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Ragtime and folk music.

Have been pointing and clicking...have received the bill(s)...and still pointing and clicking.

There are still a few stores here that stock a decent selection of jazz titles. One even has a separate room for jazz and is well decorated enough to give an exclusive feel. Only grouse is some releases take months/years to arrive (worst case was nine years for the Miles Plugged Nickle box , but they redeemed themselves by pricing the set low ). That said, my online purchases outweigh physical store ones by a ratio of 10:1. There's just so much more available out there. And I certainly don't miss browsing the store racks cause I can browse the online ones.

Got it - listened to the discs many times and enjoyed them immensely. Excellent music, some good work by Red and there are even a couple of 20s 'avant garde' arrangements. Quite a bit of dated vocals and some interesting scatting by Cliff Edwards. Then there's the fabulous booklet. Overall a must have set of vintage jazz, but I'm partial to this stuff.

Another stack of Jazz In Paris discs - Zoot Sims/Henri Renaud, Rhoda Scott, Michel De Villers/Claude Bolling, Buddy Banks & Bobby Jaspar etc. I'm sure this is not the end of the orders.

Listening to some Jon Bovi and Lef Deppard right now.

I KNOW you have a version by a jazz orchestra... Definitely losing my memory...Joya sings too. Wow! Apart from the Sonny Clark trio version, I have none of the above. I need to get me more albums.

How about Pet Shop Boys Liked these Brit bands a lot at one stage (still do to some extent): - Beatles - Pink Floyd - Hawkwind - Motorhead

Totally agree, in fact I listened to Disc 5 today (the SPEAK LIKE A CHILD session) which I found thoroughly enjoyable particularly the 3 takes including the master of "Riot". Wonderful to hear how a piece can evolve into a slice of perfection. Absolutely. Got it only last week and listened to all 6 discs in one sitting, which I've never done before with box sets. Empyrean Isles, Maiden Voyage and Speak Like A Child are IMO some of the best modern jazz albums ever made.

A song list here. I don't recall these being played by jazz musicians but like 'em very much: - Blues In The Night - Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive Plus the others listed above and more.

Mosaic Records gets one (Category 87)

Yes. The Savoys. There should be a more complete reissue by the label. In the meantime, we have this one to enjoy:

Only 9 but I love em all a great deal. Btw - Can anyone comment on the Milestone releases (Prime Time etc)? Thanks.

After three e-mails and no response, I'll have to say never order from this site. Better to buy from Mosaic and know for sure that you'll get your goods rather than add to the coffers of people with dubious credentials.

Looking forward to the Andrew Hill and Don Cherry albums. Will probably pick up Music From The Connection as well.

How about 15,000 OK. Maybe I was jumping to conclusions but I've had 4-5 of my orders stolen in the past 3 years, amounting to 25+ discs and a box set or two. Happens too often whenever I use the postal service rather than courier which is traceable. Who knows where the items ended up. Luckily, the CD companies were nice enough to replace my undelivered items. Edit: Have e-mailed to meet someone from their company on the pretext of buying items directly. See if I can dig up some information, if they ever respond.

Been listening to their recordings over the weekend.

Could they be selling stolen items? Has anyone checked with Mosaic if they've had customers complain of non-receipt of orders, expecially those delivered by regular post? Could this be part of a crime/theft racket? And yes, there are a number of legit CD manufacturers in Malaysia who are able to reproduce CDs and box sets down to the finest detail if requested, would not discount that. The nagging question is why do it for items that likely have low sales (e.g. Duke DETS, George Lewis' Ice Cream)?

Gone broke from buying too many J.I.Ps and OJCs.

Only once - Count Basie ghost band last year. The Charles Mingus big band is dropping by my neck of the woods in a few months. Shall I go see them?

Collected the Kenner Star Wars figurines produced soon after the movie(s) were released - still have some but quite a few have gone missing. Also used to collect those wonderful Aussie stamps but the humidity started causing browning on them and that killed my desire to collect/buy any more.

Gerald Wilson disc 1 - some excellent playing by Harold Land, Joe Maini, Richard Groove Holmes and Joe Pass, not forgetting the arrangements.

Not on Last Chance or Running Low, but the Hank Mobley set seems to have been backordered for quite some time. A friend tried ordering a set about 3 weeks ago but was told this would only be available in 2 weeks. He checked again yesterday and Mosaic said they'll only ship this in 3 weeks. Hope the set's not timed out and this is merely a delay in the printing of the latest batch of Mobleys.

Going to place my fourth order of J.I.Ps now - there goes another stack of dollars.

I notice that some 'contestants' were trying their best to be the worst, ala William Hung. Sorry to say they weren't funny even a bit (Not that William is funny).