[Dixielandjazz] Fixing recordings

[Bill Haesler]

Steve Barbone wrote [in part]:
> ......the Mosaic reissue of Eddie Condon works........ On "That's A 
> Plenty", Bob Wilber misplays a four bar break at the end ..........why 
> did the original cut and the Mosaic reissue leave in that first break 
> when it could have been easily removed leaving only the second.

Dear Steve,
It would have been Columbia's (and Condon's) decision to leave it in, 
or take it out.
Fine with me.
If it had been cut before release, no one buying the LP would have ever 
known.
(As with the trombone glitch on the Sinatra concert record mentioned by 
Kash.)
But for MOSAIC to make the correction many years later would have been 
sacrilege.
A definite no-no.
Reissued historic jazz recordings must NEVER have the music tampered 
with.
Kind regards,
Bill.