David Ayers

OK OK OK I give in. No, I don't have it.

UK buyers can find this one in HMV for £6 ($9).

I haven't spent enough time with Japanese LP covers to know how they differ but cramming your records too tight on the shelves is nothing but trouble. I imagine that the problem could have been avoided by storing the LPs under less pressure. In my case, probably true. That said, it is *only* the rice inners that gave me this problem.

I don't recommend rice. The Artist's House LPs were supplied in this supposedly elite material. Under pressure, which is how most LPs are stored, they can stick to the LP and bugger up the surface.

However... I read recently that no kind of polythene inner sleeve was recommended for long term preservation of vinyl as it is water retentive and ultimately damages the record.

Maybe he's just learned some manners?

I didn't realise that you were supposed to actually listen to these... Jamey Aebersold -- II-V7-I Progression. . . LP . . . $9.99 (Item: 46464) Just Reduced! JA, 1978 Condition: Very Good+ View Cart One of many fine records cut for the Jamey Aebersold label of jazz improvisation/instruction albums -- and one that features some excellent piano work by Dan Haerle. The piano is all acoustic, but it's got a freely soulful feel that makes the album way more than just a jazz instruction album -- and the best cuts have a tight trio groove and lots of nice bass work by Rufus Reid. Titles include "G Minor Blues", "Bebop Tune", "F Blues with An 8 Bar Bridge", "II V7 I", "II V7", and "0 V7 9". (Includes the instruction booklet.)

If this line of thought is to be pursued, an analysis of why the majority of cultured and intelligent people find jazz boring or of limited interest would also need to be put in place. Also, if we don't ourselves keep up on concert music, opera, theatre, art exhibitions, fiction and poetry pretty much anything we say about people who don't like jazz applies to us too.

The JRVG of The Golden 8 is due out on 22nd October.

GO GO GO!

Wow, that's a stroke of luck if I've ever seen one. That damn "handling fee" that Canada Post charges on Mosaic orders (and others) really pisses me off; the shipping charge should deliver the package straight to your door, but no, let's tack on another five bucks just for kicks. Free trade, my ass! What about the Mosaic 'handling fee'? I don't know how it affects you guys, but my last shipment from Mosaic cost me $12 S&H surface - actual cost of postage, $4.50. Sometimes when I check surface they ship by air (about $9 on a small package, still less than they charge me). Actually, I think its a pretty big mark up, and really goes back to the days when they sold mainly LPs. A $7.50 mark up on a $50 order - that's 15%. Nice work if you can get it. No wonder the Canadian Post want to get a pice of that action.

Nice one guys. Sherlock of the week award to all of you!

Jimmy Smith BBC Interview

While we are on Hill, remember that the JRVG of Judgment! is now available. Black Fire and Smoke Stack are due in February, with only Black Fire scheduled for US/Euro release. I know people are recommending late 60s Hill and accessible Hill etc, and perhaps taking for granted the Mosaic box, but I would suggest to newcomers that these three titles are among the best of Hill, and that two of them may not come round again in a while.

Gary said his definitely are. If so, surely they all are? Maybe it depends on the country. Or maybe the logo is not as prominently displayed as it might be? For example, on Montara, which is copy protected here in the EU, the warning logo in the front left of the insert tray is almost invisible. However the rear of the CD carried the inforamtion prominently.

I was wondering who that bozo was myself. He seems to have muscled in to half the photos but I swear I never noticed him on the day. Thanks for the good wishes.

Actually something about tiling the bathroom (and, er, putting the bathroom door back on its hinges) would be closer to the mark...

Can anybody clarify this issue of the running order? I haven't got my set yet, and I can't work out why they selected this order from looking at the discography posted on the Mosaic site.

PS note the NEW SHOES, taking me up a notch in the metrosexual stakes.

I'll be posting the other 198 in the next week or so... heh heh

Oh and, equally glamorous, I hope, this is us:

Yes the PMs and emails came raining in. You guys have gotta stop filling up my PM box! So here it is: The Car.

Goin West is already in print in Japan, so maybe you don't need to wait?

So the Mosaic claim that this was unissued is wrong then. If the tapes existed to master the French Barclay issue it is possible that some or all of the 'missing' tapes survived in France in some version. Pity this didn't get picked up.