Chuck Nessa

The Hip-O misses the alternates from Decca and Commodore.

I have both Holiday sets and agree with J.A.W.

Had a couple Cadence lps in high school. This was my introduction to Richard Davis. No complaints from me.

The tapes involved are mostly of Ampex origin. Never heard humidity was the problem but the baking process lasts around 6 months, not one play. The binder used to attach the particles to the backing deteriorates and becomes sticky, gumming up the tape machine heads and shaving off some of the information on the tapes. I first encountered this problem in the '80s. Many of my reissues involved baking.

Interesting but I have done enough Mingus study for a while.

On a related tangent: If you created an app to target middle school kids and draw them into jazz, what would you call it? typo

I would give the kid a copy of Ellington's "Piano in the Background". Fun, rhythm, enthusiastic playing and advanced harmonies. Lots of hooks there.

Why this edition?

No matter how wonderfully done, these recreations give me the heebie jeebies big time. Kind of like fully functioning guns from 3-d copiers.

Sorry to say this is probably a lot more interesting if you know Bley a little. edit to say I said this because as I read the text I could hear Paul's laconic / sarcastic voice.

Our friend Brownie is the expert on these matters. I hope he jumps in again.

As far as I know all of the cd reissues are needle drops. The master tapes went missing a long time ago.

This arrived today:

Della.

seems to be another missing dog.

Fascinating response.

Cover could have been a Pablo but Page wasn't copying.

I can live with that - for a while.

Why do so many collectors value rarity over quality. It has been this was as long as I have been aware of "the rarity thing"? Must be money - that's usually the answer.

Whenever you see an image of a beautiful, smiling woman, I am the cause.

Not really and you seemed to have missed "though it easily would have fit".

Tom, I just showed the thread to Ann and she says you owe us a personal tour when we hit town!

Elbows, no macaroni.

Can't believe Rooster doesn't have the box. It will go away. Buy Now Rooster Ties!