11/25/23 -- TODAY I POSTED A STORM (NAUTILUS SUPERDISC VERSION) CD TO THE MF CD PAGE. TO THE MF LP 1 PAGE I POSTED TWO FACTORY SEALED COPIES OF THE DIMENSIONS 1955 (TRIP) LP. TO THE STAN KENTON LP PAGE I POSTED A FACTORY SEALED COPY OF STAN KENTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA ARTISTRY IN JAZZ (CAPITOL JAZZ CLASSICS VOL. 2) AND A FACTORY SEALED COPY OF JOYCE 1016, ONE NIGHT STAND WITH STAN KENTON VOLUME 2.
11/11/23 -- OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS I HAVE POSTED MANY NEW CDRs TO THE MF LIVE PERFORMANCES CDR PAGE. THERE ARE MANY AMAZING PERFORMANCES THAT ONLY EXIST IN THIS FORMAT. ALSO, TONIGHT I POSTED SEVERAL CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE. 1. WOW! THE FORMATIVE YEARS. 2. A MESSAGE FROM NEWPORT. 3. TWO'S COMPANY (SPANISH PRESSING). 4. THE BALLAD STYLE OF MF / M.F. HORN 2 (VOCALION UK). 5. STORM (HARDER-TO-FIND TBA RECORDS VERSION).
4/15/23 -- TODAY I ADDED THREE DVDs TO THE MF DVD PAGE. TWO OF THEM ARE VERY HARD TO FIND DVDs. ALSO, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, I'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY POSTING NEW DISCS TO THE MD CDRs PAGES. CHECK THEM OUT. THERE ARE SOME AMAZING LIVE PERFORMANCES CAPTURED THERE.
2/18/23 -- OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS I'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY POSTING NEW DISCS TO THE MF CDRs PAGES. THERE IS A WIDE SELECTION POSTED THERE NOW OF CDRs FROM THE MID-1950s THROUGH THE EARLY 2000s. ALSO, TODAY, I POSTED ANOTHER COPY OF THE COMPLETE ROULETTE MAYNARD FERGUSON ON MOSAIC. THESE RARE SETS ARE INCREASINGLY HARD TO FIND. THIS DISC PACKAGES IN THIS ONE ARE STILL FACTORY SEALED -- MINT!!! ENJOY!
4/26/22 -- TODAY I POSTED SEVERAL CDs TO THE WEBSITE: BEN WEBSTER JAZZ MASTERS 43; DINAH WASHINGTON, THE CLASSIC DINAH WASHINGTON; VARIOUS ARTISTS -- FUNK PHENOMENA 2 (SEE MF CD PAGE); VARIOUS ARTISTS, MORNING CUP OF JAZZ (SEE MF CD PAGE); MF, BODY & SOUL (TJA VERSION); VARIOUS ARTISTS, STUDIO 54 5TH EDITION: THE BIGGEST AND BEST DISCO COLLECTION EVER (SEE THE MF CD PAGE); VARIOUS ARTISTS, DON'T STOP: THE 80s MOVIE HITS NON-STOP MIX (JAPANESE RELEASE) (SEE MF CD PAGE); VARIOUS ARTISTS, HAROLD ARLEN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 100 (SEE MF CD PAGE); THIS IS JAZZ: MAYNARD FERGUSON (RARE RUSSIAN RELEASE).
4/17/22 -- EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED SOME MORE CDROMs OF LIVE MF PERFORMANCES TO THE MF CDROM PAGE.
4/9/22 -- TODAY I ADDED SEVERAL CDs TO THE WEBSITE. CLIFFORD BROWN, FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS; LOTTA SAX APPEAL (SEE THE KENTON CD PAGE); PETE RUGOLO, RUGOLOVATIONS; BUD SHANK, FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS; L. SUBRAMANIAM, INDIAN EXPRESS / MANI & CO.; BEN WEBSTER, BIG BEN.
3/24/22 -- TONIGHT I POSTED ONE COPY OF THE SLEEPY NIGHT RECORDS CD ENTITLED LIVE AND WELL IN LONDON. IT'S A 2-CD SET AND INCLUDES BOTH A LIVE RECORDING AND STUDIO OUTTAKES FROM THE ALIVE & WELL IN LONDON RECORDING SESSION. IT WAS LIMITED TO 500 COPIES AND IS NOW SOLD OUT. SEE THE MF CD PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
3/24/22 -- EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED COPIES OF TWO CDRs FEATURING MF's 1967 ENGLISH BIG BAND: LIVE AT CLUB 43, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, PART 1 AND PART 2. SEE THE MF CDR PAGE.
3/19/22 -- TONIGHT I POSTED TWO COPIES OF THE SLEEPY NIGHT RECORDS CD ENTITLED LIVE AND WELL IN LONDON. IT'S A 2-CD SET AND INCLUDES BOTH A LIVE RECORDING AND STUDIO OUTTAKES FROM THE ALIVE & WELL IN LONDON RECORDING SESSION. IT WAS LIMITED TO 500 COPIES AND IS NOW SOLD OUT. SEE THE MF CD PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
1/29/22 -- TODAY I POSTED A CDR OF MAYNARD FERGUSON LIVE AT JOHNNY YEE'S IN CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS, OCTOBER 8, 1974. SEE THE MF CD ROM PAGE FOR DETAILS.
1/28/22 -- TODAY I POSTED A CDR OF THREE RADIO PROGRAMS ENTITLED TREASURY OF MUSIC. THEY WERE BROADCAST 10/30/59, 1/8/60, AND 1/15/60. I ALSO POSTED A CDR OF MF LIVE AT THE STEEL PIER IN ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY THE WEEK OF JULY 25, 1963. SEE THE MF CD ROM PAGE FOR DETAILS.
1/5/22 -- TODAY I POSTED ANOTHER COPY OF THE COMPLETE ROULETTE RECORDINGS OF MAYNARD FERGUSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA ON THE MOSAIC LABEL. SEE THE MF CD PAGE.
1/5/22 -- EARLY THIS MORNING I CREATED A NEW MF SECTION ON THE WEBSITE FEATURING LIVE PERFORMANCES BY MF AND HIS VARIOUS ORCHESTRAS ON CD ROMs. THESE ARE NOT COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS. RATHER, THESE ARE PERFORMANCES CAPTURED DURING LIVE CONCERTS. SEE THE MF CD ROM PAGE FOR DETAILS.
11/5/21 -- TODAY I POSTED FOUR 45 RPM EP DISCS TO THE WEBSITE. MAYNARD FERGUSON GONNA FLY NOW / THE FLY, GERMAN PRESSING; SONNY BURKE LET'S MAMBO; SHORTY ROGERS COURTS THE COUNT; AND JERRY LEWIS JUST SINGS PART 3.
5/12/21 -- TODAY I POSTED A RELATIVELY RARE KAY BROWN 45 ENTITLED OOP-SHOOP BACKED WITH LOVE ME. SEE THE KAY BROWN 45s PAGE IF YOU NEED ONE.
3/23/21 -- TODAY I POSTED AN MF TRUMPET RHAPSODY CD TO THE MF CD PAGE. THESE HAVE BEEN SKYROCKETING IN PRICE ON THE INTERNET, SO WHENEVER I FIND A DECENTLY PRICED COPY, I PICK ONE UP. LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE ONE OF THESE NICE CDs.
12/21/20 -- RECENTLY I ACQUIRED SOME MF DVDs. I'VE NEVER HAD DVDs ON THE WEBSITE BEFORE, BUT I DECIDED TO BRANCH OUT A LITTLE AND INCLUDE THEM. CHECK THE NEW MF DVD PAGE FOR WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
12/17/20 -- TODAY I POSTED AN MF HOLLYWOOD JAM SESSIONS (SPANISH) CD TO THE MF CD PAGE.
11/13/20 -- TODAY I POSTED A TRUMPET RHAPSODY (GERMAN) CD TO THE MF CD PAGE.
10/4/20 -- TODAY I POSTED THREE CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE: COMPACT JAZZ, JAPANESE PRESSING, FACTORY SEALED WITH ORIGINAL OBI STRIP; THE BIRDLAND DREAMBAND ON THE BLUEBIRD LABEL, AUSTRIAN PRESSING; THE COMPLETE HIGH VOLTAGE ON THE OMNIVORE LABEL.
9/2/20 -- TODAY I POSTED A COPY OF THE MF CARNIVAL CD (WOUNDED BIRD LABEL) TO THE MF CD PAGE.
7/17/20 -- RECENTLY I BOUGHT A PICTURE COVER (ONLY) OF THE HOT CANARY/WHAT'S NEW MF 45. IT CAME TODAY AND I MATED IT WITH A DISC THAT DID NOT PREVIOUSLY HAVE A PICTURE COVER. SEE THE MF 45 PAGE, COPY #4. ALSO, I REALIZED I HAD MADE A COPY OF THIS 45 TO CD BUT HAD NEVER OFFERED A FREE CD WITH EACH OF THESE 45s PURCHASED. THAT HAS NOW BEEN CORRECTED. EVERY COPY OF THE HOT CANARY/WHAT'S NEW 45 WILL NOW COME WITH A TRANSCRIPTION CD OF THE TWO TUNES MADE DIRECTLY FROM MY ARCHIVE COPY. ONE OF THE COPIES IS JUST $1.00 AND YOU GET A FREE CD TO GO WITH IT. ALSO POSTED TODAY WERE SEVERAL LPs. BROM LPs: LOS GRANDES DEL JAZZ -- TONY SCOTT AND MAYNARD FERGUSON (SPANISH PRESSING, COVER ONLY). VARIOUS ARTISTS LP, JAZZ CORNUCOPIA (SEE THE MANNY ALBAM LP PAGE). CHARLIE BARNET, CHARLIE BARNET (U.K. PRESSING, WORLD RECORD CLUB). STAN KENTON LPs: THE HISTORY OF JAZZ VOLUME 4 (CAPITOL, BEAUTIFUL COPY); NEW CONCEPTS OF ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM (JAPANESE PRESSING, CAPITOL ECJ-70159). ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING, BEAU JAMES. PLEASE LET ME NOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WISH TO ORDER ONE OF THESE NICE DISCS.
7/12/20 -- TODAY I POSTED A VARIOUS ARTISTS CD ENTITLED MASTERS OF JAZZ VOL. 4, BIG BANDS OF THE '50S & '60S (RHINO LABEL, MINT CONDITION). SEE THE MF CD PAGE.
7/7/20 -- TODAY I LOWERED THE PRICES ON EVERY CD ON THE WEBSITE BY AN AVERAGE OF 45% -- SOME MORE, SOME LESS, BUT AN AVERAGE OF 45%. EVERYTHING ON THIS ENTIRE WEBSITE SHOULD NOW BE PRICED TO REFLECT THE DROPPING PRICES IN RECENT YEARS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN HELP YOU ADD SOME OF THESE ITEMS TO YOUR COLLECTION.
7/7/20 -- TODAY I POSTED THE FOLLOWING CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE: MF AND HIS ORCHESTRA LIVE AT PEACOCK LANE HOLLYWOOD JANUARY 6, 1957; BIRDLAND DREAM BAND (RUSSIAN PRESSING); VARIOUS ARTISTS, BIG BANDS & SMALL COMBOS, BEST OF THE ROULETTE YEARS; VARIOUS ARTISTS, HIGHSTREAM, THE BEST OF MAINSTREAM JAZZ; ERNIE GARSIDE PRESENTS THE VRYHEIDS JAZZ SUITE FOR 4 TRUMPETS BY ROB PRONK (FEATURING MF, SLEEPY NIGHT RECORDS, LIMITED EDITION OF 100, LONG OUT OF PRINT); M.F. HORN 3 (WOUNDED BIRD); PRIMAL SCREAM (WOUNDED BIRD); MF '93 FOOTPATH CAFE (AVION); DIANE SCHUUR WITH MAYNARD FERGUSON & THE BIG BOP NOUVEAU BAND LIVE AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, APRIL 6, 2002 (PRIVATE PRESSING, CDR). I ALSO POSTED VARIOUS OTHER CDs WITH MF AS SIDEMAN: CHARLIE BARNET, THE CAPITOL BIG BAND SESSIONS; JUNE CHRISTY, SOMETHING COOL (THE COMPLETE MONO & STEREO VERSIONS); FRANCES FAYE SINGS FOLK SONGS (INCLUDES 5 TRACKS NOT ON THE ORIGINAL LP); STAN KENTON, SKETCHES ON STANDARDS; PATTI PAGE IN THE LAND OF HI-FI (WITH PETE RUGOLO AND HIS ORCHESTRA); HOWARD RUMSEY'S LIGHTHOUSE ALL-STARS, MEXICAN PASSPORT; SOUNDTRACK, UNCLE JOE SHANNON.
7/7/20 -- EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED THREE 78s TO THE WEBSITE. I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD THESE UNTIL YESTERDAY. THEY ARE: STAN KENTON WITH NAT "KING" COLE, ORANGE COLORED SKY / JAM-BO; STAN KENTON, EASY GO / BUT THEN YOU KISSED ME; PETE RUGOLO, SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK MAMBO / MANHATTAN MAMBO (THE FIRST COPY I'VE EVER HAD TO POST ON THE WEBSITE, AND PROBABY THE LAST, AS IT'S QUITE HARD TO FIND).
7/5/20 -- EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED SEVERAL 45s TO THE WEBSITE. ON THE MF 45 PAGE, I POSTED A PICTURE COVER OF THE CONCEPTION EP (COVER ONLY), A SWEDISH EP ENTITLED SOMEBODY LOVES ME, A YESTERDAYS/INDISCREET DISK JOCKEY 45, AND AN ITALIAN INVITATION/SWAMP 45. TO THE KENTON 45s PAGE I POSTED LAURA/JUMP FOR JOE. ON THE NERO 45s PAGE I POSTED SWEET GEORGIA BROWN/M.B.B. ON THE PRADO 45s PAGE I POSTED VOODOO SUITE. MOST OF THESE HAVE SOME ISSUES SO THEY'RE PRICED AT ROCK BOTTOM. ENJOY.
7/4/20 -- TODAY I POSTED SEVERAL COPIES OF THE L.A. JAZZ INSTITUTE CD #11 TO THE LAJI PAGE. THIS IS A VERY RARE CD, BUT I FOUND THEM IN QUANTITY, SO INSTEAD OF $150.00, WHICH IS WHAT I'VE SEEN THIS CD SELL FOR IN THE PAST, I'VE HALVED THAT PRICE. IT FEATURES MF ON THE TRACK BLUE MOON, RECORDED LIVE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS THE ONLY AVAILABLE RECORDING OF THAT PERFORMANCE.
7/3/20 -- TODAY I LOWERED THE PRICES ON EVERY 78, 45, AND EP ON THE WEBSITE BY AN AVERAGE OF 65% -- SOME MORE, SOME LESS, BUT AN AVERAGE OF 65%. EVERYTHING ON THESE WEBPAGES SHOULD NOW BE PRICED TO REFLECT THE DROPPING PRICES IN RECENT YEARS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN HELP YOU ADD SOME OF THESE ITEMS TO YOUR COLLECTION.
6/26/20 -- OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS I HAVE POSTED EVERY LP THAT I HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY HAD TIME TO POST TO THE WEBSITE. AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW, DOZENS AND DOZENS OF LPs HAVE BEEN ADDED. I HAVE ALSO REDUCED THE PRICES ON EVERY LP, 10" LP, AND 12" LP IN STOCK. ON AVERAGE, THE PRICES HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY 50% -- SOME MORE, SOME LESS, BUT AN AVERAGE OF 50%. I HAVE FINALLY HAD TIME TO HANDLE THIS LONG OVERDUE CHORE DUE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION AND HAVING PLENTY OF TIME ON MY HANDS. SINCE THE PRICES OF THESE ITEMS HAVE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY IN RECENT YEARS, I THINK I NOW HAVE REPRICED EVERYTHING TO REFLECT CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN HELP YOU ADD TO YOU COLLECTION.
6/26/20 -- LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING I FINISHED POSTED ALL THE EXTRA LPs I HAVE IN STOCK. EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR SALE IS NOW ON THE WEBSITE. THIS FINAL POSTING WAS ALL MF LPs. HERE'S THE LIST. MF LPs 1 PAGE: WAY TO THE WEST, JAM SESSION (TRIP), DIMENSIONS (TRIP, COVER ONLY), THE JAZZ GIANTS VOLUME VIII DRUM ROLE, BOY WITH LOTS OF BRASS (MONO CARTOON TRUMPET COVER). MF LPs 2 PAGE: A MESSAGE FROM NEWPORT (SR-59024 COVER ONLY), LULLABIERS OF BIRDLAND (FORUM MONO, THE FIRST I'VE EVER POSTED), NEWPORT SUITE (U.K. SAGA EROS, COVER ONLY), DOUBLE EXPOSURE WITH CHRIS CONNOR (ATLANTIC JAZZLORE REISSUE), ECHOS OF AN ERA, A MESSAGE FROM NEWPORT/NEWPORT SUITE. MF LPs 3 PAGE: COLOR HIM WILD, ALL THE HITS WITH ALL THE STARS VOL. 6 (MONO, THE FIRST EVER POSTED TO THE WEBSITE), SIX BY SIX (TWO COPIES), RIDIN' HIGH (STEREO, PRISTINE!), THE BALLAD STYLE OF MF (U.K. STEREO, PROBABLY THE NICEST YOU'LL EVER FIND). MF LPs 4 PAGE: M.F. HORN 4&5 LIVE AT JIMMY'S (TWO COPIES), A WINNING SEASON OF JAZZ FROM CBS RECORDS (PROMO), INDIVIDUALS - JAZZ GREATS FROM CBS RECORDS, HOT, AND MAYNARD. MF LPs 5 PAGE: HIGH VOLTAGE (CANADIAN, 4 COPIES), HIGH VOLTAGE 2. MF 12" SINGLES PAGE: MARIA/SCHEHERAZADE, HOLLYWOOD/PORTUGUESE LOVE (2 COPIES). ENJOY!!!!
6/25/20 -- THIS EVENING I POSTED THE FOLLOWING LPs. BROM: EUROPA JAZZ; HAVEN: HAVEN FOR SALE (TWO COPIES); MILLMAN: JAZZ STUDIO 4; MONTREUX ALL STARS: SUMMIT VOL. 1, SUMMIT VOL. 2 (TWO COPIES), SUMMIT VOL. 1 (DUTCH PRESSING); RUGOLO: RUGOLOMANIA (ORIGINAL), $64,000 JAZZ, ADVENTURES IN SOUND -- BRASS; RUMSEY, SUNDAY JAZZ A LA LIGHTHOUSE VOL. 1 (ORIGINAL); SUBRAMANIAM, MANI & CO. (TWO COPIES); SWF BIG BAND, DIE SWF BIG BAND STORY; WASHINGTON, DINAH! (JAPAN), THE ORIGINAL SOUL SISTER DW QUEEN OF THE BLUES (MERCURY WING LABEL); SOUNDTRACK, OMAR KHAYYAN AND THE MOUNTAIN.
6/25/20 -- THIS AFTERNOON I POSTED THE GEORGIE AULD LP ENTITLED GA IN THE LAND OF HI-FI (THREE COPIES). I ALSO POSTED THE LP HELLO, WE'RE THE AXIDENTALS. NEXT WAS A NUMBER OF CHARLIE BARNET LPs: CB IN DISCO ORDER VOL. 21 (TWO COPIES), CB AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1944-1949, CB AND HIS ORCHESTRA - 1959 (FOUR COPIES), CB AND HIS ORCHESTRA SWINGIN' ON NOTHIN'. I POSTED AN LP COVER FOR MILT BERNHART'S MODERN BRASS ENSEMBLE (COVER ONLY). I POSTED A CLIFFORD BROWN JAM SESSION 1954 TRIP LP (COVER ONLY). I POSTED A JUNE CHRISTY THIS IS JC! LP (ENGLISH IMPORT). NEXT WAS A SAMMY DAVIS JR. PORGY AND BESS LP. THEN I POSTED TWO JIMMHY DORSEY LPs: JD AND HIS ORCHESTRA FEATURING MF 1948 (FRENCH IMPORT), JD AND HIS ORCHESTRA FEATURING MF (BIG BAND ARCHIVES LP-1216). NEXT CAM FRANCES FAYE: BAD, BAD FF (THREE COPIES) AND FF SINGS FOLKS SONGS (TWO COPIES). THEN I POSTED SEVERAL STAN KENTON LPs: THREE KENTON'S BE BOPPERS GROUPS 1947-50, SK LIVE IN 1951 AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM VOL. 1 (THREE COPIES), SK AND HIS ORCHESTRA NINETEEN FIFTY-ONE (FIRST HEARD IMPORT), SK IN CONCERT IN MINIATURE ENCORES JANUARY 18, 1953 - HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM (JOYCE JRC-1205, THREE COPIES), ONE NIGHT STAND WITH SK AT CARNEGIE HALL (JOYCE 1080).
6/25/20 -- EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED A NUMBER OF LPs TO THE WEBSITE: THREE KENTON'S BE BOPPERS GROUPS 1947-50 (KENTON LP PAGE); SHORTY ROGERS, 14 HISTORIC ARRANGEMENTS & PERFORMANCES (ROGERS LP PAGE); SHORTY ROGERS BLUES EXPRESS (FRENCH GATEFOLD PRESSING); RUSSELL GARCIA, LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF RUSSELL GARCIA AND HIS ORCHESTRA; VARIOUS ARTISTS, JAZZ WEST COAST (SHANK LP PAGE). ON THE MF LP 1 PAGE I POSTED THE VOLUME VIII GIANTS OF JAZZ: DRUM ROLE, AROUND THE HORN 1955 (TRIP LABEL), THE BIRDLAND DREAM BAND VOL. 2 (ORIGINAL VIK PRESSING). ON THE MF LP 2 PAGE I POSTED NEWPORT SUITE (MONO), MAYNARD '62 (MONO). ON THE MF LP 3 PAGE I POSTED FREAKY (UK PRESSING). ON THE MF LP 4 PAGE I POSTED THE WORLD OF MF (UK PRESSING), A WINNING SEASON OF JAZZ FROM CBS RECORDS, INDIVIDUALS (A2S 512), AND INDIVIDUALS (CG 36213).
6/24/20 -- THIS AFTERNOON I POSTED A NUMBER OF LPs TO THE WEBSITE: ELLA FITZGERALD, THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK (VERVE REISSUE), ELLA FITZGERALD, THE RODGERS AND HART SONGBOOK (ORIGINAL), SASCHA BURLAND SWINGIN' THE JINGLES, MORRIS GRANTS PRESENTS J.U.N.K. (TWO COPIES), PETE RUGOLO AN ADVENTURE IN SOUND -- BRASS, STAN KENTON CONCERT IN MINIATURE ENCORES (RARE - JOYCE JRC-1205), STAN KENTON CONCERT ENCORES (FIRST HEARD RECORDS). ON THE MF LPs 1 PAGE I POSTED: VARIOUS ARTISTS - WAY TO THE WEST, AROUND THE HORN WITH MAYARD FERGUSON (TWO COPIES, BOTH ORIGINAL EMARCY), THE BIRDLAND DREAM BAND VOL. 1 (ORIGINAL VIK), MF CONDUCTS THE BIRDLAND DREAMBAND VOL. 1 & 2 (FRENCH DOUBLE GATEFOLD LP). ON THE MF LPs 2 PAGE I POSTED: SI! SI! MF (STEREO). ON THE MF LPs 4 PAGE I POSTED THE RARE PROMO LP ENTITLED SOUND MUSICAL ADVICE. ON THE RELATED LPs (NONE WITH MF) PAGE I POSTED A FACTORY SEALED COPY OF STAN KENTON'S JAZZ COMPOSITIONS OF DEE BARTON LP. MANY OF THESE FILLED EMPTY SLOTS WHERE I HADN'T HAD AN LP POSTED FOR SOME TIME. ENJOY!
6/24/20 -- EARLY THIS MORNING I POSTED SEVERAL LPs TO THE WEBSITE: HARRY BELAFONTE, BELAFONTE, RCA VICTOR LPM-1150; HARRY BELAFONTE, CALYPSO, RCA VICTOR LSP-1248(E); JUNE CHRISTY, THIS IS JUNE CHRISTY, U.K. PRESSING, CAPITOL EMI RECORDS LTD. CAPS 26 0051 1; ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING (TWO MOVIES), OMAR KHAYYAM AND THE MOUNTAIN, DECCA RECORDS DL 8449; L. SUBRAMANIAM, MANI & CO., MILESTONE RECORDS M-9138; CHARLIE BARNET, LONELY STREET, VERVE MGV-2040; VARIOUS ARTISTS, LULLABY OF BIRDLAND, RCA VICTOR LPM-1146 (SEE THE CHARLIE BARNET LP PAGE); DINAH WASHINGTON, DINAH JAMS, 1954, TRIP JAZZ TLP-5500; ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING, DINO, EPIC LN 3404; DINAH WASHINGTON, DINAH, NIPPON PHONOGRAM EXPR-1036 (JAPANESE PRESSING).
6/6/20 -- THIS AFTERNOON I POSTED A MERCURY 40TH ANNIVERSARY V.S.O.P. CD SET TO THE MF CD PAGE. IT'S NMINT++ -- A BEAUTIFUL COPY!
4/17/20 -- THIS AFTERNOON I POSTED AN MF LIVE IN ITALY VOL. 2 CD TO THE MF CD PAGE. IT'S NMINT++ -- A BEAUTIFUL COPY.
1/11/20 -- THIS EVENING I POSTED TWO CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE: CONQUISTADOR (AUTOGRAPHED BY MF) AND SAY IT WITH TRUMPETS (THE RARE ITALIAN MUSICA JAZZ CD). I ALSO POSTED A BUD SHANK FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS U.K. CD (WHICH CONTAINS THE BUD SHANK AND THREE TROMBONES TRACKS) AND A PETE RUGOLO SPANISH CD ENTITLED ADVENTURES IN SOUND (ON THE FRESH SOUND JAZZ CITY LABEL). LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE ANY OF THESE NICE CDs.
8/19/19 -- TODAY I POSTED AN MF LOST TAPES VOL. 3 CD TO THE MF CD PAGE.
7/29/19 -- TODAY I POSTED A JUNE CHRISTY SOMETHING COOL CD TO THE CHRISTY CD PAGE. THIS ONE IS THE 1991 VERSION WITH THE ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS ON WHICH MF APPEARED, ALONG WITH BONUS TRACKS THAT ALSO INCLUDE MF AND WERE NOT PRESENT ON THE ORIGINAL LP.
7/20/19 -- TONIGHT I POSTED A NMINT+ TO NMINT++ COPY OF THE MF GOTHENBURG SWEDEN LP TO THE WEBSITE. IT'S THE NICEST COPY I HAVE AVAILABLE. IT'S COPY #15 NEAR THE END OF THE MF CAT. 2 WEBPAGE. IF YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A PRISTINE COPY OF THIS RARE LP, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU JUMP ON THIS ONE!!!
7/15/19 -- TODAY I POSTED A 4-CD SET TO THE MF CD PAGE: SEVEN CLASSIC ALBUMS. ALTHOUGH ISSUED IN 2016, IT ALREADY APPEARS TO BE OUT OF PRINT AND IS STARTING TO SELL FOR HIGH PRICES ON THE AFTERMARKET. I FOUND ONE FOR A DECENT PRICE. SEE THE MF CD PAGE.
7/1/19 -- TONIGHT I POSTED A 4-CD SET TO THE MF CD PAGE: VARIOUS ARTISTS, MERCURY 40TH ANNIVERSARY V.S.O.P. ALBUM (JAPANESE RELEASE). IT'S COMPLETE IN EVERY WAY AND IN NMINT+ CONDITION. A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THIS RARE CD SET.
6/18/19 - TONIGHT I POSTED A GUSTAV BROM "LIVE" CD TO THE BROM CD WEBPAGE.
5/11/19 - TODAY I POSTED THREE NEW ITEMS TO THE WEBSITE. FIRST IS THE JACK KANE LP ENTITLED JACK KANE SALUTES THE COMICS. IT'S THE U.S. STEREO PRESSING AND IT'S IN VERY NICE CONDITION. NEXT I POSTED A GEORGIE AULD 45 -- MARGIE / YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE. LASTLY AN IKE CARPENTER 45 -- SADIE THOMPSON'S SONG / FANTASY STACCATO. LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE ONE OF THESE NICE DISCS.
3/18/19 - TODAY I POSTED A COPY OF THE ULTRA RARE, CANADIAN DOUBLE CD ENTITLED THE 1997 JUNO AWARDS COLLECTION. IT'S A PROMO-ONLY DOUBLE CD SET THAT INCLUDES MF AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHER CANADIAN ARTISTS. I THINK THIS IS ONLY THE 4TH COPY OF THIS CD I HAVE EVER SEEN. SEE THE MF CD PAGE FOR DETAILS.
12/10/18 - TODAY I POSTED A COPY OF THE THREE KENTON'S BE BOPPERS GROUPS 1947-50 LP TO THE KENTON LP PAGE. I YOU DON'T HAVE THIS ONE, BE ADVISED THAT IT HAS FOUR TRACKS WITH MF LEADING HIS OWN BAND FROM 9/13/50. A MUST-HAVE FOR EVERY SERIOUS MF COLLECTOR. AND IT COMES WITH A FREE TRANSCRIPTION CD SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAY THE ACTUAL LP.
9/1/18 - TODAY I POSTED A COPY OF THE ELMER BERNSTEIN CD ENTITLED TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD TO THE BERNSTEIN CD PAGE. THIS CD INCLUDES THE CONTENTS OF THE BLUES AND BRASS LP, FOUND HERE ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED A COPY.
8/23/18 - TONIGHT I POSTED A COPY OF THE WOUNDED BIRD CD ENTITLED MAYNARD. IT'S A REISSUE OF THE COLUMBIA LP WITH THE SAME TITLE, BUT IT HAS TWO BONUS TRACKS. SEE THE MF CD PAGE FOR DETAILS. THESE WOUNDED BIRD CDs ARE GETTING VERY HARD TO FIND.
6/21/18 - TODAY I POSTED A MINT, FACTORY SEALED COPY OF THE ITALIAN MF CD ENTITLED SAY IT WITH TRUMPETS. THIS CD IS AMAZING, AS IT ACTUALLY HAS SOME OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER TRACKS FROM THE 1950s -- THE TRACKS MAYNARD FERGUSON, WHAT'S NEW, A TRUMPET, AND THE HOT CANARY WITH THE KENTON ORCHESTRA, AS WELL AS TRACKS WITH THE BIRDLAND DREAM BAND, PETE RUGOLO, ETC. AND THERE'S EVEN A FINAL TRACK WITH ANDREA TOFANELLI PLAYING HIS OWN VERSION OF THE TUNE MAYNARD FERGUSON. THIS CD IS AN ABSOLUTE "MUST HAVE" IN EVERY MF COLLECTION. SEE THE MF CD PAGE FOR DETAILS.
5/21/18 - TODAY I POSTED A CANADIAN MF SEXTET LP (RCI 264) WITH THE "CANADA IN WHITE CIRCLE" COVER. THESE COME IN FIVE DIFFERENT COVERS THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED, SO FAR, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST. SEE THE MF LPs 3 PAGE FOR DETAILS.
4/17/18 - TONIGHT I POSTED THREE COPIES OF THE MF TRUMPET RHAPSODY (GERMAN) CD TO THE MF CD PAGE. THESE ARE EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HAVE BEEN SELLING FOR UPWARDS OF $200.00 AT A COUPLE OF PROMINENT ON-LINE WEBSITES. I'VE PRICED THEM MUCH MORE REASONABLY. I ALSO POSTED THE LONG-OUT-OF-PRINT CD ENTITLED THE SULLIVAN YEARS: BIG BAND ALL-STARS VOLUME 2, WHICH HAS MF ON TWO TRACKS WITH THE KENTON BAND FROM 1950, AND ONE TRACK FROM HIS OWN BAND IN 1960. ALL THESE CDs WERE POSTED TO THE MF CD PAGE. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED A COPY.
3/31/18 - TONIGHT I POSTED THE RELATIVELY RARE EMARCY LP FROM ABOUT 1956 ENTITLED VOLUME VIII-THE JAZZ GIANTS, DRUM ROLE. IT'S A COMPILATION LP WITH A NUMBER OF THE EMARCY DRUMMERS FROM THE EARLY 1950s, INCLUDING SHELLY MANNE WITH MF ON AN EXCERPT FROM THE TRACK NIGHT LETTER, ORIGINALLY INCLUDED ON THE HOLLYWOOD PARTY LP. THIS IS THE FIRST COPY OF THIS LP I'VE EVER HAD POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. IT'S EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND. SEE THE MF LP (CAT. 1) PAGE. IT'S LISTED RIGHT AFTER THE HOLLYWOOD PARTY LP.
2/25/18 - TODAY I POSTED THREE NEW ITEMS TO THE WEBSITE. FIRST IS A SHORTY ROGERS SHORT STOPS LP. NEXT, A CHARLIE BARNET IN DISCO ORDER VOL. 21 LP. LASTLY, A JUNE CHRISTY SOMETHING COOL CD. ALL ARE VERY NICE ITEMS. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY OF THESE.
1/31/18 - TONIGHT I POSTED MF's LIVE IN ITALY VOLUME 1 CD AND LIVE IN ITALY VOLUME 2 CD TO THE MF CD PAGE. THE VOLUME 2 HAS A FEW SURFACE SCRATCHES ON THE DISC THAT DO NOT AFFECT PLAY (GUARANTEED), BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A BETTER PRICE ON THIS RARE CD, CHECK THIS ONE OUT. LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE EITHER CD.
11/18/17 - TONIGHT I POSTED A CD ENTITLED CRIME JAZZ: MUSIC IN THE FIRST DEGREE TO THE SOUNDTRACKS CD PAGE. IT'S AN INEXPENSIVE ITEM (WHEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIND ONE) BUT IS MISSING FROM MOST COLLECTIONS. LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE THIS COPY.
11/17/17 - TONIGHT I POSTED A COPY OF THE ULTRA RARE L.A. JAZZ INSTITUTE CD #11 TO THE L.A. JAZZ INSTITUTE LINK ON THE WEBSITE. IT FEATURES M.F. SOLOING ON THE TRACK BLUE MOON FROM 1952 IN A LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE IN HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA. IT'S JUST M.F. AND THE RHYTHM SECTION, AND I DON'T BELEIVE IT'S EVER BEEN ISSUED BEFORE (OR SINCE). LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE THIS RARE CD.
9/6/17 - TONIGHT I POSTED FOUR STAN KENTON LPs TO THE KENTON LP PAGE: BY REQUEST, VOLUME 3, CREATIVE WORLD, FACTORY SEALED; THE FABULOUS ALUMNI OF STAN KENTON, CREATIVE WORLD, FACTORY SEALED; BY REQUEST VOLUME IV, CREATIVE WORLD, FACTORY SEALED; PORTRAIT ON STANDARDS, CREATIVE WORLD, COPY #1. I REALIZED THAT I HAD NOT DESCRIBED THE KENTON CREATIVE WORLD LPs ON THE WEBSITE COMPLETELY. THERE ARE ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CREATIVE WORLD COVERS. SO I CAREFULLY DESCRIBED THE COVER TYPE FOR EACH CREATIVE WORLD LP. CHECK YOUR COPIES VS. WHAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. I'M BETTING IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED, YOU MAY BE MISSING SOME INTERESTING COVER VARIETIES. ALSO, I POSTED A NUMBER OF L. SUBRAMANIAM MANI & CO. LPs TO THE SUBRAMANIAM WEBPAGE. THEY'RE ALL MINT, FACTORY SEALED. SINCE I FOUND A NUMBER OF COPIES, I HAVE PRICED THEM VERY, VERY AFFORDABLY AT $16.00. LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY. LASTLY, I POSTED FIVE MINT COPIES OF DIE SWF BIG BAND STORY LP SET (GERMAN). EXTREMELY RARE, OUT OF PRINT, AND UNIQUE. GRAB ONE OF THESE UP IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE A COPY.
9/2/17 - TODAY I POSTED 3 COPIES OF THE FOLLOWING CD: BOB KEENE AND HIS ORCHESTRA, BIG BAND BASH (AMERICANA LABEL).
9/1/17 - TONIGHT I POSTED SEVERAL CDs TO THE MF CD PAGE. THEY INCLUDE: MF VERVE JAZZ MASTERS 52, MF AND HIS DREAMBAND ORCHESTRA '56 LIVE AT PEACOCK LANE (SPANISH/SWISS RELEASE) FSCD-1016, MF MAYNARD '61 (U.K. RELEASE UKCD-ROU1010), THE NEW SOUND OF MAYNARD FERGUSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1964 (SPANISH RELEASE, Fresh Sound FSCD 2010), AND VARIOUS ARTISTS POLISH ALL STARS JAZZ JAMBORE '69 (5 MINT, FACTORY SEALED COPIES, FROM A RECENT FIND!). LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE ONE OF THESE NICE CDs.
8/2/17 - TODAY I GOT AN MPS (GERMAN) MF TRUMPET RHAPSODY CD. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THESE HAVE BEEN SELLING FOR OUTRAGEOUS PRICES AS THEY'RE LONG OUT OF PRINT AND THIS IS THE ONLY AVAILABLE VERSION ON CD. I'VE TRIED TO PRICE THIS ONE MUCH LESS THAN THE TYPICAL ASKING PRICE. SEE THE MF CD PAGE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
4/12/17 - I RECENTLY FOUND A NICE CLEAN COPY OF AN ELLA FITZGERALD CD: THE VERY BEST OF THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK, FROM 2007. SEE THE FITZGERALD CD PAGE IF YOU NEED A COPY.
2/6/17 - A FEW WEEKS AGO I POSTED AN MF TRUMPET RHAPSODY (GERMAN) CD TO THIS WEBSITE. IT SOLD WITHIN 24 HOURS FOR $100.00. HAVE YOU SEEN THE PRICES THESE ARE GOING FOR ON THE INTERNET? IT'S INSANE. THEY'RE PRICED BETWEEN $250.00 AND $500.00 ON SOME OF THE MAJOR WEBSITES BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT OF PRINT AND VERY DESIRABLE. THIS GERMAN PRESSING IS THE ONLY AVAILABLE COPY OF THIS ALBUM ON CD. I WAS ABLE TO GET ANOTHER ONE, SO I'M GOING TO LIST IT FOR $100.00, TOO, HOPING THAT SOMEONE WILL SEE THIS POSTING AND SAVE THEMSELVES A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS BY PURCHASING IT HERE AT THIS INFLATED, BUT RELATIVELY REASONABLE PRICE. SEE THE MF CD PAGE FOR DETAILS.