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Right, see this I knew. But when I read the blurb from Mosaic, I thought "really??". Just didn't sound right.

Love that set! Where else, also, can you hear Johnny Mathis with Teo Macero and John LaPorta? er, wait, I'm thinking of the Basic Library of Great Jazz. The Thesaurus is good too, though. Too many of those Columbia sets floating around.

This is something I think about from time to time, but it's really been thrown into relief by some intense Ebay auctions of late. How do you, as a completely obsessive listener when it comes to this music, deal with that fact that some recordings may never be available to you? I'm thinking especially of real collector's item type things. To whit: I have been getting into Jimmy Lyons quite a bit and have been very intrigued by his recordings on Hat Hut from the late 70s/early 80s. One rare title, Riffs was up for auction a few days ago and ended at over $80. Now, I've a long ways to go in my life (God willing, of course) and who knows what sort of financial position I will be in many years down the road, but I get the feeling I'll never really be able to drop that kind of money on a single record. Furthermore, the chance that it will see reissue is slim to none. Ditto Hat albums by Joe McPhee, Braxton, Steve Lacy, et al, and ditto all manner of other small pressings, Mosaics, etc. Now, I think the simple answer here is that you never know and you should enjoy what you have and can get. Certainly true, but it's still painful! Any similar experiences?

This thread has given me an idea for a related one, which I'll start in Misc. Music.

A recent Ebay tear scored me these LPs for just under $45 shipped: 4xLP $3.99 6xLP $4.00 $2.00 both for $18

Speaking of Sonny's Prestige sessions, here's a box set of his individual albums as leader a la the Miles and Monk boxes. $27.72 http://www.amazon.com/Prestige-Albums-Sonny-Rollins/dp/B0039ZEM6Q/ref=pd_sim_m_4 And yes, like those other two sets, it is legit.

Bennie Green, Disc 1. 2 will be forthcoming.

For whatever reason, the Bennie Green Select can still be had for more than reasonable prices (several copies are under $40 on Amazon). I imagine there would be duplication with Soul Stirrin' on your part, but I couldn't possibly recommend the set more.

How about $162.50 for Braxton's Willisau (Quartet) 1991?. Granted, I've never even seen it on Ebay before, but there was a copy on Amazon for $130 earlier today, which I thought was too much. Still now there's one for $149. I threw my hat in the bidding and thought I had a chance at $85!

Earlier today: Lovely.

Any recommendations re: individual albums, preferably available on CD?

Stop while you can! Ha! My goal was 10,000 jazz titles by age 50 (23 years from now) but that now seems a highly unlikely figure. Maybe 5k will have to do.

Wow, nice! I got one for $8.95. I let this one slip by too many times before.

I dunno, I like this one. But it was some of the first Baker singing I heard, so that probably has something to do with it.

Send me a download!

Another day, another weird Impulse! title I've never heard of before.

Also worth looking for is Blythe Spirit, which has a great combination of groupings: a tuba/guitar/cello/drums quintet, trios with tuba and cello or organ and, perhaps best of all, a straight ahead quartet with John Hicks, Fred Hopkins and Steve McCall.

Non-jazz: probably 1100 CDs (down a few hundred since I started selling them off for jazz) and 800-900 LPs Jazz: 800 or so titles (i.e. box set = 1 title) and 150 LPs (not bad for 3 years collecting!)

Got mine yesterday, too. Thanks!

I picked up these lately: (on recommendation from Mr. Kart's book) And, after a long search, finally a copy of:

Hm, and I thought $600 for Freddie Slack was on the steep end.

Yeah, I read this thread last year and vowed to own it for this season. No dice ... :blush2:

The 2xCD Steve Lacy album Snips is available from several Amazon vendors for under $4.00

PM sent on: Bill Dixon 7-tette Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5

Yeah, sorry that "sale" is a joke.