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I like the banter. We're all different.

Both those Ellingtons are great! Right now Ennio Righetti Quartet Plays Jobim Interesting arrangements. At first I had my suspicions that they had bitten off more than they could chew. But in the end they pull it off and it's an enjoyable listen.

All the talk of this made me dig out my "24 Bit by RVG" LP facsimile cd of this. It really is a good sounding session. And great playing. When Green brings out his bag of tricks on these songs great stuff happens. I really like the sound of his guitar on sessions of this time (P90 pickups, I think). And Kenny Drew is really "on" . . . .

It's cray cray.

Yes, it's frustrating. I got my Herrman weeks after others, and if I hadn't sent a number of emails about it my pre-paid pre-ordered set probably would still be unnoticed. I got the Mobley very quickly thereafter, no doubt because of my nagging them about the Herman. Seems they have farmed the shipping out to someone who is. . . challenged to deliver speedy service.

"No Room for Squares" and "The Turnaround" from the "The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70" box set from Mosaic Records.

What's interesting to me is the sound of this set. It says that Malcolm Addey did the mastering from transfers, implying he did not do transfers from the original tapes. Interestingly I compared a few of the sessions here to the recent Japanese releases and the sound is similar, with EQ choices being slightly different. It seems that perhaps Universal has been transferring the Blue Note material systematically and the transfers have been used in Japan this decade, and the few reissues from the US, as I have read surmised (by Bernie Grundman is the guess). If so I can see why that makes this an attractive prospect for Mosaic, as well as the upcoming Lee Morgan--they have transfers available to work with.

I got a uDiscover "dispatch" notice 8 days ago on the cd set I ordered July 30. Hopefully early next year I'll have it!

A number of photos I have not seen before in the booklet. Really a nice set overall.

Back now to Hank Mobley "Thinking of Home" from the new Mobley set from Mosaic Records. I really like the compositions on this one. The concept and the compositions really mesh well. I get caught up in the feeling in the music and the interesting grooves.

Grateful Dead "Blues for Allah" Mobile Fidelity SACD, just released. Wow.

I guess I'm not bothered much by these issues. This Mobley Mosaic is excellent. It's so nice to have these with consistent excellent transfers and consistent excellent mastering. It's fun to go through these sessions again in this way. And the booklet has many interesting session photos.

Another two have sold, original post is updated., Thanks.

I am not an American "First" person. Perhaps the happiest years of my life were lived outside the US. It has become very expensive to ship outside the US and I find that the pricing is just not competitive. Several times I've packaged and gotten a price from the post office. . . only to have the sale fall through due to the high postage, and so I'm just deciding to ship domestically. Using media mail within the US is not inexpensive but it is less expensive than international mail.

That's likely Max Bennett.

Ha! I think I do price them right. . . . Three more have sold and original post is updated.

Four sold in ten minutes, post is updated.

"HD2: Songs from the Last Century" Duduka Fonseca and Helio Alves, with Eddie Gomez, Phil Woods, Maucha Adnet and Paolo Jobim et al.

The following Blue Note cds are NM and if Japanese include OBI. Price includes media mail postage within the US. US sales only please. If interested PM here. Thanks and Merry Christmas! Hank Mobley "Straight No Filter" Blue Note US Connoisseur cd, 7243 5 27549 2 2 (saw cut) 10 dollars Stanley Turrentine "Up at Minton's Vol. 1" Universal Japan cd, UCCQ-9529 13 dollars Sonny Rollins, "A Night at the Village Vanguard" (Complete) 2 cds, Blue Note US RVG Edition cd 11 dollars Thelonious Monk "Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2" 24 Bit by RVG Japanese TOCJ mini-lp cd, 16 dollars.

Hank Mobley "Straight No Chaser" and "Third Season" from Disc V of the new box set from Mosaic Records, "The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions '63 to '70"

I listened to the Hank Mobley "Thinking of Home" release within the new Mosaic box set of his later Blue Note albums. I have always liked this album. It definitely works as a concept of "saudade" or missing home, and there are some great grooves to this album. Walton, Diehl, Bass and Williams really work well together. Eddie Diehl really delivers some excellent solos! Followed by Eliane Elias "Man of Mancha" on Concord cd. Wow. All the elements of this work very well--concept and compositions, arrangements, performances and the recording and production.

Herbie Hancock, "Maiden Voyage" Pure Audio Blu-ray from Japan, 192/24 option. Awesome sound.

Today I wrapped up the Savory Collection Mosaic set I bought for my Dad for Xmas and will be giving to him later today when we do our joint family gift exchange. I know he's going to love it, and I know he'll spin the Waller sides first--I can still remember how joyous he was when I gave him a handful of Waller cds more than 20 years ago.

Listening on my second system, the video centric one, Oppo UDP-205 to Decware ZBIT, ZROCK2 and CSP3 with 25th Anniversary Mods to Sennheiser HD800S headphones. My main system has a better source but the ZROCK2/CSP3/Sennheiser combo is the best headphone listening system I have. With the ZROCK2 and the CSP3 the Sennheiser HD800S are just astonishingly good. Charles Mingus, "Mingus Dynasty" Sony CD Saw this cover to a European single that uses another photo from this photo shoot I'd never seen before!

That makes sense. He has a very similar "slump" to my 87 year old father.