djcavanagh

Claude - what other stores stock Analogue Production discs? Thanks Denis

I was the person who commented . You could add a comment saying that shipping would be charged at cost and that people should ignore the international rates being quoted.

I think that this was also released as a dvd, which is slightly more interesting, although equally unauthorised. It doesn't look to be available from amazon at the moment however.

The Icon-Collectible site gives the game away on what the deluxe Miles Davis box that Sony are due to release in 2010. As predicted bt some it is a trumpet case with the individual boxes that the have released (from Miles & Trane to On the Corner, but excluding the three live boxes, Blackhawk, Plugged Nickel & On the Corner). There are a couple of extras as well. See page 20 of pdf catalogue. The site has a 2-for-1 sale on 11x14 prints. Some nice Miles prints available.

Not sure if this is the right forum but Icon Collectibles are having a Valentines Day sale where you can buy one 11x14 print (for $300) and get another one free. They use amazon checkout so there is no need to sign up for an account. http://www.icon-collectibles.com/ They seem to have some link to Sony and so the artists are generally limited to Columbia recording artists. Artists available: Miles Davis Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk Charles Mingus Dave Brubeck Benny Goodman Billie Holiday Ella Fitzgerald Jaco Pastorius Sarah Vaughan The site also gives the game away on what the deluxe Miles Davis box that Sony are due to release in 2010. As predicted bt some it is a trumpet case with the individual boxes that the have released (from Miles & Trane to On the Corner, but excluding the three live boxes, Blackhawk, Plugged Nickel & On the Corner). There are a couple of extras as well. See page 20 of pdf catalogue.

I've not heard of this site before but they seem to have the Sonny Rollins Prestige box for 23 euros. http://www.music-special-sale.de/epages/62269766.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/62269766/Products/%22PRCD%204407-2%22

Hiroshi Tanno has confirmed that the running time of SICP20090 is 46 mins 34 seconds, which by my reckoning makes it the original version. Denis

I don't think that the views are mutually exclusive. It seems possible to me to think the box is a great artifact but berate Sony for forcing people to buy albums that they have two or three times over in order to get something that hadn't previously been released.

The expanded has tunes not on the original. It also has longer edits of many of the tunes on the original. The trouble is, while the extra material is well worth having, the complete album is not as effective or as cohesive as the original Mingus version. So, if you're a Mingus freak like I am, you need both. IMHO. This is the main reason why I'd like both - I'm intruiged. There seems to be a feeling in some quarters that the original version of the LP is superior. But no-one seems to know the answer to the question...

Can anyone tell me if the recent Japanese reissue of Mingus Ah Um (SICP20090) is the album as originally relased, i.e. with the edits, rather than the expanded version that is is circulation now with the edits restored. My understanding was that the original US cd issue was also the edited version - are there any other cds issues with the original version of the album? Thanks Denis

There is a very brief interview in the latest edition of Jazzwise with Richard Seidel, who seems to be the co-producer. He says that Mark Wilder and he reviewed the various masterings of the albums (both US and Japanese) and selected the one that they felt was best. They have used the longer Mastersounds version on Pangaea but not Agharta, with the latter decision based on choosing the best sound source available. He also says that they are still looking to do "extensive issuing of unreleased material that, wherever possible will also be accompanied by a DVD". Wide range of material from the 60s, apparently, with announcements to come in 2010.

A vendor seems to have a new copy of Jacknife for £17.99 on amazon.co.uk and I'd guess that they actually have the copy for sale. International shipping is available.

That is terrible news - Hiroshi's customer service is a match for Mosaic's. I hope that something is worked out, although it doesn't sound good.

Not so. On a US dollar basis, it's about even with Amazon Canada, and considerably less than Amazon US. I agree - I said that it is the amazon.com (US) price that is out of line. The .co.uk price is actually marginally better than the .ca price.

£140 at amazon.co.uk - the amazon.com price does seem too high relative to the others.

I emailed Ben last week (independently of the thread - I've only just stumbled across it) and was told that there had been some production delays and that the earliest it will ship is early October (which can't be a surprise at this stage).

I find this fascinating. I'm not quite sure who they are appealing to with this. Obviously there are a few things that are unreleased but if you wanted everything Miles did for Columbia you would still have to buy (at least some of) the recent series of box sets, e.g. the live sets from the Blackhawk, Plugged Nickel, Cellar Door. I'm not sure how having only two cds from the Plugged Nickel is "the best of both worlds", meaning the original track listing without the original edits. I can understand that adding all of the other stuff would have added a large number of cds but once you get to 70 are an extra 20-30 really going to change much? Or maybe I'm talking out of my rear end on this... Denis

I managed to get the Pearson, Amy and Carmell Jones, all of which seem to be available still, but was too late to get the Jazz Trios. Tried to add the Tony Williams to my order (I wouldn't have had to pay extra for shipping) but they are just too efficient and had already shipped the order. I agree that no-one should be blaming Mosaic. The customer service has always been exceptional and, as somone else noted above, I'm sure that this is much more upsetting for them than it is for any of us.

£27 shipping to the UK though!!!

I tried to order the Gordon with cd universe but it is now saying that it is backordered so that would seem to rule that avenue out.

I suspect that it is going out of print. There don't seem to be too many copies around. I got the last one that amazon.co.uk had last week - more than I wanted to spend but didn't want to let it get by me.

Ornette was on Atlantic. The others are all Sony/ Columbia, and these are part of their Legacy bells-and-whistles reissues. Odd that they've made Sketches part of this batch of reissues, when KOB was the album featured in the program. Eh, any old tie-in will do, I guess. I've asked this before but.... with an even more super deluxe reissue of Time Out, how come the alternate single take of Take Five has still not been included? I've never seen it listed in any discographies and it's never, to my knowledge, appeared on any CD. The 45 version seems to be on the one-disc best of Ken Burns Jazz disc (the collection covering the whole series rather than the Brubeck single disc). The box set has the lp version.

I had understood that the Mingus wasn't the same mastering as the previous cd version - "All of the masters were beautifully remixed in 24 bit on a vintage Presto all-tube three-track tape machine." Unless the previous version was also beautifully remixed...

I bought this when it was released initially and it is now some of my favourite music. I'm no audiophile but have never felt that there was an issue with the sound - to me it is one of those situations where the music (and O.V.'s voice) shines through, no matter the quality of the remastering. It is expensive but, to my mind at least, phenomenal soul music. Memphis Unlimited is in my Top 5 soul albums of all time. Each to their own though.

I hope that you were able to get your order filled. I tried ordering the two Marsh/Konitz cds and got two separate emails saying that they discovered that the cds were "damaged", and as they were the last ones they had in stock they've had to cancel the order. Let's just say I'm somewhat sceptical.