Today I saw the Basie Mosaic set at Basement Discs for only $150. I could only let myself listen to one CD (including the finest version of Jive at Five recorded in the 50s) before thrusting the headphones away. I. Do. Not. Have. One. Hundred. And. Fifty. Dollars. In fact, I don’t have any dollars, nor any way of earning any for the foreseeable future (well, unless you count those massively lucrative DJing gigs – that’s me. Earning my way to prosperity $25 at a time).
But it was just so sweet.
I yearn.
i yearn
Do not go here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Verve-Fifties-Studio-Recordings/dp/B0009A6C3A/sr=8-1/qid=1163473933/ref=sr_1_1/026-0227201-3649274?ie=UTF8&s=music
That is all.
no no no no no no no no.
do you realise that’s only $72?
no no no no.
I limit my searches to the US amazon for this very reason!
There had better NOT be that ellington set on there.
NO!