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My point is simply that Mosaic has already put in the work to create these sets, and Ebay has shown that there's a desire in the market for these sets at reasonable prices. Maybe some phone calls by Mosaic could let these licenses "open up" for another press run.

When the box was first released, the 11th disc was actually a mini-CD, if you remember those. Upon repressing, that disc became a regular-sized CD, but still with only that one track. It wasn't a 5th take of Flossie Lou; it was a rehearsal take, with some conversation recorded within, that occurred before the 1st take. It was meant as a surprise bonus. IMHO, it's a nice-to-have, but definitely not essential. What's also interesting is it may not have been planned as a permanent part of the box set. My box's cover clearly states "10 Compact Discs," and the booklet only lists 10 discs. But the third jewel case, which says "Disc 8-10" on the spine, actually holds 4 discs. You can see if your jewel case was meant to hold 3 discs or 4. Also, my box was made in Japan, though distributed in the USA by American Polygram (as it was then). If yours was made in the USA, maybe they purposely excluded the 11th disc.

I recall it being some sort of unspecified problem with the pressing plant. It was a bit mysterious.

Given the new way of selling that Mosaic seems to have adopted (taking orders before a pressing run), here's an idea for them to make some more money. There were titles (I'm thinking specifically of the Vee Jays, but there might be others) that Mosaic, for various reasons, stopped selling before the end of their run date or before selling out. Take the Wayne Shorter/Lee Morgan, for example: Mosaic could take orders for a specific run of that title, which would conceivably be allowed because it's within the 5,000 copies they were allowed to sell. I'd preorder one. It might take a phone call to the owners of the Vee Jay masters for approval, but it's hard to see why they'd say no.

Lots of Taiyo Yuden available on Amazon. Can anyone recommend another brand of similar quality? Verbatim, CMC Pro?

kh1958: the next Da Camera Houston season has been announced: https://www.dacamera.com/20182019-season-time-future-time-past/ Dr. Lonnie Smith on November 3. Finally, some grease arrives in Houston!

There's an article in today's Wall Street Journal titled "The Real Reason Ford Is Phasing Out Its Sedans." I can't link to it, but here's the key paragraph: Now, as then, Ford and others are exploiting a well-crafted loophole in fuel economy regulations that makes bigger more profitable. In 2011, the industry won a change in the EPA’s calculation of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE). The “footprint rule”—which refers to the area within the perimeter of the four wheels—calculates a vehicle’s fuel economy as a function of its size. The rule change effectively incentivizes building larger vehicles by holding them to progressively easier standards. As a result, the largest and most profitable vehicles also enjoy the lowest relative costs of compliance. The rule change also constituted a backdoor tariff on more efficient imports, but that’s another story. Exactly one vehicle-design generation later, the footprint rule has rippled through the auto market like a displacement wave. The average new vehicle on the American road is longer, wider and taller than the vehicle it replaces. And correspondingly more profitable.

I have one Chittison CD. I picked it up from IAJRC a couple of years ago. Glad I did, because they no longer exist. It consists of the last two sessions listed on the Evensmo discography linked-to above. I've only listened to it once, so can't really recommend it, but remember enjoying it. It's available from Amazon.

37 Chronogical Classics titles.

Just noticed this apparently-legit label available through Amazon downloads: "CM Blue Note." Some interesting titles there, including the two "Best From The West" compilations. Prices seem a little high on some titles. Also, there are other titles besides what I found on this search, for example: McCoy Tyner - Cosmos.

Some more MPS titles just appeared there; they're now up to 394.

Jabo Starks, a drummer steeped in blues whose steady groove became the backbone for many of James Brown's hits, died on Tuesday at his home in Mobile, Ala. He was 79. See: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/obituaries/jabo-starks-drummer-for-james-brown-dies-at-79.html

There's a new release on Dot Time Records - Legends Series: Ben Webster - Valentine's Day 1964. Has this ever been previously available? Interestingly, February 14, 1964 does not appear on this Ben Webster chronology: https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472114700-appendix.htm

https://pagesix.com/2018/04/29/bob-dylan-launching-whiskey-line/

You must, must, must see the movie that was made of Enemies. The inexplicable is made explicable. A memorable, haunting movie, with great acting and direction:

It is the same company, but obviously a different neighborhood. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Deli

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/21/at-sylvester-stallones-urging-trump-weighs-full-pardon-for-boxer-jack-johnson.html

Amazon Marketplace currently has a used copy for $3.60 + shipping.

Vivendi shares got a 3 percent bump on Thursday after the chief executive of the Paris conglomerate said it is weighing a public listing of its Universal Music Group. “We have started work that will allow us to present the benefits of a potential listing of UMG to the supervisory board,” Chief Executive Arnaud de Puyfontaine said at Vivendi’s shareholder meeting. More here: https://nypost.com/2018/04/19/vivendi-considers-listing-universal-music-group/

He's on one of my favorite albums ever:

My guess is that Universal now owns the piece of Mosaic formerly owned by EMI. IIRC, in the past Mosaic would sometimes send out emails from @Capitol-EMI.com. So if this indicates a friendly relationship between Mosaic and Universal, that's all to the good. I also don't think it would cause a problem with Sony or Warner - those guys live for licensing fees, and Mosaic's boxes are limited editions, i.e. short term. I had a chance to chat with Michael and Scott during their recent in-office sale. They seemed genuinely upbeat about the future. They indicated that some aspects of their business model may have to change, in ways unspecified to me (and perhaps yet to be fully-figured-out by them), but it was clear they were very focused on cash-on-hand and how much cash is tied up by unsold sets. I took it to mean either shorter production runs, fewer total sets produced per title, or perhaps prepays (again, just guesses on my part). But they were definitely looking forward to creating new sets in the future.

BTW, did anyone notice the email address it came from? Mosaic@capitol.umusic-mail.com

Mosaic posted a link to a 1976 interview with Dexter Gordon (it can be found here). I found this passage fascinating: Berg: Many people have mentioned your influence on 'Trane. Did you know ‘Trane? Gordon: Not really. I knew him, but not well. He was from Philly. He was younger, of course, but I had met him here and there. Philly Joe reminded me recently, a few months ago when we were on tour together in Europe, of the time that Miles' band came out to Hollywood. 'Trane was playing his shit, but it wasn't projecting, he didn't have the sound. So one day we were talking and I said, "Man, you play fantas­tic, but you have to develop that sound, get that projection." I gave him a mouthpiece I had that I wasn't using. I laid that on him and that was it. That made the difference. Berg: That's incredible because there are many things in 'Trane's sound that are reminiscent of your sound. Gordon: He was playing my mouth­piece, man! Again, it's the same line— Lester to Bird to Dexter to 'Trane. There was evolution, of course, but really the same line.