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Fine, I'll let you eager beavers be the ones to move this set ahead. I'll be happy to limp in to the finish line. But if it fails to occur, don't blame me, I am a sale, just not an immediate one. Bill Barron, hell yeah. 2nd tier Woody Herman, not so much. Their plea for appeal ain't going to work today, not on this set, sorry. Kickstarter I'm fine with for individuals, or super-indie projects that have no other recourse for funding. I don't see how Mosaic meets either criteria. They're a commercial business, and still have corporate ties(?).I'm assuming that annotation is either in place or has been commissioned, surely there's been some kind of an outlay for that already? At the very basic level of decency and/or propriety, gauge the interest first before announcing the set in all its details and accompanying Pavloian saliva-inducers (we all fall for it, we all do). You know, I really don't need to have the black box, just print a book, sell it for whatever is enough, and then offer the rest as downloads. That would work just fine, at least better than this type of ransom note (if you EVER want to see your ____set...) masquerading as a pseudo kickscart. Are they in business to provide product to a market or are they in business to only do it their way or no way? If they want to play the victim, let it be of their own myopia. Sexy dancer!

It feels like a shakedown here, even though I totally get why they're doing it. Still, if you even think you might want it, preorder now r else it won't necessarily happen, hmmmm...for a set I want eventually but not right away, this model makes me both a little uncomfortable and a little pissed off. We are currently determining whether to a release a new Mosaic set THE COMPLETE WOODY HERMAN DECCA, MARS AND MGM SESSIONS (1943-1954), which will include 131 tracks on 7 CDs With the slowing of sales of CDs, we need to be assured that there is enough demand for this set before incurring the costs and commitment to issue this body of work. The Mosaic business model is becoming harder and harder to sustain and therefore we'll need a strong response for preorders before we are able to proceed. If you place an advance order for this set, your credit card will not be charged until we create and press the set and ship it to you (however PayPal is immediately deducted from your funds). We strongly suggest that you not combine this advance order with any existing sets. We expect to make a decision by the end of August and the set would be available at the end of 2018. We regret any pressure or inconvenience this may cause you in your purchasing decisions, but this is the only way that we can safely proceed. Thank you for your support and understanding, Michael & Scott

no idea here.

Dig that changer out, bra’, now’s the time.

Nope. We are flexible, but only a little. For instance, if you had said that that looked like Donald Trump’s idea of blackface, that would not have been tolerated. However, an honest case of inability to recognize faces in general, that’s a pre-existing condition, and will be tolerated for now. But don’t count on that lasting too much longer. Hope that clears it all up.

Yeah, I got that Nessa too. Trying not to wear it like I did the BH that I had, key word there being “had”...

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Uncredited no more! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Musical_Nephews

Yeah, seems like every time the people try to send a message, they get one sent back to them. This record has two sides after all.

Good luck, for real!

I can get Frank Strozier, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Clark Terry & Shelley Manne, (of course), Frank Rosolino, and John Boener. The comments reveal Pete Condoli and Dave Grusin (who at first me fooled into thinking he was Johnny Carson) himself. Who else we got here? I like the sections' blends. How many mikes are we seeing there, eh?

..like dealing with distributors?

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New thread - Songs That Always Make You Cry Whether You're Looking For It Or Not.

Still haven't really connected, but enough people I know have, so I think it's my fault, not hers. Either way, there's a legacy there, for sure. RIP.

I remember this one being pretty good too. Has anybody heard this one? notable names include Eddie Costa & Nat Adderley, Timings are discouraging, though?

The thing about Woody's bands is that from jump, no matter what else was in the mix, fashion, vocals, economic necessities, there was always some genetic variety of this waiting to happen, just some rude-ass road dogs whose bite was at least the equal of their bark if they ever needed it to be. And they did often enough for me to always be curious about a Woody Herman record, just to see if this was gonna happen. Even when he looking backward, very seldom did he look down, so yeah, gotta love that. and just in case, Sal Nestico is a player worth knowing.

I had a Billy Harper t-shirt, bought it from Billy himself at a gig. He used to merch like that, pretty entrepreneurial guy, actually. Had to be to survive.

My go- to Herman is the stuff on the Columbia Mosaic and the Mosaic Select material, I do like the Cadet records and the Fantasy sides I mentioned (and to a dress Maze e's question about the remainder, they did not enthuse me the way the first ones did, but that might just as much been about me changing as it was the records themself). This set will not be definitive or essential Herman, nor will it all be cut from the same cloth stylistically or commercially. Me, I'll get it before it goes OOP, but I. can't in good conscience suggest beginning an exploration of Woody Herman with this set. But if you think you might want to go there at some point, having this set handy ain't gonna hurt nothing, if you know what I mean. was, that a long-winded enough answer?

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John, your BB memories differ from mine...I only heard them on AM radio during those years and then mostly as oldies. The Surf's Up lp made a little penetraion, but it wasn't until "Sail On Sailor" that they got any real traction on FM raido, and then, not for all that long. Warners tries with them, they really tired, but reissuing Carl and The Passions/So Tough with Pet Spunds as an attempt to both sell the former and light a fire up under the latter...people just weren't ready yet. What I really give them credit for is getting the last four Capitols back into circulation...I don't think they sold for shit, but they kep them alive nevrhteless. File under Public Service. I've yet to hear this on the radio, ever. Before it's over, I can find a reason for any DJ in any idiom to be fired for playing it. Still, it persists. Really, I bought Love You on the day of release and figured it would be a BIG hit, it was sooo "new wave" in sound, actually ahead of the curve just a little bit. Shows you how removed from reality I was...still perhaps my favorite BB record though. I mean, holy shit! PLAY IT LOUD. PLAY IT VERY LOUD.

Oh my... Michael, you mentioned Woody on Fantasy earlier. Don't think there's a compilation or anything for that period of the band, but they made at least four albums for the label that were sort of yet another renaissance of the Woody Herman band making interesting, contemporary big band music in the traditional Herman format. Presented for your consideration: Brand New - the first Fantasy album, with guest guitarist Michael Bloomfield. I think most people like Bloomfield better than I do, and one chart featuring him his hopelessly hokey, but overall not a bad record. The Raven Speaks - this is when the next Herd really finds its voice. May or may not sound a little dated today depening on how you respond to such things, but the arrangements of Alan Broadbent, Bill Stapleton, and Tony Klatka defined the sound of the band for the next few years. Still seems to be a crate-diggers favorite for some reason. Giant Steps - really, really good - if you like the premise of woody Herman bands to begin with. I do, but not everybody does, especially as time goes by and younger ears aren't born into the whole lineage/evolution thing(s) like us older folks might have been. Thundering Herd - personally, my favorite of the batch. Here's a sampling: my two most favorites here, jsut real gems of writing for the idiom: Very possibly it was a "you had to be there" thing, but...I was, so there's that. Either way, the whole big band scene of the late 60s and early 70s was an interesting thing if, once again, you didn't reject the idiom out of hand to begin with. Woody was a little later getting there than some (although those Cadet records do what they set out to do better than their reputation suggests), but once he got there, he pretty much stayed there. And if you ever wanted to know what Johnny Hodges might have sounded like playing Naima...maybe this, just for a second?

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