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I saw something that I thought I would never see....
The Dave Liebman &Richie Beirach Select has CD TEXT.
I loaded up the changer with discs from both new selects and looked down and saw "LOOKOUT FARM" on the display of my player.
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Got it today. It's a very good thing. So who got the first 407 of 'em?
Mine is #104 and is sounding great. First exposure to the music so nothing to compare it to. I only had the chance to make it through the first two discs at work, but I like what I hear so far.
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If I purchase my CDs from an internet vendor, rather than a retail store, would the security strips still be present?
I've had them in cases from both internet and retail stores.
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...Just received the Mulligan and Elvin Jones sets after going a few years without...
Eric:
I'd really love to hear your take on the Elvin Jones set. That's one of the bigger sets I've been thinking about for a while. I've probably listened to the song samples on the Mosaic site (especially For All The Other Times) a hundred times.
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from a Mosaic email:
FUTURE RELEASES
We have started the year with four great releases in our Select series, Bob Brookmeyer, Bud Shank/Bob Cooper and the two new releases; Dizzy Reece and Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach. Our next three collections are boxed sets that have long been on our wish list at Mosaic Records. Later this spring, May/June, we will be releasing The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947) (7 CDs) and The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions (7 CDs). We have targeted August for the release of The Complete Argo/Mercury Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet Sessions (7 CDs).
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I just received my confirmation this morning. I guess they're on their way.
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sure, but those are all neighbOrs, I was talking about neighbOUrs!
well colour me embarassed
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I agree
with Hardbopjazz - I've gotten pretty good at spotting Monk's tunes.
with Sal - Hancock's music has a fairly distinct flavor (even across genres - straight ahead jazz, funk, etc.) although I have been known to confuse a Hankcock tune with one from Wayne Shorter.
After exposure to Bobby Timmons - This Here Is Bobb Timmons, I could spot his stuff fairly consistently.
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OK then. I'll answer my own question. I called CDUniverse customer support.
CDUniverse is using five different distributors for:
Taylor, Cecil Conquistador
Turrentine, Stanley Never Let Me Go
and presumably the other RVGs in this batch as well.
One of those distributors shows availability as March 26th while the others show March 23rd.
So even though the availability status shows March 26th, it's likely those two titles will be available with the others.
I'm guessing for purposes of order status display, CDUniverse uses the conservative estimate. Under promise and over deliver?
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Funny. Over the weekend I played the entire Moncur Select. I must have been in the right mood, because the whole thing just spoke to me. It's not ususally the type of music I enjoy the most - so it was a little surprising.
I think the best thing about the Select series is that it's really giving me the chance to expand my boundaries by getting exposure to some wonderful music that ordinarily wouldn't be at the top of my list.
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Does anybody have updated information on the 3/23 RVG batch?
Here is what my order at CDUniverse shows:
Byrd, Donald At The Half Note Cafe
Pre-Order Now! Available: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 (CDU and True Blue still show this as having been released on 3/9)
Rollins, Sonny Newk's Time
Pre-Order Now! Available: Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Silver, Horace The Cape Verdean Blues
Pre-Order Now! Available: Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Smith, Jimmy Prayer Meetin'
Pre-Order Now! Available: Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Smith, Jimmy Rockin' The Boat
Pre-Order Now! Available: Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Taylor, Cecil Conquistador
Pre-Order Now! Available: Friday, March 26, 2004
Turrentine, Stanley Never Let Me Go
Pre-Order Now! Available: Friday, March 26, 2004
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I have the first Bad Plus CD but passed on the new one for the same reasons mentioned by Stefan Wood. Louder is not necessarily better.
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Woman says she thought $1 million bill was real
The front and back of a fake $1 million dollar bill is shown in this undated Covington Police Department handout photo.
The Associated Press
Updated: 8:49 a.m. ET March 11, 2004COVINGTON, Ga. -
A woman who tried to use a fake $1 million bill to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart said it was all just a misunderstanding — she thought the bill was real.
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“You can’t keep up with the U.S. Treasury,” said Alice Pike, speaking from jail.
Pike, 35, was arrested last week at the Wal-Mart. The bill was a novelty item that can be bought at gag shops. The United States Treasury does not make $1 million bills.
Alice Regina Pike, who tried to use the fake bill.
Pike told police she got it from her estranged husband, who is a coin collector.
Pike said she first tried to buy the merchandise with two Wal-Mart gift cards. But the cashier told her the cards only had a total value of $2.32. That’s when Pike says she pulled out the $1 million bill.
“All I’ve got is this,” Pike said she told the cashier.
“I wasn’t trying to pass off the bill,” she said. “That’s ridiculous.”
A police report says Pike tried to pay for the items with the fake bill and even asked for change.
Prosecutors must decide whether to prosecute Pike on charges of first-degree forgery.
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Ready for Freddie was recorded on August 21, 1961, and Goin’ West on November 30, 1962. If the RVGs say otherwise, it’s Blue Note Quality Control at work again.
ok, so we've had our glitch for this batch...not too bad...
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This one is good for 10% off total purchase. Good through March 21.
This should help with the RVGs and Verve mini-LPs.
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...One of my favorite Jim Hall moments and a Sonny Rollins moment too is from The Bridge. After Hall's solo on "Where are you" he plays a chord expecting Rollins's return with more of Sonny's solo, but Sonny comes in so, so late, agonizingly so, you wonder if Sonny was rushing back from another room...
skeith:
I played this disc a few weeks ago, I'll have to go back and listen to the part you mention. A thought did hit me though, based on your description and the title of the song.
Do you think he comes in late intentionally, as if to make the listener ask of Rollins, "Where Are You?"
Not sure, but that would be a really cool explanation.
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Wesbed:
Several of the albums in the Mosaic are available with samples on CDUniverse.
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Ouch! Two RVG batches and two Selects this month (assuming the late March date holds).
I wonder if Mosaic takes million dollar bills...
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I've listened to this one several times on both my home and office systems and if I didn't know, it would be tough for me to guess this had been mastered from vinyl - and nothing annoys me more than "snap, crackle, pop."
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useless trivia:
Goin' West and Ready For Freedie were recorded on the same day.
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Well I finished up my initial run-through of this batch.
Picking up where I left off:
FF: the remaining tracks are great. Nai Nai is a happy tune that is a great pick-me-up that follows the ballad in track 2. French Spice is really sticking with me. I was hearing that one in my head on the way out the door as I was leaving work. Free Form, as the name might suggest is a bit out there, has some modal influences. It was interesting to hear Byrd go in that direction. I really liked Hancock's playing in Three Wishes, maybe because it's his tune .
RN: Jackie McLean has one foot in the bebop world and the other in the Avant Garde. Poor Eric is simply beautiful. I never would have expected that coming from McLean. In fact, if was on a tenor instead of an alto, I would have sworn I was listening to Wayne Shorter. The title track is the McLean that everyone around here knows and loves. It reminded me of some of the stuff on the Moncur III select. After Jackie's Bag this is probably my favorite of his work.
Final notes of my first impressions:
Quality control seems to be stepping back up to the level that we all deserve. I haven't gone through all of the liners yet, but haven't noticed any glaring errors and the audio seems to be in the upper percentile of the overall RVG series. I'm about to put them all in my main system to give them their real shake down.
I am a bit curious as to why there hasn't been more buzz about this batch. I'm not usually the one to post the most when it comes to reviews. How many are still waiting by their mailboxes
? How many are waiting for others to stick their necks out first ?Overall this was a pretty good batch.
GW just didn't grab me right off the bat, but I'm putting that one in the main system first to give it another chance. -
I've been playing the new batch in the background. I've made it through Sweet Honey Bee, Ready For Freddie, Goin' West right and am listening to Free Form now.
SHB: If you like the Mosaic Select, this will be sure to please! Granted, I am listeing to this on my office system (basic Sony receiver & CD changer and Boston bookshelf speakers) and at low volume, but the crackling of vinyl wasn't noticable and certainly didn't detract from the listening experience. I did go back and turn the volume up and get next to the speakers and occasionally heard a slight pop, but again, nothing fatal. I'll listen again on the nicer system at home, but am not expecting the sound issue to be an issue at all for this release.
RFF: This may be some of my favorite Freddie to date. I agree with Free For All, there are some really good tunes here and Freddie is in great form.
GW: I have nothing against the western theme...I have and love Sonny Rollins' Way Out West and I live in Oklahoma where there are more trucks than cars...and people wear cowboy hats....and it's not Halloween... with that said I think the material on GW is just a bit too light. I cringed at On Top of Old Smokey and Red River Valley. Just sounds too much like a children's CD. There are some good moments and Green's playing is good as always. I was just hoping for a little more out of the material.
FF: Just getting started here, but the first track has a pretty funky feel to it. Track two is a beautiful ballad and sounds just like you'd expect a Hancock song to sound. A quick reading of the new liners really shows the historical significance of this date: same rhythm section as Royal Flush and Takin' Off, only collaboration of Byrd and Shorter, Shorter's first studio encounter with Hancock. I recently purchased Black Jack and Mustang from a fellow board member and really liked them. FF falls more in line with those than any of the other Byrd titles available in the RVG series.
I'll finish up my thoughts on FF and get to RN when I can.
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All five just arrived from CDUniverse!
Into the changer they go....
CD security strips
in Miscellaneous Music
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Pretty sure. These things that are being described here pre-date the growing RFID craze.