romualdo

they certainly are - I've digitalised all of them & created CDrs

Definitely picking this up - have previously acquired the three Graves Black Editions releases

cheers

Just tried to access Robin's Monk sessionography & book site - getting file not found (404 error) monkbook.com/sessionography/

Opted to use TYQ (first time!!) yesterday instead of Mosaic for Australia due to significant cost difference. The set hadn't yet appeared on the Jazz Messengers site - was shocked to see the price of the new Armstrong set this morning (received promotional email from JMs). Glad I chose TYQ

yep, I also did a quick cross check

I'm in even though I already have much of this material, including the John RT Davies transferred Forte 3CD Fletcher/Louis set Just went to order & WTF!! Shipping to Queensland (Australia) is now $100 whilst all the other states are only $50. Why are they discriminating one state & lumping us in with China & South Africa

RIP Rene

A lacquer disc (or acetate) is a highly specialized, blank master record used as the crucial first step in vinyl manufacturing. It consists of a rigid aluminum core perfectly coated with a soft, nitrocellulose-based lacquer. During mastering, a cutting lathe uses a sapphire or ruby stylus to carve the audio waveform as a continuous, wiggly spiral groove into this soft surface. [1, 2, 3] Because the lacquer surface is soft enough to be cut but firm enough to hold its shape, these master discs provide a flawlessly smooth groove wall, resulting in the warm, dynamic sound characteristic of high-fidelity vinyl. [1] The Vinyl Manufacturing Chain Once a lacquer disc is cut by an engineer, it cannot be played repeatedly without degrading the soft lacquer, though it serves as the master source for mass production. To turn it into standard vinyl records, it goes through a multi-step electroplating (or galvanic) process at a pressing plant: what an illogical purchase

I've had the edited single disc CD for 20 years but recently (2023) purchased the Craft 2LP set & digitalised the vinyl

I did read a while back that Burning Ambulance were considering giving this set & the previous Braxton UK tour release a physical release (CD). I won't hold my breath.

have ordered a copy - will be here by end of week

pm sent

In stock here here on the Australian Amazon site - should arrive between 17-23 July according to listing

ordered yesterday & my box is already on the way to Australia (via Fedex)