Kevin Bresnahan

Because of this thread, I am playing "Sweet Rain" again. Such a lovely record. Getz and Corea playing beautifully.

Why did Blakey sign twice? That's odd. I would have loved to have seen that band. I missed seeing Blakey by about 2 months. I had just started getting into Jazz when I noticed he had just played what turned out to be his last gig in Boston a few weeks earlier.

Teddy Edwards - Nothin' But The Truth (Prestige). I somehow managed to end up with an RVG mono pressing. I'm not one of those mono fetishists. I'd actually prefer the stereo in most cases. I wonder why these guys cut the session so short? It's only 33 minutes long. BTW - the back cover has the wrong tune length for the track "But Beautiful". The back cover says 5:03 but the label correctly says 6:59.

There was a change in the mastering team as the series went on. I wonder if you were hearing that?

If he had a contract with Blue Note, wouldn't that have prevented Fontana from releasing "Last Date" without saying "appears courtesy of Blue Note" or some such legal BS, at least on the US releases? You could always ask Michael Cuscuna. He is usually very open to answering questions like this.

$7.79 in 1969?? $1.79 maybe! I seem to remember rock LPs costing around $3.00 in the early 70's. I can't imagine a Miles reissue costing more than one of those those rock albums. Weren't many of these Prestige reissues budget releases?

I didn't think they made any 45 RPM LPs on SRX vinyl... I only know of 33 RPM records pressed with SRX vinyl. I didn't buy any of those SRX LPs. $80 each? And a few of the titles required you to buy the whole set to get them? No way. I'll "suffer" with my CDs at that price.

Cut by the same guy using the same tools. Pressed at the same plant. Covers designed/curated by the same team. These are basically "Music Matters by Blue Note".

Lee looks like someone who might've starred in The Addams Family. Agree that the old cover sucked but I don't think this one is that much better.

Ediie Higgins - Christmas Songs (Sunnyside). This is a Venus recording licensed to Sunnyside. Nice mellow Christmas piano. Interesting that the cover was done by his wife, singer Meredith d'Ambrosio, using eggshells. Looks like it would've taken forever to do this. One of these days I've got to pick up they follow on "Christmas Songs II".

The USPS still allows "COD" ("Collect on delivery" or "Cash on delivery") too. That brings back memories. I wonder if anyone still uses that?

It looks like the blue label is RVG: https://www.discogs.com/Miles-Davis-Miles-Davis-And-The-Modern-Jazz-Giants/release/7652609 Not sure about the green label reissue: https://www.discogs.com/Miles-Davis-Miles-Davis-And-The-Modern-Jazz-Giants/release/9140660

If it's got RVG in the deadwax, I've been told that he didn't like that rechanneled stuff so he sometimes ignored that directive.

I had a mail delivery person (also a woman) who refused to leave her truck and when I complained to the postmaster, he said that that is actually allowed by rule (union contract maybe?). He said that technically, they are not required to leave the truck. Most do it as a courtesy... and because they're not an ass.

Although I do get your point, the Bond girls were the perfect fantasy for this 12-15 year old male.

Lawrence Brown's All-Stars with Johnny Hodges - Inspired Abandon (Impulse!). I wonder how Hodges got co-billing when he only plays on two tunes? I don't know if it's my pressing or something else is going on, but the bass sounds different on this. Did Van Gelder switch bass mic'ing techniques by 1965? In general, I don't think he captures larger bands like this as well as he does smaller ones. There's certainly too much reverb. It sounds like the band is playing in an empty dance hall.

Scott Robinson - Multiple Instruments (Multijazz Records). Robinson plays (not all at once) Trumpet, Soprano Sax, Tenor Sax, C-melody Sax, Ophicleide, Normaphon, Double-belled Euphonium, Cornet, Clarinet, Trombone, Tuba, Banjo, Drums, Soprano Recorder, Sopranino Recorder, piccolo, C-soprano Sax, Alto Sax, Baritone Sax, Temple Blocks, Organ Pipes, Bombarde, Solaristic Sound Sculptures (??), Eb Soprano Clarinet, Mellophone, French Horn, Bass Clarinet, Rotary-valve Posthorn, Helicon, Slide Trumpet, Alto Valve Trombone, Highland Bagpipes & Alto Clarinet. This 1984 date also features Niels Lan Doky on piano, Ira Coleman on bass & Klaus Suonsaari on drums... pishah! One instrument each? Those poseurs.

Just finished: Tor Lundvall's "Yule", only recently released on vinyl. I was able to get a copy of the "peppermint" vinyl. Now playing: Stanley Turrentine - That's Where It's At (Blue Note/Tone Poet). I don't know why, but as much of a Turrentine fan as I am, this date never really resonated with me. Maybe it's McCann's piano work?

The Commodore sets only came out on LP in 1989 as well. I always assumed that it was just Mosaic being slow on converting over to CDs.

So Betty Carter suffered from Situs Inversus (flipped major organs)?

So basically reversed chronological order.

Played this today. Great CD.

Several of the latest Mosaic boxes, particularly those from the swing era, have been produced by Scott Wenzel. Michael Cuscuna, now 72, seems to be at least partially retired. He hasn't been as active since Blue Note shifted away from him producing their reissues about 10 years ago.

Mine has 10 tracks.