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The Larry Young set on vinyl, about 3-4 years ago. I think the Woody Shaw was the next one..

I assume this refers to 'Mirrors'. A good session - and a great shame that BN didn't follow up with another release from Joe. Wonder why that was?

Could it be the same session as 'Erich Kleinschuster - Oberwater Messe' released on German Columbia LP C067-33036 and I think recorded in 1970? This disk has both Farmer and Pauer on it.

The Conn vinyl 'BASRA' and 'ETCETERA' are good ones to get, if you can find them. Too bad that they stopped doing them - would love to have a 180g 'Mother Ship' and 'Passing Ships'. Anyway.... back to the 'main feature' ..

Glad you like my choice, and forgive me to just jump ahead here, but it's a pity in my opinion that AOTW got lost. "Dear Sir" is the track I remember as outstanding, too. Your remarks are quite fitting, in my opinion. I had no idea this was out on Conn LP! Might be one I'd like to have on LP and CD. A beautiful sounding date! ubu Ubu - I didn't realise it was out on a vinyl Conn either until I saw the copy in the shop. It has a 1995 date on the back and the pressing and inner sleeve are identical to Mosaic Q-LPs of that vintage. In other words - A MUTHA !!

If the CD box goes for $1200, the mind boggles at what the vinyl version might fetch...

For those who missed it, here's the thread for you ... Mosaic Blues

A timely thread. I've had the Toshiba CD for some years but just recently came across the 180g vinyl version that was issued with the Conns in a second-hand shop. A very fine session and quite atmospheric in a 'Search For The New Land' kind of way. The two tracks which have always stood out to me are Wayne's 'Dear Sir' and 'Rio', which both have a sort of quiet, searching quality that reminds me a lot of Miles' 2nd Quintet. Interestingly, I recall reading in the sleeve notes that 'Nefertiti' was being recorded by this line-up almost concurrently with these sessions and the presence of Messrs Shorter, Hancock and Carter certainly bring out the similarities to both 'Nefertiti' and 'Sorcerer'. Yes, one of both Morgan's and Shorters best BN dates this one. Strange that it doesn't get more plaudits though in the Penguin Guide. For vinyl-frontierfetishists, The 180g Conn sounds very good and is well worth picking up.

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The Ellington 'Reprise', closely followed by the Blue Mitchell and the Mulligan Concert Band sets. All gems...but it's bread and water for the next month.

Falling off my seat in hysterics here ! What is sad is that I sat through 2 hours of this guff this morning, presented under the heading of 'Future Business'.

I like the notes John Zorn did for one of the John Patton rare grooves (either 'Boogaloo' or 'Memphis to New York Spirit', can't recall which). Those notes were written with real affection and a fair degree of insight.

Hilarious - I can relate to that ! Just the mention of the phrase 'plug and play' makes me want to throw up..

Nothing further to add but a good reminder to me to pick up a copy of this on CD - thanks. I'd like the Fontana vinyl but never, ever, seen it.

It's also worth checking out his work with Elvin Jones on the Vanguard 'Time Capsule' LP, a very nice session of late 70s Elvin. I seem to recall that he'd had a long layoff from music from the mid 60s onwards prior to these Vanguard sessions in order to totally re-work his approach.

I completely agree. GOLDMINE lists a mono copy of Jackie McLean Destination Out at all of $30 so we can conclude that they're way off. (And that's the most recent edition.) I bought one to catalog value for my insurance and ended up throwing it away in a matter of days. I agree. This book is a waste of time for pricing Blue Note vinyl. I'd like to know where they got the $60-$80 valuations for original 47/63rd deep groove pressings of 'Soul Station' and 'Roll Call'.

Yes, the first series was definitely with the white case. My copies of Brooks 'True Blue', Hill 'Judgement', Shorter 'All Seeing Eye' and Hill 'Smokestack' all had this type of case. Collectors Choice issues such as Kenny Drew 'Undercurrent', Hutcherson 'Oblique' and Lonnie Smith 'Think' also have the white case.

On the first series of this they tasked Uri Geller to eat monster jungle grubs (and he did it). There were also 'challenges' set to swim in croc-infested lakes and run through poly-tunnels whilst having rats poured in from the top. I wonder if Mr Rotten realises exactly what he's signed up to?

Anyone have any thoughts as to hos the MPS Jankowskis sound? I keep associating him with 'A Walk in the Black Forest' but maybe there's more to his work than that, perhaps?

Fortunate enough to see Martino at Ronnie Scotts in London the week before last. He brought his quintet over to the club with the main theme being a tribute to Coltrane. I've seen quite a few performances at Ronnies over the years but the performance by Martino and co on the first set was one of the best. To my mind, there's no-one who can match Martino when it comes to front-line pairing with tenorists and in this respect the comination with Michael Pedicin (who I'd never even heard of) worked a treat. It's also the first time I've heard a performance of 'Africa' other than on Coltrane's Africa-Brass album and this performance captured the hypnotic beauty of the tune perfectly. The young band he brought with him on this trip were a standout - the piano player (who's name also escapes me) being particularly impressive, with a Tyner-ish style and just brimfull of ideas. All were excellent though - Martino has a band here who fit his style very nicely. After the gig I was fortunate enough to have a few words with Pat, who has been friendly and generous with his time on the couple of occasions that I have seen him. He confirmed that he'd enjoyed playing Ronnie's but that finishing sets could be frustrating - he would just like to continue playing right through the evening ! He also confirmed that there are a couple more Blue Note projects in the pipeline, after 'Yoshis' and 'Think Tank'. Hopefully Pat will back in London to grace the stage of Ronnie Scotts (where he looks very much at home) real soon...

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Daniel - I have a pair of Dynaudio Contour 1.8s and I would thoroughly recommend these. They do like to be driven though with a top-end amp and are not very forgiving if there's any weakness in the pre/power amp combination. To put it in a nutshell with a good English expression - 'They like lots of welly'..

Time to press yet another Mosaic trigger Just thankfull that the £/$ is so good at present..

This is one Mosaic set that it's worth going on bread and gruel for a month or two for, in order to secure (on ebay too, if it comes to that).

I still recall the impression created as a youngster by the title track. My reaction was something along the 'what the %$%%' lines. Impossible tune, played at breakneck speed by the saxophonists. Apparently took an eternity of takes before they nailed it. For me, this whole performance is way ahead of its time for the mid-50s.