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There was a subscription series started about 3 years ago for these, and subscribers got different packaging and sometimes additional material. I've subscribed and received the first three. For some reason the fourth retail version has been out several months and the subscribers have not received their version yet. The music is not essential in my opinion for the casual or normal fan, but nice to have if you're an Armstrong nut. I'm an Armstrong, I'm a nut, and I guess I'm an Armstrong nut.

Played around with tubes today. Probably shouldn't have, ate up more time than I'd like. Listened to. . . Bill Evans Complete on Verve, disc 10 (Intermodulation with Jim Hall, and A Matter of Conviction material with Gomez and Philly Joe.) Grateful Dead, "Blues for Allah" Mobile Fidelity SACD. I love the amazing guitar sounds on this album, Jerry enjoying a fantastic instrument and really layering a great tapestry. Chick Corea and Origin at the Blue Note, the single disc version. Love this band, great live sound as well. John Coltrane, "Ballads," Japanese Platinum SHM-CD

"Bill Evans at Town Hall" (ninth cd of the Complete Verve Recordings of Bill Evans) Followed by Charles Lloyd "Montreux Jazz Festival 1967" TCB, cd 1 of 2 and followed by Jimmy Jones "1946-1947" Chronogical Classics

Tubby Hayes "Return Visit" cd 4 from the complete Fontana recordings box set. Roland Kirk on board! Sounds very good. But so does the Classic Records cd of the US Smash version ("Tubby's Back in Town")

Eddie Higgins Trio "Soulero" Collectables CD/Atlantic Records

As I figured I have just received notice that a second set is being shipped to me. Ah well, should be able to pass it on to someone who may not want to wait several weeks to get an order.

I really like this one. And Mal-2 is one of my big favorites. Once I decided to re-name that one "Everything that you could Be if Charles Mingus were your ex-Boss"--it seems very Mingus -informed and -inspired to me.

Absolutely, that's a great Mosaic! I love Art.

Eliane Elias "The Music of Man of La Mancha" Concord Records cd Followed by "Miles in Tokyo, Miles Davis Live in Concert" Sony LP Facsimile DSD remastered cd

Disc 1 of the "The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70" box set from Mosaic Records. You reference the famous Creedence Clearwater Revival song.

"Milt Jackson" Blue Note Japan 24 bit by RVG cd.

Dexter Gordon "Our Man in Paris" Blue Note Japan "24 Bit by RVG" cd For a bit more than a month I've neglected to refile this one in the shelves and have been spinning it. It has the mojo, great to have Bud and Klook with Dex.

Hubert Laws "Carnegie Hall" CTI/BGO Records

Bob Dylan "Test Pressing" (Blood on the tracks original pre-release) Columbia Records RSD pressing

Hubert Laws "In the Beginning" CTI via BGO Records cd. George Benson/Hubert Laws "In Concert-Carnegie Hall" CTI via BGO Records cd Tubby Hayes "Tubby in Town" from the Fontana Records box set

Bob Dylan "Bringing it all Back Home" Mobile Fidelity mono SACD Followed by Miles Davis "Milestones" Mobile Fidelity mono SACD

Hubert Laws "Afro-Centric." CTI (on BGP cd). Hubert and his brother Ronnie are two exceptionally gifted technical and expressive players, but with different interests and goals. I have neglected Hubert's CTI output for a long time and am revisiting it. There's some amazing music on these. This one and the second side of its predecessor, "The Crying Game," really give a 'seventies psychedelic fusion journey with a melding of classical, progressive sounding rock, and jazz. Smart arrangements and the pioneering electronic effects and their use by Laws and engineering really make for special soundscapes.

I have that with a different (earlier?) cover. I like it. Interesting interpretations and performances.

Miles Davis "The Lost Quintet" cd.

"Bill Evans Trio Live" Verve (from the Complete Verve Recordings box set, disc 7)--previously unissued material with Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker at the Trident Club. Wally Heider recording engineer. Followed on the same disc by the album with Monica Zetterlund. Monica Zetterlund/Bill Evans "Waltz for Debby"

Tubby Hayes "Tubbs" Fontana cd from the new box set of his complete Fontana recordings. Again. Haven't moved further into the box set. . . Will do later but wanted to hear this first disc again.

Yes, good points.

"The Real Ambassadors" Columbia mono LP. Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, LH&R, Carmen McRae et al. An always relevant jazz album.

Hank Mobley "Hi Voltage" from the new Hank Mobley box set on Mosaic Records. I've been playing this session on and off the last few months. . . it's sort of gotten stuck under my skin. . . . . Sounds as good here as the Analogue Productions SACD to me.

Congrats Tom! I retired nearly 12 years ago from an increasingly difficult and stressful state employment experience and it's just so good to be free of the negative aspects of the working life. I do miss the positive ones at times, a lot. But there is so much to fill the time, and having a wonderful wife again is a big plus. I'm sure you will really be enjoying yourself.