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Very sad news to start the day with. The recordings with Wardell Gray were some of the very first jazz I ever heard and so highly of influence - and for that (and the many other great LPs) I've got to give Mr Charles a big thanks. RIP. The Atlantic 'Tentet' and 'Word From Bird' LPs will be coming out today.

They will probably be sold to collectors, don't you think? Yes, I guess so. Hopefully some of them will put in appearances at air meets across the globe. And maybe Duxford will get one or two.

"...or a Samantha Fox tune on pink vinyl.."

Some very adverse comments on this particular ebay seller on this site:- Crazy Rocking Records Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole !

Good news for Spitfire fans. It looks as though impending moves between the Burmese and UK governments should see the release of about 20 aircraft which were buried in a pit and preserved post WW2 ! Hopefully these can be made flightworthy and radically increase the number of Spitfires available for display.

Looks suspiciously similar to a certain Japanese Grant Green cover !

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MJQ Complete Atlantic Studio, CD4. This is a very strong set - already one of my favourite Mosaics, and that is saying something ! Ron McMaster has also done a really great job with the sound. Nice to see fellow Board member Mike Weil getting a credit in the booklet too.

Would make a great cover for one of ECM's more excitable releases. More like a Wayne Shorter Columbia cover a la 'Phantom Navigator' !

That one's been running since at least 1975 !

Talk about strange space/time continuum overlaps !

More likely Madrigal Parlours..

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Wayne Shorter 'Odyssey of Iska' (BN Liberty blue/white, stereo) Under-rated !

I've always thought that cover design was damned cool - and the music inside it just as good.

Why the heck did they convert that place into another damned boutique hotel and gut most of the place out? What a waste..

I have all 3 of these LPs and they get regular plays. The Strata-East is particularly good.

MJQ Complete Atlantic Studio - CD2

Looking at it, it's actually the PO handling fee - although the sticker says UK Border Agency. £8 just for the priviledge of having the box opened ! At least I must count my blessings that the sets at least arrived in one piece.

R & J Kuhn 'Impressions of New York' (Impulse black/white promo)

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One area where their commitment and competence are not in question. Indeed !

My set is numbered #3070 so this one must be selling really well !

Celine Dion KD Lang Alannah Myles