mikeweil

Any updates?

Update - I now have the Vido Musso single and EP issues and one of the esposito 78s, so all I still need is: Still extremely thankful for any hint!

Copies of this pop up on ebay every once in a while, in case someone here is still looking for it.

There is a handful of tracks on any label form the 1950's that were issued on 45s but never included on an LP or CD reissue. I once got me a Don Patterson Prestige 45 for that reason. "People" was faded out however, suggesting there was a longer version performed ... There were two Cal Tjader tracks only on Fantasy 45's - so far I have hunted down one of them, a studio version of Afro Blue that never was reissued so far! The other one, a ballad with Chombo Silva, seems to be mega-rare!

Send an e-mail to Mosaic offering to lend your 45 - since the Impulse CD is OOP, they may reissue this as a Mosaic Single.

One more difference is that Coleman never went as far out as Shorter - that considered, Shorter was the better match for that rhythm team. It is telling that these four players did a lot of recording together in various combinations, while Coleman was not called again, IIRC. I also see similarities between Coleman and Cannonball, as far as fluency and perfection are concerned. Cannonball also was the least adventurous guy in that band, in a way. Perfect hardbop vs. free form leanings, that was the question ... Miles tried quite a number of players between these two approches in those years.

I do!!! BTW, the box I received was one of the first pressing with the metal bracket, not a long box. I guess the lowered price refers to the long box (didn't know this was already available in that format). JPC in Germany sold the Silent Way and Bitches Brew long boxes that cheap last year - and they are still available, though not at such a low price.

... and there's an unissued track with Lucky: From Noal Cohen's Lucky Thompson Discography

Why was this request not answered? Here's a Joplin thread.

... and the Victor Feldman with Tom Scott. Excellent sound for a club recording. A little rockish, but they really lean into the music.

The two Jimmy Rowles Lps are very nice, too!

Mine was shipped, too, from California. I think this is one of the very few Fantasy box sets still missing on my shelves ...

... 'bout the price or the music?

Thanks!

Don't bother - it was an easily removable label.

So what's the best issue for the Decca sides - the GRP/Decca 3 CD box?

Yep.

Consider the Mosaic Box ...

Sound quality is okay, much better than most live recordings from that era I have, but not top notch.

This time I got though the whole procedure much faster - after using the promotional code I paid $ 11.74 incl. shipping to Germany!

Seems I have to place this on my must order list for next month ...

The mailman brought the two discs an hour ago - this is some of the best Lucky I ever heard, and I have a lot of his work. Thanks to the combined efforts of all for releasing this. Noal Cohen wrote very competent liner notes shedding new light on some aspects of Lucky's life - don't ever question his discographical competence! Get this - it's prime Lucky Thompson!!! His writing for the large ensemble is fantastic!

My Seven Steps box arrived here yesterday, new, sealed copy. One question: Did your boxes have the label attached to the cloth on the box?

I always thought it was a shame these 5 CDs worth of Miles with with Mobley - Someday my Prince Will Come, Carmegie Hall and Blackhawk - were not given the same exclusive box set treatment as the material before and after. If they could do the box with Coleman, why not this one?

I was stunned when I first heard this as part of the Blue Note twofer LP. Melba Liston's arrangements are great, all play well - I think it's a gem and a high point in Weston's discography.