Chuck Nessa

No matter the equipment, 17-20 minutes gives the best sound for stereo sources. All else is compromised by level or dynamics. This info is for all analogue info.

I couldn't get past the first minute or two. Dang.

I suspect Johnny Griffin followed a similar path - tenor (Lester), alto (Bird), tenor (Griff).

Bought both sets from Barnes & Noble for $36 (delivered) back in July.

why don't we just stop caring about sport beyond middle school?

I have no direct information about the players, but have the following info to add to the discussion. The speculation about Claude McLin was started by Bob Porter who refused to believe it was Von. Von says he's not sure but his brother George swears it is him. Somewhere in my collection are some very early Freeman recordings where he sounds nothing like his mature style - he sounds like a Lester Young disciple. After that period, he played alto for a while and sounded like Bird. When he reverted to tenor he sounded like Von Freeman. Back in the mid-'70s I copied this material from recordings in Von's personal collection. BTW, Von turned 88 on Sunday - a celebration is taking place tonight at the New Apartment Lounge.

Yes.

The '30s recordings are mostly owned by Columbia/Sony. A few years ago they issued a 4 disc "Best of" set for cheap (much discussed on this board), but that seems to command huge prices now. The Mosaic set will be wonderful. Prepare to be whelmed.

Any record with a Van Gelder stamp in the margin was mastered by Rudy. The mark is made directly on the original lacquer, not the stamper.

Phillip kicked ass 'til he died.

Sam Dockery Spanky DeBrest DeForest Kelley

dang

Best of luck.

G'bye Tony.

Whatever. :-( Might as well list Lady Gaga.

Bob Crewe Lesley Gore Gore Vidal

Never had a problem from multiple sources.

Received mine today. Thanks Paul.

It is just Allen's sense of humor. No problem for anyone.

Speaking of later titles, has anyone reissued this? I have this in my collection.

The small group recordings are collected in another Mosaic box.

Can you go from vinyl to wav?

Last thing I saw was a tv movie with him playing a prisoner, broken out of jail by faithful kids. The guy was an evil SOB and I felt dirt was kicked on his rep. The film still bothers me. Don't remember the title but.... He was a fine actor.

No live performances. The title of the set defines the content.