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Maybe everyone is afraid to buy it for that very reason! HMMMMM - I suppose I could let it go for $99.99 if that helps Nah, still works out to exactly. $6.666 per disc that way. At least the last 6 doesn't repeat forever in that case, so I guess it helps a little bit.

Why Prestige rather than Atlantic? Sheets of sound? Personally, I find Coltrane's later work (1957-1958) for Prestige and his recordings for Impulse! to be two pinnacles of a very different sort, while Atlantic feels like a transition between the two. Ultimately, I find it less satisfying. I certainly agree that his growth during the Prestige years was absolutely stunning, that the Trane of 1958 was something very different from and superior to the Trane of 1955.

Why Prestige rather than Atlantic? Sheets of sound?

Up one last time.

I would start with "Acknowledgement", the cut that jump-started me into Coltrane and into jazz in general, then go chronologically through these favorites,and lament how much great music I had to leave out: “Acknowledgement” 7:47 “Syeeda’s Song Flute” 7:01 ‘Impressions” 15:05 “Out of This World” 14:01 “My Favorite Things” (Newport 1963) 17:36 “Afro-Blue” 10:49 “Alabama” 5:12

Don't think so. They aren't up to the standards of the Fresh Sound crew - don't even give personnel info, let alone meaningful context, etc. of the recordings. They feel UK to me, basically a sub- "Real Gone Jazz" with (even) lower production values.

Rory Gallagher Irish Tour 1974 box (7 CD's and DVD) for just over $40 on Amazon. Ordered mine last night, even though I already own about half of it. Spectacular guitarist and great all around blues/rock musician who never got his due in his lifetime and passed on way too young. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00M8NMN48/ref=tmm_acd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&sr=1-1&qid=1423861418

For purposes of this thread, we are talking about the Mosaic 10 CD set? Never was a Mosaic.

There's an Italian version that mimics the original USA version, suppressing its value.

I have this set, and the sound is equivalent to the original bigger box on Fantasy. Note that unlike the original box, this box only has the sessions where Mingus was the leader, does not contain the Paul Bley, Hazel Scott, Four Trombones, etc. But the price is great. And you can get what you want of the other sessions on individual OJC CD's.

and remains excellent music, as does the Carter Jefferson and the Pharoah Sanders. And I like the Blakey. This is a nice set of releases.

1 – I would guess the World Saxophone Quartet or something. Not in my array of “things”. 2 – played it while working, and it never even registered., I got jarred back into active listening by the next cut. Went back to pay attention, and it still kept fading away from my consciousness through the first three minutes or so. Yet I don’t dislike those three minutes. Would be great film music (or maybe it already is?). Once it “started” for me, I found it quite pleasant and pretty, though not overly compelling. 3 – Paul Simon’s “El Condor Pasa”. I like this! Cello is such a cool instrument, can do so many different approaches. 4 – Kept waiting for the rhythm section to come in and the song to start. Leo Smith? 5 – Don’t think this one’s too avant-garde! “Take the A Train” of course. J. I know Archie Shepp started doing some of this sort of thing in the mid-70’s to prove he could (yet wasn’t overly good at it to me), but this isn’t Shepp. 6 – Works for me. This is one I’d like to own if I don’t already (so much music, such a short lifetime). 7 – Only sort of works for me. I don’t really like that sort of rhythm section. I like to recognize a pulse. Saxophonist is a good player. 8 – Had this Sartre nightmare where I was locked in an elevator with Irene Aebi for eternity, and she just kept singing and singing and singing… 9 - See #4, except this one works a little better for me. But still would never voluntarily return to it. 10 - Drags too much for me. 11 – Ace! Always a beautiful BFT occurrence when my favorite cut is the long one. I’ll be looking for this one as soon as the reveal comes out (or some sharpie identifies it). The cello/bass/drums rhythm section on this is killer! That’s what makes the cut for me. The soloists are fine, and the alto and trumpet have beautiful tones, but the context sets him up beautifully. I could play a kazoo solo over top of this and it would sound good. 12 – This sort of thing always reminds me of my horror of first hearing the Corea/Braxton stuff,, “Afternoon of a Georgia Faun”, and some of the more inscrutable BYG material 40+ years ago. I was a kid then, and had spent hard-earned money on used/cutouts some of that. I still sort of metaphorically scratch my head and say “huh?”

Plenty of February left, no sweat!

That's been true for me for every album he's recorded the last 30 years except for 'Time Out of Mind'.

Still hoping for a Roland Kirk Mercury box from them.

I put in a $30 test order with them, will see how it goes. some of their prices are great, though others are not. but they seem to be well worth checking out when you are looking for european material.

I can't hear the word "fusion" without thinking of the 1990s Jazz FM show "Fusion Flavours". The presenter had a lisp, so the "s" sound in Fusion always sounded a bit funny to me (the audible effect defies explanation in writing, except to say that Hugh Lawrie has a similar quirk of enunciation). I almost never listened to the show, just heard the trailers. I actually like 'Pressure Sensitive' quite a bit, especially "Always There", which I played quite a bit back in the day.

Amen, brother.

I LOVE 50's/60's Blue Note, but also love some very different sorts of musical experiences. From the Jefferson Airplane to Shelby Lynne to Leslie Gore. "You Don't Own Me" is a stunning recording.

Good prices on that site. Is their fill rate/delivery dependable?

Amen! Strata-East, Nimbus West, Black Jazz, Steeplechase, Flying Dutchman, MPS, Muse, even some of the Don Sebesky era CTI catalog, etc. etc., all sorts of fascinating things going on. Lots and lots of choice quality wheat mixed in with a lot of chaff. Even some of the (duck, incoming flak!) early fusion was pretty great. Listening the the Hancock Warner Bros. box right now. 'Mwandishi' and 'Crossings' were/are fabulous, as was early Weather Report, early Mahavishnu Orchestra, much of Return to Forever, even (shudder) Chuck Mangione on Mercury up through (and including) 'Land of Make Believe'. As well as Gil Scott-Heron, Terry Callier, Gary Bartz's Milestone/Prestige albums, and other various hybrids. There, I''ve said it I have my armor on, and am ready for the assault now

Actually it leaked out a little in the USA back then, at least as cutouts. I had a cutout vinyl of it I got from Jerry Gordon's magical Third Street Jazz in Philly back in the day.

Yes, they reissued a lot of CBS-associated 70's material.

I ain't skeered. DL please.

Amen! Strata-East, Nimbus West, Black Jazz, Steeplechase, Flying Dutchman, MPS, Muse, even some of the Don Sebesky era CTI catalog, etc. etc., all sorts of fascinating things going on. Lots and lots of choice quality wheat mixed in with a lot of chaff.