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Thanks again, Mike! I think I'm slowly gaining an understanding ... and Meyerson would then be another good choice, I'm sure. But I'll go with the two you recommend most early in this thread first, that decision has been made!

Went to catch another great solo concert by Matana Roberts - will post a (german) review tomorrow, on my blog. That weirdo on the left is me

Okay, so we're getting there ... the klassika.info site on Händel lists HWV 442 as "Prélude et Chaconne avec LXII Variations".

Many thanks, Mike (and Hans - those amazon tracklists keep confusing me, too stupid to count!) So I guess I'll rather go for Rampe and Pollerus, maybe add the Baumont ... and then see if I still want any of the more expensive Yates discs. Re: Baumont - Mike, you call the above one a box set ... it's two discs only, best tracklist I found is here: http://www.amazon.de...ks_all_1#disc_1 That's not complete as far as Händel's suites go, I think (?) ... but I assume it's all that Baumont has recorded? If I look at this listing here: http://www.klassika....tung.html#Suite I see there are eight from 1720 but nine from 1733 - so the three Yates discs still miss one Suite? But then the count most often seen is twice eight ... I'm still confused!

into disc three now ... more great Webster! very nice box indeed!

disc one - very nice! too bad though the book won't fit into the oversize (but too small for the book - looks like a production gaffe to me) box and too bad that hardly anything in the book is in english! Dolphy! add Wess and Lateef as two of the finest of the earlier days - Wess' tone and control is hard to beat, I think!

Ricky: anyone remember the four-volume "Louis Armstrong Story"? Me: hellyeah! I bought the LPs just because they've got such nice covers! Crazy, huh?

Tending to go for Borgstede just to have the entire series of works for starters ... and then deciding if I need more. The Yates isn't quite complete yet, right? One more volume to go, I guess? The samples sound fine though, but I admit I'm a cheap bum and I'd like to get the entire run for starters.

ooops, wrong thread ... but thanks, Ricky! Taking the Frémeaux route here, but I've got so many duplicates already, it's rather crazy! I'm with Lon in liking the Sony set of the Hot Fives and Sevens, don't know the JSP though, but as I'm no audiophile, I can't be bothered too much.

Also, anyone familiar with this one? No samples around, it seems. EDIT: Found samples for Ludger Remy here: http://www.jpc.de/jp...33/hnum/7172865

Having heard Richter's partial recording of the Händel suites, I'm inclined to find a harpsichord recording, too ... the Ross is impossible to get (or rather: very expensive), but the Yates is around (three single volumes, that's all there is - no 3CD set combining it all, correct?) As for Baumont, is this the one to beware of? I'm pretty confused as the tracklists for these don't seem to match with anything from the Richter recordings ... are there various series, are the "keyboard suites" different from the "harpsichord suites"? I know nothing about Händel yet, so please bear with (and enlighten) me!

Got the double LP for around 13 swiss franks (or the price of one and a half pints of Guiness in the Irish pub here), that's fine with me, no need for an overpriced old CD. But thanks for mentioning it, Steve, wasn't aware of it, either!

I can't yet, I noticed ... in my own perfect world, such a small edition would of course sell out quickly, but I guess this world ain't good enough

Okay, will get the LP anyway ... if I transfer "Shuffle Boil" to digital, I could compare with the Legacy edition of "It's Monk's Time". Might even try and do so tonight!

Will pick up "Always Know" tomorrow, then Is there anything otherwise unavailable on it besides that one ten-minute "Honeysuckle Rose"?

Gotta get this while I can, too!

Thanks for the clarification, guys! The Miles 4CD set is indeed a great one, and I'm very fond of the three Coltrane sets, too! So fond that I gave away all the single discs, except for those with additional tracks (no Coltrane on those tracks, "The Cats" has one, "Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette" has two ... don't have the Ray Draper but is has one, also, and the Ammons discs of course have plenty more).

(the Miles stuff is missing - I think it was part of the 16 disc box, too?)

Hm, The Cherry Thing ... after having had it for a while, I think it doesn't quite live up to all the hype. It diminished in estimation here, as the months went by. Also, it's not a good production - I noticed when trying to listen to it on the iPod (either MP3 at 320 kbs or M4A at the highest quality iTunes has on offer, I don't remember) that it's impossible to find any equalizer settings where the music wasn't totally distorted. (I've got an old 30GB iPod with pre-sets only, no idea if later generations have more on offer.) In addition, it sounds very hot, compressed - produced with tons of punch as if it was (it actually is) a contemporary pop album. Some chances missed, but in the end I think it remains an okay to good album in my ears. Some tracks are very catchy and I still do enjoy them.

o'de'd (jazzmessengers.com is selling it rather cheaply, my finding out prompted my asking here, a few weeks back)

groly hail!

Well, I was just joking of course ... not sure I really need to replace the 2CD set I have because of one missing track and a few others, but the JSP would fit the bill nicely, I think.

Extremely lame, huh? There might be people who don't have these yet ... and I guess quite a few, as the Columbia albums' reputation ain't the finest. What I would enjoy though would be a companion box containing the albums as originally released.

This rare item was included on a recommendable Verve compilation: Wanted to mention that one - very good compilation, worthwhile even if you already have the tracks with Charlie Parker!

All the Bill Samuels items were reissued on CD 5112 in the CLASSICS BLUES & RHYTHM SERIES before. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings sez thus: "A crooner with the exageratedly precise diction of Al Hibbler,. Samuels applied his velvet-fog voice to standards like Ghost of a Chance ... occasionally diversifying into Louis jordan jive numbers ... and an infrequent blues" and goes on to describe the contents of this CD as "svelte lounge music." It ain't THAT mediocre, though, that CD. Cannot see that Ray Charles played piano on these sessions so are these really just fillers? That all sounds purrty vullegar