Pete B

I'm with you on the difficulty of using Audacity. Try CD Wave Editor (a Google search will give you a number of sites from which to download). Simple interface, designed to do the specific job. I've used it for quite awhile now. It's a shareware, but I believe you will be able to use it without having to pay if you don't want to.

I have the 'Trane tree - it was the improved sound that piqued my interest. Someone has offered to reseed that version at a later date. Thanks.

Would one of you consider upping this on Dime a Dozen? I'd like to hear it, based on your recommendations.

One copy each, all in excellent condition. Nice books, Japanese text but they have what I suppose are complete label listings by album, organized by catalog numbers. They contain photographs (mostly black and white, some color) of most album covers (the fronts) with credits. Handy references. Prices include postage in US. I will mail to other countries at cost. Paypal, or your check, accepted. Please email me at bainbridge@dejazzd.com (I prefer email to PMs) Thanks, Pete The Blue Note Book $28 The Prestige Book $25 The Bethlehem Book $25

Nero Wolfe Season 1 Is anyone else here a fan of this high-quality production? Sherlock Holmes 1 & 2 (the Jeremy Brett versions)

I can't give any direct advice- I play upright, always have, never played slab. I LOVE playing the bass, though - a good choice for a jazzer. Get good and you'll never lack work. I would like to recommend that you navigate to Talkbass.com and check out the many newbie threads there. There's a wealth of knowledge to be had there. If you're interested in playing the upright, I would strongly encourage you to investigate that, but we should save that for another thread, right?

I've owned this version of Basra from some years. It sounds fine.

Aw shucks. That's high praise indeed, coming from you, Lon

I've had the good fortune to know very generous friends who have provided me with a lot of this kind of material. With their blessing, I have decided to try to pass some of that material along to other enthusiasts by way of DaD. I'm glad you are enjoying the material. Like most people, I have restrictions in my time and in my computing resources, but as time permits I will continue to post more such items to DaD. I'm find it interesting that you identify it as Oscar Pettiford material. This is indeed the primary reason that I have collected it - as some of you know, I am attempting to be a completist of OP material.

WOW - I never heard of that Bean box before. That would be a prize! Do they turn up for sale very often?

I don't think it's the same. I have a very poor transfer of the film on dvd-r and the tune times out less than 2 minutes. It appears to be performed live on the film (a night-club scene). Being able to watch OP play is very cool, (likewise with Hawk but he's not so rare on film) but the sound on my transfer is lousy.

Tex Avery fans can go to Tex Avery Tribute Site Click the email link and ask him and he'll tell you how to get the 'toons on dvd. They are uncensored and complete. They are not legit. So far as I know, no legit dvds are available stateside. They're pretty darned nice to have.

Can anyone tell me if "Hollywood Stampede" as performed in the film "The Crimson Canary" is included in the Classics series? It would be circa 1945. Thanks

Mike - re "Vortex" on the Paul's Mall recording - my wife and I just spent the last half hour doing an A/B of the 2 recordings. The head is not played the same, and the feel is a bit different, but there are strong similarities between the two. She says Dave Holland is playing the same thing on both, and I tend to agree with her. I guess you could ask Dave Holland. He wrote the thing, and he is on both recordings.

It was a good one, even if Chuck doesn't acknowledge my existence ( I know he's fibbing though, he even accepts emails from me )

My lovely wife just presented me with a new copy of the Doug Ramsey bio of Paul Desmond. The week is looking pretty good!

Many thanks my friends, you've helped make it a happy one!

Ah- that explains it. Mine is on Capitol. I forgot there was the one on Contemporay. Sorry for muddying the waters -_-

I expect mine is a reissue although I was not aware there had been more than one edition of the record. I'll try to post a photo of the cover when I get home tonight. I double-checked it before my first post, and unless I'm hallucinating, they were all there. I do know that the tracks highlighted below as new are on my vinyl. I've listened to it many times and I've always been amused at Sheldon's inflections on "Why Can't the English?". Given the fact that each side of the lp is presented as a continous recording, I wonder why those tracks were ever left off?

How odd - the original vinyl has all 12 titles.

How do you access the tracker? I was planning to snag the 2nd set of the Tal Farlow when I got home today.

If you're interested in DYI, check out ABF UPACK I work for ABF, our customers have been almost universally positive about this service. They tell me you can save a mint of money.

IMO life's too short to spend listening to dreck like this. Once was enough.

The free shipping wasn't a coupon code or anything, it was just "there" when I went to the site. It's still on offer today. Sometimes I wonder if everybody gets the same deal or if they tailor their offers to the individual accounts. And why exactly would they?

BMG is presently offering free shipping and handling on orders of 5 or more discs. A 5-disc box set counts as 5, so there are some bargains - Brubeck "For All Time" for 17.99+ tax, Miles "Seven Steps" for 51.99, the Grant Green Retrospective for 25.99 ( if you order another disc to make up the 5th ).