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Cool. I like the redbook resolution and the booklet photos though!

Just got the new Monday Michiru in from Dusty Groove. Expensive. Seems to be a Japan only release. Nice.

Okay! Make it happen! I'm thinking that it's going to be a long hot summer. But the crispness of fall, when it finally gets here, will be awesome. And I'm also thinking I have a great stereo system and I'm glad I trust the ears that helped build it.

Well, I'll resist this as long as I can. . . . Looks like a nice reissue.

I've appreciated it since 1966 when I first left the USA!

Many happy happy returns!

All SOLD to Monsieur Felser. Thanks John.

As far as I can tell, those are all the same remasters as the earlier discs outside the set.

Many many happy happy returns my friend!

More than halfway through the season and I have tos ay. . . as much as I like the following two, this was the best season.

E-mail received and replied to. Thanks!

Sounds like BS to me.

The following Modern Jazz cds are for sale, all are in excellent condition. Each is 6 dollars including postage to addresses within the continental US. I will mail outside the continental US for additional postage. If interested please EMAIL lonjazz@yahoo.com. "The Modern Jazz Quartet," Wounded Bird "Third Stream Music," Wounded Bird "The Sheriff," Wounded Bird "Porgy and Bess," Collectables "Pyramid," Atlantic "At Music Inn: Volume 2, Guest Artist: Sonny Rollins," Atlantic "Lonely Woman," Atlantic (Rhino digipak)

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However, I've found these to be considerably cheaper via amazon.fr ---- for example, I bought the latest four for 95 dollars including postage from there. Quite a deal. VAT is deducted from total when completing order. http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_fr_FR=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=Black+Saint+compilation&x=0&y=0

Okay. Cool.

I don't think they're released until June 9 or so. The Taylor is the exception, it's been out for a spell now, it's interesting . . . . I have these other four on order from amazon.fr

Thanks Don. Good to see another post from you. For what it's worth, I decided to cancel that order from amazon. I'll see if this new one surfaces and what it might be like mastering wise.

Damn straight. A few more coming out soon.

I'm a Carmen fan as well, and this is a great reissue.

I've been to the Austin Record Convention nearly every time it's appeared in the last decade. It's becoming less and less of an important event each time, sad to say. . . . I can definitely understand being very interested in vinyl, I'm just not. I find that it's a rare system that can be set up for easy and optimal use for both digital and vinyl, and I have so much digital that I've moved my system to optimize that. I think I now have over 15,000 cd discs. I'm committed to digital. It's interesting that I've heard several different people explain what Mosaic is about. From this page there are these statements from Cuscuna himself: http://www.mosaicrecords.com/story.asp "I wanted to do definitive, complete box sets that would bring out unissued material, correct mistakes on past reissues and draw a whole body of work together with a serious, deluxe, booklet." "As serious collectors and lovers of the music, Charlie (Charles Lourie) and I hope to assemble packages that all collectors and serious students of jazz will find valuable. That is one reason why we strive to make every set complete within its own scope. This not only brings unissued material to light, but eliminates the need the have music stretched over scattered albums of varying quality in an incoherent form that makes intelligent listening difficult. The Mulligan set is a classic example. In order to have the 49 issued from our set, one would have to own 10 different albums, most of them very rare and many having duplication of tunes." I think both of these quotes show that the MJQ set falls right in line with Mosaic's aims. I like MJQ more than you, I get it, and we all have different tastes and wants. However I think this set IS a boon to jazz collectors. Though there has been an MJQ box set, this Atlantic material has never been assembled this way.

Yes, it's probably the old mastering in new clothing. We'll see.