supposed breakthru campaign, and at the end of his allowed rehab stint, and Slaten not even throwing yet after his supposed dead arm situation at the end of May.

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Rhiannon Giddens - Monday night.

👍 - LP from 1979 on my shelf

This is where it gets interesting. Like was Black Lion a reissue lable only or signing artists too? Where does Freedom fit in? The more advant garde wing of Black Lion? Was Julius Hemphill, Andrew Hill, Archie Shepp, Freedom lable staples? Like Brilliant Corners, I've seen Polydor, Black Lion and Freedom forms of this record with all kinds of weird-ass cover art. What label did Stanely Cowell sign with, and do I have the original sleeve art as close as it can be? Here's the one I own: About Alan Bates, did he "found" Black Lion in 1968 as a forward releasing label, or was it a reissue program? For example I have these Black Lion CDs: Which is a Fontana issue, or Which is a Polydor release. Confused!

NP: Marian McPartland - Portrait of Marian McPartland (Concord, rec. 1979)

Last price reduction. Offered for sale is a nice copy of the following Mosaic Stanley Turrentine box set: The Blue Note Stanley Turrentine Quintet/Sextet Studio Sessions 5 CD, Mosaic, 2002 Limited Edition of 5000 numbered copies (this is copy # 3065). Everything is in excellent condition - outer box, CDs, jewel cases, large booklet. There is just some very minor rubbing to about a 1/4" piece of the mid left side edge of the front cover paste-on photo. I had not even noticed that until now but wanted to mention any minor issue at all. It is a nice copy. $80 (+ $10 media mail shipping). U.S. shipping only. Payment by pay pal friends/family. I will pack this carefully (wrapped in bubble wrap), ship it in a sturdy box, and provide a postal tracking # after shipping.

Last price reduction. Ben Webster - Black Lion Presents Ben Webster 3 CD, Black Lion, 1996 Everything (outer box, CDs, jewel cases, jewel case inserts) is in NM condition but the outer box does have a circular hole punched through each of the 2 bar codes (one at lower right corner and another at lower left corner) of the rear cover of the box. The rear page of each jewel case insert also has the same small circular holes through the bar code at each lower corner. $28 (+ $6 media mail shipping). U.S. shipping only Payment by pay pal friends/family