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I called them on Friday and they said my order had gone to the warehouse for shippning but the guy couldn't tell me whether or not they were sold out!!! I don't know... I ordered it a week ago and haven't received it yet; not even a shipping email has been sent Me neither, but reading others people's shipping experience, we should be getting notification either Tuesday or Wednesday -- I hope.....

I ordered... I have to assume it's not sold out.. otherwise why would they keep it on the site??? And yes I should read the posts before asking the same question...

Finished listening to the set last week and yes I concur... the Steve Allen comments were woefully embarrassing... The irony is.. wasn't Steve Allen (back then) supposed to be one of few people on TV that were knowledgeable about jazz??? His commentary is really bad... BUT... Disc 4 is great.... I had Discs 1-3 but traded them in and got the set... It's a very nice addition... On a related note... Anybody (other than me) getting the 16CD Coltrane Set on Prestige for the absurd price of $69.99???? http://store.concordmusicgroup.com/mm5/mer...LL-SETS&Offset= At $4 a CD it's impossible (for me) to pass up... and I read somewhere that this is going OOP (and that's why they are getting rid of the set for such a ridiculous price....

I have a frustrating problem... I have to keep the Mosaic booklets in the attic since I have no other place for them... which means... that when I play a set I often don't read the booklet... What do you do???

look... I know that Andrew Hill was a BN artist for a long time... and they keep finding unreleased stuff (like this upcoming Select...) Although Michel was including the synthesizer thing during his BN period.. I'm crossing my fingers that someone at BN was taping him solo or trio like at the Vanguard or something... It's not out of the realm of possibility... AND... I think if Mosaic came out with a Select of unreleased live trio recordings... I am confident that it would do well...

I'm 99% sure its under Lloyd's name and OOP.. like A Night in Copenhagen....

I just watched another documentary of him and once again wondered at his majesty. I greatly miss him. He was an inspiration in that he played and saw so much beauty in spite of/because of his handicap and disease. I just love the guy. I know Blue Note put out a 7 cd box a long time ago on his Blue note recordings... (which IMHO are not his best recordings...) So I called Mosaic and asked them (AGAIN) if they had any plans to release either the 7CD set again or ANYTHING that's not in print... They said "there's no interest." It appears that Dreyfus may have rights on his stuff since they routiney come out with a Michel release every year/18 months ago... I'm just looking for some love/help lobbying to get Cuscuna to find some unreleased live stuff and/or work out a deal with Dreyfus....!!! Can I a get some help???? And what's your favorite Michel record??? I have to say the 2CD Au Theatre Des Champs Elysees is my fave... Followed very closely by the 3CD Concerts Inedits set... (Thank you to Dreyfus for putting this stuff out!!!)

Got the set but haven't cracked it open yet... It's on my list.... Sounds promising...

not useless to me... love da link!!

just started listening and it sounds very good to me....

tolliver Disc 3.... Now onto Columbia Swing Sessions Disc V.... Liking it more than the first spin or two.... Love this Buddy Tate guy!!! Who da heck is he? (Although the sound of this session seems funky...) Now... Johnny Smith Disc 3..... I do like this set... !

Mulligan Select Disc 2....

WOW....that bad huh?

I hope that's a problem that happens often....

Ironically enough... (even if my thread isn't good enough... ) I'm very interested in the Hill Solo stuff... I tend to be lukewarm on him in general... but the recently purchased "Pax" was interesting and the Select was uneven (IMHO) but intriguing... I've got one a FREEDOM Recording on a West German import... of him Live (solo) at Montreux on July 20 1975 (ironically produced by Cuscuna... and Alan Bates....) and I'm giving that a spin now.... so I'll have a better sense of what would be on the Select.... Will report more later.... -_- -_-

betcha by 1 minute... Great minds think alike....

Up on future projects... (at least I bet Ron S. on the updates.... for once... ) http://mosaicrecords.com/futureprojects.asp Damn... solo sessions... I might have to break my own vow....

Why not?

Now you HAD to go and tell me that right???? Oh well Who NEEDS a good credit rating anyway!! (And FYI Ron... I suspect I have a few Mosaic won't have...!!!! ) Then you're going to miss Moaic's announcement next month of "The Complete Wynton Marsalis Sessions: Any Label, Any Time, Anywhere," with a special reduced price for those who preorder by the end of August.

We should hide all these from any spying spouses.... Just placed my last order of the year... incl... Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions, Johnny Richards, Duke Pearson and Patton... $300... (NOW I'm really done... I'm not looking at their web page until Jan. 1 2007!)

Wow.... a diss on the Eldridge set.... hhm.... I was also tepid on that one... What turned you off???

I don't agree... Sure ... part of the responsbility is mine... but as many on this board will tell you... you don't KNOW what's often in a set (and if you like it or not) until you've purchased it... Sure having familarity with the artist is important... but in many cases (I'll speak for myself now...) I didn't HAVE the original LP's or had very little by the artist... (or it's an artist who doesn't have much in print...) so therefore it's often difficult to KNOW exactly what the records sound like. My feeling is yes... I bear part of the responsibility (and ultimately most of it... since it's my $$$$) BUT... that doesn't mean I don't think Mosaic makes mistakes... They make ALL kinds of editing/remastering/selection decisions... In fact... if Mosaic were perfect (in everyone's eyes...) I doubt there'd be as much debate on this board....

They just swapped them with you??? How long ago had you purchased the other stuff???? You got me thinking??????

I know we do this from time to time... but I'm in the middle of digitizing my entire collection... and am reliving some of my Mosaic decisions... For my money... the two clunkers.... were the Dinah Washington set (all those backup vocals are truly awful...) and the Chico Hamilton set..... Your take on their mistakes? Regardless of whether or not you bought them.....

Elvis Jones Rockabilly jazz singer/drummer. Well known in concentric circles. MG LMAO.....