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They reissued almost all the And Rhythm sides and the Victor jam, they skipped organ pieces; they had fourteen volumes. . . .

Brownie, wasn't there also a Basie-Bennett? I only ever saw that as a gold cd and passed it by. . . .

It should make a favorable difference when playing mono lps. Or if you have a true mono source with one channel out put, it should bridge them both to two channel output from the amplifier to the speakers. . . .

YES, I read all 24 Tarzan books and all the Mars and Venus and Pellucidor series when I was ten and eleven. . . . I even read "The Mucker!"

Class A is the way to go indeed. And tubular. I can't enjoy solid state the same way after a decade or so of tube listening. Here's my recommendation! My newest amps, monoblocks with no preamp needed: B) or, the Integrated: Decware tube amp page These are for true conservatives. . . just five to ten watts per channel! Low power is the best.

Then on a lark in the mid-eighties I bought a huge lot of fanzines like Amazing Heroes and Comics Journal at five cents a copy and enjoyed reading the interviews with the creative minds behind comics. And my interest was rekindled in another favorite of mine:

I was seven or eight when the first Marvels started appearing and they were taboo for me according to my parents, so of course I was a fanatic! My favorite was the Dikto Dr. Strange:

I have the series on King Jazz cds and love them. . . . I don't see the Bluebird cds (or the King Jazz) pop up at all frequently in these parts, or on the net.

I saw the Ellington Orchestra about five years ago and it was a great show. . .though I thought his grandson was a bit too Cab Callowayish . . . I would have prefered him to act differently but it's no business of mine! The sound was amazing and the charts they played were fantastic! I'd see them again if they came to town, indeed.

The JRVG of Sunday Mornin' that I have does NOT have any additional tracks. That very consistency that is mentioned about the TOCJs is one reason I'm a little dissatisfied with some and often prefer the sound of the JRVGs. That consistency seems to be eq application across the series to make it all sound the same. Date after date from RVGs studios and other studios did NOT sound the same. Anyway, to each their own--we're lucky to have several versions to choose from when we do!

I like both series, but actually prefer the JRVGs if I have a choice. If you adjust for polarity (yes, I'm a believer in this) when necessary, the sound is very good or suits me I should say. I like the packaging.

He did fine. He was sooooooooo laaaaaaaid back. You know you don't get Oscars unless you throw temper tantrums!

I agree, this is a very good cd, and probably my favorite of Carter's.

Okay, I've never watched more than three minutes of that show, and then in the original airing, and I thought it was very square. (Though I was so much hipper then, I'm squarer than that now). So I went to see the movie and I liked it. I'd say that as quoted above is accurate, not Royal Tannenbaum funny, but not American Pie either. In between somewhere. The tone was just about right if you ask me. Some great moments. Hey, I'm becoming an Owen Wilson fan. I actually liked "The Big Bounce," even though I might have been one of the 174 people who saw it nationally. . . .

It's a nice novelty thing to have. I would say don't go out of your way. But if it falls from the skies. . . don't pass it by.

Hey, if it was YOUR guitar, I can see being upset. I worked with guitar players that polished their axe every four minutes and would drape themselves and the axe in velvet to protect the darned things if they could. They were NOT the great players I worked with. . . . I love machines that work right and use the heck out of them. I try not to damage them, but I don't worry about dings and scratches. But that's just me.

Hey, it's his instrument. I hope that with the price tag it has that guitar sounds fantastic and is a great playing instrument. And the fact that he is playing it, using it as his axe and putting it through its paces and not treating it like a museum piece is in my opinion a good thing. Aren't these things made to be played with gusto?

Yes, I've seen some news stories about this. This is one of the most pernicious aspects of this film in my opinion, the merchandizing. That and the potential for misuse against "nonbelievers" of all types. . . .

In my case it was electric Miles and Louis Armstrong.

More and more I think that the first fifteen years of Blue Note may be the best (for my continued listening.) I wish this stuff (and more, like the wonderful Hodes dates) could stay in print. But no. . . .

Well JVC let me know that "Helen Merrill Sings the Beatles" will appear as an XRCD possibly this month, and that "Screen Favorites" may be out this year as an XRCD. . . .

Yes, those Goodman HEPs compiled by arranger are very very nice releases! As is the Peggy Lee collection on Columbia.

Soundies were sort of videos of the day, short films of bands that were actually in a sort of film-jukebox as well as used to open feature films, etc. http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/Pro...s/soundies.html

If you ever see it anywhere, grab "How High the Moon" on Moon Records cd; this is Basie Octet live (Soundies?) and excellent.

PD, in all due respect, I don't think that these are targeted to you, I don't think that Cuscuna would have considered these (and they haven't hit the street yet, I don't trust Alan's list to be GOSPEL) unless he did have a target audience in mind. I view this thread as "Mosaics that PD Disapproves Of." Okay. But there may be a fan base asking for these that will respond with acclaim and sales. The Slack may or may not sell better than the Hackett; unless you have actual numbers from Mosaic, I wonder how you can even begin to know how well that is selling or compare it to others. The Woody Shaw and Mobley sets weren't/aren't exactly leaping off the shelves, were they mistakes to produce? The Goodman Capitol set seems to have sold well, so wouldn't that seem to make a producer think a Columbia set could as well? Anyway, not sets that I am pretty interested in either; I have the Ella Mae Morse Bear Family set and some other Slack sides here and there, and I have a lot of Columbia Goodman in various media. But I'm not going to criticize Mosaic for thinking of producing these sets; Mosaic is not a slave to my idea of what they should direct their attention to. Just my two cents.