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Yes, THAT was the cover of the Air Arista LP. Now listening to: Shorty Rogers 'Wherever the Five Winds Blow' (RCA Victor, mono)

Zodiac? I will soon place my copy in a safe! Never heard the Franco Cerri I recently loaned my copy of the RCA Barney at Club Saint-Germain LP (the cover only) to someone who is planning to reissue a vinyl replica from the original tapes. Not sure this will ever materialize!

I'll bet Freddie Hubbard never saw any money from that release!

If this was a perfect world, an organization like UNESCO and its world heritage program would take care of it!

From The Los Angeles Times today. In addition to Louis Armstrong and Count Basie, the label also included albums by Eddie Costa, Lorraine Geller, Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman and others in its jazz catalogue.

Have yet to encounter a reasonably priced original of this Mouloudji recording Marcel Mouloudji, the singer, actor, poet and record producer:

Victor Feldman 'The Arrival' (Contemporary, mono original)

Vic, I have spare copies of 'French Ballads' (IDA) and ''Paris Moods' (Alfa). If interested, PM or email me!

There is a mystique around Barney Wilen (the same goes for musicians like Sonny Clark, Tony Fruscella among several others). All excellent musicians. Wilen also moved fast and was playing with the likes of Miles Davis, Bud Powell by the time he was 20. Most of his music has been scarcely reissued which make his albums fetch high prices! Vic, I may have some of the CDs you are looking for. Will PM you when I have time to make a thorough search!

All this may look confusing but that's because Mosaic made a mistake in their Commodore box I. The booklet that announced the release of Volume III and detailed its content had the following note: The real Chu Berry master takes. Due to a 30-year old bookkeeping error, all post '61 releases of 'Blowin' up a Breeze' and 'Monday at Minton's' from Chu Berry's 1941 sessions have used alternate takes. The legitimate master takes are, at long last, presented here. Hope this clears things up!

The Complete Commodore Volume III, disc 1

The Commodore box III has: Blowin' Up a Breeze 2:32 Monday at Minton's 2:56 The booklet/discography has the following note: The performances presented as masters for these tunes in Volume I are actually 'Blowin' Up a Breeze No.4' and 'Monday at Minton's No.3'. The real master takes, included here, were last issued in the early sixties on Mainstream. All subsequent issues which claim to carry th master takes of these titles actually have the performances that we are now calling No.4 and No.3.

Teddy Wilson 'Three Little Words' (Black & Blue)

What a sad piece of news! He was one of the more original voices in music!

Frank Strozier 'Remember Me' (Steeplechase, stereo) I do...

The Lou Donaldson video with Horace Parlan that Hardbop mentions... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAwnKH7jCh4&feature=related

Woody Herman Columbia box, disc 3

The only Don Freeman listed in the Lord Discography is the keyboard player who recorded with Larry Carlton and David Sandborn, etc...

Ben Webster 'Blow Ben, Blow!' (Catfish, stereo)