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Best of the 40-42 Blanton-Webster Sessions (including the small groups)- 4CD set released in 2024 - best sounding versions so far, exceeding the big box masterings (puts them to shame). Source material being pristine 78s with outstanding SQ. Contains 94 tracks from this period (the RCA box had 140 tracks ie alternate takes etc) Evan Parker's Collected Solos - rerelease by Otoroku - a truly beautiful set contains Saxophone Solos, Monoceros, The Snake Decides, Six of One plus the cassette of extra material from the Saxophone Solo sessions - replicates the original Incus release

+1 for Kaoru & add the Abe 7CD "1970-1973" set on the Japanese Youth label (originally PSF releases)

Saw the same lineup a few months back here in Brisbane (Australia) - one of the best concerts I've seen. Vast majority of the audience were 20-30 year olds & so into it!.

This box is a Booker Little goldmine (similarly the Wynton Kelly Mosaic)

yep, sure is (for both!)

second that - bought my copy on first release in 1995 - can't believe that's 30 years ago Contains the rarer "Closet Mix" of their third LP & an unreleased VU demo tape from 1965 (not subsequently released on later multi CD sets)

Thanks a million James - been waiting for this

Good news - got this response from Moers today Hi, Thank you for reaching out and for your order. We kindly ask for a bit of patience – international shipments to Australia can take some time, especially with customs processing and longer transit routes. Your records are on their way, and we expect them to arrive within the usual international delivery timeframe. If there are any unexpected delays, please don’t hesitate to contact us again. We truly appreciate your understanding and are always happy to assist. Best regards, Best Tristan Hennen ______________ Moers Music An der Schneckull 21 47445 Moers

Until recently I thought the label was extinct but was surprised to find it still functioning (effectively?). Do they really have the Parker/Lytton Ra LP in stock?

thanks for the encouraging comment

Has anyone dealt with the German label Moers in the past? It appears they have an active website & LPs/CDs for sale, primarily from their festival concerts. I placed an order (Parker/Lytton LP, John Carter CDs) 9 days ago, have been charged but heard nothing from them since ie no email to confirm my order but it is actually still visible on their site. I did send them an email 3 or 4 days ago but have received no response. Have I been dudded?

Have a collection of jazz 78s (Australian, UK, German & US pressings) played on an old wind up portable gramophone (Columbia 109a) or a 78 compatible technics SH-10E turntable (separate power unit) that i sourced from the ABC radio studios in Sydney a few years back. My preamp has the capability to switch to 78. There is definitely an audible difference to the quality of the sound.

RIP Louis a prolific & inspiring musician/human being - just checked my database & he appears on 70 recordings in my library

That Byas set (44-46 US recordings) is one of my fav Mosaics & one of the best releases IMHO

RIP Sly The recent doco is essential viewing IMHO

I'd also add "Omniverse Sun Ra" (Art Yard, 2015) by Geerken & Trent - has updated material missing from Campbell

+1 but it probably would have only fitted the Mosaic Select format & not a big box (or is there more unreleased material)

Interested but unfamiliar with this period - Cook & Morton consistently give 3 stars to most of the Evidence CD releases over various editions

You bet!! never experienced this before where a CDr created from a faulty CD plays clean - generally if there's an issue with the file you won't be able to extract it from the CD to create the CDr

received my Dorham CD today & in my CD/SACD player the distortion on track 7 (& part of track 6) makes it unlistenable BUT the whole CD plays fine on my apple CD drive (computer). I also created a CDr (extracted AIFF files) from the defective disc & lo & behold it plays perfectly - what gives!!!! - it can't be the files then but a likely disc defect

I have the Henderson Mosaic & the (J) SHM Mode CD - both have the alt (tk #20) The alternate take (tk #20) of Mode For Joe from the Mosaic is the same as the alt tk on the SHM CD - both are about one & a half minutes longer (9 min 30 sec) than the master version

as Jazzbo just indicated it is indeed in the Mosaic The other alternate "Black" from Mode was released very early on with the first CD issue of this release

No unreleased material on Hubbard set but 8 (7 alts) on Hutcherson set & 3 (all alts) on Henderson set - I've included a further Henderson alt (Mode For Joe) which was only released on a Japanese SHM CD a few years back pulled this info from my iTunes library Aquarian Moon (tk #1/alt) (8/2/66, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Bobby Hutcherson Quartet - Hancock, Herbie p/BH vb/Cranshaw, Bob b/Chambers, Joe dm - prev unrel, Mosaic 7CD 278) Bouquet (tk #9/alt) (8/2/66, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Bobby Hutcherson Quartet - Hancock, Herbie p/BH vb/Cranshaw, Bob b/Chambers, Joe dm - prev unrel, Mosaic 7CD 278) Rojo (tk #5/alt) (8/2/66, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Bobby Hutcherson Quartet - Hancock, Herbie p/BH vb/Cranshaw, Bob b/Chambers, Joe dm - prev unrel, Mosaic 7CD 278) West 22nd Street Theme (tk #13/alt) (10/6/65, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Bobby Hutcherson Sextet - Hubbard, Freddie tp/Spaulding, James as/Hancock, Herbie p/BH vb/Carter, Ron b/Chambers, Joe dm - prev unrel, Mosaic 7CD 278) • •• Una Muy Bonita (tk #35/alt) (14/7/66, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Bobby Hutcherson Quintet - Henderson, Joe ts/Tyner, McCoy p/BH vb/Lewis, Herbie b/Higgins, Billy dm - prev unrel, Mosaic 7CD 278) Black Circle (tk #38/alt) (14/7/66, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Bobby Hutcherson Quintet - Henderson, Joe ts/Tyner, McCoy p/BH vb/Lewis, Herbie b/Higgins, Billy dm - prev unrel, Mosaic 7CD 278) Verse (tk #12/alt) (14/7/66, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Bobby Hutcherson Quintet - Henderson, Joe ts/Tyner, McCoy P/BH vb/Lewis, Herbie b/Higgins, Billy dm - prev unrel, Mosaic 7CD 278) Photon In A Paper World (25/11/68, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Bobby Hutcherson Quintet - Land, Harold ts/Cowell, Stanley p/BH vb/Johnson, Reggie b/Chambers, Joe dm - prev unrel, Mosaic 7CD 278) La Mesha (tk #15/alt) (3/6/63, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Joe Henderson Quintet - Dorham, Kenny tp/JH ts/Tyner, McCoy p/Warren, Butch b/La Roca, Pete dm - prev unrel, Mosaic 5CD 271) Homestretch (tk #22/alt) (3/6/63, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Joe Henderson Quintet - Dorham, Kenny tp/JH ts/Tyner, McCoy p/Warren, Butch b/La Roca, Pete dm - prev unrel, Mosaic 5CD 271) Our Thing (tk #15/alt) (9/9/63, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Joe Henderson Quintet - Dorham, Kenny tp/JH ts/Hill, Andrew p/Khan, Eddie b/La Roca, Pete dm - prev unrel, Mosaic 5CD 271) Mode For Joe (tk #20/alt) (27/1/66, Englewood Cliffs, NJ - Joe Henderson Septet - Morgan, Lee tp/Fuller, Curtis tb/JH ts/Hutcherson, Bobby vb/Walton, Cedar p/Carter, Ron b/Chambers, Joe dm - non LP, BN (J) UCCQ CD 5120: Mode For Joe (Japanese SHM CD)

link is still active (fine on Mac) - SQ isn't that bad - very listenable IMHO https://crownpropeller.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/105-minutes-with-legendary-clarence-c-sharpe/

Thanks for the tip but again shipping is ridiculously high to Australia ie 44.95 euros (DHL only again) - I've emailed Honest Jon's to see if they intend to carry these LPs