Ron S

That was me--I ordered the Dexter Gordon for myself. I hope you don't mind?

No Brad .... they ship according to your membership number ... the lower the number the greater the privileges you get! Mine is #1293 ... what's yours?? In that case, I won't be getting mine until sometime around 2009.

Clarify: When I placed my last order, I asked for the Hill too. Since it didn't come with yesterday's shipment, I wrote to ask whether I needed to reorder the Hill or will it just come when it comes out. That quote was their answer. rod --- Now playing: Dexter Gordon - Gingerbread Boy I sorta figured that. Either that, or I'm going to end up with 30 Andrew Hill Selects.

and how many Kenny G's? (be honest, now)

From Mosaic about the Andrew Hill: "No need to reorder and we expect to ship at the end of this week." Regards, Mosaic Records --- Now playing: Dexter Gordon - Come Rain Or Come Shine So what's going to happen to the 30 "reorders" I've placed over the past few days?

No, Brad--I think you are part and parcel of the nefarious international Pepper Select Conspiracy.

I agree completely. I always marvel at the sound of, e.g., Contemporary recordings from the late '50's, with or without the latest 20-bit K2 remastering. My favorite examples of that are the 5 "Shelly Manne at the Black Hawk" CD's (hmmm, wonder if that has anything to do with my avatar? ), which haven't been remastered since their first CD issue in the early '90's, but which--to me, at least--have sound that is unsurpassed.

Well, SOME people have already gotten them.

Can we listen in???

Well at least there were no problems with my 2 favorite tracks, "Kabul-stone" and "Afghan Alto."

Mosaic's holding mine hostage until the backordered Mobley box I ordered with it comes in later this week.

I am listening to the third disc now and I am loving every second of it. $80!! A bargain . I paid a bit more for mine as I did not trust Caiman. I might next time..... I said $80 EXTRA for a US numbered set. The European set from Caiman cost me $50.58 including shipping. I'm listening to Disc 3 now, also (Stompin' at the Savoy).

I received my European Farlow Mosaic from Caiman today, and am thoroughly enjoying it right now. It appears that the European sets are manufactured in the US and, except for the numbering, are identical to the US issue. So it's $80 extra for a US Mosaic number.

Do you have any change?

hmm.... this is making me nervous.... I assume all else (particularly the music/tracks/band) is the same....? Oh yes. Don't misunderstand me--this is definitely the genuine Farlow Mosaic designed for sale by Unviersal/Verve in Europe. I was just curious if others had these same details as mine, given that these are distributed by Universal and not Mosaic. But once you have it, you'll see (and hear) that it is definitely a genuine Mosaic box set. EDIT: I should have looked at these posts in a previous Farlow European Mosaic thread, which confirm that my European Farlow Mosaic from Caiman is exactly like those purchased elsewhere, right down to the goofy "Concert Band" reference on the spine. And this thread discusses the European Mosaics in general, including the removable information sheet attached to the back of the box.

Allen, I've said it before and I'll say it again: to EVERYTHING you say, I do this

Did my father log on to the Board?

You're brutal!

I received my Tal Farlow European Mosaic set from Caiman today. Some interesting details I noticed: 1. Unlike the sets you get from Mosaic, the entire box was shrink-wrapped, while the jewel cases inside were not. This makes sense because, unlike the US Mosaic sets, this set has a page containing Mosaic's description from the catalog rubber cemented to the back of the box. 2. Although the outside box doesn't have the name "Mosaic" on it, the CD's themselves do, and state that they're made in the U.S. 3. The spine of the box says "The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Concert Band Sessions." I'm wondering if that mistake is only on the European sets, or is that also on the American Mosaic sets? I know that the American Mosaic Mulligan CJB box says "Concert Band" on the spine as opposed to "Concert JAZZ Band." Somehow this got carried over to the Farlow box, or at least the European edition. Are the above 3 items consistent with the European Farlow sets that others have gotten?

Caiman comes through for me again. I received my Tal Farlow Mosaic set today. FWIW, I've purchased almost 40 items from them, and I've never failed to receive an item they'd said had shipped.

Sounds like you have it under control.

Hey Ron... Do you remember where you got the "Exclusively for My Friends" box and for how much? I remember looking at it when it came out but it was running for $60 or so in stores.... Can you provide a little more info about those recordings? Band? You said it was live - Where and when? How would you rate it compared to the 1990 Telarc set??? thanks MAN, you ask a lot of questions. The 4 CD's in the box actually cover several sessions recorded from 1963 to 1968. They were recorded for a German record producer in his private studio in his villa, in front of a few invited guests. So, while they're live recordings, there is a very intimate feel to them (as if you had Oscar and friends come play for a few friends in your house). The first 3 discs are all trio performances with, depending on the session, Ray Brown or Sam Jones on bass and Ed Thigpen or Bobby Durham on drums. The fourth disc is just Oscar perfoming solo. I haven't done an A-B comparison of "Exclusively for My Friends" and "Live at the Blue Note," but in general I'd say that "Friends" is a bit more mellow than "Blue Note" and, as I said, it has a more intimate feel. The recording of "Friends" probably doesn't have the immediacy and presence that "Blue Note" has, as you'd expect given the different times in which they were recorded, but it sounds great. I got my copy of "Friends" from . . .[drum roll] . . . CAIMAN! They have it now for $43.43, as does jazzclassicaloperashop (from whom I've also made several purchases and who is EXCELLENT--IMMEDIATE first class shipping with tracking). BTW, speaking of Caiman, the Farlow set was delivered today.

I didn't see anything on the Telarc site about the box being remastered, but the Chicago Tribune review excerpt quoted on the site refers to extra tracks in the box. I haven't compared the tracks in the box to the original single CD's, so I have no idea if there are any extra in the box. And I can't compare the sound since I don't have the original CD's. I, too, have other Oscar Peterson CD's not previously mentioned in this thread, but I guess you have to draw the line somewhere--Oscar's been quite prolific, and apparently is still going strong.

Hey, Man, you didn't have to KICK me down those stairs: I could've walked.

[just kidding ]