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Just got a shipping notice on my Freddie Slack!

I bet the RVG is a result of it being prepared for Japan at one point or another. I'm not complaining. I'll buy a copy. Maybe I'll buy more copies for Xmas. Like Kevin, I dig these "shot in the arm/non Blue Note formula" Parkers.

The Complete Liszt Transcriptions of Beethoven Symphonies, performed by Leslie Howard, on Hyperion. This five cd set has it all: great sound, wonderous interpretations by a virtuoso pianist, incredible source material, fascinating transcriptions to solo piano by Liszt. www.broinc.com often has this for about 30 dollars.

As I remember it Dan, you're correct. They were licensed for release within the European market, or a segment of that market. They weren't licensed for US sales, so in that sense they're "gray" in the US. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong!

I've got it SS! It was just an attempt at humor. . . I think I'd die laughing if I saw an all blued over Spanish Blue Note cover of "Shades of Redd." Maybe I'm the only one who would bust a gut over it, but I would!

David, I think the reality of the shrinking retail jazz world means that your statement would read more along the lines of: "This issue will put a Leo Parker release in some Borders and Tower stores in the country for a month or two." In a lot of cases they'll order a few copies initially and if they sell, they MAY reorder copies to replace them. . . they may not. I still think it's good that they are releasing this, but I don't think the scope of its distribution will be as you predict.

There were about 102 total of the single discs, but no these box sets are not just groupings of the single discs. They are each three cd collections of material that MOSTLY are within the individual discs, but there are selections on each box set that do not appear on individual discs in the series. And each box set includes a large and thick beautiful booklet with album covers, hand bills, photographs, etc. The booklets are gorgeous!

I do think that counting "lurkers" the impact of these jazz boards is hard to estimate and easy to underestimate. . . . But I'm pretty much in agreement with Brandon, especially about these Time Life Spanish Blue Notes. I know several who will rebuy any US release of titles they did not have before except in the Spanish version. If for no other reason than. . . those all blue covers are hard to take long term!

Those Davis ones look so cool. . . . Thanks for posting John.

I bet it happens. Maybe not right away, but I bet it happens.

Yup. Keep 'em flying!

There ya go. Keep 'em flying.

Hmmmm. . . on second thought WHO KNOWS if this would be on the possible Mosaic; depends if they do a Quartet Mosaic or a plain ole RCA Burton Mosaic. It's well worth getting in either case.

You're right Tom, not out on cd in the USA. This does mean that there is a shift from the original concept of the RVG series USA, and a good shift too!

IF they do a Mosaic, that would be a part of it. It's a FINE album!

Indeed!

I went with First Meditations, though it just barely edged out Sun Ship. Sun Ship hits my head hard, First Meditations hits my heart.

Alright! A color cover image! AN UGLY ONE, but. . . .

I'm happy about all these because I really dig the RVG Edition sound. Seems that the intent of the series has changed from offering remastered staples from the label to just offering remastered versions of almost anything on the label and I'm not complaining!

MrJazz: I did not know that! Thanks for sharing! I'm sure many of us would be interested in any stories about your dad you'd like to share in a thread somewhere!

No, not officially. . . . There is one two cd set within the box that is from 1974 I believe, the rest are from the eighties and up. . . . Good stuff from a period of Miles I'm not that keen of overall. Probably in time they'll appear individually from Sony or Warners or SOMEONE. I mean. . . if there's a dollar to be made on Miles someone will be making it over the next hundred years or so. . . .

Kirk at Montreux!

Those eighties Miles appearances in the box set are among the best eighties Miles I've heard. . . .

Thanks Alexander. Interesting choices they made. . . .

Don't overdo it! Ah what the heck, overdo it. . . you'r TWENTY FOUR!