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PID is a distributor.

There's even less effort than that, since the discography is on the same page as the bio. Correct. You can either scroll down or click on the link under the artist's name.

Is it just a change in interface with no loss of information? I haven't spent much time on it yet, but I haven't been able to figure out how to get the new interface to work in a way that gives the information of the old one. The old AMG gave a career retrospective for each artist, including a chronologically displayed discography that included in and out-of-print albums. Compilations were catalogued seperately. It was still vastly incomplete, of course, but still a valuable resource, particularly when a serious and knowledgeable reviewer was involved. I don't yet see how to retrieve all of that with the new interface. I hope that there is some way. It's very simple - take John Coltrane, for example: under his name in the top left-hand corner you'll find the link to the discography, which is still chronological. On the discography page you can choose between "main albums", "compilations", "singles/EPs" and "DVDs and videos" at the top right-hand corner. Click on a title on the discography page and you'll get the review - for what it's worth I don't see the problem.

Same here

A complete Henderson set would have been nice, but, as Chuck said, the band was frequently a mess, so the set would have been pretty uneven.

The idea of a Henderson set dates from years back and the set was abandoned long before the Mingus appeared on the horizon, and also before the Webb/Fitzgerald plans took shape if I'm not mistaken.

There's a link to HMV Japan in post #2 and they're also available from CDJapan at 999 yen or about $10 each, plus shipping.

The CD version of that set is a sonic disaster, the music is killed by noise reduction.

The Henderson set was abandoned. Mosaic's Scott Wenzel told me that "the Hawk set had somewhat to do why the Henderson was abandoned." He also said that they just had other projects that trumped the Henderson and they did have a bunch of Henderson on the Chu Berry set as well. So, no Henderson set in the foreseeable future. I posted about that here and here.

Thanks Remco. You are right about the EU copyright rule (now 70 years, by the way, for recordings that weren't yet in the public domain when the rule was changed in the EU). Which CDs have those 6 instrumental tracks? Either Louis Armstrong Volume V Louis In New York (2 takes of After You've Gone) and Louis Armstrong Volume 6 St.Louis Blues (1 take of I Ain't Got Nobody, 1 of Dallas Blues and 2 of St. Louis Blues) both on Columbia Jazz Masterpieces Or Louis Armstrong Volume 1 1926-1935 the alternative takes in chronological oreder.Neatwork RP 2020 wich has all 6. The Columbia Jazz Masterpieces CDs from the early 1990s that I've heard sounded pretty bad to my ears, with lots of noise reduction. I guess the Neatwork is an unauthorized release - if taken from those Columbias it probably also has bad sound.

Thanks Remco. You are right about the EU copyright rule (now 70 years, by the way, for recordings that weren't yet in the public domain when the rule was changed in the EU). Which CDs have those 6 instrumental tracks?

If there's no new mastering. . . no sense buying this one. But. . .seems unlikely. I'm guessing that Sony's Pop Market arm will be releasing this. Does anyone know if the scaled back version of the Billie set they put out last year has new mastering when compared to the deluxe version that came out in 2001? I asked a few people who have access to the latest, scaled-back version of the Billie Holiday set and they told me it does not have new mastering, it has the same mastering as the older big box. I think it's very unlikely the upcoming Armstrong box will be newly remastered.

Remco, The JSP set is missing these tracks that are on the Sony The Complete Hot Fives and Hot Sevens Recordings set: - the 6 Hociel Thomas tracks recorded on November 11, 1925 (Nos.11-16 on disc 2 of the Sony set) - the 3 Johnny Dodds tracks recorded on May 28, 1926 (Nos.17-19 on disc 2 of the Sony set) - the 6 Johnny Dodds tracks recorded on April 22, 1927 (Nos.13-18 on disc 3 of the Sony set) - the 4 Lillie Delk Christian tracks recorded on June 26, 1928 (Nos.19-22 on disc 3 of the Sony set) The last sessions on the Sony set are the ones recorded in March, 1929. I don't see any other tracks on the Sony set that the JSP set doesn't have. Apparently the Sony set is also missing the 6 later discovered instrumentals you mentioned. Unless something's wrong with my eyes the Sony set doesn't have the May 26, 1926 Erskine Tate and April 21, 1927 Jimmy Bertrand Brunswick sessions either. The JSP set has these additional tracks that are not on the Sony set: - 6 tracks with Carroll Dickerson recorded on July 19, 1929 - 2 tracks with Carroll Dickerson recorded on September 11, 1929 - 1 track with Carroll Dickerson recorded on November 26, 1929 - 2 tracks recorded on December 10, 1929 - 3 tracks recorded on December 13, 1929 - 1 track recorded on January 24, 1930 - 2 tracks recorded on February 1, 1930 - 1 track recorded on April 5, 1930

Sorry, what did you say?

The upcoming box will have the OKeh, Columbia and Victor sides; there's no mention of the Vocalion/Brunswick sessions, so I guess they will not be included.

Just checked the Sony Complete Hot Fives and Hot Sevens Recordings booklet again and found two Vocalion/Brunswick sessions under Johnny Dodds' name (May 28, 1926 and April 22, 1927), with a total of 9 tracks. Which other two Brunswick sessions are you referring to? You didn't mention the John R.T. Davies-mastered JSP CDs in your list above. They do not contain the Vocalion/Brunswick sessions. Frog issued the Johnny Dodds sessions on CD.

Yes, we know

According to the article it'll be a Sony box, not a Mosaic.

I've revisited the pizza place and took pictures of the Blakey tabletop. In the center of this photo is the CD I'm curious about (photo of Blakey with cigarette dangling from his mouth): This photo has the back cover. While it's a little blurry, the Blue Note logo can clearly be seen: Anyone recognize this release?? Looks more like homemade artwork than a legitimate release to me. Yep, it looks like a "Cut-and-paste" job. I checked Michel Ruppli/Michael Cuscuna's Blue Note discography and it doesn't mention a 11/23/59 Art Blakey date that was issued on Blue Note.

When I read the thread title (not the subtitle) I thought this was a thread about the test cricket series between England and Australia... How wrong can you be

Remixing, analogue tape transfers, restoration and mastering by Malcolm Addey, booklet by Mingus biographer Brian Priestley. Discography

That's the 1959 CD

You are talking about the 1959 set, not the elusive 1960 one I'm looking for. I assumed you mailed Dragon about the one they issued, not the other one. I mailed Dragon about the 1960 set, which I can only find on LP.

You are talking about the 1959 set, not the elusive 1960 one I'm looking for. The latter is not available on CD on their site. Again, DRCD-182 is the 1959 set.

According to Amazon that one has the same tracklisting as the 1959 set, so I guess it's that one, not the 1960 set. That's the 1959 CD-set, not the 1960 one.