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I was interested in the Scottish one. I got a Hodges set from the same seller in great condition and very nice price (part of an estate sale ) so put in an early bid. I was out on a business trip over the past few days and the price leaped over my bid and beyond the budget. Ah well, there's always another time... B-) Didn't even see your copy DrJ. Must be a 'stealth' item for UK bidders..

It wouldn't happen to be a 'stealth' Mobley set would it?

" Last orders....please" :rsmile:

John - I think Stinson must have been a sub. Wasn't he part of the Coryell/Chico Hamilton bands of the vintage? A huge, pivotal sound on the bass. Too bad he passed away very young (probably not too many years after this session). To my mind, Joe Chambers drum work is also captured beautifully on this particular recording.

Another Keystone set has just gone on ebay for about £180 from a UK (Scottish) seller. That works out around $350. Nice one DrJ !

I've got both volumes of the 'Birdland' LP on blue-label Liberty and (somewhere) the RVG CDs (which I enjoyed a fair bit) and will try to have a listen to both tomorrow. May even dig out the Brown Mosaic to check out that version too. My impression of this one is that for 1954 vintage both CD and LP versions sound pretty damn good and for a live recording at that.

You wont regret it. Too bad I already had a copy !

Lovely - sounds like a great set to have. All of the big band Mosaics that I have have been memorable and I'd hate to miss out on a 'sleeper'. The comments both in this thread and on the Mosaic site from reviewers have been pretty favourable all round. I wonder if I might get set # 3000. I'm due for one of those..

Just put in a special family request to have a copy of this for Xmas ! Looks like it's readily available via Amazon UK.

Nice selection of LPs ! B-)

I've finally capitulated. Looking forward to it - it's been like Chinese water torture reading the posts above this. Can't be too many of this set left in Stamford now..

I'm very partial to the 60s material. 'Don't Look Away Now' on Prestige and 'James Moody and The Brass Figures' on Milestone. Both under-rated, thoughtful sessions. The early Blue Note material put out on 10" and that Liberty 'The Beginning and End Of Bop' LP (side 1 is Moody's Modernists) is also an absolute killer. The 50s Prestige matrial with Dave Burns is also very nice. Very effective jazz/R&B hybrid - must have been great to see this band live. Certainly one of my candidates for most consistent player in jazz and - as you say - great arranger too. Particular recommendations with Gillespie - 'Something Old, Something New' and the 'Reunion Big Band' session from 1968 (I think) put out on MPS/Pausa.

Currently on-deck in the Sunday afternoon big-band slot is a Vogue 2LP set with Herb Pomeroy Orchestra on LP 1 and Maynard F. on LP 2. Roulette sessions from the late 1950s, early 1960s. Intriguing to hear Jaki Byard on tenor sax on the first LP. Nice Pomeroy session..

A teutonic beauty? Nah - no 'vorsprung' on this one ! This one is a US Liberty, must be a first pressing. Easily the best sounding version of the session I have ever heard, suprisingly sounds better than the superb Toshiba LP I bought from Hiroshi . No contest of course the domestic CD B-) . Only negative - slight cutout on the sleeve. I've always liked this session for Woody Shaw but some of Mobley's subtleties/inflexions come out much clearer and George Benson's guitar sounds very full-bodied and full of gusto. My opinion of the date has gone up as an output of the listening pleasure received...

Hank Mobley 'Reach Out' BN Liberty pressing.

I'm inclined to believe it. I was in an HMV shop the other week and there was a remix version of 'Song of Will' playing (might have been Madlib or something of that ilk). Certainly got my attention, although it added diddly-squat to the Gale original. Maybe Gale's albums have been latched on in similar fashion by the pop bimbo brigade...

A set that sounds just great on the vinyl (goes without saying ) and that price is not bad at all !

Incidentally the original King LP was release was GXF 3061 from 1979. Cover art by K. Abe. The guy that did 'Pisces', 'Tippin' the Scales' etc. I don't think they lasted long in the UK shops...whatever few random import copies managed to breach this citadel that is.

Yes, a huge oversight. I wonder if this session might have been adversely impacted by the Liberty take-over and Alfred Lion's retirement? Incredible that it was just forgotten about. I'd probably give it the slight edge on 'Happenings' as well, and 'Happenings' is one of my desert island disks !

Just had the Rod Levitt Orchestra 'The Dynamic Sound Patterns of the' playing. Riverside Bill Grauer productions original. Really nice session, clear influences of Msrs Evans G. and Russell G.

That box is an absolute killer - gets lots of spins from me. Great to hear the Freddie Roach and Duke P material in there too. Over the years its been the catalyst which has got me seeking out a whole host of LPs for which Henderson is a key sideman. I think at one time the BMG club were offering it for around $15-20 dollars too..

Did exactly the same when it first came out, then searched high and low for several years. My local store at the time (an A&B Sound in Canada) had the (then hot off the press) Collectors Choice issues in the rack and first time round I had to double-check that it was indeed 'Oblique'. Didn't hang around that time, just wish I'd bought 10 !

I've always been bemused by the fact that a session as great as this one was held in the can by Alfred Lion all those years until those enlightened guys at King put it out on vinyl around 15 years after it was recorded. I guess there was just too much Bobby Hutcherson material in the release pipeline at the time.

In my case that resolution was broken circa Jan 3rd.. :rsmile:

Just listening to the Deutches Moogie 'BN Liberty voorsprung durch technik Live at the Lighthouse' 2LP set. 'Beehive' is threatening to take the walls down...