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Have you seen the biographical movie 'Hillary and Jackie', evan? Emily Watson in the title role puts on a fine performance. I can remember way back ('73?) when it was announced that she had MS and was retiring from active performance. Caused quite a shock in the music world at the time.

Anyone have any ideas as to what's coming up in the next round of Dutton Vocalion Brit Jazz reissues (no doubt there will be at least one more Garrick, perhaps?)

The copy I have is at least NM - sleeve and LP. Cost - £10. After clearing out 45 years of dust with the VPI it sounds like a new LP. Love that great William Claxton photo on the front cover as well !

I have a Bethlehem original of the 'East Coasting' and will give it a spin later to check the sound - a good reminder. There was also a UK Parlophone issue of this one which probably sounds better.

Swell, here's mine: That's currently available on a twofer. And at the excellent Teutonic bargain shop for low price (at least it was last time I looked www.zweitausendeins.de - I think I paid 3 Euros for it.)

Horst Jankowski Monica Lewinsky Slick Willie

Gordon Beck 'Gyroscope' (Morgan stereo) John Lewis/Bill Perkins 'Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West' (UK Vogue mono). Great music of course and the Vogue pressing of this one sounds wonderful !

Count me in too for a Rod Levitt Mosaic Select. Really like that 'Dynamic Sound Patterns' LP on Riverside.

I share your enthusiasm for the great medium that is vinyl, Big Al. The beauty of good vinyl is that it has such presence and makes you feel 'part of the performance' that CDs never do IMO. Played back with a good arm/deck/cartridge combination and you are in another world. Case in point - just listening to the Elvin Jones Mosaic on CD. Fantastic music by a great artist but you still end up feeling somewhat detatched from it all. Then put on '2 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West' by Lewis/Perkins on the UK Vogue label and the full, rich mono sound causes astonishment and absolute involvement. Well, that's my experience anyway.. Congratulations - it will cost you a few $ in the years to come. That I can guarantee.. :

James Jamerson Michael Henderson Mtume

Donald Byrd 'Mustang' (BN NY USA mono)

Jazz Crusaders set on the mp3 player. Just about to put 'Elvin' on..

Remember seeing that on TV the first time they broadcast it in UK around 1985-ish (although I'd seen it at a private viewing years earlier). Banned for many years for fear that it would provoke mass panic. The same film-maker also did a TV docu-drama version of 'Culloden' which was broadcast at time it was made and was similarly controversial over here for its sense of realism. Re-broadcasted recently by the BBC. Always remember that scene in 'The War Game' where the police are shooting the looters lined up against a wall and the mass burials using quick-lime are being carried out. Too close to the truth if you ask me.. Apparently much of the detail was drawn from real experience from the Hamburg firestorms of WW2. There's also an amazing French documentary about the early atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific. Anyone remember the title of that one - strangely, it is quite beautiful visually.

Lion & Wolff?

Thanks - I'll keep a look out for these and see if FOPP are overing them at £5 a shot. Nothing like having the umpteeenth copy of this music..

Somebody say "booty?" plus some Mosaics? Where?! Sonny Stitt and Joe Pass sets. Picked up on last day of 'sale'. Hopefully now 'au passage'.. -_-

I haven't had any problems with stuff arriving yet (touch wood) but the packaging can be a bit on the flimsy side (thin cardboard box - one size fits all). Sometimes CDs have arrived with breakage of jewel case. The big boxes have always arrived OK though.

You sent me one of those?

Hope you have a great one, akanalog !

Thanks !

Thank you. Welcome back and get well soon !

Lexington and Liberty?

Is it possible that the license to sell these are going to expire and that they haven't actually sold as many as we think? It's definitely possible that that is the case for the Elvin.

Liberty pressing !