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Re: Dauner - would you know how this reissue compares to the L+R CD reissue?

The non-Columbia Brunswicks seem to be repackaged again, too ... probably missing the thick booklet the GRP "Early Ellington" set had? http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00C86KLIU/

43€ at amazon.de (which gives a release date of April 13 and says it will ship in 2-3 weeks!?)

Hard to believe ... the Macca superflop band ... or did he just make that up? The others are all dead and can't tell him off ...

(Yes, the Commodore and Decca material is Universal now, too ... but I assume Lon meant another box with the alternates, rehearsals and live dates.) Now, I was not aware of this one here, same series: http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00B9YDT68/

The only one I found is the Dizzy Reece ... where do the others hide?

belated best wishes!

Nonaah, Sound, Snurdy but then I've still got plenty of gaps ...

Wagner - The Great Operas of all the jubilee boxes, this one looks most interesting to me (though the DG includes all librettos - German versions only, as far as I understand) ... and amazon.it is offering it for a mere 32 euros right now: http://www.amazon.it/Great-Operas-Various-Artists/dp/B008YKRRJU/

Happy Birthday!

I never understood why they're asking for bread when they can have cake ...

I'd absolutely love that! But as it is now, I'm glad to see Rearward/Ishtar/whatevertheirname doing at least something (not too little, actually, but not nearly enough for the fan that is me!)

Is rischka a wrong spelling of riks(s)ha or what's that word supposed to mean?

well, there's plenty of banksters ...

Oh, good! I thought I had made that up and was getting unhinged

And if you find two of each, please think of me!

That was just about what I posted last night - but my post is nowhere to be seen .... weird. Fine band that left better documents than that album.

I always found that one a wee bit underwhelming ... the band was good, there's better material in circulation (no suave Slide though). To me, the album doesn't quite live up. But I agree it ought to have been in the Mosaic.

I've enjoyed his playing wherever I could get hold of him ... not too many discs around, but some listening versions and stuff (including "Notes from the Underground", time to resurrect the bytes). I think I first heard him on Stanko's "Litania", the great Komeda tribute on ECM. Next was probably his playing in Polanski's "Knife in the Water". Magic stuff! One I really enjoy, although it's got a rather bad rep (it IS noisy and dirty, but life is, too, so ...) is "Free Jam", the Ayler release of two discs worth of jams by Mongezi Feza and Rosengren's avantgarde jazz band of those days (early seventies):

Hadn't noticed he was sir-ed, too ... guess they're running out of classical conductors

Same here!

Sheesh, and I thought this was about a new Gerry Wiggins reissue ... or some such

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!