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Yvonne Loriod

+1 for Café Zimmermann. Also look out for anything Herreweghe or Junghänel on Harmonia Mundi. Picked up this last week and it's wonderful: http://www.cantuscoe...moll-messe.html

Love Savall/CDN for the Brandenburgs.

Definitely second the recommendations for the big EMI box (years of listening to grapple with there) and Tony Palmer's film.

Mingus Complete 1959 Columbia 3CD set on Amazon UK for 2 GBP (for now): http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000024917/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller= The info is a little contradictory but it's a pretty good punt if you ask me.

Have had a pair of Nautilus 804 floor-standing speakers for 5 years or so; I believe I am their third owner. They sound excellent and I'd recommend any iteration of them (they re-did them every few years and upped the price tag slightly each time).

Thanks, ordered me a copy. Any good?

Just wanted to mention this one from http://frozenreeds.com/?p=21 ...

Cool. Thanks for the rundown!

You people are talking serious sense here. Would definitely pre-order.

I agree. I've had that box since 1968. If you can find the book (it's a great 52 page "tome") you will be happy. I now listen to the music on cd (for convenience) but still pull out the book for reference. Would that be these recordings? http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000002S29/

Mine arrived yesterday! Pretty quick (USPS to Finland) this time.

Some nice press, before we even have a firm release date: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/arts/music/26boxed.html

So sorry to hear this.

Hi clem.

Great idea: will look on this as an opportunity to breeze through the hours of Ellington I've been amassing for the past couple of years.

Coltrane - Live in Japan - Disc 4 Refreshing to get back to this music, some years since the last time IIRC.

Got it at last. Great set and very much worth waiting for.

King Solomon's method?

Bump: they're still sitting here

When arrangements to release this material were being made, a friend of mine was recruited to take a suitcase of cash over to Paris (where Cecil was due to play), watch the gig, meet the master, and hand it over. Sadly a cycling accident put paid to this idea. A shame - would have been a nice little Graham-Greene-meets-Jack-Kerouac episode in a present devoured by globalization and online banking.

It never sold out - just went through some unfortunate distribution circumstances linked to the demise of Mole Jazz. It seems the current distributor has slashed prices to clear the stock.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00008UVCH/ "£57.97 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK" at time of writing. I believe I paid more when I paid wholesale price for it in 2003.

Les grandes répétitions is now available on DVD! http://www.amazon.fr/Les-grandes-r%C3%A9p%C3%A9titions/dp/B003TLXIX8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1279128690&sr=8-1

Any more sightings or, better yet, anyone willing to part with their own for a decent price?