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Hmmmm . . . this is not a good sign. I guess I should forego these 2.

And we all know who set the gold standard for that:

You're just jealous 'cause you can't squeeze the neck of your guitar so hard that it cracks.

You mean none of the Venus fans on this Board has ever heard either of these two releases? Marcus? Jim R? Brad? LON? WEIZEN?? ANYBODY???

I've made several panic orders in the last few days. Pared down my queue quite a bit. ← And just made a panic order of Mother Ship to boot since it told me there will not be any copies available by the time the next queue slot ships. Guy ← I can't even get Larry Young to show up in a search. Didn't have it in the queue either. ← He was there this morning! Looks like he's now gone. Same thing happened last week with "Mingus, Mingus . . . ." The warning appeared above my queue that it wouldn't be available on the scheduled ship date (later this month), and then it was gone the same day.

I've made several panic orders in the last few days. Pared down my queue quite a bit.

Incidentally, whoever wrote in the description of the new Buddy Rich Mosaic that "efore Rich, drums played a customary support role," should listen again to "Sing, Sing, Sing" and Gene Krupa's contributions in general.

I know. Although it's still a great deal. I hope you're right!

In my experience, if there's a K2 version available, that's usually the version they offer. But not always. You have to try to figure it out from the listing (e.g., if it's the K2 version, it will usually be labeled as "remastered"). Coincidentally, I just received two K2's from them today--"Mulligan Meets Monk" and "Soultrane". Can't beat the price for K2s! And if I were you, I'd check my queue once a day, if possible. You never know when one of those soon-to-be-unavailable warnings will appear.

There are several older threads relating to Venus Records, but none of them seemed liked a good repository for recommendations of or questions about specific titles. So, here's a new, custom-made Venus thread. And here's the first inquiry: has anybody out there heard either the Richie Cole "West Side Story" or the Russell Malone, and if so, what's your opinion?

They've always sent me a postage-paid return label for any defective disc. But they order the replacement immediately, and don't wait for the return. Once or twice, I've had to send them a reminder email about the return label after a month or two.

Here.

So, Larry, I take it you won't be writing the notes for this set?

Mosaic "Future Projects" page

My favorite disc of that set.

Also: 5/13 Bill Charlap Trio (Annenberg Center, Penn)

The latter (discrete albums/sessions). Here's the Brookmeyer Select discography. And that's a real nice one, by the way--I just listened to it again within the past week or so.

I'm interested in Alexander, and possibly some of the others you mentioned, Alan. I'd also like to hit Ortlieb's (maybe catch Mickey Roker again and Orrin Evans) and Chris' (especially the guitarists ). Sounds like Phillyissimo needs to start making some plans. And in terms of Joey D., I say we boycott all organ trios until those goldbricks from Michigan finally get their lazy asses here.

Dude, this is Greater Phillyissimo (including even our worthy constituents from Jersey and Delaware, to paraphrase Bird).

I'd definitely be up for some of those (actually I'd be up for many of those, but time and money will only allow some ). We should plan some more Phillyissimo outings.

Absolutely. I love Jeru. But I'm not sure when I'll get it. Too many other older Mosaics on my wish list. Not to mention lots of other CD's.

TM: Mulligan CJB box=Fantastic. 'Nuff said.

I could make a pretty good guess, and stayed home! Me too.

Prediction: at $6 a disc, you will become addicted. I don't know about others, but the standard price for a used CD around these parts is $9, and there isn't much of a viable selection in jazz. Good stuff - hope it lasts. ← Agreed. And that $5.99 per disc also translates into some terrific deals on box sets.

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