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Hi, I'm selling my Mosaic Django Reinhardt Box Set --- except there is no box! I have all 6 CD's in excellent condition as well as the booklet that comes with the set. But I ditched the box a year or so ago. If anyone is interested the 6 CD's and booklet, I'd be happy to sell them for $60 (including postage) -- just over 1/2 the list price at Mosaic. thanks Bob Borgen

Hi, I've found a book from Scarecrow Press called The Young Louis Armstrong On Record - a critical study of his early recordings. Has anyone out there read the book? Just wondering if it is worth pursuing -- is it good, interesting, readable, etc? thanks in advance for any opinions offered. Bob B.

May I ask you -- since you all have much more experience than I in this area. I'm trying to collect as much as I can of Armstrong's work -- I have the "basic" releases of complete Hot 5's and 7's, Mosaic's complete Decca, etc, but none of the foreign releases "Intergrale" etc. For my other trying-to-be-nearly-complete collections (Beatles, Tom Waits, John Prine, McGarrigles, Django Reinhardt -- yeah, pretty eclectic) -- I have found nice collectors who trade in rarities. And without trying to break any federal laws or anything -- can anyone in this "group mind" recommend places to look for similar things with old and rare Armstrong recordings (studio and live)? Or shall I just save up my $$ and purchase the french Intergrale series thru Amazon.fr thanks to you all for any suggestions Bob B.

thanks to all for your welcome to the site -- and for all the great information. I must have heard the other take somewhere and now will try to track it down -- maybe I can find that French CD set. Reminds me of 40+ years ago when I could swear that I had heard a different version of the Beatles "I Am The Walrus" once on the radio -- with a bit of extra instrumental music before the second verse -- I puzzled over it for 40 years, and then was rewarded to find that there were two versions -- stereo and mono (the mono had the extra 4 bars). thanks again to all.

Hi, I just discovered this group -- about 10 minutes ago! Great stuff -- I'm trying to collect as much Armstrong as I can -- have the "complete Hot 5's & 7", complete RCA, complete Decca (mosaic) and starting to fill in the blanks -- any suggestions for best discography, chronological listing, place to find radio broadcasts, live shows, missing pieces, etc? Found this in a funny way -- listening to "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" and swore it sounded different than I remembered -- then looked it up and found there is only one recording -- so I must have imagined or dreamt it differently! Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks Bob Borgen