mjzee

Best I can tell, there isn't yet a thread here devoted to the great bassist, George Duvivier. I want to start with an interesting bit of trivia I learned from The Youngbloods compilation on BGO: On Jesse Colin Young's second album, Young Blood (Mercury, 1965), he's backed by George Duvivier and Osie Johnson!

Shucks.

No downloads??? (Sorry, I couldn't resist! Not directed at you, J.A.W.)

I'd be curious to read the forum. Can you post the URL?

There are signs of life at eMusic. They've revamped their website, and simplified their pricing plans.

I might check this out.

I think they're struggling, probably because of too few employees. I used to get shipping notices with tracking information (I always choose UPS), but my last few orders didn't have that. The orders did arrive, though.

It basically lists the newest links on the Mosaic homepage - usually performance videos and articles by people like Mike Myers. I look forward to getting them.

Sounds great!

I love their Sunday gazette. I'd bet they mostly depend on free media: newspaper reviews, website mentions and the like. The Wall St Journal, for example, usually gives a full-column review to each of their releases, and that must result in some sales. Frank Zappa said that he gave so many interviews because he didn't have money for promotion, and this worked as a substitute. FYI, Allen, I bought a disc from you I think last year (the Matthew Shipp CD), and have never received an email from you since. You don't call, you don't write...

And a lover of the Fleisher Popeyes too!

Yeah, I read the email and sprang for the Basie/Lester Young. I wish them a lot of luck.

Happy birthday, Mr. Carter.

Allen, if you're correct, then Mosaic's reasoning in Kevin's post makes no sense. If the pressing plant threw out the masters, it should have been easy for Mosaic to create a new set and complete the run. Unless they used that as an excuse for no longer selling that title (which is possible).

There's no degradation of quality between the master and a pressed CD?

Some thoughts; again, total conjecture from me. If what you're describing happened more than a decade ago, the industry may have changed since then. I'm thinking of JLH's recent post about how the majors have tightened their operating procedures so that he can't now independently mix his licensed releases. In any event, what I described wouldn't preclude the major/pressing plant also pressing Mosaic's CDs on a just-in-time basis, with the quantity based on Mosaic's go-ahead. Or: what you posted doesn't necessarily conflict with my post. As we know, Mosaic produces their own masters with their own mixes. If a pressing plant threw out Mosaic's masters, it might have cost Mosaic too much to recreate them, or they might not again have access to the original tapes to recreate them. On a different subject, one more factor to consider: Cuscuna's nearing retirement age, as other Mosaic principals might be. It could be that all this is part of a natural winding-down of the label. It's not like they're a public company, where operating in perpetuity is possible. To add insult to injury, they might have used the Mosaic box as a source for many of these recordings.

I imagine it a little differently; totally supposition on my part. Whichever major owns the masters (Universal, Sony, etc.) actually presses the discs and delivers them to Mosaic. However, Mosaic pays for them (both for pressing and - probably the larger part of the payment - for licensing the music) upon delivery, and it then becomes Mosaic's inventory.

I downloaded 2 Dex & Woody albums from the iTunes store many years ago. Details can be found in this thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/32864-dexter-gordon-woody-shaw-invitation-vol-1-and-vol-2-live/ I see only one title repeated (Body and Soul), and, of course, these could be different performances. My notes show these tracks recorded in 1979 (Basel, Switzerland, & Village Vanguard), 1977 (Keystone Korner), and 1980 (Senegal). So the new downloads may not be from 1976.

In summary, the first thread went south because it got sidetracked into a discussion about downloads...and now this thread is going south because it's getting sidetracked into a discussion about the right to delete a thread. Can we please stay on topic about Mosaic's woes?

Speaking of... One of the Mosaic exclusives does not contain CDs or LPs but DVDs. I am seriously thinking of buying this just to help them out: http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=6001

I just noticed this, on eMusic; haven't heard it:

I really like the track "M.F. Blues."

Ditto.

I can't say I'm upset. For years, my cable bill has included paying for ESPN channels that I never watch. If your business plan is based on coercion, don't be surprised if your "customers" find ways to leave.

Don't know why the embed worked for me and not for you. Not trying to one-up you!