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Noj: I believe your post is very well-written and I agree with all of it. You are so correct about Hootie and Creed and all the other names you listed. And, I can hardly even type his name, Kenny Chesney. I saw the new Chesney CD on display at Circuit City and had to turn my head. Was this thing intended to sell music or just pictures of pretty-boy Kenny? Bleck!!! I'm the culprit who started the Sabbath/Floyd discussion. However, you are very right in saying that Sabbath and Floyd should not be included with the other sonic road apples you listed. Given a choice of Sabbath/Floyd versus Hootie/Smashmouth/Chesney, I'd have to pick Sabbath/Floyd every single time.

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The McMaster/RVG debate has raged for months/years. I enjoy intelligent discussion & opinions regarding the efforts of both. It's interesting and educational to learn of the nuances of each. I appreciate having the various Blue Note titles available in a remastered format. I feel guilty to say that any of the re-releases are 'bad.' I look forward to each and every one and plan to keep all the titles I’ve acquired. I do notice who remastered which title, before and after I purchase said title. The remasterer is part of 'the package,' an inherent part of the release. The remastering engineer leaves his fingerprint all over the recording. Not to say that one remasterer is better than another, but each has his own way of doing things, and it gives the listener something to expect or feel familiar with before deciding to make the music purchase. Van Gelder and McMaster have provided me with hours of reading, writing, and listening pleasure due to the differences and similarities with their work. I'd not avoid making the purchase of a given re-release due to the remastering engineer listed. However, I was pushed over the edge to purchase the New Orleans Jazz Mosaic due to Malcolm Addey's name being a part of 'the package.' I asked myself, knowing that Mosaic AND Addey were both involved, how bad could the set be? I was not disappointed. Morganized: Thanks for the positive feedback regarding my McMaster comments earlier in this thread. I try to keep an open mind, too, and not be juvenile or ignorant (as much as I can) regarding the McMaster versus RVG discussion. I feel somewhat conscience-stricken to 'steal' this Dizzy Reece Select thread to turn into yet another McMaster/RVG debate. While I do enjoy writing about and reading other's posts regarding McMaster/RVG/Addey, I only wish I had the Dizzy Reece Select at hand to make comments about the set (or comments about McMaster's work on the set).

I go with whichever title 'talks' to me first. When I purchased my latest bunch of the latest batch of RVGs, I played Goin' West first. I don't know why, it's just the one I chose. It was, for me, a good choice.

I've not yet heard the Liebman Select. I'm always curious to get opinions regarding the sound quality of a new release. How is the sound so-so? Is it distorted, over-powered, muffled, distant, electric, cloudy? Is the sound something that would make you change your decision to buy this set?

I've not yet heard the Reece Select so I don't know how this remastering job sounds. However, I do like McMaster's work. I used to not like him because I relied on the opinions of so many other McMaster detractors on various jazz boards. I don't mean the work that McMaster did on the 1980s Blue Note releases, rather, the work he's done recently, for Blue Note and Mosaic. For me, knowing that McMaster did the remaster on a given title, is a positive sign. To my ears, McMaster seems to leave the original sound 'true.' Sometimes I hear slight distortions/buzzing in McMaster's work. As if he chose to leave the 'old' sound there, not touch it, to avoid altering the original recording. His style leaves the original recording sounding crisp and natural. I like RVGs (and wouldn't give any of mine back!), but certain titles do sound a little 'electric' and over-powered. I'm not sure what other words to use to describe. Malcolm Addey continues to amaze. I have no complaints about anything Addey gets involved with. His work is clean, crisp, natural, modern, yet still lets the 'old' sound shine through on its own. I enjoy and appreciate the history of RVG and jazz. I like knowing that Van Gelder is involved with the remastering of his original recordings. However, I wouldn't mind if Blue Note and Mosaic replaced RVG and McMaster's names with Addey's name for future releases. Maybe start a Malcolm Addey series?

This is not an old set (circa 2002). I was planning to purchase this set only when it went to Last Chance status. Unfortunately, for me, I'm in a Stanely T mood right now. I know I'll wind up buying this set looooong before it goes to Last Chance.

It seems like, no matter how Duke performs in the regular season, Coach K. always has the team ready to go for the tournament. I can't say the same for the Wildcat's Coach (Mr. Lute Olson).

I live in Tucson and graduated from the University of Arizona. My team is the Arizona Wildcats. I'm darned tired of Duke.

Damn. Duke won?

Damn. I gotta get this Select. >Liebman Select< I used to believe Liebman was a flute player. After hearing the Liebman Select from the Mosaic site, I need this set. I now realize Liebman is not generally a flute player. I read, somewhere, that he did play flute at one time. I always buy the Mosaic Selects in numeric order. I have to purchase the Brookmeyer & Shank/Cooper first.

I remember, during the Miami Vice days, I saw a razor that was marketed toward those men who desired the Don Johnson un-shaven look. It was called The Miami Device.

I think you make a good point about the real Pink Floyd. I agree with you even though I didn't enjoy the Piper record. I do believe it was the real Floyd. Ozzy and I were never close. Anywhere he went, I went the other way. I can't say why but he always turned my stomach over. When I was in high school I was listening to Chuch Mangione, Spyro Gyra, and Steely Dan. A friend wanted me to hear his latest find, a Black Sabbath record. Errr... what? I didn't like it then and was suprised/depressed when Ozzy decided to make his own solo nonsense after Black Sabbath concluded.

Here's my mouthful: Ozzy Osbourne - to me, this guy was never any good... not even in the Black Sabbath days. My friend's copy of Diary of a Madman (record) melted in the back seat of my car, directly under the Arizona sun. I was thankful. Pink Floyd - recorded only two albums, to me, that were worth listening to, those being Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. Otherwise, Pink Floyd gets my award for being one of the most over-rated bands of all time. I mean, The Wall? The prison door sound effect, waiting for the worms, the juvenile marching-band horns? Were they serious?

These strips are placed in the CD case, at random, by the manufacturer? Is this done at the request of certain major retailers? I buy most of my RVGs at Border's. Border's has the security sensors installed but only random CDs have the strips included. Not all CD retailers have the security sensors. With no security sensors, the security strips are of no value to said retailer.

My three vices are: - food - booze - jazz in no particular order. I wish 'work' was one, but it's not.

I like Shirley Scott's playing much more on Never Let Me Go than on Hustlin'. Note: All my Stanley Turrentine RVGs start with the same song.

Now, I'm wanting that stupid Turrentine Mosaic box.

Rah, rah!!! I want to see Alabama take it all since they knocked off the big-bad Stanford.

I prefer the clear cases used on the RVGs. I don’t know why, I just think the clear cases are cooler than the old-fashioned black cases still used by Mosaic (not that it makes a difference regarding the music). You know the security strip placed on inside of the CD case? I don’t know what it’s called. It looks like a mixture of black tape and aluminum. The strip is usually located on the inside of the CD case, below where the CD is stored. Due to the see-through plastic used on the RVGs, if the security strip exists, you can see it stuck there, usually covering up part of a famous jazz player’s face or instrument. I’d rather not see the security strip smeared across the face of, say, Freddie Hubbard or Dexter Gordon. As a result, I have to pull the case apart, tear hell out of my thumbnail to remove the security strip, then snap the case back together. Where do these strips come from? Are they inserted during the CD manufacturing/packing process? If I purchase my CDs from an internet vendor, rather than a retail store, would the security strips still be present? I’m thinking that certain production runs of CDs are done for the retail market and those are the CDs that have the security strips inserted. It seems like I’m seeing more and more of these strips lately. Anybody else notice the same thing? Or, maybe I’m just purchasing too many CDs?

What's the old saying? The best remedy for a hangover is more alcohol? Forget the 12-step program. Buy more Mosaics!

My Dad hates Gorelick. My Dad made the comment, "He plays his notes upside-down, the big end comes out first." If you listen to G-Boy's notes, they do sound this way. I began to really dislike Gorelick when I thought of his notes being played upside-down. FYI: My Dad is a Paul Desmond person.

ghost of miles = Mr. Excitement I wish I was having this much fun over the weekend. I'm thinking... maybe I could swap identities with my Mom? Things are different out here, in the Great Southwest. I'd like to attend the Irish Riot.

Dan: At least, you didn't have to use the word 'stagger' in the description of your weekend plans. You ain't doing too bad.