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Absolutely essential, IMHO.

I love the Anecdotes book. It has a quote from Zoot Sims about what it was like playing in Russia with Goodman. Zoot said, "Every gig with Benny is like playing in Russia." I know BG had his fans, but both Crow and Phil Woods were somewhat less than complimentary!

Me three! I only just returned from a long overseas trip to find the box waiting for me. I've always liked Mosaic's remastering, but I have to say they've outdone themselves with this one. The sound is really wonderful!

Ditto.

Yes, I've read accounts of his...er...eccentricity?! He was apparently a dreadful husband. We've talked here many times about artistic geniuses who turn out to be pretty lousy human beings. All that said, "Dr. Strangelove" is a masterpiece, and Sellers is fabulous in it!

Yes, and they're all very good!

Saw "Conclave" last night. A bit slow, but a fine performance by Ralph Fiennes.

He came late to the "age" of sincere standards singing, but he made a really fine career out of it. I like those Kapp records. RIP.

He really did have a lovely voice.

Ah, Rose Discount Records on S. Wabash. Be still my heart......

Oddly, or maybe not so oddly? this album isn't in Lord's discography. I was curious who played trombone on the instrumentals. It doesn't sound like Dick Shearer, but I guess it could be. On a somewhat different note, I'm still exploring the later recordings of this guy

I don't think Mosaic has much access to that catalog. If they did, I'd want that massive Gene Ammons set first!

True!!

The chapter titles do pique my interest. Might be worth a look!

Been watching "Kaos" on Netflix. Jeff Goldblum is having a very good time in that one!

Went to see "Lee" with Kate Winslett. Excellent film! Then I went to see "Megalopolis." Far less excellent. Some nice visuals, but I think the Daily Beast reviewer got it right when that writer called it a "big mess."

This is very cool. Thanks for the heads-up!

Oh Lord, *I* had that 45 too!!

A valuable record of a great, largely unremembered band. Fred Beckett was a great trombonist! I'm listening to a classic from the golden age of Columbia Legacy reissues

Makes perfect sense Steve. I was being a bit of a smart ass. Actually, the walls in my music room are largely covered in posters from various concerts I've had the luck to attend!

A friend gave me an LP of Sinatra's "Only the Lonely" a few years ago, and since it's my favorite Sinatra album (and I have it several times over on cd), I framed that one and put it on the wall, but it's the only one. I keep my LPs on shelves in case I want to, you know, play them.......