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Ronnie Scott from stage of the club - ‘It’s the first time I’ve seen dead people smoke’. Very true !

Just noticed that on their Friday flyer. That Muse LP seems to be getting ridiculous prices these days.

Had bad experiences with that ‘Disco Anti-Stat’. Left gooey residue that required constant stylus cleaning and caused outer perimeter damage to record labels. RCMs are my preference - much better but at cost.

He always seemed to do a lot of performances for the British Royal Family. Prince Chazz must have been a fan. I remember him being in that insane ‘It’s a Royal Knockout’ event back in the 1980s. Didn’t see that one but I certainly remember that male/female vocal extravaganza which seemed even longer than ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ running for quite a few weeks on TOTP.

Can’t go wrong with that set. Time to dig out - a good Friday spin.

CD9 seems to be present and correct.

Sad news to start the day. Not a particular fan - but his music was omnipresent and influential. Real trooper as a touring artist too. RIP.

Yep, custard yellow.

That JJ album is a good one (as are all of his Columbias).

I’ve got the doubletime CD and I think I’ve got them both on LP - prompt for this weekend to dig them out. Recall ‘The Eternal Triangle’ being particularly good.

Yes, the Shaw/Hubbard was reissued on one of those ‘doubletime’ 2CD sets.

Deck back in action after system upgrade and kicking off with: 180g version NY DG mono version

The trouble with all that brightness is that it is very much ‘in your face’. I prefer a softer light, especially for outside lighting. But - so be it.

Rumour in Hoffman-Land has it that Tony Higgins has confirmed that another batch is forthcoming in 2022.

Now where have I seen that pic.....?

Cindy, I recall, did the extremely neat numbering of the booklets. Important to us Mosaic obsessives !

The BBC refused to broadcast the recording - and then lost the tapes.

That was one of my very early ones too.

CD4

Beats using these damn LED eco-lights

Yes, indeed he was and very much missed - used to enjoy meeting up at Turner Sims. I think our last get-together was to see The Cookers at that venue. John, I recall, was witness to that Albert Ayler broadcast foul-up at the BBC back in the 60s.

It was into the 2000s before I picked up my first sets - it might have been partial CD sets of Larry Young and Jackie McLean which Scott put together for me, plus the Gerald Wilson, which had just come out. I then proceeded to play catch-up. I was aware of their early sets in the 80s via Jazz Journal adverts but at the time the cost and importation were too daunting.

No doubt - wasn’t it somewhere near the Reeperbahn/red light district of Hamburg?

I think I saw them but can’t recall where. I did see Elmes doing a Saturday afternoon impromptu outdoor solo spot on Yonge Street though. Might have been near the Eaton Center.

Eric - I just went along to a trusted fine art framer and got them to advise on matte, glass and frame. They were able to mock up a partial frame and border sizing for a print corner using samples in the shop, to fine tune the layout. Easy peasy.