J.A.W.

That's a fair price. Rare nothingness is expensive these days.

...And mine was complete with inserts...

Hmm, I got mine a few months ago for $210 and recently sold it for $220 on eBay (badly needed the money); I haven't seen this set go much higher these last few months.

Here's an interesting post by "Montgomery Cleft" on a blues bulletin board about the quality and legality of several blues and jazz reissue labels, such as JSP.

Happy birthday!

Of course Mosaic deserves our business, no doubt about that, and I'm willing to pay a few extra bucks to get the real thing; that's not my point - I was merely poiting out that in this case the Mosaic route is not the cheapest way to go; but it surely is the most sympathetic way!

Ahhh... This brings back a few great memories...

Have a great birthday my friend, and a few of those excellent beverages!

The board was down again today until a few minutes ago. I hope the problem's solved...

I'm afraid they go back to their older master tapes and do not make new transfers from the orgininal tapes. The French BMG branch issued its Rollins box independently from the US box, it seems to me. I avoided the French reissue of The Bridge because it sounded just like the box set issue, whereas the new US Bluebird first editions CD sounds magnificent!!! But I had to order that from a US mail order shop, they do not distribute it in Europe 'cause they wanna sell their own pressing! I compared the Classic Records gold disc, the French 24-bit remastered version, the Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue and the recent Bluebird first editions reissue of The Bridge, and to my ears the sound of the Japanese reissue was the most detailed, transparent and musical of them all, with the recent Bluebird a close second. The Classic CD sounded muffled and dated, and I didn't like the sound of the French reissue at all; I sold the Classic and French CDs and kept the other two.

Good to see a recommendation of a bit more challenging music than usual; doesn't happen too often

Sent you a PM.

I wasn't saying Mosaic sets are cheaper in Europe, I was just comparing the price Amazon Germany are charging for the non-U.S. Verve CJB set to the price of the Mosaic CJB set; they're about the same, so it'll be cheaper for Europeans to buy the Verve set from Amazon Germany, taking shipping cost and taxes into account.

...When you purchase the set directly from Mosaic

Reinier, Amazon Germany's price for the set is €59.99 (including German tax), or $69 at today's exchange rate (€1 = $1.15 / $1 = €0.87), plus shipping, which is quite moderate if you're in Europe and even free if you're in Germany, Austria, Switzerland or Luxembourg; Mosaic's price is $68 plus shipping, which is sky high if you're in Europe (at least air mail shipping is).

Happy birthday!

Does anyone know if the European Verve version of the box includes the Mosaic booklet?

I have several Japanese 20-bit K2 remastered EastWest Atlantic Coltrane CDs, and they're the best versions I've heard - they make these recordings a little more bearable than usual (I'm talking about the sound quality, not the music!). I had the MFSL CD of Giant Steps but sold it; it sounded dull compared to the Japanese version.

The Japanese release has been out of print for years and it's extremely hard to find. Good luck!

Any comments on the sound quality of the hybrid SACDs that Fantasy released in October 2003?

I'd really like to see that... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great job, Jim!

It IS still in print...

This is what I found on the German JPC site: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Terell Stafford: Minnesota 2. Dave Glasser, Clark Terry, Barry Harris: Charise 3. Mundel Lowe, Hendrik Meurkens: Mundell's mood 4. Wycliffe Gordon: Touch it lightly 5. Warren Vache: Comes love 6. Oliver Jackson: Stompy Jones 7. Martin Sasse: Groove machine 8. James Chirillo: Blues for Valerie 9. Joachim Schoenecker: Night out 10. Harry Allen: But beautiful 11. Marty Elkins: Fuse blues 12. Frank Vignola: Stars fell on Alabama 13. Buck Clayton: What a beautiful yesteryear 14. Byron Stripling: Tired of pretty woman 15. Randy Sandke: The jive don't come from Kokomo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doesn't help much either, does it...

This is what I found on the U.S. Nagel Heyer site, but I'm afraid it doesn't answer your question... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CD 1016 Tomorrow's Jazz Classics Nagel-Heyer 2000 / 2001 Various Artists Various Artists With Terell Stafford, Roy Hargrove, Barry Harris, Mundell Lowe, Hendrik Meurkens, Wycliffe Gordon, Warren Vache, Joachim Schoenecker, James Chirillo, Martin Sasse, Harry Allen, Marty Elkins, Frank Vignola, Roland Hanna, Buck Cayton, Byron Stripling, Randy Sandke, and many more. 01 Minnesota 02 Charise 03 Mundell's Mood 04 Touch It Lightly 05 Comes Love 06 Stompy Jones 07 Groove Machine 08 Blues For Valerie 09 Night Out 10 But Beautiful 11 Fuse Blues 12 Stars Fell On Alabama 13 What A Beautiful Yesteryear 14 Tired Of Pretty Women 15 The Jive Don't Come From Kokomo Includes great music by Terell Stafford, Roy Hargrove, Barry Harris, Mundell Lowe, Hendrik Meurkens, Wycliffe Gordon, Warren VachÈ, James Chirillo, Harry Allen, Frank Vignola, Roland Hanna, Buck Clayton, Byron Stripling, Randy Sandke, and many more, plus a 24 pages full colour catalogue of the Nagel-Heyer story so far. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Blue Note 10" LP Hank Mobley Quartet (Blue Note 5066) was NEVER released as a "Blue Note Works" TOCJ CD. Toshiba released it in August 1990 as a pretty expensive 2,800 yen "CJ" CD with 8 tracks (CJ28-5128): Hank's Prank Hank's Prank (alternate take) My Sin Avila and Tequila Walkin' the Fence Walkin' the Fence (alternate take) Love for Sale Just Coolin'