Dan Gould

Well then, I guess the free market does work: Cadence has it in stock, and I think their price is a bit lower, so I guess I'll have to take my business to them.

Allen, is definitely not greed when a legitimate auction creates a purchase price of $900. It would be greed if someone offered the set for $900, set price. The market may not be truly "free" but no one is forcing anyone to bid a Mosaic set to that level, or for that matter, willingly accepting a set price of $900 either.

Yes, but will you teach it, or do some re-educating, I mean, teaching alternative theories? I just had a vision of the Seinfeld episode when the communist who Elaine is dating starts indoctrinating Kramer, who promptly loses his job as the Department Store Santa. "He's a Commie! He's a Commie!" ********************* As far as Chris' point about the sets being in the hands of people who want the music, that's as silly as the complaints about auctions that generate high bids because of the rareness of the item. If someone grabs an OOP Mosaic just to turn a profit, do you think they're sitting on it, or putting it on ebay to make their money? The only people with Mosaic sets who are biding their time, waiting to sell are our wives, who will be unloading them someday. The guys who grab a Mosaic to sell at profit are gonna get rid of that sucker pretty damn quick: its stock, not an investment. So its going to end up with someone who wants it for the music very quickly.

Yeah, they'd have to include the Gloria Smythe material and I don't think that would be a great attraction. Hey, I tracked that sucker down a few years back, and Sangrey liked it! Great groups backing her up ... and I like what she does with "When You're Smiling"! B-)

That's why I've got a bead on that Black & Blue LP Chuck mentioned! B-) I forgot to mention the leader was Oliver Jackson. Hope this helps. Yeah, a quick google revealed that. Black & Blue has put out an Oliver Jackson disc in their "Definitive" series but from what I can tell its with Cliff Smalls but is only trio. I did find a copy of the vinyl, but I'm hoping I can find it a bit cheaper so I'll keep looking before I decide if I should just go ahead and pounce.

That's why I've got a bead on that Black & Blue LP Chuck mentioned! B-)

That's what I was thinking, too, Bill, which kind of makes the Select concept a bit of a mish-mash that doesn't really work. Maybe the best hope is for a Japanese reissue of this one.

I was fortunate to get this one from a board member. A very nice date and would make a great reissue for sure.

Neat! Except that it was Eric who posted, not me.

Conrad Lester plays tenor on Mo' Greens Please. Percy France is on Roach's Down To Earth. Note the humble "I think". Thanks for the correction, Chuck.

I mentioned it above, I used a track on my Blindfold Test, its Sir Charles Thompson and the Swing Organ. Great date, as Thompson plays both organ and piano and Percy sounds very fine.

He's on Jimmy Smith's [iHome Cookin' and I think Freddie Roach's Mo Greens Please.

I'm on it, Allen, and I apologize for every annoying thing I've said to date!

This is no spam, Mark. Its letting your friends know about your website. Anyone wants to give you grief, they'll have to talk to me. Sight unseen, I'm sure it looks great!

I was about to post about the website, but Larry beat me to it. A heads up for the originator of this thread, towncrier also has a Frank Wess date with organist Bobby Forrester, who sounded so good with another tenor who had that France sound, wink wink nudge nudge.

Was that Bluesette Part 2 or something like that? If that's it, I've always preferred the first one myself. Yeah, something like that. Well, sure, if your getting only one, get the original, by all means. But the latterday one is quite enjoyable I think. Maybe, it's just the Curtis Fuller fan in me, but there you have it. Well I'm certainly not selling my copy either!

Was that Bluesette Part 2 or something like that? If that's it, I've always preferred the first one myself.

I didn't include Blakey because he wasn't there through the end of the Lion era. We should certainly be thankful that Alred liked Hank and kept recording him. Certainly, the sales of Smith and the Sounds and the hits that Horace and Lee had allowed a lot of other, equally great but not as popular music to be recorded.

Man oh man! I dibs the first copy, if that someone wishes to speak up. There was a reference to this release, maybe in the Larry Kart book thread, and I immediately went looking. Thought I found it at Worlds Music-that was where the link in the thread took me-but all they shipped was the $100 worth of other stuff I threw into the order, and not the one thing I really wanted. So then I resumed my internet searching and J&R Music seemed to list it, but now its almost to their deadline of 15 days to find something or cancel the order, so it looks like I am SOL again. BTW, Percy was on the second of my BFTs, off of Sir Charles Thompson and the Swing Organ.

Knowing of the singing and the lyrics being sung, I've avoided this in the past and haven't found a reason to revisit that decision. Even if the music does cook, I have serious doubts I'd get past the singing (and what's being sung). If you can't tell, I'm neither an Andy Bey fan nor much for New Age.

It occured to me that in the last 10 or 12 years of Alfred Lion's stewardship of Blue Note, the core artists throughout the entire time were really Horace Silver, Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley, and maybe Jackie McLean and Donald Byrd. What I'm wondering about is their relative contributions to BN's bottom line (am I missing any others who were on the label throughout the last 10 or 12 years before Alfred left? Obviously Jimmy Smith and the Sounds were critical to sales, but they didn't stay til the end). I'm curious because in that period, Lee had his big hit, and Horace had a few hits leading up to his big one, but Hank never did. I'm comfortable in assuming that Hank stayed with the label because Alfred liked him and his music-there are few artists with more BN credits than Mobley. So, for those who remember (Bill, Chuck): How much of a seller was Mobley during those 12 years of his steady BN recordings?

$$$$ You just have all the answers, today, don't ya?

I really think the singular complaint people have is that, because you're using Amazon, all orders are charged on submission, and its only afterward when you find out if it is available or has to be backordered. And that's an Amazon policy, not a seller's policy. If you ordered direct, they'd probably do what most internet sellers do: charge on shipping. Now, if Amazon could or would change that policy, I think most people would find Caiman's service to be decent.

$$$$$$ Precisely.