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MBL: I don't have any specific insider knowledge but my guess is that these are not the earlier remasterings, but new ones. . . . Whenever I've compared recent RVGs to former JRVGs the remastering IS different (better too).

I'm glad that you've gotten such great responses. . . I'm such a fan of Pee Wee (though I love his pre fifties work best I think) that I was paralyzed to really give a recommendation. . . I enjoy them all so much.

Great news Chuck! I'll be eager to get a copy of that Uptown!

It DOES apply online, event to preorders of the new batch.

I don't listen to too many commentary tracks. . . but I do like those on the Cat Ballou dvd.

I've gotten deep into her music. . .Especially the work of the last four years or so. Happy Birthday MM! (I sent her a happy birthday email).

You are confusing Kerouac with Kesey. Different writers in many ways. I'm kindof excited about this new version of On the Road. It was a groundbreaking book!

I'll toss a bargain out there. . . www.eMusic.com

Oh how I wish I could use that! I so miss my biking days. . . . Ah Beemers. . . ~!

I've got so many OJC cds I probably don't need any more. . . . But I did spend some dollars this week getting the Bob Scobey and Clancy Hayes Good Time Jazz cds that I didn't have. . . some at bargain prices, some not. And I ordered two OJC cds that include Johnny LaPorta lps. . . .I have one at home in Austin, but I was in the mood and ordering the other so I will soon have a copy here in Houston. Also ordered the Gus Mancuso twofer.

I don't know--I bought a used copy of Sirius recently, I doubt that I will ever listen to it again. What can I say, it holds up to repeated listening for me, I like it.

Thanks for posting this!

Many more happy ones Mike!

Amen!

I think it's quite easy for me to come to the conclusion that Monk had some mental health issues. I see evidence of it in what I've read and seen. . . maybe I have a predisposition to spot (or "imagine" if you disagree with me) signs of this due to experiences in the lives of several very close to me. But. . . I see the signs. . . I see what looks like heavy "self-dedication"/"self-medication" and I see how fortunate he was to have had Nellie.

Well. . . it's not just "Limited Editions" which are out of print, but other regular items. . . . I guess it's a relative matter of concern depending on your tastes and how long you've been collecting. If your main interest is in the hardbop sessions and the big names. . . you're probably okay now and in the future; Concord will repackage this stuff if you don't have it now. If you're interested in traditional jazz and more obscure items and have been collecting some decade or two. . . you're probably okay and have gotten the bulk of what you would be interested in. If you have the same interest and are a new collector, you may be hard-pressed to find these titles in the future, they're hard to find now. . . . I'm sorry to see that situation, but can certainly understand why I'm seeing it.

I still think the third thread is the one that started it all. . . it certainly was the first place I noticed the sale, and I kept reading that thread. . . look at posts 13-15. . . mgraham's post 15 was the one that started me on the blowout sale.

Sorry to hear that. And you one of those "Artists" as well! Glad all are safe, that's the most important part (even for a classic car owner, I'm one. . . though the car hasn't run in years!)

I THINK this is the thread that started it all: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...8102&st=690

Here's another: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...hl=Concord+sale

Here's one of the threads: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...hl=concord+sale

I'm glad I had paid OJCs more attention than most members - I already had all the Don Patterson, Gil Mellé, Blue Mitchell, Kenny Burrell, Herbie Mann, Sonny Rollins (Riverside and Contemporary) CDs, Yusef Lateef, Abbey Lincoln, Ernie Henry on LP, as well as the Monk (both), Modern Jazz Quartet, Wes Montgomery, Joe Henderson, Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans Riverside, Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins Prestige box sets - that helped quite a bit. Oh yes, I had nearly all those and many more. . . but the catalogs are so deep. . .(and I find that the cds from lesser "giants" are so great!) there's still many that I might get, but with hundreds of OJC discs already, I'm pretty well set. . . . Still a shame that the "good thing has come to an end," OJC cds in stock all the time.

Well, I like them all fine. . . they're each a little different. I guess I like "Jazz in the New Orleans Tradition" and the Beverly Caverns discs the most.