J.A.W.

I got the P-Vine Elmore James box that was remastered and re-released a few years ago and I was shocked by the sound: it was very harsh and pumped up compared to the same material I have on American CDs. Awful. I couldn't get rid of it fast enough.

I agree with your suggestion, that would be the correct thread title.

(Although I admit I didn't know about this Dootone thread when I posted it.) And you did throw Dootone and Crown together too. so the moderator who locked that thread could re-open it and rename it so we have our Crown thread ... Or, since Crown is already being discussed here, he could rename this thread

That Bruno Weil HIP set is great, and so are the incomplete Christopher Hogwood set, the Trevor Pinnock and Frans Brüggen sets with the "Sturm und Drang" symphonies and the Sigiswald Kuijken sets with the "Paris" symphonies. The incomplete Roy Goodman set is also very good, though it is marred by way too reverberant acoustics. Colin Davis' "big-band Haydn" sets with the "London" symphonies are my favourites in the non-HIP dept. Antál Doráti's complete non-HIP set is an early favourite of mine. The Freiburger Barockorchester and Pinnock made excellent recordings of symphonies 6-8. All in my opinion, of course

The Dootone label is owned by Ace. There's an earlier thread about this:

Sorry to hear this.

Glad I don't have a car anymore

15 years now (it was released in 1998). Seems to be a very slow seller with an infinite license. It's a limited edition of 7,500 - and that includes the long OOP LP edition.

With the Select series now being a thing of the past, you might want to rethink your "only Selects" policy

Sad news. I was not a fan, but did like some of his stuff.

That's a steal. Great set. LPs or CDs?

Yep, the Tina Brooks set (#106) was "LP only": http://www.mosaicrecords.com/outofprint.asp

I wonder which sources they used for the Decca sides from the 1930s and early 1940s.

Interesting thread. I think my first Mosaic back in the 1980s was the Mulligan/Baker LP-set, but I'm not sure. Sold my LPs years ago, so I can't check the number.

I always liked her big 1964 hit "I Wish You Love". Never heard any of her other stuff.

Are you now living in France? Your location still says Singapore. Just curious

Paracetamol? Don't think that existed in 1972. Aspirin, perhaps. Paracetamol was first tried on patients in 1887: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol#History

Paracetamol?

Does that mean that Michael is still involved with Blue Note in some way? Some time ago I heard that he had left.

I wonder why these weren't mentioned in the Cuscuna/Ruppli discography; it was expensive enough... Thanks for the info!

It's still available from Mosaic at their regular price. A little more than this deal, but not too much more . Correct: http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=223-MD-CD

OK, but is there a solution other than going back to IE10 or using another browser instead?

Maybe, but the question then remains why they were not listed in the Cuscuna/Ruppli Blue Note discography. It does list rejected takes and tracks, so why not these "new" ones?

I'll wait for a report from an owner of the latest release, but if they are not there it would seem like an inaccuracy of the discography. If Michael Weiss is allowed to disclose any info it would be very interesting to hear how these alternates were discovered, if previously hidden or not mentioned. Someone at Mosaic (don't remember who, but it might have been MC himself) told me years ago there were no bonus tracks left in the Blue Note vaults other than the ones already released or rejected, so I wonder where and how these "new" ones were found.

Agreed.