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I have remastered quite a few things from LPs - first thing is to get a good turntable transfer, and then get rid of the LP crackle, which is generally easy to do these days, though you have to be extremely careful not to degrade the sound. After that is the more straightforward part, which is to EQ it, because this is where the original engineers usually had no idea what they were doing or, at the very least, knew very little about frequencies. I used to do this for a living, and listeners were often shocked at how sonically improved the re-master was. I assumed this was a prostate issue.

Grateful Dead “Terrapin Station” 2004 cd Listening to the bonus tracks on this cd, which I have not listened to in a long time!

👍- as RLP 12-203 (blue label) on my shelf ...

I had that Interplay and recall it being good. None of the Wergo-Jazz series (Gunter Hampel, Pierre Favre Quartett, Manfred Schoof Sextett, Willem Breuker Orchestra) have made it to CD. It's a shame, as they're all excellent.

More John Prine

There are some Quintet and Sextet sides here with Jimmy Rowles at the piano that are very cool, this disc is Capitol records material. Probably among the earliest Jimmy on record. Benny Goodman "1947" Chronogical Classics cd

Three more bari sax LPs that never made it to CD for the "needle drop" pile: Nick Brignola's "New York Bound" (Interplay), "Northern Lights (Discovery) & "Signals... In From Somewhere" (Discovery). Cheesy covers for sure...

Gosh, I sure wish both those Brackeens on Tappan Zee had been on CD at some point, Japanese, wherever. I’d pay a little premium for both — among her finest work, far as I’ve heard anyway. They were released (maybe just distributed?) by Columbia in the US, CBS in Europe, and CBS/Sony in Japan — so what’s the holdup? Sure are plenty of OTHER Tappan Zee titles on CD (see link below, Discogs says over 150 titles! — but some may be compilations). In any case, what’s the deal with those two fantastic Brackeen dates?? — never having been on CD. https://www.discogs.com/label/31669-Tappan-Zee-Records?format=CD

Did it ever get mastered but just didn't make release on CD? I'd go for a download at this point.

Harry James really did lead some good bands through the fifties into the early sixties. This one has some fine Ernie Wilkins arrangements.

And liner notes by Larry Kart

The Joseph "extras" were 4 alternates, no new material.

they do. But that doesn't mean they aren't of questionable legality here in the US.

Saw him with KB last summer in Detroit and he was rock solid RIP

Oh man... he was such a big part of Kenny Barron's trio. Great bassist. RIP Kiyoshi.

Yeah. When I dictate using my voice, my iPhone tends to AutoCorrect something that shouldn’t have been.

Bass player and longtime member of the Kenny Barron Trio passed away on 28 April. Rest in peace Kiyoshi.

I first head him on a post-Charles Lloyd Chico Hamilton record. I was not particularly impressed. On Round Trip, he damn near gets drowned by the rhythm section. No shame there, truthfully, those guys were on their own plane. And then he made that record where he "interpreted" Bird solos. Why? Hell if I know. Overall, he's not somebody I really care about

That's a great comparison and like Sanborn, he had pretty broad interests beyond his pastel jazz ride of the '80s. Besides the dates with Mariano, I really like the wild Round Trip with Chick, Vitous and DeJohnnette and Kenya Ya Africa, where Watanabe's quartet is joined by the Inter-African Theatre Group.

I have enjoyed this album of Sadeo Watanabe with The great Jazz Trio.

Haydn _ String Quartets Op.50/1, Op.50/2, Op50/3 Mozart - Piano Concertos No.14 and No.21 - Walter Klien

I'm in the process of "needle dropping" several LPs that have never made it to CD or download. I started with Joanne Brackeen's two Tappen Zee LPs, "Keyed In" & "Ancient Dynasty". Next up will be a couple of Lew Tabackin LPs, "Tabackin" (Inner City) - also called "Let The Tape Roll" & "Tenor Gladness" (Inner City), which has been released on CD in Japan but I never got around to ordering. After that, I'm planning Cecil Payne's "Bright Moments" & "Brookfield Adante", both on the Spotlite label. I'm a sucker for baritone sax dates. I'll probably also do Don Joseph's "One Of A Kind" (Uptown) as I've kinda given up on the expanded digital release that @Chuck Nessa hinted at a few years ago. I used to needle drop LPs a lot years ago but got tired of the process after stupidly agreeing to make about 75 of them for a fellow in Florida in exchange for being able to keep the LPs afterward. I have all of Kamuca's Concord LPs as needle drops. I listen to them often.