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I think GA was replying to himself (see first sentence of this thread), not to the previous poster.

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... "This video may contain content that is inappropriate for some users, as flagged by YouTube's user community. To view this video, please verify you are 18 or older by logging in or signing up." Earl Campbell? Running back? Houston Oilers? I was expecting film clips of some of his runs...

As I said, I didn't read the book, but I think it's clear that its conversion to film needed more condensing. I've read a few online reviews since I posted above, and I agree with most of the criticisms I've read. The only laughter I heard in the theater where I saw it was connected to the (intentional) humorous moments in the film... apparently there was also some laughter in Cannes during some other scenes, which was not the kind of laughter the filmmakers were after.

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Didn't read the book, but saw the film. I can see how the book might have been quite appealing, but to me the film was too hurried, too frantic. I know there are good reasons why it wouldn't be so, but I thought this was one of those films that would have been better had it been significantly longer. Too little time for character development, and for the mind to digest the development of the story. Also, I thought it was pretty awkward in terms of how much of the dialog involved characters overtly explaining both the historical backdrop (real or fictional) as well as various aspects of the plot. It was probably necessary for the sake of making it all coherent (especially for those of us who hadn't read the book), but at times I felt like I was watching Scooby Doo (apologies to those who don't have kids... or maybe some of you are young enough to have watched that yourselves ). Maybe it was partly due to the frantic pacing, but I had trouble believing that Langdon (Hanks) was capable of solving so many riddles so rapidly.

It seems to me that Green's relative popularity with jazz buyers began to flourish long before the "acid jazz" marketing thing (at least long before I was aware of it). I don't have any sales statistics, but as a jazz guitar networking nut, I had a front row seat in terms of watching Grant's popularity surge back in the early 80's. Grant's later, funkier recordings got significant attention as well, but it was the LT series stuff (and the elusive Japan-only related material) that really got the ball rolling and had people scrambling to keep up. Then came the Mosaic set, and more and more U.S. BN releases, and the momentum just carried on. To some extent, I think MG is right about the OOP problem for Burrell. I don't have any statistics, but just from observing the brick & mortar availability of a lot of KB's recordings for various labels over the years, I wonder if some of them went OOP too quickly, or whether there were distribution problems. Quite a few of my copies of things are imports (German Verves; French Cadets; British Muse; ...I've even seen quite a few foreign issues of Concord CD's, although I'm blanking on where they came from). At any rate, I don't doubt Chuck's observation. I just wonder how much worse KB's sales totals would look if I hadn't been born.

Bruce Arena recently stated to the media that he hopes that all of this trouble in Italy will not affect the Italian team's preparation and performance. I believe he was sincere in saying that, and I feel the same way. I don't really think it will have too much of a negative impact... but I'm in no position to know one way or the other. Anyone have any opinions?

Saw the trailer on YouTube a couple of days ago. No great desire to see this.

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I think the big question here is... can they throw stones in there or not?

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Top ten reasons NOT to buy a Mosaic set: #10. Too expensive. #9. Whole black & white scheme too dreary. #8. Fed up with Cuscuna collecting racecars and yachts! #7. Two words: "Overkill". #6. Removeable lids always get misplaced. #5. No original cover art. #4. Anything they can do, Lonehill can do. #3. Too many of those pesky alternate takes! #2. Still can't get over the whole Four Freshmen thing. ... and the top reason not to buy Mosaic sets: #1. No OBI strips.

I haven't looked to see if this was already posted, but... Record-making with Duke Ellington (1937)

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That would make for a good set, with quite a bit of material that's either OOP or difficult to get (some of the Japanese and European CD releases over the years have been out of circulation for a long time). Right from the get-go, the 1959 Argo recording could be supplemented with a number of tracks that were unissued at the time (some of which have popped up in scattered fashion on various CD releases). Many of the Verves have been OOP for long stretches, and the same is true for the Cadet recordings. A Night At The Vanguard -Argo Blue Bash! -Verve (w/Jimmy Smith) Guitar Forms -Verve The Tender Gender -Cadet Have Yourself A Soulful Little Christmas -Cadet A Generation Ago Today (a.k.a. "For Charlie And Benny") -Verve Ode To 52nd Street -Cadet Blues / The Common Ground -Verve Night Song -Verve Asphalt Canyon Suite -Verve

Hi Jim, Your info does help. I think I have figured this out. The two mono records on red and black vinyl (3310) in 1960 were simply reissues of the 1956 red vinyl mono LP (3227). The 1962 "Quartet" LP was a stereo reissue of the 1956 album. The CD is the 8083 stereo reissue. There was no other "Quartet" LP in 1956. That info I read elsewhere was wrong. Thanks for clearing this up. -Duncan Are you two sure it was Fantasy 3-310? I have that as mono issue number of West Side Story! According to my info, 3-307 was the number of the first reissue of 3-227 with a different cover. 3307 it was. My bad. I just noticed also that one of my books lists a Savoy quartet album, although it was issued in 1954 (reissued as a 12" in 1956 though). Not sure if this was already mentioned. Anyway, fwiw...

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Whew! I dunno, that's a lotta homework, professor Nessa. Lemme see how many people are willing to show me their papers.

You're welcome! ?... Don't you mean "thank you"? Maybe I'm missing something. Anyway, I'd love to see that Montgomery album reissued. Never had it, never heard it, as far as I recall...

In terms of song titles, that is. As usual, I know I could do more research (already did some) on this, but it's fun to post questions like this here and take advantage of the knowledge pool. So, I heard a song identified as "pyramid" on KCSM today while out in the car, and it's apparently on a Lew Tabackin Concord album from the late 80's- "Desert Lady". Lew was featured on flute on this particular track, and it blew me away (both his playing and the composition itself). So, I googled, looking for a composer credit. According to this blog page, which was the only source I managed to find easily, this particular "pyramid" was penned by none other than Edward Kennedy Ellington. I wasn't hip. I might have guessed John Lewis perhaps (as I associted the title with the MJQ), or maybe Horace Silver (who also wrote a tune by that title which was recorded on his "Further Explorations" album). At any rate, when I got home, I checked my database for any recordings I had, and came up with the aforementioned Silver recording; an EKE version (Reprise/Mosaic); and Horace Parlan's "On The Spur Of The Moment" (apparently the "pyramid" on this album was written by [easy listening pianist?] Roger Williams). Now I'm starting to panic, and then another Google search leads me to yet another "pyramid"- written and recorded by Cannonball... and I still haven't looked into the story on the MJQ recording! So, I guess my basic question (for the time being) would be... WTF? But really, does all this look correct to those of you who may be familiar with tunes under this title? Any chance some of these are the same tune, miscredited? For starters, I gotta go pull out the three I have. Roger Williams?!? Oh, also, does anybody have that Tabackin album and have any thoughts on it? I don't recall ever seeing it before, but I gotta lay my hands on it now.