Ron S

"There can be some exceptions such as when a set is returned and that number is then recirculated back into the system." So we're BOTH right! Meanwhile.......I just placed my JJJ order. I think I should have it by Friday or Monday. I wonder what number it will be.

Nope--they're going from preprinted numbers to NO numbers on the Selects. And for anyone interested in joining me in a bet against BFrank and Free For All on whether Mosaic ships the big boxes in numerical order, see this.

I'm with Free on this. I think it has been determined that they don't necessarily ship the big boxes in numerical order. Care to place a bet on that? (And FWIW, a definitive anwer to this question was obtained from Mosaic and posted in this forum some time ago. )

FWIW, I got it last July when it first went into "Running Low", and my set is number 4278. So they've sold about 600 sets since then.

Actually, it was determined that they do ship the big boxes in numerical order. It's the Selects that aren't shipped in numerical order (and in fact won't be numbered at all with the newest Selects). Like most of the recently OOP Mosaic sets, it sounds like the J.J. Johnson set is timing out without reaching it's full potential run of 7500 copies, and Mosaic is merely selling off whatever they have left from the last production run.

Isn't 6 afraid of 7 'cause 7 8 9?

Can you link to the video? I could, but I don't think you're old enough to see it.

Boy George Boy Wonder Boy (as in )

Holy Shit! EXPLODING BREASTS!

Dan who?

It is a great one.

I saw her last year on the same bill with another legend, Dave Brubeck. She had to be helped to and from the piano, but her playing was marvelous. Not surprisingly, she also tells some terrific stories.

Did you know she still lives here? I've suspected that for a while, but just confirmed it on her web site. I plan to see her this summer during the first week of the Philadelphia Orchestra's summer season at the Mann Center. I guess as sort of a celebration of this being the Mann's 30th anniversary, they have quite a line-up of soloists for 3 nights in a row that first week: Itzhak Perlman the first night, Emanuel Axe the second night, and then Hilary the third. And then the next week, Yo-Yo Ma!

Can't believe it took this long for J.J. to move out of "Running Low".

If you do, can I piggyback something on it and pay for shipping from Corpus to Philly?

And the "Contemporary Records Story" for 15.

He is a cute little guy, Peter! Here's our Zoe at almost the same age--10 weeks (she's now almost 10 months!):

I ordered it too. I'm not finding it under Miles Davis. Could it already be sold out? Here.

Next time I visit my parents, I'll have to pull out the ol' World Pacific LP and see how much damage I did almost 40 years ago. Of course, I now have the CD, which adds 3 bonus tracks.

On this one, I'd recommend that instead of the above older GNP Crescendo release, you get the relatively recent Fresh Sound release of the same concerts: The Fresh Sound release is more complete (it includes passages that were edited out of the GNP release), is MUCH better documented, and has better sound. I had both and, after A/B'ing them, gave the GNP disc away. Here's the AMG review of the Fresh Sound CD.

Me too! My Dad picked up the original LP when it first came out in '68 (and still has it, too ) and I used to come home from school and play it over and over and over. I thought Buddy was so cool in that Nehru jacket.

Just a little OT, Peter, but have you read "Marley & Me" yet? In case you're not familiar with it, it's the current NY Times #1 bestseller by Philadelphia Inquirer columnist John Grogan, about his family's life with a male yellow lab. It was recently sold to Hollywood (apparently there had been a bidding war among 3 studios). My wife read and loved it, my daughter's currently reading it, and I'm next up. We currently have a 9-month-old female yellow lab, and had another female who died 3 years ago at almost 14 years of age. As you probably know, they're wonderful dogs, and always seem to have a way of outgrowing these puppy "issues", if you can persevere through them. Congratulations, and enjoy him (which I know you will).

Which is why we've all come to depend on you, Erik, to keep us apprised of what's new.

Singles pages are now up, with sound samples, covers, descriptions, and discographies.

Are they dead? Oh wait, you said they live there.