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I was a big fan in the early 70's (when i was 15) & lasted till the late 70's - loved those first 5 or so albums then the Berlin Trilogy with Fripp & Eno involvement (Low, Heroes & Lodger). Lost interest in his work after that. Been playing my Ziggy Stardust vinyl this evening - heard the news a few hours ago I found him more of an alchemist rather than an innovator - I used to have arguments with bowie fans in the 80's re this RIP Davey Jones

RIP Paul

RIP Pierre

I noticed the "Be-Hive" when i ripped the set to ITunes last week - even pointed it to my partner - I couldn't stop laughing BTW anyone having problems removing the discs from their cases, especially Disc 2 - had to break one of the tabs to finally release it (I'm overcareful these days as I have split a disc in the past trying to remove it - one of the Ellington sets if I remember correctly)

I think the SHM version of Black Orchid (3 Sounds) has a previously unreleased track "Over The Rainbow"

yes please - more Bill!! Fresh Sound have done a double Savoy (early 60's material) that includes all of "Modern Windows Suite" but omits "Motivation" (1972 recording)

Looks like we have a John Coltrane appearance (Earl Bostic & His Orchestra) on Disc 12, titles 20-22 (Moonglow, Ain't Misbehavin', Linger Awhile)

I relented & ordered my copy through Grooves with current 20% discount coupon

The Ellington/Strayhorn/Pettiford/Chaloff material was all originally Mercer 10" releases Wish Mosaic would do a Mercer Box Set!!

The second Vogue Box is now available Jazz From America On Disques Vogue (21CD) - the German Amazon site has the track listing http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B014S1LH9O/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=desktop-2&pf_rd_r=0E4GNWM9XANMPNSA7B5H&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=585296387&pf_rd_i=desktop a bit disappointing IMHO - I think I already have about 80% of the material

ordered the Sun Ra Live At Ulm double, a Nabatov (Jazz Limbo) & a fistful of Perelmans (he's prolific on this label)

I have been using CD inner sleeves (very thin & come from Japan) for years - I can keep the CDs in their respective cardboard sleeves with no damage on removing/replacing discs check the link below http://store.soundsourcecds.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_73&products_id=212 great idea re the spiral rebinding my booklet is falling apart

this is nice!!! - mostly unreleased Castro but the bonus for me is the involvement of Teddy Edwards & Lucky Thompson probably going to be one of "the" reissues of the year

Love this band & their insane humour - have all of their LPs which I played heavily to my children when young - as a result some songs have now been etched into their psyches e.g. Hunting Tigers Out In India, Mickey's son & Daughter, Beautiful Zelda, Ali Baba's Camel BTW the "Urban Spaceman" single was produced by an Apollo C Vermouth (aka Paul McCartney) I presume the current US band "Death Cab For Cutie" took their name from one of the titles from the Bonzos first album "Gorilla" "The odd boy lay down by the football field, took out a slim volume of Mallarme"………… one of my fav lines

looking forward to this first disc is his 1977 Hat Hut LP (Birth of a Being) while the second is previously unreleased material from the same 1977 sessions - all mastered from the original analogue tapes - no needle drops!!

Gail passed away on October 7 RIP http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/frank-zappas-widow-gail-zappa-dead-at-70-20151007

RIP Coleridge

Popular music needed a giant enema by the mid 70's (bloated prog rock & disco etc) & the response was punk - some of it I didn't like but generally it was energetic & great to listen to - Peel understood this. Also, the economic changes seen in the UK during the 70's i.e. Thatcherism added fuel to the fire. As with any new trend punk rapidly became commodified/commercialised. Many people from the British Pub Rock Scene of the early to mid 70's (proto punk) - Brinsley Schwartz, Drury, Costello, Graham Parker caught onto the coat-tails of this new movement - Peel championed many of these bands - he could see what was happening. I remember Robert Fripp talking about "small units" in the mid seventies as Crimso were dissolving, referring to compact groups. He was also aware of the changes that were occurring within the music scene. I like his late 70's LP's - Exposure, League of Gentlemen etc The "Jazz" element seems peripheral wrt Peel - I know he was a big fan of the Soft Machine (esp the earlier material with Daevid Allen, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt - this was more anarchic & humorous than the later "jazzier" stuff). I've only got the first 4 Softs albums - I actually don't warm to the later post Wyatt material. I have always been on the same page as Peel - looking forward to reading this (after I finish the new Simon Spillett Tubby Hayes text - great read BTW)

this was my first exposure to Spedding in 1975 followed by the two Vertigo Nucleus LP's (what a contrast) - couldn't work out whether he was taking the piss with this single - still I have a soft spot for this - the bike he is riding (BMW 75/5) in the film clip is my current motorcycle

just looked at the hoffman site - the 18CD set contains lots of breakdowns & incomplete takes the way the aussie dollar is at present, the set will cost over $1000 i.e. $55 per disc Maybe good for a library or archival situation but how many times would you listen to this material - the 6CD set seems ideal to me

all input has been greatly appreciated

Yep - UE Boom Speakers (Logitech) with my iPhone (6) Was on a recent holiday In Tasmania with one of my sons & he brought one along & the sound was stunning IMHO - soon as I got back to Brisbane I picked up a couple of them They can be used singly or can be paired read the reviews http://www.engadget.com/products/logitech/ue/boom/

I just did multiple downloads this morning to use up my credit before it expired on the 17th The Maynard Ferguson Orch from 1959 (Newport) is a standout - lots of Slide Hampton plus Wayne Shorter James Brown Newport 69 The Meters 1970 (New Orleans Jazz Festival) Larry Young (Fuel) Newport 75 Betty Carter Great American Music Hall 1979 - a lot of this material went onto her Bet Car release "the Audience with Betty Carter" Max Roach (Newport 67) with Tolliver, Cowell Sonny Criss Quartet (Newport 68) this is very short Joe Henderson Quintet Great Am Mus Hall 1975 Other recommended (previously downloaded) Cecil Taylor (Newport 65), Sunny Murray (Newport 69), all Monk, Paul Bley (Newport 65), George Russell (Newport 64), Albert Mangelsdorff (Newport 65) John Handy (Newport 67), Mulligan Big Band (Newport 60), Freddie Hubbard (Newport 69), Booker Ervin (Newport 67), Anthony Braxton (Newport 76) Ted Curson (Newport 76), Mastersounds (Newport 59), Elvin Jones (Newport 74), Hampton Hawes (GAMH 76), Jazztet (Newport 60)

Is there a source for your info? I cannot find any listing of the contents of this box? No. But partly yes: the box's title ... content should thus be pretty clear. With the only question being if those stray cuts released on other albums/compilations ("Misterioso" was yet another, and that two LP set from the seventies, "Always Know") will be added or not. Regarding remasterings I don't know, but with such cheap-ish reissues I'd not expect them to remaster anything they previously reissued. I would like to know specifics about that, too (Lon, if you have some to offer, please step up! I'm not doubting your insight at all, I just wonder if for instance "Let My Children Hear Music" was remastered; to my best knowledge, the Bessie Smith box was not when it should have; and I wonder if "Big Band and Quartet in Concert" might be ...) I'd like to see the unreleased Brandeis University (65) & Mexico (67) material - some of this has had Columbia releases

Currently listening to the Dial Mosaic box & have noticed that the discography lists Arvin Garrison in The Gillespie/Tempo Jazzmen (Feb 6) All previous discographies (I've seen) omit him - he was definitely present (audible & actually solos) on the previous day's aborted session (with Parker) I've listened to all of the titles from the Feb 6 session & can't hear a guitar - looks like the Mosaic booklet is in error - the discography also dates the second session as Feb 5 while in the notes (p 8) Feb 6 is listed.