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Yes, it started around 2001, and it's still ongoing. At least Bream, Domingo, Rubenstein and Horowitz boxes are now up for pre-order at various online vendors. Unless these are just re-reissues of the same box ... ?

Joe?

Sony has a nice series called the Original Jacket Collection. These are strictly box sets, but often they include stuff that's never been out on disc before. I own one set so far, and can strongly recommend it: George Szell's Mozart. I have the Montserrat Caballé on its way to me now. Some will hate the packaging (each disc comes in a mini-LP, though not as sturdy as Japanese versions), but it actually saves space, and the boxes themselves are quite sturdy.

Dusty Groove is currently offering a fair amount of Muse titles for $4.99. Also at $4.99, check out the titles on Landmark.

Thanks for the tip on the Timeless albums. The Coleman and Nock were just "Saved for Later." (No more booster packs!)

Thanks Mark! Always great to see an idol alive and well.

The Roost material is coming out once again in Japan — a mini-LP, this time on the new SHM plastic. The price is 2700¥ (going by memory), and the release date is some time in November. I'm tempted. The TOCJ that Lon has is excellent as well. I've never heard the U.S. edition. Sound allright? I just picked up Inner Fires last week. Strange sound (not bad, just strange), and amazing playing. I haven't heard a live 1953 date that (to me) isn't amazing so far. Bud was in incredible form that year.

I've received that message recently here in the States. When I clicked the back button on my browser, however, I was strangely able to access the site right away. Clicking "back" or refresh might do the trick. (At least it has for me so far.) I've finally been hit over the head with Giuffre's two Candid (originally Choice) albums on eMusic. Great stuff.

I was 21. It's the only time I've cried when a famous person died. It struck me as strange and a little embarrassing — I only knew the man through his music — but there I was welling up thinking about his passing. At the time, I had nearly all of his work up to and including In A Silent Way. The next day, my roommate bought a copy of Bitches Brew for me. One of the kindest, most well-timed gifts I've ever received.

You can look at the entire book (some 497 pages) through the link brownie posted above. Not a bad book overall. I know I would have pre-ordered this a few years ago, but (for now at least) I'll take a raincheck. Quick first impressions: • too many (for my taste) Gabor Szabo covers • too many (for my taste) Archie Shepp covers • no Saturn covers for Sun Ra (what?!) • one Lacy cover — one? • I dig the Giuffre covers A lot of covers I hadn't seen. It looks like a fun book to have.

It's true. He could really grate.

I'm on a Bud binge lately. To honor his 84th, I'll spin his version of "Idaho" with Johnny Griffin. An amazing duo track.

Has Savoy's reissue program for Muse stuff fizzled out? Nothing's come up on the radar lately that I'm aware of.

Did anyone pick up the Andorran issue of The Gap Sealer, which contains "bonus" tracks from Love and Understanding? Dusty Groove pulled it from their site (at least for the time being), and I wonder if there might be some legal issues (finally) at stake. My personal choice is to not support the Andorrans (though I did own two titles at one time), but I'd like to hear this one.

How would you all rate Tenor Madness Too?

I might be wrong, but I don't think any of the 32Jazz reissues were remastered. Well, maybe not re-mastered, but the CD booklet (for the Ford title in question) says "Mastered by Gene Paul at DB Plus Digital Services, NYC." Regardless, the CD sounds pretty good to me! For anyone with an interest in Ford, I'd say this is a very good sampler of his Muse work. The track "Esse Nosso Amor" is everything the music for The Bill Cosby show wanted to be.

Mostly CDs. I haven't been following the market for LPs in a long time. (I still have a turntable though!)

Muse titles have been popping up on Dusty Groove lately, usually for $4.99. Picked up the Bill Barron there. Some Muse and 32Jazz titles, however, are being offered through Amazon's marketplace for sky-high prices.

Why pay rent when you can buy Catalyst's 2-CD set for $53, or Eric Kloss's Doors for $250? Jeebus.

Mang, I wanna hear this rekkid.

This one is very much worth owning. Great remastering and a nice selection of tunes picked by Ford himself. Get it for cheap!

What Coltrane are you going to/did you spin in celebration?

Original French cover attached. These tracks are indeed amazing.

If people are curious about the record, iTunes does have it, with the two bonus tracks. $10 isn't a steal, but hey. The original cover art attached.

Yup. I didn't either, but using "new math" I had to order the box. Hey, maybe if you could share a website or something regarding that new math — I only made it through trigonometry in high school — then I could understand, or at least rationalize, the same purchase. Why of course. Thanks (?) to my parents I had this song memorized* by age 4. New Math *Okay, that's an exaggeration. Wow, didn't even know about Lehrer. I learned something today. 64-7 = 59