Ron S

MOSAIC SELECT AVAILABILITY ALERT Several of the now-OOP Selects appear to be available at a reasonable price ($43.71 + $5.60 shipping) on this site: http://www.keenzo.com/ Search for "Mosaic Select," and also for some individual artists (e.g., Dexter Gordon) who don't appear in the "Mosaic Select" search results, for some reason. As always, carpe diem. EDIT: The Gordon Select

I received a shipping notice for the Gordon Select, also, even though I was told by someone at Mosaic AFTER I placed my order that it had been listed on the web site in error, and that I would be receiving notice that it was in fact unavailable. In the interim, I ordered another copy from Amazon Marketplace, and if I receive both, I'll have a copy available for someone here. I'll post in this thread if that comes to pass (no PMs until then, please ).

Remember, folks, that the OOP Selects may still be available from other sources at fairly reasonable prices, such as the Gordon and the Shank/Cooper (also check Ebay, DeepDiscount.com, Buy.com, etc.). But I wouldn't wait too long on those.

That's for pointing that out. I just ordered one. We'll see what happens. I did too. But I then called Mosaic and was told that it is, indeed, sold out. Incidentally, the Gordon Select, like virtually all of the others, is still available from other sources (Amazon Marketplace, Ebay, etc.), and often for less than the shipped price from Mosaic. But who knows how much longer they'll continue to be available, given this news.

Carmell Jones has now been moved from "Running Low" to "Last Chance."

If that hooks you, blind-blake, don't miss his 3rd and 5th symphonies. The 5th in particular is breathtaking - a slow movement guaranteed to turn you to jelly! I'll definitely check it out! Got the Delius on order from the library and am looking forward to that one, as well. Got a question for you guys (Bev and blind-blake): are the inside 2 pages of the booklet inserts for those 2 EMI "British Composers" series CDs (VW and Delius) completely blank? I recently snagged a brand-new copy of the now-OOP Frank Bridge CD in that series, and the inside 2 pages of the insert are blank! I was wondering if that's uniform throughout the series. Ron, the VW I have has notes. Thanks for checking. I wonder if it's just the Frank Bridge? Or maybe just my copy?

The Complete H.R.S. Sessions--discs 1 and 2

If that hooks you, blind-blake, don't miss his 3rd and 5th symphonies. The 5th in particular is breathtaking - a slow movement guaranteed to turn you to jelly! I'll definitely check it out! Got the Delius on order from the library and am looking forward to that one, as well. Got a question for you guys (Bev and blind-blake): are the inside 2 pages of the booklet inserts for those 2 EMI "British Composers" series CDs (VW and Delius) completely blank? I recently snagged a brand-new copy of the now-OOP Frank Bridge CD in that series, and the inside 2 pages of the insert are blank! I was wondering if that's uniform throughout the series.

EXCELLENT!

Must have been a web site error--just got a shipping notice for both sets, and the page for the Boogie Woogie Select no longer indicates that it's backordered. And they both arrived this afternoon! Wow - that's quick. Surprised the heck out of me! Ordered on Tuesday afternoon, received a "next 24 hours" shipping notice on Wednesday morning, and retrieved them from my front porch on Wednesday afternoon!

Must have been a web site error--just got a shipping notice for both sets, and the page for the Boogie Woogie Select no longer indicates that it's backordered. And they both arrived this afternoon!

Must have been a web site error--just got a shipping notice for both sets, and the page for the Boogie Woogie Select no longer indicates that it's backordered.

Just ordered this along with the Boogie Woogie Select, which I noticed afterwards is backordered until APRIL (of 2010, I presume).

Two of Bev's favorites.

Note to the O band members - don't let Ron name any more of your CDs! Funkianapolis?

Groovianapolis!

That DOES kinda make the whole credit-card-billing thing go down a bit better.

Not sure i see any real problem w/that one...Harry James is ok by me fqr more often than not...Buddy Rich & Red Kelley (aka Uncle Fester) laying down a nice groove, a very Basie-ish chart (if you didn't already know it was "Green Onions", would you guess, or would you think it was jsut some Basie thing?), electric piano (in a Harry James band! in 1965!)...not crazy about that clarinet solo, but that's when I turn towards the rhythm section...the only thing I would even think about "counteracting" is those glasses/haircuts combos, but hell, it was 1965 and this was a big band... Sorry, but for me, this particular cover creates a bit of cognitive dissonance. I think Buddy did a better job of covering this kind of stuff with his own big band a few years later. But that's just me.

Seems to me that the Root Doctor version just HAS to be up on YouTube, if for no other reason than simply to counteract THIS:

Lots of samples from the same recordings (in their Brilliant Classics incarnation) here: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=43:120959 Also, for what it's worth, a review that is more favorable than the one on the AMG page: http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=8137

I'll go one further and strongly recommend it. I second that! I third it! Despite Ron's recommendation, I ordered this based on JAW & Sidewinder's thumbs-ups. #3544 arrived here today. Damn! I was hoping that my recommendation would cause you NOT to order it so that there'd be one more left for the COOL kids.

This one's still available for trade. So's the Wolf Biermann CD. I think I'm about to pull the trigger on this trade. One of us will be very happy.

This one's still available for trade. So's the Wolf Biermann CD.

Is that anything like Barnes & Noble?

I haven't gotten anything. I didn't order anything but, still, it's kinda disappointing.