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According to Amazon UK the release date is May 30th. I haven't seen any of these for sale as yet but will keep my eyes peeled this weekend. With a bit of luck they will be available to purchase (and actually there on the shelves ) during the weekend of the Bath Festival. akanalog - if your parents are in the London area the best place to look for these would probably be in the HMV at Picadilly Circus (the old Tower Records) or at 'Ray's Jazz' in the Foyles Bookstore in Charing Cross Road (Leicester Square tube). If they don't have them, other outlets would be unlikely.

Just a heads up that the AOTW selection for the week of May 22nd will be Kenny Dorham's Blue Note Classic 'Una Mas' An absolutely stellar line up of Kenny Dorham, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock and a very young Tony Williams. Recorded by RVG on April 1st 1963. The first of several Blue Note collaborations between the front line of Dorham and Henderson, in what would be a truly legendary partnership. I thought it was about time that KD had an AOW nomination so here it is ! This one is also easy to get hold of on CD so should (hopefully) generate a bit of comment. Hope that this meets with general satisfaction - I'll post a few thoughts about the session early next week. In addition, I'll open this thread to discussion of Kenny Dorham's Blue Note work in general.

Miles Davis/Bill Laswell Panthalassa (Sony Jazz limited edition vinyl)

I've ummed and ahed over a few that were in 'Last Chance' and usually decided to place an order just before the call. I can't think of a single case where I've regretted it. My only regret is not knowing more about Mosaic and their website before this Millenium so that I could have got all those nice OOP sets at original cost.

Yes, he signed the Mosaic booklet with great care. He remarked that he was very pleased with the set and also had a personal copy (001 presumably). Regards his BN sessions with great satisfaction.

I gave up searching in the UK and bought from either Tower or HMV Canada, I think. Seem to recall a price around the $35-40 mark. HMV Canada was a good source at the time for some of the scarcer Elites (I don't think the word had got out up there).

A snip for someone. That original price of £47 is outrageous, although as with most/all of the Verve Elites the music and presentation are outstanding.

Interesting thread. I've often wondered about a 2 minute snippet of Jimmy Smith film I have on video which looks as though it comes from this vintage, seems to have the same lineup and was included on a BBC TV show hosted by Slim Gaillard. Tantalising glimpse of Jimmy in his prime - I would love to see the full film.

SS1 - It's worth pulling out all the stops to see Sam Rivers with the current trio, if you can do it. He's also an extremely gracious guy and was very happy to sign the Mosaic booklet that I brought along to the gig. It's worth seeing if Sam will sign it (much easier I think at the smaller gigs). PS - his handwriting is also nice and artistic too.

I've been giving these CDs a spin in the car during the week. Thoroughly enjoyable - and as mentioned earlier it very much takes me back 20+ years to seeing this group maybe a week or two before at Scotts. What I can recall was that Woody was on incredible form during that tour. As has been previously pointed out the group was excellent too - these guys worked very much as a team. The addition of Steve Turre on trombone was the icing on the cake. I remember speaking to people in the club who had travelled over to the UK from Holland just to see the gig, such was his reputation at that time. As I recall it, he was also heavily into doing his 'Tai Chi' on the stage - not something you saw everyday in the UK during the early 1980s.

That 20% LP set sale was the best. A great time to stock up on the 'Miles' sets.

That's me bankrupted then..

Derek Bailey is from Sheffield as well I think, so that makes 3 influential guitarists from Yorkshire.

There is something in the water in Yorkshire. Together with Derbyshire they do the best water in the country, thanks to the limestone of the Pennines.. :rsmile: I've often wondered about John McLaughlin's accent - it sounds weird to me too, although there's certainly hints of his native South Yorkshire in there (Sheffield area, I think). Tony Oxley's another one from Sheffield - creative place. I suspect that McLauglin's (not very broad) Yorkshire accent has been further diluted by many years of living and working in NYC. Not easily achieved with a Yorkshire accent but the guys in Shakti must have worked on him I guess.

The last 20% sale must be about 4 years ago now. Their last couple of sales have been (1) 10% off and (2) free shipping, I believe.

Yes, that is true - I am pretty well pumped up over this batch of issues and have been hanging out on AAJ conversing with the Brit Jazz fanatics over there who feel the same way. I'm particularly enthused over some of the titles I have not got on vinyl such as the 'Chitinous Ensemble', the Michael Garrick 'Heart is a Lotus' and the Alan Skidmore. These are all very hard to track down. Several of the items I do have on vinyl (the Henry Lowther 'Child Song', the John Cameron/Harold McNair 'Off Centre' and the Westbrook 'Love Songs' are all very good indeed and should be snapped up without hesitation. I think you will like this batch. In an ideal world though these would also be reissued on 200g vinyl medium by some outfit such as Classic or 4MWB (and not 'GetBack' ) - however beggars can't be choosers in this instance.. :rsly:

Yes - I've got the set on LP and CD plus most of the original BN LPs so that makes me a bit of a BN Sam Rivers fetishist ( ). I really like the sound of the original LPs - particularly the 'Contours' mono. Havinbg said that the Mosaic LP set is no slouch either. I'll do a bit of listening and post some additional thoughts on this over the next few days.

'Jazzwise' over here is offering this CD as a freebie with a year's subscription. I'm a sucker for anything with Hank on it so I guess it's time to put in for a subscription.

Ike Quebec 'Blue and Sentimental' (BN NY USA mono). Classic BN session with Ike on great form with Sonny Clark and a very mellow Grant Green. I still keep thinking of this session as 'Bald and Temperamental'

Just giving the 'Laserlight' issue of these CDs a spin (I think it cost £4.99 - a bargain !). Will look forward to that programme on the CBBB, Ghost.

I had a similar experience. Used to concentrate on buying CDs and had a Linn Axis to play the 'legacy' vinyl. After getting hold of an upgraded LP12 and upgrading the pre-amp the difference was so astonishing that I started going for the vinyl wherever possible.

Seems to be running OK here.. Hang in there Jim and get that well-earned shut-eye.

Tiny Khan Gengis Ghan Attilla the Hun

I was lucky enough to be visiting NYC when I bought the first bundle of these and got them at a very good price from that great (alas no longer) Tower Records on Broadway. They were even playing tracks from 'True Blue' on the radio that week. I guess they would have been harder to come by at that time in the UK. Distribution in the US and Canada was good.

I missed the watch by 1 CD ( ). That first couple of batches of Conns were outstanding, with 'True Blue', 'Judgement' and 'Leeway', amongst others.