Gary Burton
There's been some topics that have related to Burton, but not a thread devoted to all his music. I would just like to start that, I have not always been a Gary Burton fan. This goes to about 7 or 8 years ago when I didn't like fusion, or anything that wasn't on the Blue Note label. I heard a late 80's album, and didn't like it. I first got into Burton when the New Generation album came out in 2004. After hearing that, I bought Passengers from ECM. (I now think it's my favorite album of all time)
It's also available as part of this three-album/2-CD set that BGO put out last year--an edition that does come with fairly extensive liner notes:
Something's Coming/The Groovy Sound Of Music/The Time Machine
Michael Cuscuna told me that they did indeed begin the planning for a Burton RCA set at one point, but that they were unable to secure the rights for it because Sony wanted a guaranteed number of sets that was higher than what Mosaic felt was financially viable.