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I just ordered the J.J. Johnson. I got so scared by Soulstation's Morgan cover above!

So some days ago there were 100 copies of the O'Day and 700 copies of the Johnson left, and now there are 150 copies of each left. Okay....

Thanks, jazzbo. After posting I did a Google search and it appears that, although some use "y'all guys" jokingly, there are those that really have it in their ideolect or even dialect. One common case seems to be when people from a "you guys" area move to a "y'all" area. They are influenced by the speech of the new area they live in, but the transition is incomplete and they end up saying "y'all guys". There are several references to this phenomenon. But there are also areas where the locals genuinely say "y'all guys". I found it very interesting to read that in parts of North and South Carolina "y'all" is singular(!), and to indicate plural they have come up with forms like "all y'all", "y'all two" and indeed "y'all guys"! So in those parts "y'all" has moved from purely plural to purely singular just as "you" did earlier. Fascinating, isn't it?

My sister was an exchange student in the US (New Mexico), and the daughter in her family consistently said "y'all guys" as second person plural. Was that just an ideolectal peculiarity, or has anyone heard of this usage before?

The Kid Ory set arrived yesterday, only 7 days after I ordered it! And no duties charged either (in which case it would have taken much longer for me to get it too)! Wohoo! I listened to the first session, the French concert, today, and it was what I expected. I actually think Hadlock is overly critical of this concert in his notes; I suppose I just don't hear it the way he does, and to my ears Ory and the guys play with a lot of inspiration and drive here, and the audience obviously loves it. (Hadlock is right about the bass being underrecorded though). What surprised me is that this 1956 European live recording is in stereo. My impression otherwise is that stereo came a lot later to Europe than to the US. One more thing: The original liner notes (not present on the Mosaic set) mention that "One can hear Ory making his own announcements, some in English and occasionally even in his delightful Creole French." One can't hear that on the Mosaic though. Apparently Mosaic doesn't like spoken introductions, since they have deleted them not only from this Ory set, but also from the George Lewis set, the Louis Armstrong set, and also I think from the Elvin Jones set. I wonder why? I had had the George Lewis Concert! album on LP for a long time and it just wasn't the same thing when some of it was gone. By the way, my copy of Ory is number 0802 of 5000. Does that indicate that it has sold badly? It's a shame, if so.

Everything on the Condon Mosaic has come out on Collectables twofers. Nothing from the Buck Clayton though, and I wonder if that may have to do with the plentiful and tricky edits that were on the original LPs? Mosaic released complete takes as they were recorded as far as posssible. ← Re Eddie Condon Could you point me in the right direction. I am aware of 3 two-fors. That takes care of 6 LPs. Sorry, I was taking it straight from memory, since I researched the availability of material on several OOP Mosaic sets some time ago, but I must have confused it with something else, because it’s obviously not true that everything from the Condon Mosaic is available on Collectables twofers. That said, the vast majority of the Condon Mosaic has come out on single CDs. Let’s take a look at it: The following albums have been released on Collectables: Jam Session Coast-To-Coast (half of which isn’t on the Mosaic) Jammin' At Condon's Bixieland Treasury Of Jazz The Roaring Twenties Midnight In Moscow Now as for those you mention: Dixieland Jam was not an original album, but a late 80s compilation that came out on both LP and CD (I have the CD). It included 7 tracks of 12 from The Roaring Twenties, and 7 tracks of 12 from Chicago, My Home Town, plus one alternate take of China Boy. It should also be noted that this compilation included the complete original take of What’s The Use, which had a bad ending, whereas Chicago, My Home Town as well as the Mosaic set used an insert ending. Dixieland Jam is OOP now, but it can be bought on Amazon Marketplace (currently from 25.99$). This made up half an LP originally, the first half being by Louis Armstrong. The Armstrong portion has been out on CD, but from the Condon portion only one track (Bye And Bye) has been out as far as I know (it’s on the Happy Birthday Newport 3-CD set Columbia put out last year). As mentioned above 7 of the 12 tracks were on the 1989 CD Dixieland Jam. An alternate take of The Minor Drag from 1957, plus one four-track session from 1962 are what remains to be released from this album. It must have been a very rare release, by the way. AMG doesn’t list it, and a Google search only points to the Mosaic discography. This album only included one Condon track, Original Dixieland One Step, an outtake from the 1956 ’Treasury Of Jazz’ sessions. So what hasn’t been on CD other than on the Mosaic set, is one outtake from 1956, the live session from 1956 (save one track), an alternate take and an insert ending from 1957, and four tracks plus an alternate from 1962. Right now picking up the OOP Mosaic set would be the only way to get those tracks on CD. However, it's worth keeping in mind that the resurrected Classics label has a Condon series that has reached 1953, and since the 1956 tracks will fall into the public domain in less than 1½ years, we could see them out on Classics fairly soon actually. The 1962 tracks may take longer of course. Once again, sorry for misleading you in the earlier post. Getting older does odd things to one's memory...

Sony BMG tests technology to limit CD burning Published: May 31, 2005, 2:48 PM PDT By Reuters As part of its mounting U.S. rollout of content-enhanced and copy-protected CDs, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is testing technology solutions that bar consumers from making additional copies of burned CD-R discs. Since March, the company has released at least 10 commercial titles--more than 1 million discs in total--featuring technology from U.K. antipiracy specialist First4Internet that allows consumers to make limited copies of protected discs, but blocks users from making copies of the copies. The concept is known as "sterile burning." And in the eyes of Sony BMG executives, the initiative is central to the industry's efforts to curb casual CD burning. "The casual piracy, the schoolyard piracy, is a huge issue for us," says Thomas Hesse, president of global digital business for Sony BMG. "Two-thirds of all piracy comes from ripping and burning CDs, which is why making the CD a secure format is of the utmost importance." Names of specific titles carrying the technology were not disclosed. The effort is not specific to First4Internet. Other Sony BMG partners are expected to begin commercial trials of sterile burning within the next month. To date, most copy protection and other digital rights management (DRM)-based solutions that allow for burning have not included secure burning. Early copy-protected discs as well as all DRM-protected files sold through online retailers like iTunes, Napster and others offer burning of tracks into unprotected WAV files. Those burned CDs can then be ripped back onto a personal computer minus a DRM wrapper and converted into MP3 files. Under the new solution, tracks ripped and burned from a copy-protected disc are copied to a blank CD in Microsoft's Windows Media Audio format. The DRM embedded on the discs bars the burned CD from being copied. "The secure burning solution is the sensible way forward," said First4Internet CEO Mathew Gilliat-Smith. "Most consumers accept that making a copy for personal use is really what they want it for. The industry is keen to make sure that is not abused by making copies for other people that would otherwise go buy a CD." As with other copy-protected discs, albums featuring XCP (extended copy protection) will allow for three copies to be made. However, Sony BMG has said it is not locked into the number of copies. The label is looking to offer consumers a fair-use replication of rights enjoyed on existing CDs. A key concern with copy-protection efforts remains compatibility. It is a sticking point at Sony BMG and other labels as they look to increase the number of copy-protected CDs they push into the market. Among the biggest headaches: Secure burning means that iPod users do not have any means of transferring tracks to their device, because Apple Computer has yet to license its FairPlay DRM for use on copy-protected discs. As for more basic CD player compatibility issues, Gilliat-Smith says the discs are compliant with Sony Philips CD specifications and should therefore play in all conventional CD players. The moves with First4Internet are part of a larger copy-protection push by Sony BMG that also includes SunnComm and its MediaMax technology. To date, SunnComm has been the music giant's primary partner on commercial releases--including Velvet Revolver's "Contraband" and Anthony Hamilton's solo album. In all, more than 5.5 million content-enhanced and protected discs have been shipped featuring SunnComm technology. First4Internet's XCP has been used previously on prerelease CDs only. Sony BMG is the first to commercially deploy XCP. First4Internet's other clients--which include Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and EMI--are using XCP for prerelease material. Sony BMG expects that by year's end a substantial number of its U.S. releases will employ either MediaMax or XCP. All copy-protected solutions will include such extras as photo galleries, enhanced liner notes and links to other features. Story Copyright © 2005 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

Here's the cover for the new Cannonball album:

Everything on the Condon Mosaic has come out on Collectables twofers. Nothing from the Buck Clayton though, and I wonder if that may have to do with the plentiful and tricky edits that were on the original LPs? Mosaic released complete takes as they were recorded as far as posssible.

Norman Granz combined his Clef and Norgran labels into Verve in 1956. It's really the same label, and thus Universal-owned now.

Well, all things taken together I think it's definitely less of a hassle to order CDs from the US, than getting the Cactus discs. I have ordered from CD Universe several times in the last two years since EMI Europe went Cactus, and have been 100% satisfied so far. I think they're great!

So the Japanese can release unissued material Cuscuna doesn't want to see released? That opens up new possibilities...

Haven't read anything official, but I think we have seen the last JRVGs. Toshiba seems to be very busy with the new TOCJ-24 series instead. 140 Blue Note titles have already been released in a year, and another 160 titles have been announced up to March 2006!

I ordered the Kid Ory earlier this week. It was the top priority for me of these sets. I'm confident it will be excellent, and it will be nice to hear such a jazz pioneer (born 1886!) in modern stereo sound. Plus nothing of it is available on individual CDs. After it has gone OOP I hope Mosaic will do a George Lewis Verve box. Nothing of his Verve albums on CD either. I plan to get the J.J. Johnson box too eventually. I noticed that it contains a lot of previously unissued material, so even if Collectables start to put out twofers of Johnson's original Columbia albums (as they did with Condon for example) there is still a lot on it that may not become available again. However, with 700 copies left, I think there is no need to hurry just yet. I'm not much of a vocalist fan, so I hadn't really planned to get the O'Day. But I must say that the extensive praise this set gets intrigues me. But it is a lot of money to spend to get all of these sets, and as mentioned, other sets may become endangered soon too. Hmm, I have to think really hard about this. But not for too long apparently, since the O'Day will likely be gone in a day or two!

Still not worth it, considering the inferior format.

Here 'tis: The Complete CBS Buck Clayton Jam Sessions (#144)

According to Mosaic's online Jacquet discography info about 78 releases *is* included. Or maybe I misunderstood what you're looking for? By the way, Mosaic left one track (Don't Push Daddy) off the set, at the request of Jacquet, who didn't like his solo. This track can be found on the Classics volume 1946-1947.

Donald Byrd's "Slow Drag" had never been released before on CD in the U.S., and maybe not even in Japan either ( ) --- so this isn't the first time a title has slipped into the RVG series that hadn't even been on CD in the U.S. market before. ← Although the RVGs started out as a "the classics remastered" series, there have by now actually been quite a few that hadn't been on CD in the west before. Add these: Groovin' At Smalls' Paradise (the very first of them, I think, back in 1999) Rockin' The Boat A Fickle Sonance Capuchin Swing Action Am I Blue Goin' West Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World Hustlin' The Stylings Of Silver In Pursuit Of The 27th Man

Great news!

Excerpt from CNN: The sixth round was bizarre even by the standards of a fighter once banned from boxing for biting Evander Holyfield's ears. Tyson tried to break McBride's arm in the final round, then tried to hit him low. When all else failed he aimed his head at McBride's forehead, butting him and opening a cut next to his left eye. "I was desperate," Tyson said. "I wanted to win."

So now the Japanese and the European fans of this session will have a chance to get this while everyone in the US continues to be denied access. Well, I don't view the European Cactus version as a chance to get it, to be honest. The Japanese CD is the only option as far as I am concerned. I may get it to replace the bluish Spanish Time-Life version I currently have.

Yes, it is on the latest volume in Classics' Ventura series: and also on the infamous Definitive label:

Ah, yes, the classic BN album Soul Shouting.

You can scratch McDuff’s Who Knows What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring? off the list, since it was recently reissued by Water. As for LPs recorded before the 70s, these can be added to the list: 5036: Urbie Green - New Faces, New Sounds (12/27/53) LT 1057: Harold Land - Take Aim (7/25/60) GXF 3057: Kenny Burrell - Freedom (3/27/63, 4/2/63, 10/22/64) LT 993: Stanley Turrentine - New Time Shuffle (2/17/67, 6/23/67) 4295: Reuben Wilson - On Broadway (10/4/68) McCoy Tyner - ’Cosmos’ (4/4/69) [half of the double album BN-LA 460-H2] - this has not been on CD yet, but will come out on an upcoming Mosaic Select. There were six Turrentine tracks from 1967 on his ”Best Album” (BN-LA 394-H2) that haven’t been anywhere else. There are also unissued Turrentine tracks from that period. A CD combining them all would be nice. From the 70s there are plenty of other titles of course – Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver etc.

...and somewhere in an organissimo board member's home!