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Just came back from a poetry reading actually, sponsored by our agency's Cinco De Mayo Celebration Committee (don't laugh, it's nice we're having some exhibitions of hispanic culture, which is what this is, not just Mexican). Excellent poems written by the Nicaraugan poet Ruben Dario. Very nicely delivered readings!

Some of us signed up when it was (briefly?) $4.99. So yes, it has been $5.99 for a while. . . .

Bought the Laswell dub Marley thing. . . . Didn't even know about this but as soon as I found out I ordered a copy off half.com

A three 45 box of RCA Metronome All Stars recordings. Made a great gift to a friend!

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WHEW!

Me too! I'm so glad this came out on that Verve Master Edition. Interesting stuff!

Dave, I can certainly understand that. I dearly love the Condon Mob box, the Capitol box, and the H. R. S. boxes for just those reasons. Then again I really love the Nat Cole and Charlie Parker boxes which aren't like that! The Stitt doesn't fall into my "favorites" list, but it's a good one. I usually listen to it a half a disc or so at a time.

The flip side of that was. . . I used to write it. . . and hardly ever read it. . . I read a bit more now that I've long stopped writing it. My favorite poet now and then is T. S. Eliot. Not even sure why. His work just pushes all my buttons.

And let's not forget: (material without Dinah within)

To update what I say, as I've revisited bits of this set over the last four or five weekends: I want to like the sound more. It's just a bit too tart and crisp for me. I want more warmth! Not a deal breaker, but does make it hard to listen to more than a half hour or so at a time. There are a lot of quartets that appear very similar on the surface, but they're all excellent in my opinon from all players and less fatiguing in that aspect than one would think. The other sessions stand out and bring in fresh air as well. A good set. You've been thinking of this one for months tranemonk!

A former thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...c=4436&hl=stitt

Yes Tea or Lee (Wiley or Peggy) doing Willard is always moving.

Well. . . doesn't everyone know that April is Sony Month?

You are not dreaming, that has been out!

"The Secret Ascension, or Alas Philip K. Dick is Dead," Michael Bishop

But yes, Douglas needs to be taken with grains of salt I think.

I actually doubt he would be intimidated by Hendrix's playing. . . . I think he may have been intimidated by Hendrix's charismatic nature and the effect it may have had on his wife!

Congratulations all of you on your published efforts! I'll try to seek these out and squeeze them into my reading schedule. I'm about 100 books behind right now, all bought, waiting for my attention! I used to write poetry in my late teens and on up to about age thirty. . . when the muse fled me. I mean totally deserted me! One day I had it. . . then I couldn't come up with the magic no matter how I tried. . . . Something else took its place however, not too much later: involvement in music-making and then the love of my life.

Great music in that Mosaic set. . . ! Sure wish Universal would consider a comprehensive cd reissue program. . . but know better.

I don't know. . . you can clearly see a mark on the cellophane of the box. . . that troubles me. I'm not going to bid on it for that reason.

I could certainly imagine this happening as I had seen it chronicled: i.e. at the last moment Miles phoned Douglas demanding 50 large upfront and Douglas turning that down. He didn't ever have to consult with Jimi about the money, I think his managers were quite used to not consulting him about the money, keeping him in the dark that way, and of course Jimi's own attitude probably aided that. Maybe Miles had a talk with his wife and didn't want to show?

I've had both. . . ended up selling the Blue Note box because I felt the Mosaic cds sounded a hair better, and the booklet was more than a hair better!

That's correct if you define the booklet/accompanying essays as part of the packaging; the written material accompanying each is different, as well as the artwork and packaging.