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I think if you "pay" for it with a credit card (they won't bill you until it ships), then they will honor the price.

I dunno...might be a typo...but it does say 10 discs...$32.99 preorder... Amazon

"The Mamas and The Papas Deliver," in mono, was one of the first LPs I owned. I still have very fond memories of that album. The harmonies soared, the arrangements were very musical and varied, and the source material was very interesting. This was the first version of "Sing For Your Supper" that I ever heard; I also couldn't believe how they transformed "My Girl" and "Twist and Shout." Mono is definitely superior to stereo. I think they added the horns to "Creeque Alley" for the single; it really added to the song.

I listen while in the shower. I have an iPod connected to a JBL mini-ring speaker. As to what music I listen to, it's whatever the shuffle feature pumps out. Anthony Braxton is sure to wake me up quickly, tho not in a good way!

I've been watching the price. I've seen it as low as $58.99, but I want it to go lower.

That's why I grabbed it. It arrived today. Packaged like a coffee-table book, which I think is a very smart way of packaging a CD boxed set, since it'll fit on any bookshelf. I'm looking forward to listening to it. But certainly, this doesn't auger well for any of the die-cut boxes currently on the market. I think if you want one of those, you should snap them up now. I'm currently listening to "What It Is." Besides being an interesting compilation full of obscurities (and funky!), the packaging is just lovely. I can appreciate the box, book, graphics, etc., as much as I do the music.

I put the deal in my cart that day, but didn't know I had to consummate that day. The next day it was like $160.

Is their version written in German or in English?

So is the new Yellow Submarine mix the reissue of a few years ago, or a brand new mix?

I have,” says Jan Garbarek with affable humility, “been very lucky.” The Norwegian saxophonist releases a live album, the first in his 40-year career, on Monday and starts a lengthy European tour in October. He is now recognised as one of the leading figures in European jazz, helping to forge an identity distinct from the music’s American roots. He has stretched the boundaries of the music, incorporating classical, folk and world elements: his biggest success came from working with a medieval choir. But it’s a career that has required regular injections of serendipity. Garbarek, now 62, grew up in the suburbs of Oslo with only incidental exposure to music. One day, aged 14, the tune playing on the radio on his return from school stopped him in his tracks. “Hearing John Coltrane, I thought, this is what I want to do with my life.” Continued here: Financial Times

Intensified, More Intensified, and Club Ska '67 were my introduction to ska. Intensified was issued in the U.S. on Mango; the others were released in the U.K. on Island. They also had a great rock steady compilation, Catch This Beat. What fun stuff! Great melodies, singing, all the great Skatalites instrumentals, the Melodians singing "This is the last train to Expo '67, are you ready..." And songs like "Rukumbine" by Shenley Duffus - what does that mean??? Also, Mango used these really scratchy 45's, so part of the fun was similar to listening to some of those Charlie Parker bootlegs. I recently got this through Amazon, haven't listened to it yet: Let's Do Rocksteady Finally, mention must be made of some of those great Ska revival bands of the early '80's. I liked The Selecter:

January 26, 1972 (to be posted) ‘The Blue Note Show’ Guests: Keyboardist Horace Silver with vocalists Andy and Salome Bey, trumpeter Lee Morgan, flutist Bobbi Humphrey Host: Ellis Haizlip March 29, 1972 Guests: Actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, and composer-saxophonist Lucky Thompson and an eight-piece jazz ensemble

This looks interesting and fun. Release date 9/22/09: WHERE THE ACTION IS! compiles 101 tracks that mix many of the city's brightest stars like The Byrds, Love, The Doors, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, Captain Beefheart, The Mamas & The Papas, Lowell George, Iron Butterfly, with talented artists whose stellar songcraft sadly flew under the radar The Seeds, The Electric Prunes, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The Everpresent Fullness, The Bobby Fuller Four. Where The Action Is!

Anyway, I'd love to get an answer to the original question. I tried to change my avatar months ago without success.

Or even just how much interest there was in many of these titles. Could it be that a Delightful-lee, say, sold its first pressing in not-so-great a time span, and BN simply didn't re-press it? It looks like they were releasing Lee Morgan albums right and left those days. Instead of repressing Delightful-lee, they might have devoted all their energies to Caramba. Or did they keep a steady stock of Delightful-lee for 2 or 3 years? And I'm just using Delightful-lee as an example. I'm just curious.

Does that mean that the average BN release was available for a few years? Maybe it took that long for an initial pressing to sell out. Didn't Al Lion complain about how some releases didn't sell? He probably wouldn't do a second pressing of slow-moving titles, especially if he could devote his energy to a new Horace Silver or Herbie Hancock. I'm thinking of titles such as Little Johnny C, Basra, Hootin' and Tootin', Stop and Listen, My Hour of Need. If they were available that long, then that's great. I was just wondering.

I've often wondered about something, and was reminded of it while listening to the RVG of Lee Morgan's Delightful-lee. Before the RVG came out, I had never seen a copy of the album, and had only known of it through one of the BN Cover Art books. Now, I know that some BN titles have always been in print: Somethin' Else, many Blakey titles, Cool Struttin', Song For My Father. But those were the exceptions. Many titles never went back for a second pressing, and even some major artists, like Lee Morgan, had some titles continuously in print but not others. So, my question: How long was the average BN album in print? For example, Delightful-lee: It was recorded in April & May 1966. I don't know the album release date. After it was released, how long was it available in stores before it was out of print - 3 months? 6 months? A year? 2 years?

My wish list for future Bootleg Series issues: 1) Warfield Theatre, SF, 1979: The "Born Again" series of shows. Dylan's preachifying included. 2) 1961 - 1962: The Minneapolis tapes, Riverside Church broadcast, etc. 3) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tour, 1985. Can include their smokin' set at Farm Aid. 4) The full Basement Tapes. 5) Late '80's on tour: the G.E. Smith band. And on DVD: 6) Eat The Document 7) Renaldo and Clara (original uncut version)

I would pick up Silver City, a 2-CD compilation of his work from the '70's to '90's. Well-selected, extremely enjoyable, with a great booklet.

That was on the outmost track (the track that circles the label) on the original British release of Pepper's. If you played it backwards with your finger on the label, they're singing what sounds like "We're gonna fuck you like Supermen." (Really, I'm not making this up...I've heard it.)

Great site! Thanks for posting.

I've never owned a Beatles record and the whole thing is lost on me I'm afraid. Possibly due to hype and over-exposure growing up 'Oop North' when they were in their heyday. I won't be buying the mono set.. I'm also intrigued by the BBC. On its own websites it is extremely sensitive to any form of marketing. On the folk and acoustic site links and announcements are quickly purged if there is the slightest danger of them appearing like a commercial overture. And yet over the last couple of weeks we have had sustained Beatles coverage on radio and TV. I'm not suggesting the BBC are secretly in league with the powers behind these reissues - I'm sure they would argue that they are just responding to a popular interest in these reissues. But it's a rather fine line! I remember when the Beatles were knighted. There was a lot of controversy around that - the Queen stooping so low as to give the honor to a bunch of pop singers! The explanation given was that the Beatles were ambassadors for Britain (absolutely true - how many of us in the States would have even been aware of England if it weren't for the invasion?), and they brought a lot of money home to England.

Didn't the World's Oldest Person die just a few weeks ago? And then a few months before that? When will this stop??

I have two cool boxes from the early '80's, both from England. One is The Beatles 45's box (reproductions of all the original 45's, with copies of the original covers...and newly-created covers when the originals didn't come with them), the other is The Beatles EP box (similar concept...cool covers and liner notes!).

Sorry. I still don't fully understand. Are the new stereo discs simply the old mixes (let's disregard Help and Rubber Soul for the moment) somehow cleaned up and sonically improved - greater sonic range, less hiss, somehow clearer and sharper to the ear - somewhat analogous to polishing a piece of silver? Or are they somehow remixed? I don't see how a mono master can be remixed. So I guess George Martin created new stereo mixes for Help and Rubber Soul in 1986 that made these songs sound different than prior? And people are clamoring for the old sound, so those were included on the mono discs? But then why weren't they just included on the stereo discs? That seems a more natural place for them. Presumably, if you like mono enough to buy the mono box, you wouldn't much care about the stereo mix, especially one considered substandard. I obviously wouldn't last 10 minutes on the Steve Hoffman forums!