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You can never have too much Basie in your life.
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On 9/26/2024 at 12:25 PM, jazzbo said:
I never had any issues with Mosaic until they farmed out their shipping. It has gotten better but I would sometimes get shipping notices, sometimes not, sometimes it would take me forever to get orders that I placed day one while someone else who ordered when they began shipping got their order a week or two before mine. I've never had them charge for an order before shipping when I didn't use PayPal where they get the money immediately--BUT I have been using PayPal when ordering for probably ten years or more.
I used to do credit card ordering, but there were kinks, so I've followed your example and used paypal for a while. Seems to work much better.
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Truly one of a kind!
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11 minutes ago, John L said:
Well, I pre-ordered and I have to say that this will probably be the last set that I buy from Mosaic. It has just become too unpleasant an experience to deal with them.
As usual, I received no confirmation of my order, just a note saying that my order is under review. Then I noticed that my account had been charged immediately for the money. That surprised me a bit, as Mosaic usually does not charge until shipment. I am OK with being charged now. But I would like a receipt. I would like a confirmation number. I would like an invoice. Don't just take my money and give me nothing.
I don't think in all the years I've been ordering sets from Mosaic that I've ever gotten any of that, just a confirmation of the order. Sometimes I get a note that a set has been shipped, sometimes not, but they always seem to get here. Anyway, you say that now, but one of those Vanguard sets is said to be ready to go by Christmas.......!
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Still celebrating the life and mourning the death of the great Benny Golson
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Pretty sure the artists involved did the work with the understanding they wouldn't get paid?? But regardless, I've definitely preordered this one!
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Somewhat off topic, but Serling wrote the screenplay for "Seven Days in May," a wonderful movie!
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6 hours ago, mikeweil said:
Disc 6 with the Benny Golson Quartets.
Me too. Disc 1.
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A long and marvelous life, well lived. RIP.
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Even though I've been on the board for, what, 20 years, I'm still a "community regular," sorta like Norm in "Cheers."
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12 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:
As I have almost all the Vanguard material on vinyl this box set would be too much for me (and I guess I can live without alternates), but being able to get a copy of the booklet (as some additional in-depth background info) would be nice.
Mosaic will usually sell the booklet separately if you ask.
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Reading the chapter in Friedwald's book about the early 50s when he became a solo, mostly ballad singer.
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On 9/8/2024 at 4:45 PM, ghost of miles said:
I came across the Chicago performance a few years ago on YouTube:
Looks like somebody uploaded the entire show:
I remember watching that! Aretha singing a little of "Love you Madly" was fun.
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What a wonderful actor he was! I read where he licensed AI to reproduce his voice, so I guess Darth Vader will indeed live more or less forever.
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On 9/7/2024 at 6:55 AM, Teasing the Korean said:
Last night, we re-watched 2001 for the first time in a while.
A friend tried showing that one to students in a class, and they were bored to death. I guess it just moves too slowly for people raised in a video culture of quick cuts.
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Sounds ok to me, I mean, for that 60s pop kind of style.
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Scott Wenzel's lovely epitaph for Dan Morganstern in which he discusses the latter's notes for this set caused me to get it out and give it a listen.
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Like so many, I encountered him in his wonderful, wonderful liner notes to numerous issues and reissues. His work at the Institute has probably done more to preserve the music than practically anyone else. Some of his best writing is in this fine book. What a great life!
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On 8/30/2024 at 3:27 AM, jazzbo said:
Re-watching The Expanse, Season 4 on Blu-ray
I love that show! I have a t-shirt with Amos on it that says "I am that guy"
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Listening through this one as I read Friedwald's biography
Disc 7 right now
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Ok, I like superhero movies (I still have a Marvel silver age collection), so I went to see "Deadpool and Wolverine." All the Deadpool movies break the fourth wall, but this one just obliterates it! Way too many fights, but the cameos are fun.
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Broadcast from the late period Old Testament band. Ok sound.
Vinyl on your walls
in The Vinyl Frontier
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A friend gave me an LP of Sinatra's "Only the Lonely" a few years ago, and since it's my favorite Sinatra album (and I have it several times over on cd), I framed that one and put it on the wall, but it's the only one. I keep my LPs on shelves in case I want to, you know, play them.......