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James Newton - Luella Some fine stuff there... I still prefer "The African Flower" though, that one's plain amazing! Whatever happened to James Newton anyway?

That's not really the question. Assuming you had $50 to spend on music, would you spend it on Joe Daley or on a few of the hundreds of other titles on your never-ending want list? Is it not? Now I'm not abstain from visiting my favorite movie theater (where I can get in much cheaper thanks to a yearly subscription), but I'm perfectly willing to now and then save on other things in order to buy more music. But to answer your question: I guess what you're implying (that I'd rather buy then cheapo sets and hence get what... 120 discs for that amount) isn't entirely wrong. And it's indeed an issue... we've all been americanized and want everything we can get for as little as possible. Too bad, really. Quality product has it's price, and that's a fact. And yes, I'm willing to pay more for it every now and then. But the big question is: are there enough people willing and interested for Jonathan to break even... I don't have the answer, but I'm lamenting that whole wide-spread degenerate consumerist attitude, I really do (and I fall into that trap too often, myself, and sometimes enjoy great deals but other times hate myself for doing it and ending up with stuff I'd just not bought if it had cost doulbe the amount).

I got my Basie 1941-51 10LP box today... so I've got all the Columbia (Vocalion/OKeh) Basie I need. The Mosaic set is very good, it has a different focus and maybe better sound than the vinyl (I've not tried to compare)... and it's of course mainly a Pres set with Basie providing the frame. Would have been even better if it had been a Pres set along the lines of the Chu Berry set, also including the Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson (roughly 3CD?) material for the same label(s). But I love it as it is, and it's certainly more of a homogenic package as it is now. One more thought: ever since they started the Selects, smaller boxes have gotten fewer and far between... does this comparatively fast sale of the Pres/Basie suggest there's more of a market for smaller and hence cheaper boxes? I love the old 3CD and 4CD boxes... with Fuller, McLean, Rivers, Mitchell etc. etc. there have been plenty. If it's got to be five CDs to make it feasible with all the costs to produce the entire packaging, that's fine, too. Those have also gotten scarce (Turrentine, Hampton, Quincy, Hackett, Pass are the recent ones, though the Hackett's from 2001 - and I still don't have it...) Not suggesting they should first decide on size and then find what they can fit in - that would be completely wrong. But I'm sure there's plenty of options in that range, too!

Not sure what your $$ are worth, but for 50$ I can just about have one meal at a mid-class restaurant, catch 2,5 movies, drink around 10 beers or 3 whiskeys at a bar... I'm more than willing to pay that amount (I'd also pay 60) for something that I assume is great... and I bet curiosity would get the better of me even if I hadn't heard the RCA album (I have, but not in adequate form) I'd jump for it! But maybe that's just me... Also, isn't this here supposed to be the marketing campaign?

James Newton (Grammavision)

Anthony Davis / James Newton / Abdul Wadud - I've Known Rivers

Vol. XVI

Got the Basie Vol. 11-20 (1941-1951) box in... for just under 22€ - looks very good, some records virtually unplayed, some with minor fingerprints and a few scratches that look harmless... will spin some of it very soon!

and now disc 2 (1975): Twet

Tomasz Stanko - 1970 1975 1984 1986 1988 right now: disc 1 (1970): Music for K

And still no email here... weird!

Oops, sorry for that! We don't see to many ladies around here - belated welcome, and keep on asking these pedantic questions, please, the discussion you stirred here is very interesting, indeed!

Sheila Jordan - The Crossing

Huh? Didn't get any mail... good for them that they seem to sell out one for a change again... the Smith and Rich have been running low for ages by now.

Cool, will keep my eyes open... Hanna/Davis/Lewis are terriffic w/the band. Would certainly be interesting to hear them in trio, and I imagene w/Farrell instead of Daniels! Not sure they'd have suited Booger, but the idea is fascinating! (And certainly Lewis is more... well, what? ... then Dawson)

I've got this one on vinyl: And of course the earlier stuff (Mosaic box, Basle disc on TCB). The Munich album is mighty good! Got to dig it up, too! As for 1969... it took me ten years from then to even get born - so, no, alas I've never seen them live, but I guess they really blew out of the room with their force!

solo of the day: Janice Robinson on trombone with plunger in "The Farewell" on Jones/Lewis' "Suite for Pops"!

Thad Jones & Mel Lewis - Suite for Pops

Art Hodes - Someone to Watch Over Me, "Live at Hanratty's" (Muse)

Well, fuck me, but I've only got one track from that Muse album (as a bonus to the 32 Jazz reissue of "These Are Soulful Days", which was re-titled "Steady Comin' at Ya" and contains two tracks from yet another album, "Movin' Up!"). Guess I got to look for some vinyl. At least no one needs to fuck me because of the Prestige... I was aware of it (but don't know it). Love Daniels with the Jones/Lewis band, but always preferred him on clarinet.

Weird... seems the CD has the whole programme changed and while omitting the opening "Thelonica", it adds two tunes on on the LP, "Ask Me Now" and "Light Blue". Guess I can live with the LP, it's likely not to become a big Flanagan favorite anyway (those would be "Giant Steps" and "Eclypso" at this time).

Buck Clayton - Singin' and Dancing (Vogue)

ts ts... now playing: Urs Leimgruber could (and still can, if he wants to) blow a mean muscular tenor!

Yeah, that Miles in Boston is another good example. A fix of this was around in the net.... And as you say: many will notice the difference without being able to explain it. But most, even musically savvy (or half-savvy such as me) will never be able to correctly perform definitive pitch correction.

One aspect that some record dealer explained to me - I've not heard about that before (and I'm not sure he's right): the retro-active thing... it's not that simple, in fact, according to him, reissues of material older than 50 years at the appointed date has to be released (or have been released) in the very form that the label wants to keep it going... as I said, I'm not sure, but this was his explanation for the current flood of cheapodoodliest crappity crap reissues. Point being: they need to throw out as much as they can right now, in order for these releases to be legal once the period changes to 70 years. Again, I'm not sure that's true.