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Mosaic has definitely trained me to preorder at the first possibility. I'm a little surprised we haven't seen news of the new Armstrong set in time for Christmas. gregmo

I wonder about that. "Blue Trane" was recorded right in the middle of Trane's Prestige sessions. gregmo

I often found them grouped with other budget labels like RCA's Camden or Decca's Vocalion. gregmo

You know, I think that may have been the first record by Satch I ever bought as well. And around the same time! Always loved that version of "Tiger Rag." gregmo

You're right, my mistake. Didn't have the bucks to double that one at the time! And like Ghost, I also regret Mosaic never did a post-'61 Hodges Verve set. All but two are available from "Phono" and "Solar," which I'm pretty sure are Andorran. To my knowledge, "Rippin' and Runnin'" and "Don't Sleep in the Subway" have never been released on cd by anybody. gregmo

Busby Berkeley really was a genius, and his eye for how to use B&W--really silver--was absolutely dazzling! gregmo

Me too!! gregmo

I think that's part of it. A few sets were "reissued" on cd not long after they came out on LP. I got the Bechet Blue Note set that way. Bought it first on LP, then when the cd set came available, I got that and gave the LP set to a library, but that's the only time I ever did that. The first sets were all LP only--Monk, Art Pepper, Clifford Brown, Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker, Tina Brooks, and Budde DeFranco/Sonny Clark. gregmo

On for tonight:

True that! gregmo

I think Scott "defaults" to the 30s and 40s. Fine by me. I love those sets! gregmo

Can't get enough of the Basie sides on this set!

Not sure I'd recommend old Decca Jazz Heritage LPs, Chewy. The "reprocessed for stereo" sound on those is awful even if the covers are kind of cool. gregmo

Magisterial performance by the great Bette Davis

Partly: It's a Lonehill CD (yeah, yeah, I know...) that reissues that album along side "Coup de Graas." gregmo

Agreed! I bugged them about it for years, but when the Andorrans did it, that screwed the pooch. And they haven't reissued the last two! gregmo

Very cool. I enjoyed listening to a couple of "rags" on the UCSB site! gregmo

Courtesy of Michael, from whom I ordered it--delivered quickly and intact! It was the last Ella Verve I didn't have. Nice concert by the great gregmo

I keep vinyl from various older "series" that I collected back in the day. And some of them just have cool titles, like this one:

Interesting! Thanks for posting that! Here's the original RCA version, which is about 37 seconds shorter than the "shorter" V-Disc version! RCA Version: Jack-Armstrong Blues One liner-note writer (I forget which) commented that he thought Satch had been listening to Charlie Parker when he played that solo. I'm not sure I agree with that, but it's an interesting thought. gregmo

I don't believe that Newport album has ever been reissued on cd, has it? I have it on LP. gregmo

Don't knock Hello Dolly--Satch's version of "Moon River" on that record is to die for! But, getting back to Jack-Armstrong, that has always been my favorite of the things they did together in the studio for RCA in the mid-40s and my favorite Satch from the whole decade. Listen to him wail on that thing! Is this version also the one on Jasmine's 4-cd Swinging on a V-Disc set? gregmo