J.A.W.

Thanks for posting this, Jason. I'll order the Bessie Smith. By the way, I've edited my Blues and R&B list.

Well, at midnight the names of the birthday guys and gals of the new day appear at the bottom of the main page, and since we (in Continental Europe) are 6 to 9 hours ahead of U.S. time it's easy to post an early "Happy Birthday" thread. The Asian, New Zealand and Australian members could easily beat us, though...

This month's full of members' birthdays... Have a great day, Catesta!

You were not alone, guys: AAJ

Brook Benton was a wonderful uptown R&B* singer, who had several hits in the late 1950s / early 1960s: AMG bio - click here. *Uptown R&B: a term coined by Charlie Gillett, author of the invaluable rock history The Sound of the City.

Happy birthday

I wish Mosaic would do this set: The Complete Milt Jackson - Lucky Thompson Savoy Sessions and these Blues and R&B sets: The Complete Leroy Carr Sessions The Percy Mayfield Tangerine Sessions (I read somewhere - I think it was ICE magazine - that Rhino Handmade would do a Mayfield Tangerine set, but when I asked them they said they didn't know anything about it... )

Welcome Aftab!

Well, if they're tacking on one extra track, I sure hope it's The Lady is a Tramp. Nope; according to HMV Japan it's The Things We Did Last Summer: click here.

Charlie Mariano Sextet - Bethlehem BCP-49 Recorded in LA on December 21, 1953 Personnel: Stu Williamson - trumpet Frank Rosolino - trombone Charlie Mariano - alto saxophone Claude Williamson - piano Max Bennett - bass Stan Levey - drums Tracks: Green Walls S'nice You Go to My Head (Stu Williamson and Frank Rosolino out) Three Little Words My Melancholy Baby (Frank Rosolino out) Chloe plus: Recorded in NYC on July 11, 1954 Personnel: Charlie Mariano - tenor saxophone John Williams - piano Max Bennett - bass Mel Lewis - drums Tracks: I Should Care Manteca It's You Or No One Give a Little Whistle Apparently these last four tracks will not appear on the December 26, 2003 Toshiba reissue. All tracks were reissued on the 2001 Japanese CD Charlie Mariano Plays - Toshiba TOCJ-62002.

Here's some info on the Mariano.

The 30th Anniversay Edition I have is not a digipack edition, but it has a fold-out mini-LP sleeve. It was 24-bit remastered by Simon Heyworth, Robert Fripp and David Singleton on August 3, 1999, and the UK CD number is Virgin CDVKCX1. It sounds great.

The Williamson has eight tracks according to HMV Japan.

Hmm, I stopped doing that about 20 years ago...

There are none, except that when you purchase something on-line from another EU country, the seller has to charge the Value Added Tax percentage of the EU country the buyer's living in. So if I purchase something on-line from Germany, the German seller has to charge 19% VAT, the going rate in my country.

Have a great day!

If you're referring to the "Miscellaneous - Non Political" Forum, that's still there: you can now find it near the bottom of the main page, under "General Discussion".

The 3CD-version is essential IMO.

Yeah, but not to the NL

Amazon Germany is selling it for €59.99 (approximately $70), including German tax.

Just tried to send a PM and got the error message... Are you sure they're going through?

UK limited-edition mini-LP sleeve edition, probably the same edition, regular UK edition, Japanese 24-bit remastered edition. I understand there's been a single-layer SACD, but I couldn't find it on the "usual sites".

I forgot to mention Mr Tanno's e-mail address: hiroshi@earlyrecords.com.

This was already announced on the Mosaic site (scroll down): ***Note Regarding International Distribution. In collaboration with The Verve Music Group, the Mulligan set is expected to be available at retail stores outside North America shortly after its initial September, 2003 release. These sets are part of the limited edition of 7,500.

The following CDs are scheduled for release. * means in a cardboard sleeve On December 17,2003 Pony Canyon MYCJ 30244(Alfa)New Grand Central/Sax Storm 2200 Pony Canyon MYCJ 30245(Alfa)New Drew,Kenny/Ever Green 2200 Pony Canyon MYCJ 30246(Alfa)New European Jazz Trio/Beauty and the Beast 2200 Pony Canyon MYCJ 30247(Alfa)New Legrand,Michel/Jade of Memory 2200 Pony Canyon MYCJ 30248(Alfa)New Friedman,Don/Red Sky Waltz 2200 Columbia VACY 1036(Keystone)New Lan Doky,Niels/The Look of Love 2854 On December 26,2003 Toshiba TOCJ 9381(Bethlehem)24 bit,New Connor,Chris/Sings Lullabys of Birdland* 2200 Toshiba TOCJ 9382(Bethlehem)24 bit,New Connor,Chris/Sings Lullabys for Lovers* 2200 Toshiba TOCJ 9383(Bethlehem)24 bit,New Candoli,Conte/Sincerely* 2200 Toshiba TOCJ 9384(Bethlehem)24 bit,New Mariano,Charlie/Sextet* 2200 Toshiba TOCJ 9385(Bethlehem)24 bit,New Williamson,Stu/Sapphire* 2200 Toshiba TOCJ 9386(Bethlehem)24 bit,New Harper,Herbie/Herbie Harper* 2200 Toshiba TOCJ 9387(Bethlehem)24 bit,New Bennett,Max/Quintet* 2200 Toshiba TOCJ 9388(Bethlehem)24 bit,New Mitchell,Red/Happy Minor* 2200 Toshiba TOCJ 9389(Bethlehem)24 bit,New Castle,Paula/Lost Love* 2200 Toshiba TOCJ 9390(Bethlehem)24 bit,New Derise,Joe/Sings* 2200