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Ha, I love playing my records in the basement too. It's cool down there, and the dankness adds to the aesthetic nicely.

Mosaic's last Mobley set had ridiculously good SQ, which for me really made a difference when listening to an album like A Slice of the Top where there's an octet involved. Those larger ensembles can get muddy in terms of separation with other masterings and the Mosaic set brought out the best in that recording. The timbre of Mobley's tenor was incredible too, and that's what is kind of drawing me to get this set as I know Joe's going to sound fantastic. Unless you have a really good analog chain for your turntable (and really, how much sense does it make to have thousands invested in an audio chain to play a $30 record?), it would be hard to believe that any LP would beat what Addey did for that last set. It almost makes me want to go for that Herman Mars set. ALMOST. Because I know that's the best that material will ever sound but it's just not what I can drop over $100 on at the moment.

Thanks!

Thanks for the insight. Shopkeepers not caring about the storefront is never a good sign. Hope this set and the Armstrong set deliver them some revenue at least.

Any recommendations for Dvorak works to a novice classical listener?

Good call. I'm on the fence. I love this material and I know the sound is going to be stellar; but I have everything there except Page One (not sure why I've never picked that one up) and the Blue Mitchell track.

SQ ain't the best, but it's a comp of several live sets so that's to be expected and it doesn't bother me at all. Great music shines through all that.

I'll say this: They did the same thing with the Mobley '63-'70 set and the songs sound the best I've ever heard them. Addey really does some excellent work. Which, btw; that Mobley set doesn't show up on their OOP sets page. The box set list stops with the Savoy set...so that's either a case of not updating that page (very likely), or the rest of their sets after the Savoy aren't technically OOP, right? I'm certain it has to be a case of the former.

I've always listened to Latin music outside of the jazz idiom, so I don't really have any to name but will be paying attention to the thread for suggestions.

Yeah, no Basra tracks. Nothing from Idle Moments; Solid; Pax, Am I Blue; and really a slew of others from '63-'66 as identified in this thread title...and there's no date range on the official cover, so maybe that changed? Otherwise, "Some Joe Henderson Blue Note Sessions" would be more fitting... Obviously some of these have already been issued by Mosaic on other, OOP sets, so the licensing troll strikes again.

Good lord what is that Black Sabbath box in the back all about?

I definitely didn't know that relationship when I played these back to back. Interesting.

Can't get enough Elmo!

Don't forget that plane ticket you have to buy for these LPs as well. $20 + another $20 or so. For one LP.

I think they have a thing for recordings owned by European/French publishing companies such as French Polydor, etc. If I'm not mistaken all of these albums have that kind of connection. So the owner of that label can license via those channels which is probably close to their backyard. Sam's has done CDs. I got the Nathan Davis and Monk sets on CD from them. I can only think that for some reason logistics on getting these releases on CD has some kind of hurdle, be it financial, legal or otherwise. If not, and they just don't like CD, well that's unfortunate.

Yeah, love some Gil Scott-Heron.

Disc 1 of this Sinner Man set from Gregory Isaacs. Bought a long time ago.

That was a shady move. Would that some wealthy benefactor could help him buy that back.

Yeah, I think this is what it was with lack of video evidence as you say.

Rodon was one errant pitch away from a perfect game. Oh well, the no-hitter will do. Rodon's college coach had him throwing way too much. A case of a guy that just wanted to wins and not what was best for the player. Hoping Rodon has his groove back after some rough years in recent past.

Great minds... This morning: Listening to the bonus tracks from this, and then the live tracks from Disc 2 on this:

Yeah, other than the generic packaging photos used by Mosaic (which I understand is a budgetary decision in order to divert most of the funds into the real contents of the box), my only complaint about their sets would be when CD hub is super tight, making CD extraction a thing requiring almost archeological sensitivity and precision.

Seems like a good amount of Cuban artists/styles...? This one has a cheesy cover, but man - it delivers: And from a different album, but this is a tune:

It's "Hobbes" And I love(d) that strip:

Discogs link Looks like they went bankrupt in 2009