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Gee Hans, if you get two offers, re-direct one to me, ok?! Good luck! It's actually just one disc that wasn't reissued in that batch of 60th b-day Blue Note sets, but I'd love to have the Mosaic set as well!

Excellent film indeed! And lots of great music making in it, with his family (Ramblin' Boy is a fine album, btw!) as well as with friends (including Keith J. - just so you know...) and some great footage, too, most notably from that Lisbon concert with Ornette's quartet where Charlie was arrested! A superb musician, and I think a mighty fine person, too!

I watched the beginning of Season 1 of "Dexter" on TV, found it quite good, but because of it's plot they moved it to later and later starting times (and maybe eventually they just wanted to get rid of it... the way to do that seems to be to have a series start later and later, and eventually no one will watch, so they can cut it using lack of interest as a reason - morons! Instead they'll put up more moronic "I want my 15 minutes on TV" shows, but it seems there are so many idiots around that feel superior to the idiots taking part in all these casting shows that the system will work for another while...) Anyway, end of rant... We're two thirds done with Season 3 of "Lost" by now, and while it got better and had moments of terrific suspense, alltogether it seems like the low point so far, lack of ideas, whole filler episodes (such as the blonde chick and the Latin guy and their diamonds... cool idea to bury them alive though, I admit). Hope the short-cut Season 4 will pick up some steam! Lots of Season 3 was also paced too slowly for my liking. I found it less interesting than Season 2, even though I had seen probably a third (but not one complete episode) of it a few weeks earlier, when Ms. ubu was watching it... I caught up in a frenzy, watching Seasons 1 & 2 within just two weeks, and that was a hell of a ride, and I just feel Season 3 doesnn't hold up by comparison!

Happy Birthday, Hans! Ahm, John, ahm, all these men called "Hans"... (hey, I'm only paraphrasing Ingeborg B., so don't shoot the messenger! )

Happy Birthday, Hans!

Assuming this is a sincere question, it makes sense when you're shipping internationally. It saves a significant amount of postage expense. I really did not realize how much it costs to mail the jewel boxes internationally. I recently ordered some replacement jewel boxes and was struck by how flimsy they were. I guesss they are all fungible to a large extent. Yeah, there are various kinds of replacement jewel cases, and usually they're packed and labelled and priced the same, but they come in varying quality! That does suck now and then, but still, shipping w/cases can get ridiculously pricy very fast, if it's not within Europe (but even there, you'll quickly note the difference, it's the same price to ship 1CD w/case as 3CDs w/out them!)

Here's the mail Jan Ström sent out in December 2008: Dear Ayler / Silkheart customer, From January 2009, Ayler Records will be run by my friend Stephane Berland in France. The storage of Ayler CDs is now moved to France but there could be a “vacuum” for shipments during some weeks. Stephane has during many years made the sleeve designs and managed the two web sites and he will run the label as usual. The address to Stephane is the normal one: ayler@ayler.com and the catalogue can always be checked at www.ayler.com. The Silkheart records are also to be ordered from Stephane. Catalogue at www.silkheart.se. However, there may occur delays in the transition period. I will still take part in the work with Ayler/Silkheart and I will for instance continue to make hardcopies of the Ayler “Download – Only” (DL) catalogue for those who want to have these as complete CD-Rs instead of doing the download work. I also have a small storage of “Ayler Records Artist” T-shirts and some 2 Gb Memory sticks with the Ayler Records logo. Important: If you want to order any of these items from me, the address from now on is: formtex[at]algonet.se or jan[at]ayler.com. I thank you for the great communication we have had during some 8 years and I’m sure you will see many interesting releases from Stephane in the future. Wishing you a great holiday season, Jan Ström Box 20 SE-61040 Gusum Sweden +46-(0)123-20531 formtex[at]algonet.se jan[at]ayler.com

I must have gotten lucky or something because I only placed my order Thursday night. I ordered it from Amazon. They say it should be here in a week and a half or so. Looking forward to it! Getting hold of those Storyville boxes can be an adventure. gregmo you guys are so spoilt! you can easily obtain recent Storyville releases through amazon.de (or amazon.fr - it's always worth comparing the prices, sometimes amazon.co.uk might be an option, too). we yurpeens order from the US often and just live with shipping costs of 10$ or so for a single crappy disc (and the jewel case will be uselessly crunched half of the time, too...)

That sucks indeed! But then I thought labels such as Revenant and Ayler Records would check these issues before releasing anything? Or would the demands be so ridiculously high that they just jump ahead and hope for the best?

up again... I got a Pacific Piano Trios set coming to me (I hope... didn't hear from the seller) from ebay soon. Bud Shank/Bob Cooper - Mosaic Select 10 (3CD) I have a used copy (disc 2 has a minor scratch, the box is scuffed as all these Selects are because the cardboard boxes are too large... I always wondered why Mosaic doesn't produce them a little bit smaller... anyway, other than that it's in very good condition and unplayed since I bought it from an amazon marketplace seller for 53€). So here's the deal: I'll trade it for a new or similarly very good (booklet has to be excellent!) copy of the Lester Young 4CD set, which is readily in print, and costs 68$. We'd do this just straight, I send the Select, you order me the Pres (or send me your own box). I'd also be willing to give away the new and sealed copy I have in trade for a new or excellent condition Pres set. If you have any other offer to make, drop me a line!

Yes indeed - I can ship three discs without jewel case for the price of one disc with jewel case. Makes sense to me! I got stuff from other guys here in all conditions and shapes, with cases, without cases, with multiple discs packed into one case, etc etc... all's fine with me!

Yes, and he has that great clarinet spot there... although he hardly variates it, I love to hear it! It's one of the most infectuous Ellington tunes! On the Hodges concert from Berlin (on a Pablo 2CD set), Carney plays it on baritone sax for a change - pretty cool!

Well, no one here was in to get the Shank/Cooper in trade for the Pres set, which is cheaper than 80$... (offer still good). The Pacific Trios I just bought was 90$, plus quite some for shipping.

The HRS sessions by Carney and Sandy Williams are mighty fine! Also the Jimmy Hamilton Blue Note date - wow! Carney really shines there! Then there's "Blue Reverie" on the Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert! What a beautiful statement by Carney!

Well, I know that error with Burrn - I have it when it doesn't look for the right drive (I burn on an external burner, but sometimes it wants to burn on the internal by mistake).

Gee, that sucks about the Weston! There seem to be some copies of it around though: http://www.amazon.de/Mosaic-Select-Randy-Weston/dp/B00028G07C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1266489038&sr=1-1 Rather pricey, but it's a very good set!

Finally bought the Pacific Piano Trios on ebay last night... had to stay up and watch it... in the final two minutes, someone was bidding like mad but my max-bid was higher, luckily. Cost me 100$ with shipping, but gee I want this sucker!

The MPS set isn't that expensive, but I think it was cheaper at other times, might be worth watching it for a while: http://www.amazon.de/Swinging-Accordion-Mps-Art-Damme/dp/B000ION5I2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1266478697&sr=1-1

That's sad news. The recent 5CD set with his MPS albums is very good!

I just got my shipping confirmation, all discs did ship!

Hollerin' Fingers Hopkins here hollerin' fingers? what the hell's that supposed to mean? shakey fingers from booze? well, it does happen now and then... when my baby has just left me and I have the booze, ahm, blues in the mornin', or some such

As I said in my last post, the "Amazon CD" is on the American Jazz Classics label, while the Fresh Sound CD is on, well, Fresh Sound. Different editions indeed. Yes, it's truly weird as they seem to use the same cover! I just saw the Fresh Sound version in a store, it has ten tracks, nothing more. There was an American Jazz Classics discs among the recent releases, and judging from their layout, it's some sort of variant of Lonehill, the design looks identical! Wouldn't be the first time that Fresh Sound and Lonehill do reissues that are partly identical!

Sorry, my bad - but amazon has a back-cover scan that is unreadable but clearly shows more than 10 tracks! Maybe there are various editions around?

The first title on the Brookmeyer CD was a 1959 Atlantic album, the second title a 1960 Mercury album; both were done with larger groups. According to the Fresh Sound site the Stitt CD only has the 1959 Verve album Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements (10 tracks). No, seems they just didn't post the complete tracklist (as on amazon, see Cliff's link), but the line-ups give more: These look interesting! I didn't even have any idea that Stitt ever played with Giuffre! A rather unlikely pairing, but then Stitt was a gun for hire...

I got the three discs I ordered directly from ESP yesterday (Graves, Sun Ra Kohoutek and Hampel). No news on the jazz loft order either - ordered on Feb. 6.