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Billie Holiday “Volume 7 - 1938-1939 - Complete Edition” Media 7 cd Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra, Billie Holiday and her Orchestra, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. Timeless music. Very good transfers by John R.T. Davies.

Pepper Adams “Urban Dreams” Palo Alto cd Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams Bass – George Mraz Drums – Billy Hart Piano – Jimmy Rowles Recorded September 30, 1981, at Van Gelder Recording Studios, Englewood Cliffs.

I have mine in a box in storage somewhere. When I was working building machinery in the 'eighties I stopped wearing watches slowly and then entirely . . . I broke far too many crystals in my work.

I just wore mine yesterday. I'm on my third band and the "gold" plating is gone in spots, but it's still a cool relic of this bygone era.

My only frame of reference — the only Hindemith Quartets I’ve ever heard or owned — is the Danish Quartet’s complete set on CPO (rec. 1995-96). But I have to confess, I’ll bet I’ve only spun it a handful of times in the last 15 years (and I probably picked it up 20 yrs ago). Playlist of the entire thing: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWCKjgcrYR3PVp7Y9xDuV1oRp0xeAZ9ix&si=1i-E-nAjMDyH22ME

I haven't used OTA for about 45 years. None of the areas I've lived in have had adequate reception even if I wanted to. Plus, like Jim mentions, me & my wife time shift our TV watching so we can skip commercials, which is especially nice when political ads take over during elections. These days, I use YouTube TV, which is suppose is "streaming", but we use it to watch broadcast TV. Which brings me back to this graphic... we still watch "broadcast TV" channels but just not OTA. If this pie chart is trying to show that OTA TV watching is at an all time low, why doesn't that slice of pie say "Over the air"?

A stuffy morning. . . . Starting off with Grant Green “Feelin’ the Spirit” Blue Note Japan SHM-SACD. Wonderful music! Herbie Hancock shines.

Some pretty gutsy titles in hindsight. I bought each of them and was particularly delighted by both the Young and Hutcherson.

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just checked my database & between 1995 & 2008 & picked up 101 BN Connoisseurs & have parted with 20 of those over the years (upgraded to RVGs, JBNLTs, JSHMs) My fav series was the BN 10"s doubles plus a shout out for Elmo Hope's Trio & Quintet sessions (BN & PJ) Overall the complete series had a profound impact on my listening thanks to Michael C

Loud Family "Interbabe Concern"

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Unconscious greatness.

Singer for the 1960 recording of Moody's Mood for Love on King Pleasure's Golden Days is Juanita Witherspoon. Now we just have to solve whoever sang with him on D.B Blues.

I used cable long ago but I've been using over the air broadcast tv since 2014. Back in those days Windows 7 and 8 had a program called Windows Media Center which, along with a usb stick tuner, allowed you to view and record OTA and other inputs on a PC, which I've been doing since then. Microsoft eventually discontinued support and stopped supplying tv schedules for the program but there is a cheap service ($25/yr) called Schedules Direct which works with WMC. I mainly watch PBS and am a member of Southern Oregon PBS so streaming with PBS Passport is taking over a lot of my viewing. But picking up an inexpensive and small antenna and trying OTA on your tv set is an option people should consider, depending on the availability of signals in your area. The resolution is superb and it's free.

Now I'm interested. But complete sets are not that many, and mostly by groups with whom I'm not really familiar. Which means nothing of course...so ...anybody?

So yeah, most people do cable, streaming, or both, and the trend continues.

I interpret the article to refer to the method by which shows are watched, rather than the shows themselves.

Joni was certainly interesting, but like I said, been there, done that, don't need anything extra, you can call me Hank Snow.

Cord-cutting is tempting, but the numbers aren't adding up for us yet.

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Good point, forgot about US3's 'Hand on the Torch' and the hit "Cantaloup" and McFerrin's 'Simple Pleasures' and the dreadful, ubiquitous "Don't Worry, Be Happy". I did like the title track to the album and still will break out singing "Simple pleasures are the be-est", to the annoyance of my family. Those each sold a couple million copies. The gorilla was Norah's 'Come Away With Me', which had sold over 25 million copies as of 2016. And her next two albums were multi-platinum.

I still have mine. Absolute piece of junk, but I was so excited to get it.