king ubu

I'd rather say you clear that in a hefty pub fight (and thanks, it's been mostly dormant for quite a while though)

Couple of years back I spent some serious listening time going through it all (I think I have about every tape that is in wider circulation, no rarities, but most bases covered, I'd assume, including tons of the European tour material from which "Live Trane" is mostly offering a selection). Anyway, I can very much relate to that. There was no off-night, and even though there's not a great number of tunes they did, it's fascinating to hear it, night after night. Coltrane remains a towering figure and hearing all those live tapes helps one to remind you of it!

Stuck with disc one yesterday, had to spin those tunes again and again - most fascinating! Now onto disc two.

Great, will look for it, wasn't aware ... enjoy "Follow Me Down" quite some!

I watched an internet broadcast of one of her concerts from Joe's Pub; I thought she was good. She's quite impressive, and well-educated musically for a gal from Wimberly. does she have a new disc out?

your're right indeed about the final US recordings/band of the seventies - but I've not yet spent much time yet listening to that band ...

sheesh, I ran out of popcorn ...

Seems they're going chronologically ... so please more 1970, then yeah, give us some of that 1971 tour, please ... and if possible, a set of the sitar band, too (there's not much known material around though), and then 1973 (two tours ... I'll take two sets, too, though the summer gigs are officially covered by the Montreux and - semi-officially? - Paris discs around), and finally there's Japan 1975. After that, if anyone still has any breath left, give us some goodies from the 80s, too, please! The early period isn't covered by the Montreux box too well, the band with Evans, Stern, Miller, Foster and Cinelu - would love more of that!

Woody Herman Columbia 1945-47 / discs one and two for sure, maybe more

best I found: http://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/160604378676/Coleman_Hawkins_Bean_And_The_Boys_21_LP_Box_Set

You guys are crazy! I bought this from Mosaic - one of the earliest catalogue numbers still around when I joined the club ... will play discs 5-8 today, the Sweden recordings!

Got to dig up the Krupa/James again soon, too! Now: The Complete Capitol Fifties Jack Teagarden Sessions - discs three and four

just getting started with the Birdland mateiral from 1961 (most of disc 2 and all of discs 3 and 4)

Very sad news.

disc 1 and the beginning of disc 2 - Miami 1959

Disc 10 of the Basie ... quite a ride! Will have to give the Roulette Live another spin sonn, too ... not sure why, but all in all, the Roulette stuff just kicks me more than the Verve (even though there's splendid Lady Q and Lockjaw there - and Gus Johnson, too).

into disc 6 of the Basie now - and it's great! :tup

Same here - there's an amazing solo someplace late on that disc ... got to dig it up. Later on caught him live in a great concert by Ahmad Jamal's trio with guest George Coleman. That was heaven ... young me standing right in front of Big George, and Muhammad driving that band!

What did you get in return?

That's why I've been sticking ordering from Mosaic. Legendary customer service including replacing a defective disc in one set many years after purchase. I have no problems with buying direct from Mosaic. In fact over the years I have bought over 40 sets from them. However I do object to getting stuffed with a significent additional charge for VAT and "Collection?". In the past the collection of these charges has been a bit "hit and miss" but I find that nowadays anything I buy from outside the EEC invariably gets caught in Customs and incurs both a charge and a delay. Why not buy from within the EEC and get rid of the hassle? I agree - eight quid for the post office to collect four? It's OUTRAGEOUS!!!! mg That sounds very reasonable ... here, when it kicks in, the ratio is nearly 4:1! (18 CHF to collect 5 CHF of VAT). Alas, it's the same if I order from Spain or from the US, though I don't have to pay Spanish VAT, which does make the sets cheaper ... but still whenever I can, I do business straight with Mosaic (usually compiling a few boxes, making the ridiculous fee smaller by comparison to the taxes).

Count Basie - Roulette Studio / disc 3

Hm, not quite agree there. Still enjoy a good reading on a new (or an old) album by someone who is able to transport enthusiasm on a well-founded basis. But I guess I'm a man of the past century in that (and many other) respect(s).

Not Two ... only got one of their releases so far - very nice presentation (and great music) indeed (it's "What Country Is This" by VDMK, of whom I'm not even a remote fan really - but that's a helluva good disc). Anyway, I've heard this thing about musicians having a release on a name label but virtually paying for it themselves ... Hat Hut did (or still does, I guess) some of those as well - but to my ears in most cases still with pretty fine quality control. I confess I did remain sceptical for a while about unknown (to me) names like Michael Adkins (great disc on Hat!) or Russ Lossing (several fine discs), but their releases turned out pretty darn good, at least as far as I've heard them. Anyway, one musician with such a disc out on Hat told me about it in some detail ... I guess if the deal is clear-cut and it's something both sides agree to, I'm fine with that. Most musicians don't seem to make any (or more than very little) money selling conserves these days, it's the concerts they earn some from (and if they sell discs there, I guess usually the earnings of that go straight into their pockets, as these discs they're selling are the payment they got for recording them...)

kewl! Guess I'll want this!