BFrank

You should be in and outta there in 1/2 a day. Don't forget to "ice"! Good luck ...

"Mean What You Say" and "Live at the Half Note" would be my favorites of the bunch. You can frequently pick up the Byrd/Adams Mosaic for close to list price on ebay. Sometimes LESS. It doesn't seem to pull in the usual premium prices that OOP Mosaics usually get.

El Conn-a-roooooooooooski!!!

This one?

OK.......I put MY $.02 in. (well a little more than THAT, actually)

I'll be there, too. Check out some of the suggestions on this JazzCorner thread.

Saw it yesterday. I guess I set my sights too high. I heard so many good things about it, I ended up being a little disappointed. Also, it could have used about 20-30 minutes of editing. I liked the opening music animated sequence.

Conn's the money-man. I'm sure he'll cough up some dough.

Heard this last night at a friend's house in 5.1. The remastering was excellent, but in the end I just ended up wishing they would get their act together and do a definitive remaster on the original catalog. I wouldn't listen to this much if I had it myself. As the CD played, it was also too apparent that it was crafted for a "live" show. The segues, the pacing and choice of tunes leading up to a series of "hits" was just a little too formulaic.

Anita..........of course.

You could say that about almost any Mosaic set. It depends on how much of the artist's music you want at one time, ultimately. Of course there's also the remastering, repackaging and so forth to consider.

I just found a used copy of the '05 set yesterday for $9. Not too shabby. I haven't listened to all of it yet, though.

Better yet, get the "Seven Steps" box. It's got that album and all the other essential live sets from that period.

I saw the show (w/o David or James, unfortunately) at Yoshi's. Great show anyway! If you're in NYC, definitely go see it. I'll be there in mid-Dec - too late for this one, I guess.

"One Size Fits All" and "Roxy & Elsewhere" are must-haves from his mid-70's "George Duke/Napolean Murphy Brock" period.

This seller has made a lot of $ in the last three months by selling a lot of Mosaic and other sets. A lot of these sets have sold for amazing prices. This one is far from being the first one to reach an unbelievable price. Not too sure what is going on here..... Hmmmmmmmm. DOES look suspicious, doesn't it?

What's the deal with THIS set? Anita O'Day Normally, it barely sells for the original list price, let alone any OOP premium.

'Solid' was issued around '79-'80, nice enough set but I can understand why it sat in the can. Chewy-Chewy-Chew needs to listeny-listeny-listen to 'Idle Moments' , 'Green Street' ,'Matador', 'Grants First Stand', and 'Talkin About', and then report back to us on the relative and absolute merits of pre-Funky Grant Green. I like "Solid" a lot. It came out in 1979 as a "Blue Note Classic" with one of those semi-generic, white covers. I still have the vinyl.

I would also be interested in knowing if the mastering is different/better than the originals. I have them already (some on CD, some on LP) and didn't plan on getting this set.

I had a herniated disk. We tried therapy and cortizone, but with this problem, surgery is sometimes the only answer. These days there is a micro-surgery technique in which you only have a small, 2-inch incision and you're out of the hospital in half a day. I was back at work in a little over a week. You certainly have to watch how you treat your back forever afterwards, but it's not as devastating as you would think. Not only that, but the pain you go though from the herniated disk is gone almost immediately after surgery.

I couldn't get on yesterday. Tonight it's OK. Downloaded this new album. Been getting some buzz lately. "Black Swan" - Bert Jansch

Still alive and still the ex-Mrs. Ronald Reagan.

freeforall should be able to give you some pointers. Maybe send him a PM, if he doesn't respond here.

Jeannine

Had my eye on it, but kind of afraid at the same time. eMu has this, too: