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Mosaic Commodore Vols 1 to 3 just to drag things out, then the New Orleans Atlantic set disk 1.. B)

That was a great performance by Wayne Rooney tonight. That young guy is a major star in the making, absolutely lethal in combination with Gerrard. Beckham very subdued tonight - it really hasn't been his tournament so far. Maybe the Mrs is still giving him gip.. Still not convinced though that England have their act together in defence. They looked a bit vulnerable at times. Nevertheless - 4:2 is a good result.

Gotta have a 'Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings' Jazz Crusaders box !

I enjoyed that but was shocked at the small audience that was watching Trane . I've read that Trane lost a large part of his audience as he got further 'out' , but it was still surprising to see. You can sort of gauge that listening to the level of applause on recordings such as 'Live In Seattle'. There can't have been more than a dozen or so punters there (either that or they were rendered speechless, which is entirely possible...)

The first 2 LPs of the Mingus 'Complete 1959 CBS' Mosaic. Bliss...

'Shelly Manne and His Men at the Manne Hole Vols 1 & 2' sounds fantastic on the original stereo black/gold pressing. I've always admired the Contemporary recordings of the 50s and 60s, particularly those yellow monos and black/gold stereos. Those 4 Manne Blackhawk LPs also sound pretty phenomenal (and the CD remasterings were pretty good too). The way that the precision of Manne's drumming is captured is just incredible. Having said that, I still very much like the characteristic sound that RVG gets...

Jimmy Woods 'Awakening' LP on Contemporary and an Ammons/Lewis Mosaic LP set

Words fail me !

No sign yet of the Tal Farlow though. Shame..

Grachan Moncur 'Evolution' LP will be given a spin tonight.

They can often be found at £4.99 over here at HMV so I would say that they are great value. The copy protection on the latest ones sucks though..

Which one could I do without? Again, I would have to say, none of them. It would be splitting infinitessimaly thin hairs to choose between them, especially when they are on the Mosaic LP editions (JJ excluded - sadly).

I had 'Charisma' blasting away on the way to work today. Now that one is under-rated..

Or 'Staines' perhaps?

My disks have arrived EKE. Very many thanks !

Benny G was on BBC1 last night being interviewed as part of the Coltrane programme. He had some interesting snippets about Coltrane's appetite for big eats ('brain and eggs' I seem to recall.. ) and growing up in Philly. Great to see Benny get this level of exposure...

Mine was £10 !

That French footage of the Antibes 'Love Supreme' performance was pretty neat (we'll let them off the football calamity for that). As was the Newport footage with Rashied Ali and Alice Coltrane. Pretty wild stuff. Some interesting snippets too concerning Coltranes alleged fondness for LSD...

I seem to recall Goldmine listing the first issue of this one on PJ.

This set sounds damn good - a pleasant suprise. I recommend it !

Sounds like I should get hold of a copy of this set. Thanks for your comments. I've also had my eyes on that in-print Milburn set for some time. Now if only Mosaic would do another one of those 20% off LP sales..

I've been thinking of going for a 2nd-hand vinyl copy of the OOP Charles Brown Mosaic. This is one that I've not heard too many opinions on so any thoughts/opinions from follow board members who own it would be very much appreciated. Thought that this one might be worth going for as I've really enjoy listening to the Nat King Cole Mosaic. Thanks in anticipation ! :rsmile:

'Sixth Sense' came out around that timeframe as well. Nice to see 'Black Fire' back though.

Indeed ! B) Incidentally, I thought that last night's match had something of the 1066 'Battle of Hastings' about it. Endless cavalry charges, fierce Saxon shield-wall resistance then the Norman breakthrough with superior tactics at the last minute (lobbed arrow in King Harold's eye with dusk imminent at Hastings, or penalty in stoppage time at Lisbon). Uncanny similarity !