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I should have the RVG soon. . .I've had several lp versions. The groove that Hancock and Workman and Higgins put down is so nice. . . . I too think of this one like "Feelin' the Spirit" which is my favorite Green. Can't wait to hear this cd!

Yes, you should challenge yourself! Teagarden was one of those guys who was sort of genreless. He wasn't known for bebop but I am certain it wasn't because he couldn't PLAY it! He was such an incredible player, and he knew so well what NOT TO PLAY, not to grandstand or spew chops all over the place. And his singing I hold in the highest esteem. I've been buying Teagarden whenever I see something I don't have. I am so rarely at all even slightly disappointed. I see that ASV is putting out a three cd set of Teagarden material that doesn't cost too much. . . that would be a good set to have. . . if only I didn't have everything on it already!

Yes, it was with great reluctance that I didn't drive that sucker in the winter; I used my four door 1964 Dodge 440 for the winters (with its push-button automatic!) I think I could have put up with the slipping and sliding and a few bags of sand in the trunk did wonders. . . BUT . . . when you can't defrost a window it's dangerous! Apparently a heater is an option for the 1964 Alfa that was rarely chosen; not needed in the Riviera I guess! Alfa did not import on its own to the US til a few years later, not sure where mine came from, but the previous owner had raced the HELL out of it.

Really fun music! Sound doesn't bother me too much. . . I have worse-sounding stuff in my collection!

Adrian, it is very indicative of the set as a whole and I would venture to guess that as you enjoy the Roundtable lp, you'd enjoy the entire Mosaic.

I had a 1964 Spyder convertible Alfa, with a detachable hard top as well, from 1976 to 1977. It was beat, but ran like a top. I had to park it in the winter time because it was too light for use in the Ohio snows, and it had no heater! My brother moved it out of my parents' garage to fit a car of his in when I was out of town for two weeks on vacation. That was enough to destroy a big area of the frame somehow. . . . I parted the car out and made more money that way than I did purchasing it, but it remains the favorite of any car I've had. . . the 1967 Camaro would be next. Mine didn't look as good as this at all, but is the same car and color scheme:

Okay, I'll just share my decision not to get the Dizzy Reece's because I have all the material elsewhere as you do, and the booklet itself is just going to reprint the original liners, so nothing new really. . . I'm sitting tight with the versions I have, which are Conns and JRVGs. Now the VeeJay sets. . . I got these; I had no original vinyl of these, but cds both domestic and imported, and the set really does sound much better, and has additional material not on the earlier cds, plus you get good booklets. . . . I think they were well worth getting.

Questionalble gambit. . . yes. In my opinion it paid off! Depends how one feels about Alice's orchestrations.

I'm behind this one too. And more props for Victor Lewis, who is a wonderful player in every way.

I lost a lot of records to a similar basement wet nightmare about twenty-five years ago. I feel your pain!

Man! Leave it to the Beaver!

Yes. Best part of the album. . . .

I think that we have to take the Mingus quote with a grain of salt! I've been living with this music for a long time! I can heartily recommend any of the recordings that Mingus made with the front line of Shaw, Hadi and Knepper--my favorite Mingus band! Especially. . . East Coasting on Bethlehem.

Spending too much money on recordings Spending too much money on stereo equipment Spending too much time listening to recordings on stereo equipment

The Bacchus however. . . not essential.

Agustin, if you're looking for the European recordings, there was a six cd set out on Affinity that was for a while being sold pretty darned cheaply that featured Bean from the beginning up through the European years, and had great sound and was full of excellent music. . . worth looking for.

I've got a get it. . . I have the BET show on tape. I have a number of shows on cdr contemporaneous to this one. . . . Weston just keeps getting better and better and better. . . and Talib (T. K. Blue) Kibwe and Benny Powell and ALEX BLAKE and Neil Clarke. . . man this band is something else!

Excellent! Just as Duke and I imagined it!

Yeah, I started watching that this season after being so bored with the old format that I couldn't bear to watch an episode. James Spader has done a fantastic job---but it may be over! He seems to be transitioning out of the show. Shatner, as "Dennis Crane," is a real hoot though.

I don't see how that is possible! With all that lathering it can't smell!

WORD

Listening to that Dill Jones now. . . WOW. EXCELLENT!

NOW THAT'S A BLAST FROM THE PAST! Think I first saw that an April 1 about six years ago. . .mabye seven. . . ? STILL WAITING FOR THE DAMN THING TO HIT STORES!

If EVER there was a cover just BEGGING for James T. Shatner's presence. . .

I LOVE Andy Bey. Plays a beautiful piano as well as sings so uniquely. Check out "Tuesdays in Chinatown."