The Magnificent Goldberg

Anyone know anything about this one, before I write to Hiroshi? PVCP 8252 Modern Groove Syndicate Ms.Popular 2415 MG

DON'T let them do Etta James' "Stop the wedding" MG

Malcolm X - No sell out - Tommy Boy 12" 45 (UK issue) this must have been the last 45 I bought - 1984 MG

Strike's over (pro tem) but still no F in CDs!!!!! MG

Why not have an even LONGER look and reverse your decision - that is one of the best ever Mosaic sets in my opinion. Great box indeed. I skipped the free shipping sale, but I'm sorely tempted to pull the trigger for Farmer/Golson this time. I've decided I'm going to wait for the Hampton box when it comes out later this year. It won't be in a sale but I WANT THAT BOX!!!!!!!! See? MG

Ricky Ford Ricky Nelson Sir Lawrence Olivier

Gotta go with the Jazztet, the enjoyment will last much longer! But will it keep you from freezing in the winter? (Of course, a Jimmy McGriff boxed set would, but there ain't no such thing.) MG

Ike Quebec - Soul samba - BN Lib/UA blue/black label Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters - Atlantic Polydor UK issue Pharoah Sanders - Africa - Timeless orig MG

Illinois Jacquet & his tenor sax - Aladdin (Pathe Marconi French reissue) Johnny Lytle - Blue vibes - Jazzland Orpheum plum label stereo Johnny Lytle - Got that feeling - Riverside Orpheum muddy green label stereo (what is that horrid colour called?) MG

Oh Boy, I just came across this ranting by ME from almost 2 years ago. Time haven't changed much EXCEPT I found out what INANIMATE means. It means: "Not endowed with life or spirits." No wonder the Zerostat didn't work. Here I've been waisting my time trying to neutralize the whiskey effect. Oh well, time marches on!! By the way, I still play Artie Shaw records, but I make sure there's no whiskey effect. That way I enjoy Shaw more. Too good for a smilie! Laugh of the day!!!!! MG

Lela Big John Grady The Moor Man

No mention of Plas Johnson, Illinois Jacquet, Lester Young, Percy Mayfield... MG

It'll be a long long time before they get to Tonyrefail MG

And two more for the WDR (Pity they don't have the full view of the insert sleeve note) MG

Cedar Walton - Cedar! - Prestige UK Transatlantic Illinois Jacquet - Go power/The message - Argo twofer (Green Line Italy) (Pity it doesn't have the original sleeve.) MG

Captain Bligh Fletcher Christian Fletch

Billy Larkin & the Delegates - Ain't that a groove - WP orig mono Junior Wells - Hoodoo man blues - Delmark stereo (1980s pressing) Florida Mass Choir - Jesus will never say no - Savoy orig MG

That rings a bell with me - an obscure one, however. The Senegalese record industry was completely killed by piracy; by the mid 1980s, every record company had gone bust and shut down. For about ten years, all albums were made as a result of a series of ad hoc, one-off, contracts between the basic participants - bands/managers, studios, tape duplicators, printers, independent producers, and distributors - the competition for business was very intense, costs were driven down very quickly and legitimate product was soon being issued at the same price as pirated albums (approx $1.50 an album). The pirates packed it in. Record companies started setting up again in the mid 1990s. Prices remained the same ($2 - the dollar has been falling ) MG

King Britt Ursula Rucker Jamaladeen Tacuma

But for the money and the need not to have too many new records, lest I can't listen to them all enough to satisfy me... MG Well, what if we all pitched in and got it for you as a belated birthday present? The crunch point is that I almost NEVER have, and never want, a backlog of unheard (sufficiently) albums. And I've got 10 CDs snarled up in apostal strike at present. MG

But for the money and the need not to have too many new records, lest I can't listen to them all enough to satisfy me... MG

I suppose, if sales are down, that's not going to look too good to the new owners of EMI, who have a half share in Mosaic. Hence the urgency. MG

Could be... but then there's been so many BN reissues in the past years, and some albums have come out several times within short periods of time, so I guess there's no need. And honestly, not much interest here for more BN Mosaics, either... there's lots of other much more interesting ground for them to cover! Dan Gould and I want a Three Sounds box. MG And I want a whole lot of other stuff, but the main thing now is the survival of Mosaic... I think a Three Sounds box would make a good contribution to that cause. MG

So the death of the major companies will reduce the value of the old masters they own (eg Chess, Imperial, Blue Note, Aladdin, Savoy etc) to the point where it will not be worthwhile pursuing pirates - like the Andorrans. But what, I wonder, would happen to the physical masters in this scenario? MG

Many happy returns! MG