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There was a whole series of these put out by UK Fontana in the 1960s. Most of them are reissues I think. I see them quite often.

'Blue Xmas' by Miles & Gil. Trust Miles to lay on the humbug..

John Patton 'Let 'Em Roll' (BN NY USA mono)

Jackie McLean 'Jackie's Bag' (BN mono 47W63 side 1/NY USA side 2)

John McLaughlin 'Extrapolation' (Marmalade UK original) Mike Westbrook 'Citadel/Room 315' (RCA) Mike Westbrook 'Love Songs' (Deram) (Sorry, Dutton - sounds way better than the CD, very fine though the reissue is..) Mike Westbrook 'Release' (Deram)

Wishing you a very happy birthday !

Great ! One extra hour of Mosaic listening.

Looks like the Verve Kid Ory has finally disappeared off of 'Last Chance'

What are your first impressions of the Basie and Farmer ... sets? ← In both cases - superb. I have the Basie set playing right now. Played 2 CDs of each so far and it's been a real pleasure. These are very good Mosaic sets and the Addey mastering is well up to scratch. The sound of the Basie in particular is incredible, considering the age of the recordings.

Basie Clef/Verve CD#2. The Kid on organ, as I write..

Happy Birthday Brownie ! Hope it's a great one with lots of nice Contemporary monos and Prestiges on the platter, to with the cigars and wine..

Looks like these imported beavers are German. Another Saxon invasion !

I think most of the early Columbia Miles LPs were released on Fontana (some, such as 'Milestones' appeared on the 'Philips' imprint). It must have been around 1965-66 when CBS UK started issuing Miles' albums domestically. I suspect from the time of 'ESP' onwards.

I would guess that the Lexingtons and 47W63rd DGs would be best from a fall-out perspective as the limits set for atmospheric testing were pretty liberal at that time. Things tightened up around the NYUSA and Liberty eras when detonations went underground !

Yes, those were the sessions I was assuming you had in mind. I guess 'Extrapolation' had a wider (possibly US?) issue via Polydor (after the initial pressings on Marmelade) so yes, it's quite possible Miles could possibly have heard it. Zero chance I guess of Miles ever hearing Sandy Brown's 'Hair at it's Hairiest'. (No doubt he would have had something very witty to say about the wild cover art).

a real nice collection, was never so keen on him but this Mosaic is really convincing. Disk 7 of the Roy Eldridge Mosaic now playing. ← Indeed ! This particular set is something of a revelation.

And later that week it's Gerald Wilson.

I hope to check them out too on this tour. Its over 10 years since I last saw them.

Should be interesting to see how they get on. It's the wimpy 'non-American' variety. UK Beavers

Just ordered it from Amazon France. Looks like it went through OK.

Roy Eldridge disk 1

Yes, I would agree. They were pretty obscure even over here. The only one which got any kind of exposure at the time was 'Extrapolation'.

Many thanks !

I think mine cost £8 (not including 10% discount) for the same pressing.. Is it really that rare on the blue/white Liberty?

Many thanks, Brownie !