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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.

Cheers Chuck Also, Clifford, the above video of the 1970 concert mentions Fontella in the introductory dialogue (plus the quintet)

I'm wondering if the so called Paris concert (originally released by BYG Japan in 1974) is actually the 1970 "Chateauvallon" concert (Aug 13) The Lord Discography lists it so (with quintet - Moye added) while the liner notes to the Charly CD lists the date as October 5, 1969 (quartet) Any AEC buffs able to clear this up for me?

The very first batch of US RVG's (1999 I think, not sure how many, I'm not at home at present) came in cardboard slipcases - not sure how many had the covers (probably the first run of the first issue) - above is the slipcase cover

The Blake & Mitchell sets are the most appealing to me Duplication between sets is starting to bug me - the Roach set has Birth & Rebirth plus Historic Concerts -> both of these are in the Braxton & Taylor sets respectively - why did they only release 6 LPs in the Roach set - he has 11 Soul Notes (or maybe more) - maybe they'l do a second box? The Mitchell set also has overlaps (Abrams & Lewis)

I suppose my best recent Mosaic buy was the Columbia Piano Moods 7CD set (complete with box & booklet) bought locally here in Brisbane for Aus $24.99 9.99 is truly a bargain for the Thad Jones set!! I managed to score the complete Quebec/Hardee set in Sydney in the late 90's for about $30, vinyl though so had to digitalise it Mosaics tend to go cheap here in Australia - many of the shops don't really know what they are I was in Western Australia earlier this year & I found a mint Johnny Mercer Mosaic Select for $15 - I actually offered to give the shop owner $20

The Herman Foster "Have You Heard" session is being released on CD later this year (October) in Japan - part of the Sony reissue series http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/products?term.media_format=&q=herman+foster

LOL!! (Labour Of Love)

has the Tapscott almost sold out? - knew it would be a good seller

no fingerprints on any of the discs in my set - amazingly I snapped that very disc (#2) when I first received the set - just trying to get it out (almost fainted) Had to get a replacement from Mosaic

I'm in the same situation, having most of the black digipak series but the Vogue Box is aesthetically "gorgeous" & a great price too

knew it would happen eventually!!

no pics of the covers for the first 2 frames (latest 100) on my web browsers (Safari & Firefox) - frames 3, 4 & 5 are OK (previous releases) have no idea what the releases are tried CD Japan future releases - not listed there yet

does this help?

lets try again - hopefully I can remember how I worded this (was deleted with the upgrade attempt) been listening to "Sweet Honey Bee" It sounds soooo good! - much improved on the US RVG I've been replacing my pre RVG BN CD's (or ones I didn't already have) with their SHM equivalents but generally holding onto my US RVG's (though have got the SHM Monks, Jackson, Davis, Brown, Johnson & releases that contain extra unreleased material) Any advice or consensus on what SHM's sound significantly better than their RVG (US) counterparts - have gone through the last 39 frames & have some ideas