5/27/12 - THIS EVENING I POSTED MULTIPLE CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE: MF, JAM SESSION (JAPAN, CARDBOARD COVER); VARIOUS ARTISTS, MORE BIG BAND GREATEST HITS (RCA); VARIOUS ARTISTS, JAZZ OF THE 1950s GREATEST HITS (RCA); MF AND HIS DREAMBAND ORCHESTRA '56 LIVE AT PEACOCK LANE (SPANISH FRESH SOUND); MF AND HIS ORCHESTRA LIVE AT PEACOCK LANE HOLLYWOOD, JANUARY 6, 1957 (JAZZ HOUR); VARIOUS ARTISTS, THE SULLIVAN YEARS, BIG BAND ALL-STARS VOLUME 2; MF, TWO'S COMPANY (RARE SPANISH FRESH SOUND PRESSING); MF, THE BLUES ROAR (UK MAINSTREAM); MF, THE MAYNARD FERGUSON SEXTET 1967; MF, THE MAYNARD FERGUSON ORCHESTRA 1967; MF, LIVE FROM SAN FRANCISCO (TBA RECORDS); MF, BODY & SOUL (THE FIRST COPY I'VE EVER POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, AND INCREASINGLY RARE IN CD FORMAT). I'LL BE POSTING MANY MORE SHORTLY. ENJOY!
5/25/12 - THIS EVENING I POSTED TWO EXTREMELY RARE L.A. JAZZ INSTITUTE CDs THAT I'VE NEVER HAD ON THE WEBSITE BEFORE. THEY'RE THE FOURTH AND FIFTH CDs IN THE SERIES, AND BOTH CONTAIN NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED LIVE MATERIAL WITH MF. I ONLY HAVE ONE OF EACH, AND I MAY NEVER GET MORE. SEE THE L.A. JAZZ INSTITUTE CD LINK FOR DETAILS.
5/23/12 - THIS EVENING I POSTED TWO MINT, FACTORY SEALED COPIES OF THE LOUIS BELLSON SKIN DEEP CD. THESE ARE BOTH THE MUCH RARER ITALIAN VERSION OF THE CD. SEE THE BELLSON CD PAGE. I ALSO POSTED A RARE MF JAPANESE 45 WITH PICTURE COVER ENTITLED "ROCKY." IT HAS THE TUNES GONNA FLY NOW AND THE FLY AND IT'S IN NMINT TO NMINT+ CONDITION! SEE THE MF 45s PAGE.
5/4/12 - THIS AFTERNOON I POSTED A MINT, FACTORY SEALED COPY OF THE LOUIS BELLSON SKIN DEEP CD. THIS ONE IS THE MUCH RARER ITALIAN VERSION OF THE CD. SEE THE BELLSON CD PAGE.
5/3/12 - LAST NIGHT I POSTED A COPY OF THE RARE MF GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN LP, AND IT SOLD EARLY THIS MORNING. WOW! IT'S RARE THAT SOMETHING GOES IN ONLY 8 HOURS LIKE THAT. TONIGHT I POSTED ONE MORE COPY OF THIS SAME LP WHICH JUST ARRIVED. IT'S JUST AS NICE AS THE ONE I SOLD THIS MORNING. SEE THE MF CAT. 2 LP PAGE. (IT'S COPY #8.)
5/2/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED ONE OF THE RARE MF GOTHENBURG SWEDEN LPs TO THE MF LPs 2 PAGE. GRAB IT WHILE YOU CAN.
4/28/12 - VERY EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED A LA PRIMA NOTTE DI QUIETE ITALIAN SOUNDTRACK LP TO THE SOUNDTRACKS PAGE. IT'S NEAR MINT! LET ME KNOW SOON IF YOU'D LIKE THIS RARITY.
4/22/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED AN ELLA FITZGERALD COLE PORTER SONGBOOK VOLUME TWO CD TO THE FITZGERALD CD PAGE. I ALSO POSTED (TO THE MF CD PAGE) A RARE CD ENTITLED THE SULLIVAN YEARS, BIG BAND ALL-STARS VOLUME 2. ENJOY!
4/16/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED A COUNT BASIE/MF BIG BAND SCENE '65 U.K. COLUMBIA MONO PRESSING TO THE M.F. LPs 2 PAGE. AND I POSTED ONE OF THE VERY RARE M.F. ORCHESTRA (RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL RCI 265) SIX VERTICAL IMAGES COVER LPs TO THE M.F. LPs 3 PAGE. NOTE THAT THIS IS THE ORCHESTRA LP, NOT THE MORE COMMON SEXTET LP. TO THE MF CD PAGE I POSTED A FACTORY SEALED COPY OF THE SPANISH CD ENTITLED I HAVE BUT TWO HORNS: MAYNARD FERGUSON PLAYS BILL HOLMAN'S ARRANGEMENTS. TO THE ELLA FITZGERALD CD PAGE I POSTED A LIKE-NEW COPY OF THE RODGERS AND HART SONGBOOK DOUBLE CD. ENJOY!
4/14/12 - EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED THE FOLLOWING CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE: MF, HIS ORCHESTRA AND OCTET, 1950-54, BAND AIN'T DRAGGIN'; MF COMPACT JAZZ (JAPAN - ULTRA RARE!); MF HOLLYWOOD JAM SESSIONS (FRESH SOUND); HOLLYWOOD PARTY/JAM SESSION (TWO LPs ON THIS SINGLE CD, GERMAN); MF LIVE AT PEACOCK LANE HOLLYWOOD 1956-57 (FRESH SOUND, 2-CD SET); MF A MESSAGE FROM NEWPORT; MF, MAYNARD '61; MF, SI! SI!-M.F. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY OF THESE.
4/12/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED A BUDDY RICH/MAYNARD FERGUSON CD TO THE GUSTAV BROM CD PAGE. I ALSO POSTED SEVERAL CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE: THE COMPLETE ROULETTE RECORDINGS (10 CD SET); RIDIN' HIGH; MF HORN; MAYNARD FERGUSON; BRASS ATTITUDE; MF HORN VI LIVE AT RONNIE'S. ENJOY!!
4/11/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED A CD ENTITLED ULTIMATE DINAH WASHINGTON. (SEE THE DINAH WASHINGTON CD PAGE.) I ALSO POSTED AN MF HIGH VOLTAGE 2 LP IN MINT, FACTORY SEALED CONDITION. THIS IS VERY, VERY RARE. NORMALLY THEY HAVE A CUT-OUT COVER. THIS ONE IS TOTALLY INTACT. AND, AS AN ADDED BONUS, IT HAS THE RARER CATALOG NUMBER D1-573360. ENJOY!
4/7/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED A MAINSTREAM RECORDS SAMPLER CD TO THE MF CD PAGE. I ALSO POSTED AN MF CANADA SEXTET (RCI 264) LP WITH THE SIX VERTICAL IMAGES COVER TO THE MF LP 3 PAGE. LASTLY, I POSTED A CZECH MAYNARD & GUSTAV LP TO THE BROM LP PAGE. ENJOY!
4/3/12 - TODAY I POSTED A PAUSA SAMPLER LP TO THE MF 3 LP PAGE. I ALSO POSTED A STAN KENTON SEATTLE CONCERT CD (11/25/51) TO THE KENTON CD PAGE. THE THE MF CD PAGE, I POSTED COPIES OF CHAMELEON (THE ORIGINAL, NOT THE REMASTER), THE BEST OF MF, STORM (THE AVENUE JAZZ VERSION), HIGH VOLTAGE 2, LIVE FROM SAN FRANCISCO (THE AVENUE JAZZ VERSION), LIVE FROM LONDON, THESE CATS CAN SWING!, AND BRASS ATTITUDE. ENJOY!
3/25/12 - I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE MONTHLY ORANGE COUNTY RECORD SHOW WHERE I FOUND A COPY OF THE THREE KENTON'S BE BOPPERS GROUPS 1947-50 LP, THE RARE ITALIAN IMPORT WITH THE MF TRACKS SHORT WAVE, TAKE THE 'A' TRAIN, LOVE LOCKED OUT, AND BAND AIN'T DRAGGIN'. SEE THE KENTON LPs PAGE FOR THIS RARE ITEM.
3/19/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED A LA PRIMA NOTTE DI QUIETE ITALIAN SOUNDTRACK LP TO THE SOUNDTRACKS LP PAGE. THESE WERE PRESSED IN ITALY, AND ARE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PICK IT UP IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY.
3/18/12 - EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED THREE COPIES OF A BOOKLET PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC. IT'S CALLED BERNSTEIN LIVE, SPECIAL EDITION FOR TEACHERS, VOL. 2. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE BERNSTEIN LIVE SAMPLER THAT CAME OUT IN 2000, BUT LIKE THAT SAMPLER, IT ALSO INCLUDES MF ON THE TITANS SYMPHONY, MOVEMENT IV. YOU GET A NICE BOOKLET THAT'S INTENDED FOR USE IN THE CLASSROOM, TEACHING KIDS ABOUT CLASSICAL MUSIC. AND IT HAS A FULL-PAGE WRITE-UP ON BILL RUSSO, WITH THE FACING PAGE BEING AN INTERVIEW AND PHOTO OF MAYNARD. VERY, VERY COOL AND VERY UNIQUE. SEE THE NY PHIL CD PAGE FOR DETAILS.
3/16/12 - THIS EVENING I POSTED TWO COPIES OF THE PETE RUGOLO DOUBLE-CD ENTITLED RUGOLOVATIONS. IT'S A U.K. RELEASE, AND THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO COPIES I'VE EVER POSTED TO THE WEBSITE. ENJOY!!!
3/4/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED 4 CDs AND ONE 45 EP TO THE WEBSITE. FIRST WAS A SHORTY ROGERS 2-CD IMPORT SET ENTITLED GET SHORTY. NEXT WAS A SHORTY ROGERS 2-CD SET ENTITLED FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS (UK IMPORT). NEXT WAS A VARIOUS ARTISTS VERVE CD ENTITLED ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE: THE JEROME KERN SONGBOOK (SEE THE BING CROSBY CD PAGE). THEN CAME A HARRY BELAFONTE CD ENTITLED 8 CLASSIC ALBUMS (AN EU RELEASE). LASTLY WAS THE MF 45 ENTITLED HOLLYWOOD PARTY, BUT IT'S THE RARE ENGLISH VERSION, PRESSED BY ORIOLE RECORDS LTD. ENJOY!
2/24/12 - THIS EVENING I POSTED A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE MAYNARD '64 LP. IT'S ONE OF THE NICEST I'VE SEEN. SEE THE MF LPs 2 PAGE. I ALSO POSTED A DE CASTRO SISTERS TEACH ME TONIGHT (BEAR FAMILY) CD, A PETE RUGOLO RUGOLOMANIA/NEW SOUNDS CD, AND A RARE STAN KENTON INNOVATIONS IN MODERN MUSIC CONCERT, SEATTLE / NOVEMBER 25, 1951 CD. ENJOY!!!
2/18/12 - THIS AFTERNOON I POSTED A RELATIVELY RARE UK LP ENTITLED THE BIG BAND SOUND OF MAYNARD FERGUSON. CHECK IT OUT ON THE MF CAT. 2 LP PAGE.
2/17/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED A MAYNARD FERGUSON '62 STEREO LP TO THE MF LP CAT. 2 WEBPAGE. THE VINYL IS MINT! I ALSO POSTED AN MF BAND AIN'T DRAGGIN' CD (FRESH SOUND, SPAIN) TO THE MF CD PAGE. LASTLY, I POSTED A STAN KENTON & HIS INNOVATIONS ORCHESTRA (LASERLIGHT DIGITAL 15 770) TO THE KENTON CD PAGE. ENJOY!
2/11/12 - EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED A RED GRAMMER BE BOP YOUR BEST CD AND AN MF "MAYNARD" CD (WOUNDED BIRD RECORDS) TO THE WEBSITE.
2/5/12 - THIS EVENING I POSTED AN LP ENTITLED AMNESTY: STARS OF THE WORLD SING AND PLAY FOR FREEDOM (GERMAN RELEASE) TO THE MF LP 3 PAGE. I ALSO POSTED A COMPILATION CD ENTITLED ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE VOLUME 1 TO THE MF CD PAGE. ENJOY!
1/28/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED THE MF DREAM BAND PEACOCK LANE DOUBLE CD FROM FRESH SOUNDS THAT CONTAINS BOTH THE DECEMBER, 1956 AND THE JANUARY, 1957 PEACOCK LANE SESSIONS. I ALSO POSTED TWO MORE OF THE JIMMY DORSEY COMPLETE STANDARD TRANSCRIPTION CDs. I'VE POSTED FOUR IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, AND ALL FOUR WERE SNAPPED UP VERY QUICKLY. THESE ARE THE LAST TWO I WAS ABLE TO FIND FROM THE SUPPLIER, AND I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO GET ANY MORE. SO GRAB 'EM WHILE YOU CAN. ENJOY!
1/22/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED AN MF HOT CANARY/WHAT'S NEW 78 WITH A PICTURE COVER. THESE 78s ARE FAIRLY RARE, BUT WITH PICTURE COVERS, THEY ARE IMMENSELY RARE!!! IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, I'D SUGGEST YOU PICK IT UP WHILE IT'S AVAILABLE.
1/21/12 - I FOUND THREE MORE COPIES OF THE RARE JIMMY DORSEY COMPLETE STANDARD TRANSCRIPTIONS CD AND POSTED THEM TO THE WEBSITE TONIGHT. THEY'RE MINT, FACTORY SEALED. ENJOY!
1/3/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED A MERCURY V.S.O.P. 4-CD SET WITH ORIGINAL BOOKLET TO THE MF CD PAGE. IT'S A REAL GEM AND IT'S IN NMINT++ CONDITION -- PRACTICALLY NEW IN EVERY WAY. ENJOY!
1/1/12 - TONIGHT I POSTED A CD TO THE JIMMY DORSEY CD PAGE ENTITLED JIMMY DORSEY, THE COMPLETE STANDARD TRANSCRIPTIONS ON THE SOUNDIES LABEL. IT'S QUITE RARE. ENJOY!
12/27/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED TWO MINT COPIES OF THE VARIOUS ARTISTS CD ENTITLED BLOWING MY HORN (UK RELEASE, 1997) TO THE MF CD PAGE. I ALSO POSTED A SASCHA BURLAND SWINGIN' THE JINGLES LP TO THE BURLAND LP PAGE. IT'S A SUPER, NMINT- COPY. ENJOY!
12/23/11 - THIS MORNING I POSTED AN MF HOLLYWOOD JAM SESSIONS (SPANISH FRESH SOUND) CD TO THE MF CD PAGE. ENJOY!
12/18/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A NAT "KING" COLE CD ENTITLED BIG BAND COLE. I ALSO POSTED AN MF 45 RPM PICTURE COVER EP FROM HOLLAND ENTITLED MAYNARD FERGUSON PLAYS JAZZ FOR DANCING (SIMILAR TO THE U.S. LP, BUT WITH ONLY FOUR TRACKS, AND IN THE 7" EP FORMAT, NOT THE 12" LP FORMAT). LASTLY, I POSTED AN ULTRA RARE PAUSA SAMPLER LP WHICH YOU'D BE HARD PRESSED TO EVER FIND AGAIN. (SEE THE MF LP 3 PAGE). ENJOY!
12/13/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE MF HOT CANARY/WHAT'S NEW 78 TO THE WEBSITE. IT'S ONE OF THE NICEST COPIES I'VE EVER SEEN, AND PROBABLY THE NICEST ONE I'VE EVER OFFERED IN THIS FORUM. SEE THE MF 78s PAGE.
12/2/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A LA PRIMA NOTTE DI QUIETE CD TO THE SOUNDTRACK CD PAGE. AS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE VERY, VERY RARE. IT'S THE FIRST COPY I'VE HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME. ENJOY!
12/1/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED THREE LPs TO THE MF (CAT. 2) LP PAGE: MAYNARD FERGUSON PLAYS JAZZ FOR DANCING (FORUM, MONO); MAYNARD FERGUSON PLAYS JAZZ FOR DANCING (FORUM STEREO); THE WORLD OF MAYNARD FERGUSON (ROULETTE, MONO). I ALSO POSTED A U.K. VARIOUS ARTISTS CD TO THE MF CD PAGE ENTITLED STRANGE JAZZ. ENJOY!
11/28/11 - THIS EVENING I POSTED AN MF EMARCY 78: SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW / ALL GOD'S CHILDREN GOT RHYTHM.
11/25/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A BUNCH MORE ITEMS TO THE WEBSITE. FIRST WAS A 10" LP OF THE RED GARTERS SOUNDTRACK, FOLLOWED BY A 10" LP OF THE DISC INTRODUCING PETE RUGOLO AND HIS ORCHESTRA. THE REST OF WHAT I POSTED WAS LPs: CHARLIE BARNET IN DISCO ORDER VOLUME 21; CHARLIE BARNET IN DISCO ORDER VOLUME 22; CHARLIE BARNET AND HIS ORCHESTRA, 1944-1949; JIMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA FEATURING MAYNARD FERGUSON, 1948 (FRENCH JAZZ ANOTHOLOGY RELEASE, RARE!!!); THE UNCOLLECTED JIMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA, VOLUME 3, 1949, 1951; THE ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK RECORDING FROM DINO; JERRY LEWIS JUST SINGS; STAN KENTON LIVE IN 1951 AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM VOLUME 1 (U.K. JAZZ BAND RELEASE); STAN KENTON CONDUCTS ROBERT GRAETTINGER'S CITY OF GLASS AND THIS MODERN WORLD (ORIGINAL CAPITOL PRESSING); THIS IS JUNE CHRISTY (U.K. PRESSING); SAL SALVADOR COLORS IN SOUND (STEREO); JERRY FIELDING, SWINGIN' IN HI FI (U.K. JASMINE RE-ISSUE). ENJOY!
11/24/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A BUNCH MORE ITEMS TO THE WEBSITE. FIRST WAS AN MF HOT CANARY 45 WITH THE ORIGINAL PICTURE COVER. NEXT WERE TWO 10" LPs: CLASSICS IN JAZZ - THE MODERN IDIOM, AND SHORTY ROGERS COOL AND CRAZY. THEN I POSTED A BIG STACK OF LPs. RUSS GARCIA, LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF RUSSELL GARCIA AND HIS ORCHESTRA; VARIOUS ARTISTS, FULL DIMENSIONAL SOUND, A STUDY IN HIGH FIDELITY (SEE THE KENTON LP PAGE); CRIME IN THE STREETS (COVER ONLY, NO DISC) (SEE THE SOUNDTRACK LP PAGE); SHORTY ROGERS COURTS THE COUNT (U.K. PRESSING); VARIOUS ARTISTS, I LIKE JAZZ! (SEE THE RUGOLO LP PAGE); JACK KANE SALUTES THE COMICS (COVER ONLY, NO DISC); MF, A MESSAGE FROM BIRDLAND (U.K. MONO PRESSING); MF, DOUBLE EXPOSURE (U.K. STEREO PRESSING); MF, SI! SI!-M.F. (U.K. MONO PRESSING); MAYNARD FERGUSON SEXTET (RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL, 5 VERTICAL IMAGES COVER); MF, TRUMPET RHAPSODY (THE RARE PAUSA PRESSING); MF, HOLLYWOOD (JAPANESE PRESSING WITH ORIGINAL OBI STRIP AND INSERT, TWO COPIES). ENJOY!
11/24/11 - I GOT IN THE MOOD THIS MORNING TO POST A LOT MORE OF THE MOUNTAIN OF MATERIAL HERE THAT I HAVEN'T POSTED, TO DATE. FIRST I POSTED AN MF 78 OF FINGER SNAPPIN'/AUTUMN LEAVES. IT'S THE VERSION WITH THE NAME MAYNARD FERGUSON 34MM LONG (AS OPPOSED TO 27MM IN THE OTHER VERSION). NEXT I POSTED SEVERAL CDs: MF TRUMPET RHAPSODY (MPS, GERMAN, NEW RELEASE FROM 2011); BLUEBIRD - THE SAMPLER (SEE THE SHORTY ROGERS CD PAGE); JUNE CHRISTY, SOMETHING COOL (THE OUT-OF-PRINT 1991 VERSON WITH MF ON SOME BONUS TRACKS, AS WELL); DINAH WASHINGTON, DINAH JAMS (THE GERMAN VERSION INTENDED FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET); ELLA FITZGERALD, THE BEST OF THE SONG BOOKS (THE OUT-OF-PRINT 1993 VERSION, HARD TO FIND). LASTLY, I POSTED FIVE JAPANESE PRESSINGS OF THE MF LPs FROM THE COLUMBIA ERA: MAYNARD FERGUSON, CONQUISTADOR, NEW VINTAGE, HOT, AND IT'S MY TIME. ALL HAVE ORIGINAL OBI STRIPS, ETC. CONDITION IS SUPERB. ENJOY!
11/23/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED THREE ITEMS: ON THE MF CD PAGE, I POSTED A COPY OF THE BOXED SET ENTITLED RCA VICTOR JAZZ, THE FIRST HALF CENTURY: THE 20s - 60s. I ALSO POSTED A PROMO COPY OF THE HAROLD ARLEN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION CD. ON THE KENTON CD PAGE I POSTED MY FIRST COPY EVER OF THE STAN KENTON RETROSPECTIVE 4-CD BOXED SET. ENJOY!
11/14/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED THREE ITEMS: FIRST, A RARE NEW ZEALAND COPY OF THE MARSHA HUNT 45 ENTITLED KEEP THE CUSTOMER SATISFIED / LONESOME HOLY ROLLER. (IT COMES WITH A TRANSCRIPTION CD, AS WELL.) NEXT, THE ART CARPENTER 78 ENTITLED PACHUKO HOP / SANDU ON ALADDIN. LASTLY, THE RARE MF INTERVIEW LP ENTITLED INTERCHORDS. (SEE THE MF LP 4 WEB PAGE.) IT LIKEWISE COMES WITH A TRANSCRIPTION CD.
11/12/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED ONE CD WHICH IS INCREASINGLY HARD TO FIND: THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, SELECTIONS FROM THE NEW 10-CD SET, BERNSTEIN LIVE -- Special Editions NYP 2014. SEE THE NY PHIL CD PAGE.
11/7/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED TWO CDs: THE BEST OF MAYNARD FERGUSON (COLUMBIA) TO THE MF CD PAGE; JAZZ VOCAL ESSENTIALS VOL. 1 (HIP-O RECORDS) TO THE DINAH WASHINGTON CD PAGE. ENJOY!
10/23/11 - EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED ONE OF THE RARE MAYNARD FERGUSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA LPs TO THE MF LP 3 PAGE. THIS IS RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL 265. THIS IS NOT THE RCI 264 SEXTET LP. RATHER IT'S THE RCI 265 ORCHESTRA LP. THIS ONE IS RARER THAN THE SEXTET LPs. IN FACT, I THINK IT'S THE FIRST COPY I'VE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD IT TO YOUR COLLECTION. (IT'S THE LARGE WHITE CIRCLE ON ORANGE BACKGROUND COVER WITH "canada" INSCRIBED.)
10/22/11 - THIS MORNING I POSTED ONE OF THE RARE ONE NIGHT STAND WITH MAYNARD FERGUSON LPs. (GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, MAY 30, 1962). SEE THE MF LP 2 PAGE FOR DETAILS.
9/28/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED ONE OF THE RARE "THE COMPLETE ROULETTE RECORDINGS OF THE MAYNARD FERGUSON ORCHESTRA" MOSAIC CD SETS. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST IN EVERY SERIOUS MF COLLECTION. SEE THE MF CD PAGE FOR DETAILS.
8/26/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED THREE MF CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE: A MESSAGE FROM NEWPORT (ROULETTE, USA); MASTER OF THE STRATOSPHERE; HIGH VOLTAGE. ENJOY!
8/7/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A COPY OF THE MAYNARD '64 STEREO LP TO THE WEBSITE (MF LPs CAT. 2). IT'S THE FIRST ONE I'VE HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME. I ALSO POSTED THE FRESH SOUND CD (SPANISH) ENTITLED MAYNARD FERGUSON, HIS ORCHESTRA AND OCTET, 1950-1954: BAND AIN'T DRAGGING'. ENJOY!
6/30/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A COPY OF THE GEORGE GERSHWIN PORGY AND BESS TWO-CD BOXED SET WITH BOOKET (ON RHINO). SEE THE RUSSELL GARCIA CD PAGE FOR THIS COPY.
6/26/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED THREE LPs TO THE WEBSITE. THE FIRST IS MF BOY WITH LOTS OF BRASS (ORIGINAL COVER, MONO PRESSING). SEE MF LPs CAT. 1. NEXT IS MF NEWPORT SUITE, UK PRESSING, SAGA EROS LABEL. SEE MF LPs CAT. 2. FINALLY, THERE IS THE VERY INTERESTING COLUMBIA JAZZ COMPILATION LP ENTITLED "I LIKE JAZZ!" SEE THE PETE RUGOLO LP PAGE. ENJOY!
6/23/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED TWO MINT, FACTORY SEALED COPIES OF THE MF OCTET CD. ENJOY!
6/20/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A STAN KENTON "THE LIGHTER SIDE" LP TO THE KENTON LP PAGES. IT'S MINT, FACTORY SEALED, AND COMES WITH A FREE BACKUP CD. ENJOY!
5/7/11 - TODAY I POSTED ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL MF CDs -- THE JAPANESE COMPACT JAZZ CD (MERCURY EJD-1016) FROM 1989. SEE THE MF CD PAGE. I ALSO POSTED AN MF INTERCHORDS LP, WHICH COMES WITH A FREE BACKUP CD. SEE THE MF LPs 4 PAGE. ENJOY!
4/17/11 - TODAY I POSTED A MINT, FACTORY SEALED COPY OF THE CHRIS CONNOR/MF DOUBLE EXPOSURE CD (ON THE COLLECTOR'S CHOICE LABEL). SEE THE MF CD PAGE.
3/28/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED 9 CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE: M.F. HORN, MAYNARD FERGUSON, M.F. HORN TWO, M.F. HORN 3, M.F. HORN 4&5 LIVE AT JIMMY'S, CHAMELEON (REMASTERED VERSION), PRIMAL SCREAM, CONQUISTADOR (REMASTERED VERSION), AND THE ESSENCE OF MAYNARD FERGUSON.
3/27/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A RARE DUTCH LP ENTITLED "JAZZ USA" TO THE MF LPs 4 PAGE. I ALSO POSTED AN INTERESTING JAZZ COMPILATION CD ENTITLED GREAT JAZZ BANDS (SEE THE BELLSON CD PAGE). ENJOY!
2/18/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A RARE UK LP ENTITLED THE BIG BAND SOUNDS OF MAYNARD FERGUSON. SEE THE MF LPs 2 PAGE. I ALSO POSTED A UK MF ALIVE AND WELL IN LONDON LP. SEE THE MF LPs 4 PAGE.
2/17/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A SONNY BURKE 45 ENTITLED LONG HAIR MAMBO / "PHFFFT" MAMBO. I ALSO POSTED AN MF 45 ENTITLED AND SO I WAITED AROUND / HOMING PIGEON.
2/1/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED THE 2007 CONCORD CD ENTITLED MAYNARD FERGUSON - ON A HIGH NOTE. IT'S THE FIRST I'VE EVER HAD TO POST ON THE WEBSITE. ENJOY!
1/23/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED ONE OF THE RARE JAPANESE SOUNDTRACK LPs FOR THE ITALIAN MOVIE ENTITLED "LA PRIMA NOTTE DI QUIETE." THESE ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY RARE!!! SEE THE SOUNDTRACK CDs PAGE FOR DETAILS.
1/15/11 - TODAY I POSTED A VIDO MUSSO "THE SWINGIN'ST" CD TO THE MUSSO CD WEBPAGE.
1/11/11 - TONIGHT I POSTED A PRISTINE, MINT, FACTORY SEALED COPY OF THE STAN KENTON LP ENTITLED "ONE NIGHT STAND WITH STAN KENTON IN 1950: CAVALCADE OF BANDS" (JOYCE LP-1060). A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL MINT COPY THIS DESIRABLE LP. SEE THE KENTON LP PAGE FOR DETAILS.
1/8/11 - TODAY I POSTED A COPY OF THE U.K. LP ENTITLED ALIVE AND WELL IN LONDON TO THE MF LP 4 PAGE. IT'S A VERY NICE NMINT COPY. ENJOY!
12/16/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED TWO PETE RUGOLO CDs TO THE RUGOLO CD PAGE: THE FIRST CD IS INTRODUCING/ADVENTURES IN RHYTHM; THE SECOND IS RUGOLOMANIA/NEW SOUNDS. BOTH ARE MINT, FACTORY SEALED.
12/14/10 - IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS THIS MORNING I POSTED A STAN KENTON LIGHTER SIDE LP TO THE KENTON LP PAGE. IT'S THE FIRST COPY I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND IN MORE THAN A YEAR. ENJOY!
12/11/10 - TODAY I POSTED THREE CDs TO THE WEBSITE. FIRST IS A STAN KENTON NEW CONCEPTS OF ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM, BUT THIS ONE IS UNUSUAL IN THAT IT HAS CATALOG NUMBER CAPITOL D-144148 -- A CATALOG NUMBER I'VE ONLY SEEN ONCE BEFORE. NEXT IS AN AUSTRALIAN COMPILATION CD ENTITLED WINNERS TAKE ALL, RARE AND LONG OUT-OF-PRINT, WITH MF ON GONNA FLY NOW. LAST IS A DUTCH CD ENTITLED ESSENTIAL JAZZ ON THE DISKY LABEL. IT HAS MF ON TWO TRACKS FROM 1959. I ALSO POSTED A RARE EUROPEAN EP ENTITLED MAYNARD FERGUSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA ON THE SONET LABEL. ENJOY!
12/6/10 - TONIGHT, JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, I POSTED ON OF THE RARE "THE PHILCO ALBUM OF HOLIDAY MUSIC" LPs. IT WAS A GIVE-AWAY LP BY PHILCO-FORD DEALERS. THIS COPY IS MINT, FACTORY SEALED. SEE THE MF LPs 2 PAGE FOR THIS GREAT ITEM.
11/26/10 - TODAY I POSTED SEVERAL COPIES OF THE NEW (2010) GUSTAV BROM LIVE CD ON THE WEBSITE. ALL COPIES ARE MINT, FACTORY SEALED. SEE THE BROM CD PAGE. I ALSO POSTED ANOTHER COPY OF THE RUSSIAN PRESSING OF THE MF HOLLYWOOD CD. SEE THE MF CD PAGE. LASTLY, I POSTED ANOTHER ONE OF THE RARE ONE NIGHT STAND WITH MAYNARD FERGUSON GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, MAY 20, 1962 JOYCE LPs TO THE SECOND MF LP PAGE. IT'S IN NMINT+ CONDITION, AND THESE SELL VERY QUICKLY. GRAB IT SOON IF YOU NEED A COPY. THANKS! JOHN
11/6/10 - TODAY I POSTED ANOTHER OF THE RARE MOSAIC 10-CD SETS ENTITLED THE COMPLETE ROULETTE RECORDINGS OF THE MAYNARD FERGUSON ORCHESTRA. ULTRA RARE, AND ULTRA IMPORTANT IN EVERY MF COLLECTION. SEE THE MF CD PAGE.
11/5/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED A RARE RUSSIAN MF "HOLLYWOOD" CD TO THE MF CD PAGE. ENJOY!
10/23/10 - TODAY I POSTED A NICE COPY OF THE MF AND HIS DREAMBAND ORCHESTRA '56 LIVE AT PEACOCK LANE CD (FRESH SOUNDS SPANISH RELEASE). ENJOY!
10/16/10 - TODAY I POSTED A NICE COPY OF THE RARE LITTLE MF 45 ENTITLED LOVE LOCKED OUT / BAND AIN'T DRAGGIN' ON CAPITOL. THESE ARE VERY EARLY MF TRACKS, AND THIS DISC IS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE! I ALSO MADE A CD OF THE TWO TRACKS, DIRECTLY FROM THE 45, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED FREE WITH THE PURCHASE. ENJOY!
10/1/10 - THIS EVENING I POSTED A COPY OF THE RARE LITTLE JAM SESSION VOL. 2 EMARCY EP TO THE MF 45s PAGE. THEY ARE VERY HARD TO COME BY. ENJOY!
9/20/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED THREE CDs TO THE WEBSITE: SONNY BURKE & HIS ORCHESTRA, THE MAMBO JAMBO MAN (UK RELEASE); STAN KENTON ONE NIGHT STAND, HOLLYWOOD, 1951 (CHOICE LABEL FROM THE UK); DINAH WASHINGTON JAZZ MASTERS 40, SINGS STANDARDS (VERVE). ENJOY!
8/30/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED THE RARE MF 45 EP FROM SWEDEN ENTITLED LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE. IT HAS THE SAME COVER GRAPHIC ON THE FRONT AS THE U.S. VERSION OF THE LP BY SAME SAME TITLE. BUT THERE WAS NEVER AN EP ISSUED IN THIS U.S. THAT MAKES THIS ONE UNIQUE. SEE THE MF 45s PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION. I ALSO POSTED A JAZZ STUDIO 3/4 CD (MINT FS) ON THE LONE HILL JAZZ (SPANISH) LABEL. SEE THE JACK MILLMAN CD PAGE FOR THAT ONE.
8/25/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED A VERY RARE CD TO THE KENTON CD PAGE: STAN KENTON, INNOVATIONS IN MODERN MUSIC CONCERT, SEATTLE/NOVEMBER 25, 1951 -- Mark 56 Records CD860. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS ONE, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO CONSIDER PURCHASING IT, AS THEY ARE QUITE RARE. MAYNARD CAN BE HEARD THROUGH OUT AT HIS VERY BEST.
8/24/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED A TITO PUENTE CONCORD JAZZ HERITAGE SERIES COMPILATION CD WHICH HAS MF ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET. SEE THE PUENTE CD PAGE. IT'S JUST $5.00.
8/20/10 - LATE THIS EVENING I POSTED ONE OF THE RARE 1987 AUSTRIAN PRESSINGS OF MF'S THE BIRDLAND DREAMBAND CD ON THE BLUEBIRD LABEL. THE U.S. VERSION IS FAIRLY HARD TO FIND; THIS AUSTRIAN PRESSING IS MUCH,MUCH RARER, AND HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT GRAPHICS THAN THE U.S. VERSION. SEE THE MF CD PAGE IF YOU NEED A COPY.
8/20/10 - VERY EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED TWO CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE. THE FIRST IS THE STAN KENTON A MERRY CHRISTMAS CD WHICH HAS MF'S ORCHESTRA ON THE BONUS 13TH TRACK PLAYING THEIR ROULETTE VERSION OF CHRISTMAS FOR MODERNS. THE SECOND IS A MINT COPY OF THE MF LIVE FROM LONDON CD. ENJOY!
8/13/10 - THIS EVENING I POSTED A PATTI PAGE IN THE LAND OF HI-FI CD TO THE PATTI PAGE CDs PAGE. IT'S THE FIRST I'VE EVER HAD TO POST ON THE WEBSITE.
8/10/10 - THIS EVENING I POSTED ANOTHER ONE OF THE COMPLETE ROULETTE RECORDINGS OF THE MAYNARD FERGUSON ORCHESTRA MOSAIC CD SETS. SEE THE MF CD PAGE FOR DETAILS. THESE ARE ULTRA HARD TO FIND!!!
8/7/10 - THIS EVENING I POSTED ONE OF THE RARE MF SEXTET (RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL 264) LPs TO THE WEBSITE (SEE MF LPs CAT. 3). THIS ONE IS THE RARE "WHITE CIRCLE ON ORANGE BACKGROUND" COVER WITH "canada" INSCRIBED. GRAB THIS LP WITH THE RARE COVER WHILE I HAVE IT IN STOCK. I THINK IT MAY BE THE FIRST COPY WITH THIS RARE COVER I'VE EVER SOLD ON THE WEBSITE.
7/30/10 - TONIGHT I ADDED FREE TRANSCRIPTION CDs TO ALL THE COPIES OF THE MAYNARD FERGUSON TRUMPET RHAPSODY LP ON THE WEBSITE. THIS LP HAS NEVER BEEN RELEASED ON CD, SO THIS TRANSCRIPTION CD, MADE DIRECTLY FROM THE LP, IS THE BEST WE CAN DO FOR NOW. AGAIN, ONE WILL COME FREE WITH EACH PURCHASE OF THE LP.
7/19/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED A SUPER RARE CD TO THE MF CD PAGE ENTITLED THE SULLIVAN YEARS, BIG BAND ALL-STARS VOLUME 2 -- TVT Records 9451-2. MF PERFORMS ON THREE RARE TRACKS FROM THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. TWO TRACKS ARE WITH THE KENTON ORCHESTRA, INCLUDING THE TRACK "MAYNARD FERGUSON". THEN THERE'S ANOTHER TRACK WITH THE MF ROULETTE-ERA BAND. SUPER RARE!
7/15/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED A VIDO MUSSO UK CD (ACE RECORDS) OF THE ALBUM THE SWINGIN'ST. IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THIS ONE, IT'S A MUST! ENJOY!
7/13/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED A COPY OF THE SONNY BURKE CD ENTITLED THE MAMBO JAMBO MAN (ON JASMINE). SEE THE BURKE CD PAGE. (IT'S THE FIRST COPY I'VE EVER HAD OF THIS CD.)
7/12/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED A COPY OF THE RARE "COMPLETE ROULETTE RECORDINGS OF THE MAYNARD FERGUSON ORCHESTRA" MOSAIC CD SET (MD10-156) TO THE MF CD PAGES. FOLKS, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE OF THESE I'VE HAD IN ALMOST TWO YEARS. THEY ARE NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. LET ME KNOW RIGHT AWAY IF YOU'D LIKE THIS TOTALLY COMPLETE AND NEAR-PERFECT COPY. THANKS! JOHN
7/8/10 - TONIGHT IS UK NIGHT. I POSTED A RELATIVELY RARE MF MESSAGE FROM NEWPORT LP. IT'S THE 1989 UK PRESSING IN STEREO WITH ALL 9 OF THE ORIGINAL TRACKS. BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, AND ABOUT 1/2 THE PRICE OF THE CD THAT WAS ISSUED AT THE SAME TIME. SEE THE MF LPs 2 PAGE. I ALSO POSTED A RARE VIC LEWIS MY LIFE MY WAY 4-LP BOXED SET WHICH FEATURES MF ON THE TRACK ANOTHER WOMAN. IT'S ALSO IN GREAT CONDITION. WHAT CAN I SEND YOU?
6/18/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED TWO OF THE RARE CANADA SEXTET LPs (RCI 264). ONE HAS THE "SPATTER PAINT" TYPE COVER AND IS MINT, FS. THE OTHER HAS THE "SIX VERTICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES" COVER AND IS NM+/M. TWO VERY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL LPs. I ALSO POSTED A TEN YEARS AT RONNIE SCOTT'S JAZZ DECADE LONDON (UK) LP. ALL THREE LPs ABOVE ARE POSTED ON THE MF LP 3 PAGE. NEXT I POSTED AN MF LIVE FROM SAN FRANCISCO CD TO THE MF CD PAGE (THE AVENUE JAZZ VERSION). THEN CAME A JAZZ STUDIO 3/4 CD (MINT FS) ON THE LONE HILL JAZZ (SPANISH) LABEL. SEE THE JACK MILLMAN CD PAGE FOR THAT ONE. LASTLY, I POSTED A CAMEO MF BLUES FOR A FOUR STRING GUITAR/GROOVE WHITE LABEL DJ 45 TO THE MF 45s PAGE. ENJOY!
5/29/10 - TODAY I POSTED A RARE BIG BAND ARCHIVES DOUBLE LP ENTITLED THE BIG BAND SCENE ... AND ALL THAT JAZZ TO THE MF LP 1 WEBPAGE.
5/17/10 - TODAY I POSTED A KENTON IN HI-FI CD TO THE KENTON CD PAGE. IF YOU HAVE NEVER 0BTAINED A COPY OF THIS CD, PLEASE CONSIDER PURCHASING ONE. THEY'RE FANTASTIC, AND MAYNARD CAN BE HEARD CLEARLY BLOWING IN THE STRATOSPHERE ON MANY TRACKS.
5/8/10 - TODAY I POSTED A WAYNE BERGERON PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS CD TO THE BERGERON CD PAGE. IT'S A CUT-OUT, SO IS PRICED QUITE INEXPENSIVELY. ENJOY!
4/9/10 - TONIGHT I POSTED A SAMMY DAVIS JR./CARMEN MCRAE CD ENTITLED BOY MEETS GIRL. IT'S MINT FS. I ALSO POSTED A RARE 4-CD SET ENTITLED THE CONTEMPORARY RECORDS STORY (SEE THE RUMSEY CD PAGE). IT'S MINT FS. ENJOY!
4/5/10 - TODAY I POSTED ONE OF THE RARE RUSSIAN PRESSINGS OF THE MF HOLLYWOOD CD. SEE THE MF CD PAGE FOR DETAILS.
3/24/10 - TONIGHT I ADDED ONE OF THE MARSHA HUNT GERMAN PICTURE COVER 45s WITH THE "PSYCHEDELIC IMAGES" COVER (POLYDOR 2121 002). IT COMES WITH A TRANSCRIPTION CD OF THE TWO TRACKS ON THE DISC (KEEP THE CUSTOMER SATISFIED AND LONESOME HOLY ROLLER).
3/2/10 - TODAY I POSTED AN MF THE LOST TAPES VOLUME 2 CD TO THE MF CD PAGE. I ALSO POSTED A HARRY BELAFONTE 45 ENTITLED HELLO EVERYBODY / TROUBLES (THE FIRST I'VE EVER HAD ON THE WEBSITE). NEXT WAS A ROSE TATTOO SOUNDTRACK LP. LASTLY, AN MF HORN 2 LP (SEE MF LPs CATEGORY 4). ENJOY!
2/13/10 - TODAY I POSTED A RARE LOUIS BELLSON 78 WITH THE TRACKS CAXTON HALL SWING AND PHALANGES (ON WHICH MF SOLOS). I ALSO POSTED 3 CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE: A MESSAGE FROM NEWPORT (THE RARE U.K. PRESSING WITH ALL 9 TRACKS PRESENT), MAGNITUDE (MINT CONDITION), AND THE BEST OF M.F. (A LOW-PRICED COPY DUE TO SOME WRITING INSIDE THE FRONT INSERT). ENJOY!
2/1/10 - TODAY I POSTED AN MF GOTHENBURG SWEDEN LP IN MINT, FACTORY SEALED CONDITION TO THE MF CAT. 2 LP SECTION. THIS IS AN AMAZING RARITY IN THIS CONDITION. I ALSO POSTED A MESSAGE FROM NEWPORT CD TO THE MF CD PAGE -- THE ONE THAT WAS RELEASED IN ITALY BY CAROSELLO RECORDS. AND I POSTED 5 MINT COPIES OF THE MAYNARD FERGUSON LOST TAPES VOLUME TWO CD, ALSO TO THE MF CD PAGE. ENJOY!!!
1/29/10 - TODAY I POSTED ANOTHER COPY OF THE NEAT LITTLE RCA VICTOR COMPILATION EP ENTITLED "RCA JAZZ SAMPLER - FROM HOT TO COOL." SEE THE SHORTY ROGERS 45/EP PAGE.
