Claude

One CD every ten years ... http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Sessions-Variou...s/dp/B00001ZSXK

Awesome!!

It looks like the battery overheated, but only that thin plastic layer of the enclosure is more sensitive to the heat.

It's a description that is specific to versions of the Beatles "butcher cover" record: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher_Cover http://www.eskimo.com/~bpentium/butcher.html

I guess it's rather a problem with special characters in the AMG link and the board software. Do a manual search on Kurt Lundvall on AMG.

You should not focus on the process or technology itself, which is secondary for the mastering quality. "K2" is one of those typical japanese marketing ideas. http://www.jvc-victor.co.jp/english/produc...igitalk2-e.html The sound quality of a remastering depends on who did it and what tape sources are available to him. The OJC K2 remasters were all done by the same team (supervised by Tamaki Beck of JVC), that's why the mastering quality is consistent. For other mastering engineers doing "K2" remasters for other labels, the results may be entirely different.

As mentionned, the "Monk's Music" is special, because it's actually a different recording of the same session, using different microphones, and in mono. I don't agree with the "Incredible Jazz guitar" recomendation, as this recording sounds poor on all digital reissues. The tapes are defective. Apart from that one, most K2s are worth getting, especially at that price. But because most of the OJCs already sound very good, the sonic upgrade is not always significant.

A very late reaction to that post, just to say that some of these Collectables CDs sound awful compared to the Mosaic. They used excessive noise reduction during the mastering, which produces ugly artefacts like on poor MP3s.

http://www.jrdias.com/jrd-portugal-brasil.htm

Of course it's good to have CDs that sound better than the RVG or McMaster CDs, but why not go all the way and make hybrid SACDs, like Analogue Productions? XRCDs ("extended resolution CDs") are regular redbook CDs with a more sophisticated mastering/manufacturing method. The were "invented" by JVC long before SACD and DVD-A hit the market, but are now completely superfluous, especially since the name suggests a higher resolution than regular CDs, which is not correct. The name "XRCD" is pure marketing genius, although it also makes some people wonder if the discs are compatible with their CD player, which of course they are as the discs are just CDs with a funny name. After the SACD and DVD-A market failure, other companies recently jumped the audiophile CD bandwaggon with the "SHM-CD" and "Blu-spec CD" products.

But it is missing the inevitable 1980's upright turntable

The hybrid SACDs have been replaced by CDs in 2006. You may still find the SACDs, but the versions currently in the catalogue are CDs. http://www.jazzecho.de/oscarpeterson/diskografie/

It's been out in Europe since January 30th. I got it last week, but haven't listened to it yet.

Another problem is that this makes it possible for counterfeiters to sell similar but illegal CD-Rs on Ebay. The official CD-Rs can be resold on the second hand market just like any CD. Who will be able to check if a CD-R sold on Ebay is official or illegal, if the print quality is a good as the official discs ?

Given that Amazon offers new CDs, second hand CDs (sold by Marketplace sellers) and now also on demand CD-Rs, they should create seperate product pages for the CDs and the CD-Rs to avoid confusion. It's not the same product. On the Bemsha Swing product page, one Marketplace seller is offering an original CD for $60, twice the price of the CD-R, and he stresses that it's a "Extremely rare ORIGINAL 1997 release on Blue Note. These are silver, factory-pressed CDs, and NOT the new "on demand" CD-R pressings." Another seller is offering a disc for $65, described as "100% BRAND NEW - FACTORY SEALED !" It's most likely an original pressing, but the vague description would also be correct for an official CD-R (that would of course be overpriced). The format of the discs should be identified by the product page, not by the information given by the Marketplace sellers. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005GXL/

Of course riders are allowed for substances prescribed by doctors for medical treatment, and they need to declare those to the anti-doping agency. There are detailed rules for this, and also abuses of the system: Petacchi out of Tour after tests show excess of asthma drug (2007)

Some info and a review: http://www.jazzloft.com/p-49260-broadcast-...ns-1958-59.aspx http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=31083

There is also a Zweitausendeins store in Munich, but I don't visit it anymore as it is outside the city center, and ordering online is cheap and more convenient. The only reason I still go to CD and LP stores is to find stuff that cannot be ordered online. Otherwise it's just a waste of time.

I'm afraid not Mon-Sat 10.30-18:30 http://www.culture-museum.tv/index.php?pg=...mp;id_statut=16

Munich has one great jazz (and classical) CD store, which is part of the department store Ludwig Beck: http://www.ludwigbeck.com/index.php?option...6&Itemid=86 And there are a couple of very good second hand vinyl stores, where you can find mostly european 1970's and 80's pressings (ECM for example) in mint condition for 5-10€ Schallplattenladen: http://www.derschallplattenladen.de/ Schallplattenzentrale: http://www.schallplattenzentrale.de/

I shop in Brussels regularly, but there is no place for CDs or LPs I can really recommend (compared to shops I know in other cities). Most of the second hand stuff is either crap or overpriced. There is a second hand vinyl store with a good jazz selection (mainly US pressings in less than mint condition) next to the Bourse, but the prices are over the top (15-25€). The Collector: http://www.the-collector.be And there is a decent second hand CD store it also has some LPs) next to the Rue Neuve , which I mainly use to unload low value CDs not worth putting on Ebay Discosold : http://trouvesurcarte.pagesdor.be/detailss...008020106593001 As far as new CDs go, the jazz department of the FNAC has been reduced in size recently, and 30% of the stuff is from Andorran labels. Sorry I can't be more positive, but Brussels does not have much to offer for jazz collectors.

Thanks Mike, That makes the vinyl release look less spectacular.

Thanks for the news, Hans. I don't have the remastered and expanded CD set. Have the 3-track tapes already been used for that one, and idoes it contain the complete recordings like this new LP set?

And for the audiophiles, on SACD and 45rpm LPs http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/1043 http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_det...?Title_ID=12078

That could become true, as the pro cycling business must become more selective when choosing where to hold their competitions, because of the tightening anti-doping laws in many european countries. Maybe in a few years all that's left is the Tour of Antigua. About Lance: your are right, in the beginning it was mainly the French being jealous about his successes in "their" Tour. But now it's different. Many former riders from his generation (and his team) have admitted that their were doped, but Lance still maintains that every accusation against him is all just a conspiracy based on jealousy.