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Did you also get the Lang/Venuti? I decided to take a pass, but I guess I'll regret it... will eventually get the JSP at least. Yes King Ubu - I did pick up the Lang/Venuti and it is really good, I'm sorry to say. Have just listened to the first 2 CDs (there are 8 in this sucker) and the musical quality is excellent - also they have done really amazing things with the sound, considering much of this stuff is from the 1920s. The music swings like the clappers and suprisingly - hasn't aged. The mark of really good music. The booklet is also really good - nice and thick with Mike Peters essay etc and some really good research by Scott Wenzel and team. I remember Venuti from his 'comeback' in the 1970s and it is nice to be reminded of where he came from !

A rare abberation of taste (to good, that is).

I think I'll put a bet on the turkey this year !

No opinions but that particular Mosaic was one of the few of their vinyls on my potential shopping list. Is the sound that bad? It varies a lot from track to track, MC in the liner notes said about the awful condition of master tapes at PJ, they had to get some tracks from old 78 record. To gather all the recordings of this particular quartet, they used a lot of different sources. There is a digital transfer. Overall I presume that this is the best form to have all the output of Baker/Freeman quartet togheter. I was asking myself if some early original pressings of part of this stuff could sound better. Anyway I didn't hear the later CD issues, actually I am not even aware of their existence, so I couldn't really grade the sound of Mosaic. The music is great IMO, so it worths to investigate for you, if you haven't got these. Thanks Porcy - looks like I need this set ! (damn..) I have a few of the early PJ 10" LPs, including PJLP-2, Gerry Mulligan Quartet. From my memory I didn't think the sonics were that spectacular - however you may have more luck on your mono rig. I'll dig it out to check.

.... buy the Nelson ! No seriously - I would hang fire. The Universal sets should hopefully come up at a good price again well before selling out. As for me - I need to get the Manone/Prima !

Art Pepper 'Complete Village Vanguard Box' (Fantasy). Smokes from end to end !

I think I've seen the Rich in a HMV shop over here but not sure - it was pricey though ! You must pick up that Oliver Nelson, King Ubu. Unmissable ! And you get to see Monsieur Brownie's photo of the Jazzhattan Suite band. I'll be listening to it on the I-Pod today. I picked up the Gillespie for about £30 from an Amazon UK marketplace seller brand new - not sure it's still on offer. Another very good one (damn - I wish Mosaic would issue a really bad set, just for the hell of it and to stop all of our compliments).

Must take care holding down the speed setting knob for long enough - I keep having to go back and correct dirges.. More exercise

Kenny Drew 'Undercurrent' (Music Matters 45rpm stereo) Impressive - Hubbard's trumpet sound caught very well, Mobley captured very nicely in the right speaker, very clear sound. 'Undercurrent' must be one of the most all-time under-rated of the whole BN catalogue - great tunes, excellent sequencing, inspired soloists (Hubbard and Mobley at their best). Not to forget Kenny Drew's fine playing. Bring on the 'Soul Station' !

I don't think it was. It came into existence before the start of the 'Euro-Mosaics'. The Farlow and Mulligan were the first of those I saw.

No opinions but that particular Mosaic was one of the few of their vinyls on my potential shopping list. Is the sound that bad?

I rest my case.

Then you must get the Music Matters 2LP 45 rpm set What did they do with all the wall signatures in the artists changing rooms at Free Trade Hall? Was it all taken out and put into store/display somewhere or is it still in situ? Hopefully not the latter, after a hotel washroom conversion I hope (I recall that Duke and Louis had signed it).

Must have a lot of cracks that need sealing, I guess. Priceless !

'Live at the Trident' and 'Zeitgeist' are pretty nice. Will worth reissue IMO.

How are you finding CD1 of set 1? Interesting, huh?

If you had been there, chances are you wouldn't have remembered it anyway.

See the 'other' thread - it hit whilst I was reading an article by Stuart Nicholson in an attempt to get to sleep. Works better than counting sheep. The magazine ('Jazzwise') started moving of its own accord ! I'm pretty far South - around 200 miles from the epicentre. Haven't come across any other reports of the quake being detected this far South and West, other than 1 person at work who was woken up. Lasted no more than a couple of seconds down here.

Yep. Too much late vinyl. I was up at 6am too !

props go to brownie for letting me know about this cheap prize (it's the only Select that goes so cheaply, alas - I saw it in a local store almost as cheap though, but it was opened and has some cuffs... I'd wish more Selects would turn up like this, when they were new, local stores were asking two or two and a half time as much as Mosaic themselves before shipping...) Thank you King Ubu and Brownie for the advisory. It's 'in the mail' apparently.

And got your recommended minimum exercise requirement by having to get up every 10 minutes. Postscript - there was an earthquake tremor about 30 minutes after I played this for the last time. Doesn't bear thinking about. Oh, right, I saw that on the news this morning. Yikes! Yep - worst here for 25 years - although minor tremors are not that unusual (they seem to hit my place around once a year, feels like a train shuddering past. You would almost miss it). Bottom line - the Music Matters LPs survived !

Bob Downes' Open Music 'Diversions' (Openian)

And got your recommended minimum exercise requirement by having to get up every 10 minutes. Postscript - there was an earthquake tremor about 30 minutes after I played this for the last time. Doesn't bear thinking about.

OK - not strictly weather but earthquake last night. About 5.4 on Richter, a very rare event indeed in England. It was several hundred miles to the North of here but I felt it - I was reading Jazzwise at the time in bed and the pages started wobbling of their own accord . OK, it was one of Stuart Nicholson's articles but I was shocked nevertheless. Realised immediately it was a tremor. Question to MG - was it noticeable in South Wales?