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You're the man, Lon. Have a great one! gregmo

Professional football players often die young. RIP. gregmo

He didn't walk on water? gregmo

Yes, I think the gist is that the Vee Jay stuff is well worth having, and it is good to see that it's being reissued by somebody somewhere. gregmo

Number 487 of the Lunceford sets arrived yesterday. Disc One is very nice. Great sound, fun music. gregmo

Don't know about Fresh Sound's new issues, but I guess I must be alone on the Board in liking the Blue Moons. Leaving aside the (probably big) issue of provenance, they had pretty good sound (to my old ears), included alternate takes, and even offered the original album covers. And they appear to have reissued most of the Vee Jay jazz catalog at a pretty good price. Since no one else did it (until Mosaic put a few out on two sets), it was nice to have them, and I still do, and I still listen to them. gregmo

Doesn't get much more oxymoronic than that, does it?! gregmo

Wynton Live at the Village Vanguard, disc one. Found it cheap at a used cd store. Wynton when he was just playing good jazz trumpet in front of a live audience with a good group. No hype and few spoken words, thank God. gregmo

It seems like I heard the same rumors about Buddy Rich's old nightclub in New York. Was it on 33rd street? gregmo

Don't know about that recording, but it definitely happens on Woody Herman's Herd at Monterey recording. I think the plane can actually be heard a couple of times, once during Victor Feldman's vibes solo IIRC (obviously a relatively low volume spot in the program). Tom 1960 is right about the background sounds on Shelly's Black Hawk recordings. But they all seem approriate to the venue. Twilight zone moment--I was listening to this recording when I read this post, John! Happens on track two, "Like Some Blues Man" while the band is in full flight as well as during the vibes solo. Very strange sound! gregmo

Whoa, I looked on the back of my booklet, and I have 0007. I've NEVER had a number in single digits before! gregmo

Thanks Jim. I always wondered who invented music. gregmo

This seems a logical follow-up to the Lunceford set (that I've preordered!) I have the GRP Decca Jazz set ("Spinnin' the Webb") and "Strictly Jive" on Hep, as well as the Fitzgerald 2-cd sets on Decca Jazz. I imagine there will be a fair amount of stuff on this set I've never heard. Sound should be far better than the GRPs (he said, hopefully). It's cool that Mosaic continues to delve into the Decca catalog. I do wonder whether they might not do a Benny Goodman Big Band RCA set at some point. It would go nicely with the Columbia. gregmo

And me. I think I picked up all those old Alamac lps in some rack at a mall. I think it was back in Iowa City, but that was a long time ago in a galaxy far away.... gregmo

And from me too--to a fellow JIP fan! gregmo

Rational, logical, wise. It'll never pass. gregmo

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That's interesting. I've always wondered if there was ever any kind of manuscript from Desmond's intended autobiography, _How Many Are There in the Quartet?_ Always thought that was a fun title (based on a true story). Desmond was apparently a very funny guy. gregmo

You're the man, Ub. Happy anniversaire! gregmo

This one was reissued on cd on the Ranwood label. Actually, it's not a bad record. Some fair arrangements by Benny Carter, Marty Paich, and Jerry Gray. It is the only album by Lawrence Welk in my collection. gregmo

"Network" truly was a masterpiece, and wow is it timely now. A great director. He'll be missed. gregmo

H.B. A. gregmo

After re-listening to the LP twofer Columbia once released, I have to throw my vote in for this one, too! I'm always up for Mr. Five By Five. gregmo

Actually it probably says "Remastered for Stereo", as do most Prestige fake stereo reissues. This 1956 session was not recorded in stereo. The fact that RVG did the fake stereo remaster is interesting. As fake stereo releases go, these Prestiges aren't so bad - it's just a simple lows on one side, highs on the other, and hitting the mono button (if you've got one) usually can make it listenable. In fact, many of them, even though they claimed to be remastered for stereo, actually play very close to mono. I had a few fake stereo LPs back in my "vinyl days", but hitting the mono button on the system I had back then didn't make them listenable. At best some artefacts remained, for instance something that sounded like phase distortion (for lack of a better description). I was only referring to the Prestige fake stereos. There is more than one process in rechanneling for stereo, and Prestige's method was the least insidious. I'm not saying that combining the two channels is as good as mono, but those of us who came up in the late 60's and early 70's were forced to put up with rechanneling, as these were often the only available sources of the music at the time. I have long since purged all of the rechanneled records from my collection, and I would recommend that new listeners steer clear of them, but they do vary quite a bit - anywhere from reasonably listenable to completely unacceptable. I still have all the old Decca Jazz Heritage series, but I *never* listen to them. (It's a sentimental thing.) I think they were probably the worst examples of reprocessing for stereo I ever heard. gregmo

I've heard that from some others who watched it. I have the feeling it listens far better than it watched! gregmo