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  2. Billy Eckstine

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    If Gorodi Pulholmes can get ALL of the MGM material stolen from Japan (if it's even there...) I'll hold my nose.

    As far as Mosaic doing anything King...even in the best of times, probably not. 

    My own sense of moral outrage at the usurpation of all things "jazz" by the unsavoriest of predators has calmed somewhat over the years with the gradual realization that we're all crooks and liars sooner or later if only at our worst moments, but dammit, Mosaic STILL owes the galactic forces of rightness for that The Four Fucking Freshmen set. Talk about an unrighted wrong with NO sign of regret or remorse whatsome ever, there one is. 

  15. Billy Eckstine

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    2 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

    Besides - your lobbying for Mr. X-tine is all very well and certainly totally honest in your intentions, but shouldn't you know better than this??
    "That's no excuse on an Eckstine set. The released material is a finished product. From Hines through National, through MGM, through Mercury, through Roulette, it should all be there. Collate it, clean it up, get some good liner notes, and the set makes itself, I think. "

    I stand by that  - the reasons given for no Joe Williams Roulette set was that there were a lot of unfinished takes and othe untangling of materials. This has no relevance to an Eckstine collection of already issued material..

    As far as the multi-lbel thing - as it now stands (and has for some time) - MGM & Mercury have long been owned by the same people (and the Eckstine material sees release on various Verve Compilations), Along with Roulette, there should be no difficulty in combining the materials.

    Earlier, Hines is RCA, right? Again, Mosiac does Victor. That leaves National, which ended up as Savoy which has ended up...someplace.

    Point just being - there are "excuses", hell, probably sound financial reasons even, for not doing an Eckstine Mosaic. I think we can all see the direction Mosaic is heading. But the reasons given for the Joe Williams Mosaic not happening ain't them.

    So the erasure continues. Probably unintentionally, but an accidental death is just as surely a death nevertheless.

    Quincy Jones could probably make something happen. But he could probably make LOTS of things happen if he wanted to die broke (and he probably would if he did, that's how much that could/should be done).

  20. Billy Eckstine

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    That's no excuse on an Eckstine set. The released material is a finished product. From Hines through National, through MGM, through Mercury, through Roulette, it should all be there. Collate it, clean it up, get some good liner notes, and the set makes itself, I think.

    I could see a stumbling block being the dreaded "lack of jazz content", but historically...

    I know it's not going to happen. But somebody needs to do something. Billy Eckstine, even on his non-jazz records, is a truly awesome voice. And he knew how to use it. especially when the production was "jazz oriented".

    A truly historical figure, imo, and one who is not being at all well-served by contemporary "history".

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