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Sam Rivers Mosaic blah, blah, blah, blah, ... "the music here should be considered a cornerstone of any self-respecting avant-garde collection. [This set is out of print, a real shame since it is the only form in which any of Rivers' Blue Note recordings are available.]" I guess the seller hasn't looked at the BN site for a while.

FWIW, you might want to move this thread to "Audio Talk". That one is more equipment oriented.

Oh, yeaaaaahhhhhhh!!! It was certainly RECORDED in '67 and, I believe, released at the end of the year. One of my all-time favorite albums, BTW. Also in 1967:

Yet ANOTHER great reason to vote for 1967. B-)

Had to go with 1967: "Are You Experienced?" "Surrealistic Pillow" "The Doors" Can't beat that trio.

BH - ALWAYS worth seeing! I've seen him several times in several settings. Never a bad moment.

"Hang 'Em High"!!!

I agree- I just got this today from yourmusic.com (only 3 days after I ordered it!! wow!)-the extra tunes from the sessions are quite "jammy", probably a good decision to leave them off the original release as they aren't all that interesting for the most part, although the bonus Treat is outstanding. And the Woodstock performances are blistering!!! My oh my they were really inspired or something that day. Carlos has a nice raunchy tone on the Woodstock Jingo I remember reading an interview with Carlos who admitted to being on LSD that day. He wasn't expecting to go on right away but they moved the bands appearance up right about the time Carlos was peaking. He said that he prayed to keep in tempo and time. In your opinion did he succeed? I recently picked this one up myself. Nice set - ALL of it. I like the various versions of these tunes. They all bring something different to the table.

That's OK. Apparently Senator Bill Frist (a/k/a "Doctor" Bill Frist) seems to think that in MIGHT be possible to get aids from tears or sweat. The Daily Show has shown the same clip from ABC's Sunday morning show a number of times showing George Stephanopoulos aghast that Frist won't back down from this statement.

Stanley Cowell's piano on Tolliver's "Live at Slugs". Doesn't bother me, though. Actually adds to the sound, IMHO.

The only other old BN I have is Wayne Shorter's "Super Nova" and it's definitely Liberty. It's a "BST" cat #, the cover says "Blue Note Records Entertainment from Transamerica Corporation", and the label says "Blue Note Records - A Division of Liberty Records, Inc."

I wish I knew what the "ear" looks like. Not that I see anything other than the 'hand-written' catalog # on the inner vinyl, anyway.

So, is the consensus that if it doesn't have the "ear", then it's not "original"?

Could be a Liberty-era pressing of this one The Blue Note labelography site says that Liberty-era disks had "BLUE NOTE RECORDS · A DIVISION OF LIBERTY RECORDS, INC" printed on the label. (not "NEW YORK USA") No. There are some LPs pressed in the 'Liberty' era (ie. just after Alfred Lion sold up) which still have the 'NY USA' labels. Hmmmmmm......interesting.

Re-released a couple of years ago as The Masked Marauders "The Complete Deity Recordings" on Rhino/HandMade

I've got a "NEW YORK USA" version of Lee Morgan's "Cornbread" and I'm not seeing an "ear" on that one, either. Interestingly enough, the cover has "Liberty Records, Inc Printed in U.S.A." on the front. It also has "MONAURAL" in big letters on the lower back. The Larry Young album has no mention of Liberty anywhere, and has "HIGH FIDELITY" on the upper left corner of the back. Mysterious ...

Could be a Liberty-era pressing of this one The Blue Note labelography site says that Liberty-era disks had "BLUE NOTE RECORDS · A DIVISION OF LIBERTY RECORDS, INC" printed on the label. (not "NEW YORK USA")

... although you can be sure that they WOULD have recorded together, if ... B-)

Oh.......OK, wolff. 5 bucks too much?? B-) But seriously.......it does say "New York USA", but I don't see that "ear" that you are talking about. And although it's probably not "mint" it's in VERY nice shape - both cover and vinyl.

After looking at the labelography page, I realize that my vinyl of Larry Young's "Into Somethin' " appears to be an original Mono version. Any idea what this thing's worth?

I've got the Mosaic and also vinyl. I just realized that it's a "33 1/3 Microgroove LONG PLAYING" issue of the LP - is that particularly valuable?

Go nuts. Cannonball Adderley with Nat Adderley - "What Is This Thing Called Soul?"

They changed the color of the lettering from the regular issue to the RVG. I'm not sure what the original colors were on the LP.

Never did get a good copy of this from BMG. They nicely credited me for the effort, though.

I thought "Freeform" was Herbie's BN debut.