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Anyone in Europe got these? I keep getting mails about delays, by now delivery is scheduled for March to July. Guess I'll stop my billionaire sh*t shop orders and try elsewhere...

Apologies for being so slow @JSngry - I've just checked my CD (the "Elektra Masters" digipack from 1933) and there are no arranging credits for the bonus tracks whatsoever. And while some of the bonus tracks are mentioned in the new liner notes, there's no real info there, either. For the main album it's Lubbock on #1 & 4, Clayton on #2, 7 and 9, Evans on #3 & 5, and Simone on #6, 8 & 10.

I love her cover of "Sign o' the Times", closing the bonus tracks portion of the previous CD version.

Several sets with clear trays here, all bought directly from Mosaic. No idea why they do this, but I really can't be bothered. ECM often (even mostly I think, but still not always) does the same. They sometimes have tray cards with coloured insides, but they use clear trays with just blank white insides as well.

Very sorry to read this. I've been out of touch for a while, but he was most generous in sharing his knowledge, his photos, and in tracking down many great CDs for me in Paris' well-stocked second hand shops.

Great news about the 1969 concert! Someone should release Stuttgart 1966. SWR Jazzhaus would be the obvious choice, not sure they're still active though.

Enjoying this a lot!

And the Bond album is great - some terrific Lockjaw there.

Same here, two or three orders, my latest was in 2022 and I did receive a shipping notification as well, 3 days after creating the order.

I've been playing music by and with Louis Moholo non stop since Friday evening ... glad I got to hear him in person a few times (w/Irene, w/Four Blokes, w/Tippettses & MinAfric Orchestra ...). Thanks so much for sharing your story and thoughts and insights @ep1str0phy 🖤

Anyone venture a guess who plays the trumpet solo on "Equinox" von Vol. 7 (30 Sep 1979)? Can't all be Lester Robertson on trombone there. Vol. 8 (and again Vol. 11) has one Juana Nash listed, who has no other entries on Discogs. The trombone solo starts quite early, emerging out of the ensemble chants around 1:05 and runs to 3:20. Around 3:24 the second solo beings, off-mic and in the middle register, around 3:35 it might be a french horn, too, but not a trombone. Around the 4 minute mark it goes into higher areas, and around 4:15 it's quite clear it's a trumpet, and when i'ts finally really on-mic around 5:15, it's definitely clear we're hearing a trumpet. The solo wraps up around the 6 minute mark. Great track for sure, not bitching too much, but hey ... some of the volumes have decent liner notes and soloist identifications, others have neither. They could also have been a little bit more generous about which tracks were included on the original double album (and the expanded reissue from a few years back). Anyway, I've been making my way through these slowly (four Vols. remaining) and I definitely enjoy the ride! -- In #4 ("A Call for Truth") around 8:48, there's another trumpet solo, on mic now, and I like the playing! -- Also, in "Song for My Father", there's a male voice singing the lyrics ... who might that be? Sounds a bit shaky, so I'm guessing one of the instrumentalists?

Just a quick note that I got a copy that plays through without any issues. Haven't tried ripping it as kind of a double check yet.

WXU sold ... and continued right away (150 CDs in 0.5 yrs or so it feels ... many of them pirated, but some really great things, too!), which made buyers stop from considering doing anything with the "old" catalogue. Rogue deal, somehow, I assume, as the buyer has one of the finest in things classical for 20+ years (alpha, Ricercar, Arcana etc pp). But of course I don't know the fine print...

They found some 50 more (45 still available): https://jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/album/antibes-62

Oh, that's cool! There's another series running ... by BYG or whomever remains (or inherited the remains of the stolen goods) of them, anyone knows how this all fits together? https://bygrecords.bandcamp.com/ All LP and CD it seems (I think when I checked last, a few weeks back, some were digital only) ... possibly nearer to the source (not that it matters much, some of the albums from August 1969 sessions sound quite bad in all issues, it seems, notably the Sunny Murray) and maybe with readable notes and including complete cover reproductions (too bad the Japanese CDs don't reproduce the entire inner part of the fold out covers). Also as I was considering upgrading the Dave Burrell, I noticed that in this case the Sunspots (manufactured by Abraxas, which also did ESP-Disk' reissues that I've always considered to be bootlegs) seems to be properly licensed.