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hmm.... some of my mistakes.... dinah washington set, chico hamilton come quickly to mind

I was curious about the prevalence of alternate takes... so I counted.. Out of 177 songs on the 7 cds there are 66 alternate takes.... or 37.2% of all the songs :wacko: :wacko: They would have had to do one and a half CD's just for the alternate takes... This seems like a LOT even by Mosaic standards... As I'm one who doesn't like a lot of alt takes... :beee: :beee: I think I might be passing on this one... I might take your advice and do the small groups Victor set... (even though that also has a lot of alt takes - just not 66!) thanks

Good point Chuck.. But my thinking is this.. 1) Goodman's volume of output is pretty large (thus making it difficult to determine which are "Must-haves") 2) Given the massive number of reissues/bastardization/compilations/imports/etc., it is difficult to determine which Goodman releases are legit and which are fraudulent. 3) Given his historical place in the music, I figured a large sample - would provide a good assessment of his contributions and finally 4) I trust Mosaic... What do you think? :unsure:

Don't have very much Goodman... I assume this would be a good (if not great) sample??? Opinions???

Have you listened to it, yet?? How's the sound quality?

After that I had to go back and listen to Disc 7... I have to say this is a lot better than I remember.... :excited:

Jazz Crusaders Disc 4... I was surprisingly disappointed on the 1st spin.... Time to give it another shot.... Much better the 2nd time around....

thanks Ken... I might have to grab this.. I don't have any Zeitlin.... Would you recommend this as a starting point? And a semi-related note... I was late to the game about the Tatum Storyville box... I saw your other post... do you like the set? I've got no Tatum either and this looked good... Will I be disappointed??? thanks.... :mellow:

Onzy Matthews Select - Disc 2

Elvin Jones Disc 3... (digital) I have to say... over time I think has become my favorite Mosaic.... :excited:

I don't have any Tatum... so I think I'm going to snag this one... great price over at CDU... $72 for 11CD's!!!! http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7766619 I have the Webster... it was pretty good except the last 2 discs...(incomplete takes and big band)... How's the sound on this set????

Amen....

Why cover art is that important to you... you got me... :unsure: :unsure: When they use the original cover art, I do. When they shrink it to a microscopic size, or don't include it at all, I don't.

JiveAss label :beee: :beee: :beee: :beee: :beee: Tell you what... go buy Collectors choice or the non-licensed stuff from Spain.... I'll take the guys in Stamford, Ct. We are talking about our Dear and Beloved Mosaic here, right?..

Okay I listened to the samples... I was a little more intrigued that I thought I would be ... but I'm still staying away from this one... for a while... :mellow:

cool... thanks...

$34.00 including shipping to the US... Good price.. I took a chance.. and snagged it... Hope I don't regret it... :unsure:

I thinking about that George Shearing set... anybody got that one? Or thoughts about it? thanks

I'm just trying to get a heads up advance... <_<

Anybody know what records/sessions the new Goodman set will include??? And is any of this stuff likely to be previously unreleased???

Too late... I called them and spent it... :blush: OOPS...

I think you're right... The odd thing is ... I LOVE Dave Holland since the 1999-2000 incarnation of that excellent quintet... (e.g., Nelson, Potter, Eubanks & Kilson)... but I suspect I'm not going to dig the earlier stuff with Braxton... Methinks this will be one I'll pass on....

okay I got no Braxton.. never had much of an interest... I'm very skeptical about this set.... So... which artist is a good reference point...???

I did... Is it my imagination... or is there now no way to enter a gift card (info) on the web page?

okay I got my B-DAY gift card :excited: only to find out that I can't buy anything on Mosaic's website???? <_< When I click on any set (the $$) it moves to the shopping cart page which repeatedly ends up empty... Is anyone else having this problem??? Is this a sick joke? :blink: :blink: