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  1. Glad everyone's still digging the set! Scott and I went down to the Satchmo Summerfest over the weekend and delivered a keynote address about the making of it, as well a WWOZ interview about it that I'll post to my blog in a day or so. Mosaic sent 20 boxes down to the festival and they sold out within a day! So keep spreading the word and keep digging Pops! Ricky
  2. Hey Lee! Man, you should pick up your signed copy of the set and take a tour of Pops's House at the same time! Regardless, I'm happy you pulled the trigger and really hope you enjoy it (thanks for the kind words). The Archives at Queens College are my domain so if you ever want to come back, just say the word (I'm at dippermouth@msn.com). And Nixtamal's the greatest! Thanks , Gate, and to meet one day! Ricky
  3. Thank you, Trevor and Lon! And to touch on Clunky's question about whether this is really "late" Armstrong, for many years, the majority of those in the jazz community seemed to feel that anything after 1928 constituted late Armstrong! And also that "later" meant "inferior." Fortunately, with sets like this one, that level of thinking is eroding (not entirely, but it's on its way….). Thanks again! Ricky
  4. Quick note for those in the New York area: the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens (where I'm the Archivist) is now selling the Mosaic set in its gift shop. Same $149 price, but if you're in NY, want to see Pops's house and pick up the set without paying extra for shipping, come on down to 34-56 107th Street. (And when I get back next week, I'll sign all the liner notes booklets for the sets we're selling, if anyone's interested.) S'all for now...enjoy! Yours in Pops, Ricky
  5. Glad everyone's digging it! Keep those comments coming...makes it all worth it for losing myself in the production of it for so many years! Thanks, all, Ricky
  6. Yes it is. I still don't have an answer for why the track listing is not on the website. I wrote to Scott a few days ago and he said he'd look into it. Keep checking and if I see it first, I'll share the link. Thanks! Ricky
  7. Glad to hear it, Greg! Thanks for the kind words….you still have about 10 hours of music to get through (lot of Teagarden on disc 2 and 3!) so let me know how it treats you when you're done, haha. Thanks! Yours in Pops, Ricky
  8. Yeah, Lon! (And everyone else who ordered it.) Hope you all get as much enjoyment out of listening to it as I got in putting it all together! Yours in Pops, Ricky
  9. Hi all. I'm not directly involved with this set like I am with the Armstrong one (by the way, the warehouse officially has booklets, CDs and boxes so it looks like a June 7 ship date!) but I know from Robert Bader of Bing Crosby Enterprises that yes, this is going to be similar in concept to the Bing Mosaic, a batch of radio transcriptions featuring Clooney with a jazz backing. Should be a great set if you like Rosie! The Crosby estate now represents Clooney as well and Bing's basement apparently contains pristine copies of all of their 1950s radio shows, together and separate. In fact, Robert produced a 2-CD set of Bing and Rosie radio duets just last year: http://www.amazon.com/Bing-Rosie-Crosby-Clooney-Radio-Sessions/dp/B00BCV3IE6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400720843&sr=8-1&keywords=bing+rosie Ricky
  10. I have the day off today and both my kids are taking a nap so I just knocked out this blog with links to all my previous writings on the Mosaic set and as a bonus, inspired by TedR, a little audio edit so you can compare how Newport 1956 sounded when all we had were the Columbia reels and how it sounds now after Andreas Meyer spliced the Voice of America vocals into them. Enjoy! http://dippermouth.blogspot.com/2014/05/jazz-times-profile-and-one-step-closer.html Yours in Pops, Ricky
  11. I LOVE the Scandinavian set and have begged people to buy it for years. I still stand by that but the Mosaic set is different. For me, I feel the Armstrong-Trummy Young-Edmond Hall band was the finest edition of the All Stars. They have some great moments on the Storyville box but it's less than an hour. On the Mosaic, that band is front and center for 6 of the 9 discs, so if you like that edition, this is heaven. There's also all the stuff that went into the making of "Ambassador Satch," these kinds of "live-but-not-really-live" dates where the All Stars play songs that were never issued, sometimes existing in multiple takes. And while the Scandinavian concerts are all terrific, the Mosaic has more EVENTS: the historic 1947 Town Hall concert, 90 unissued minutes of a November 1947 Carnegie Hall concert, Newport 1956, Lewisohn Stadium with Leonard Bernstein (my favorite sequence on the box), Newport 1958 reunion with Teagarden and Hackett, the famous 1956 "Chicago Concert," etc. Throw in the offstage interviews of Louis by Edward R. Murrow and George Avakian and the Mosaic set presents a complete picture of Louis onstage and off during this prime period. If you can't afford the Mosaic box, the Scandinvian set is a great substitute (hell, every civilian should have both in a perfect world!) but this Mosaic box should be the last word on the 1947-58 All Stars and if you're looking for 75 unreleased tracks on an 11 hour set, well, it's the way to go! Yours in Pops, Ricky
  12. Hi Ted! I'm happy to answer that YES, Andreas's results with Newport 1956 are stunning. In fact, if I didn't run my mouth so much about all the problems with the Columbia and Voice of America tapes, I'm not sure anyone would have ever noticed. I still have my reference copy of the Columbia tapes; perhaps I'll make a before-and-after edit for my blog so you can hear Andreas's handiwork. Stay tuned... Yours in Pops, Ricky
  13. Hi Crisp. I actually think the Mosaic set isn't 100% ready yet. They made it go live yesterday but they still haven't sent out any announcements. I've noticed that the main pic of the box isn't up and the discography "thank-you's" are for an early draft. Keep checking and I'm sure it'll be straight soon. Thanks all! Ricky
  14. You guys are quick! Haha…thanks for spreading the word. I was waiting for Mosaic to make the official announcement but they slipped it on their website overnight and I started getting people telling me on Facebook that they've already pre-ordered it this morning. So yeah……go crazy, folks, go crazy! http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=257-MD-CD Thanks for putting up with my breathless updates over the past year….hope the set lives up to it! Yours in Pops, Ricky
  15. Hello folks! The Pops Mosaic set now has a pre-order date AND a cover design! Phew, we're getting there. Click here for the details: http://dippermouth.blogspot.com/2014/04/mosaic-update-we-have-pre-order-dateand.html Thanks, as always, for the interest! Won't be long now... Yours in Pops, Ricky
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