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Not sure if this is the right thread, but "Mingus Three", the 1957 trio album with Hampton Hawes and Dannie Richmond nowadays belongs to Universal, I assume (Jubilee > Blue Note > EMI > Universal, whatever, why don't the majors just merge into one and then find new majors on Pluto to gulp and grow even fatter? but free markets is good, fersure) ... so, cdjapan just sends me one of their hourly updates, and it says Mingus Three + 8, and I wonder what that means ... would of course be amazing if those were alternates, outtakes, whatever, but I guess the explanation is of some other nature? link: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/OTCD-4829?utm_source=MAIL&utm_medium=text-genre&utm_campaign=Jazz-20150730-genre-OTCD-4829

I'm with Lon there ... and I'm having a bit of hard time reading these complaints about sound and an even harder time reading those ridiculous over-the-top accusations. But maybe that's just me. Nothing to see, walk on.

when did ones and zeros start having rarity value?

Lennie Niehaus

indeed! happy birthday!

recommended!

just had to check, but yeah, yippie, I'm in

I just remember that they said 7 discs was the ideal size.

Good move! And yes, it's really sad the Select series went belly-up - have most of them and really enjoy them! Too bad they weren't profitable.

Thanks for clarifying, l p! Yeah, would be cool to see a 1974/75 set for sure! But I'd love to see the 1971 and 1973 bands/tours see entire sets being dedicated to them as well!

one of my favourite sextets -- not fictious but fictitious

Seriously now? That's quite a story indeed!

Not sure, sorry if I'm asking in a dumb way, but: Keystone Korner is not mentioned by Losin nor in the excerpts you quote from Miles' autobiography (guess I need to buy it ... have read it many moons ago from the library) - so, would you be in for more early 1969 tapes and some ot those might be from Keystone Korner, or would those be other dates? As for 1969, I keep repeating that I think (fairly) early is over-represented by comparison in the 1969 bootleg set, and I'd really like to get more of the late gigs by the band, but that would mean European concerts again. I guess though it would be cool to get more US club dates, as the atmosphere must indeed have been rather different (not sure that necessarily means the music is better, but I guess: different).

Not sure why these keep popping up as bargains - they ARE bargains after all, conceived as such and really not worth mentioning all the time. But maybe I'm just grumpy and wish for there being enough serious reissues that some of them would be bargained every now and then ... tempi passati, I assume - sic transit gloria reeditionum

Losin mentions some gigs around those IASW and BB dates - entries for Feb 25 and Aug 21 1969: in October/November, the well-documented tour with the "lost quintet" took place. Obviously, there would be much more than those european tours, but if that's the stuff they can get and release - fine with me.

Losin mentions some gigs around those IASW and BB dates - entries for Feb 25 and Aug 21 1969: in October/November, the well-documented tour with the "lost quintet" took place. Obviously, there would be much more than those european tours, but if that's the stuff they can get and release - fine with me.

Yeah, okay ... first spin of the first two discs today, the set having finally arrived a day or two ago (what's the point of pre-ordering months ahead if it doesn't get delivered on or shortly after release date?) - anyway, the 1955 set was a pleasant surprise today, though I still don't think it's all that great. The old "Miscellaneous Miles" disc from Jazz Unlimited (that was recycled, together with the same Storyville sublabel's inferior version of the 1960 Zurich concert on the two disc set mentioned above) certainly didn't sound as good - and I'm still convinced those were bootlegs (as for Zurich 1960, get the TCB release, which is sourced from Swiss radio's original tapes as well and sounds gorgeous - even to this non-audiophile a clear improval of the JU release). I can see all the rants and stuff, I think I contributed some, myself ... but, and it's a big BUT (the good but): having the 1966 and 1967 Newport sets on official CD is terrific! And how did that line go? He who not dig this is a dumbass donkey moron - or some such. These two sets are amazing and at the budget price, they alone should be worth getting this set. The Dietikon concert was indeed re-aired some years ago (but I think it was in the late 90s, rather than in 2004 - or maybe it was aired twice, who knows). Anyway, I taped it back then and was pretty much hooked (except for Gary Bartz who only seemed to fit in half ot the time). My main BUT (the bad but now, but it needn't happen) concerning this release is: I really hope it will not cross out entire sets dedicated to both the 1971 and the 1973 tours. I'd be all over either of these, that's for sure! And if they want to do one for 1975 as well, all the better! They could also do another 1969 one, but only dedicated to the fall tour this time (I assume that will not happen, but I still feel that the lost quintet one, while fine, is a somewhat odd compilation of stuff, giving too much room for that spring/summer gig in France, and then adding a set with only acoustic piano ... there's enough good music from the European tour or October/November to fill an entire four disc set, but well ...

That Dixon album on Master Jazz is indeed pretty good - recently picked it up: Since Jim forgot to mention it: Lloyd Mayers is on "Griff and Lock", one of the finest albums by the Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis team. He also shows up on albums by Joe Newman (At Count Basie's), Etta Jones (From the Heart) and Lock's "Afro Jaws".

I could have had ... but I usually opt for the jazz concerts and have thus missed several potentially great African musicians, not just this year (but I did catch Tony Allen a few years ago). Coming up in the first days of October are Hindi Zahra and Bassekou Kouyaté ... within two days, so I might miss out on one (or both, as again there's too much going on at the same time - another two days before there's Bebel Gilberto ... and few days later Natacha Atlas - and then probably nothing until late November).

... reminds me of some venerable board member letting his kids use the box of he Andrew Hill Mosaic to draw whilst in the backseat of his car

Looks about right to me - haven't seen any others, not that I remember. The only one I've got is the Blakey/Monk one.

Offer is good - though the box is not sealed - one of the copies I got missed a disc (which was just supplied by the label) and thus I opened up the other to make sure the contents are okay. The set is brand-spanking new, unplayed, it will be carefully packed. It's yours for 80€ (Europe) or 90€ (Overseas) - shipping (& tracking) included.

Not that I know, but my first reflex is of course to post: are you kidding? Kinda funny to see the new Bootleg set (finally arrived here today, inspite of having pre-ordered many weeks ago) in the midst of all those crappity craps linked below.

The black "Original Vogue Masters" would most of the time display original cover art inside the digipack - though when a disc contains several EPs or 10" albums, they would be pretty small reproductions.

big advantage if someday all goes down the potty