Chuck Nessa

The RCA set has a 40 page booklet with extensive notes by Loren Schoenberg and some nice photos. The Definitives I've seen have "generic notes". I can't respond to your general aversion to alternates. They probably "copped" the RCA mastering and twiddled with it a bit. Good luck.

Free shipping on orders over $20. I says "free USPS shipping on U. S. items valued $20 or more".

Correct. I thought it was to keep the disc from slipping under the pressure of the cutter. It does both.

Correct.

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Help me with this - does the estate have any rights regarding the reissue of a legitimate album? I wonder if the undoctored tapes (this date is a studio recording with dubbed applause) can't be found? IIRC, they found and "rehabilitated" the real "live" tapes and were planning an issue of those.

Very fine playing (on modern piano) available inexpensively: Walter Klien on 2 Vox doubles. They have also recently reissued a 3 disc set of variations and other pieces.

Please sir, go back and read your previous post. Nutcake.

The Farmer estate made really unreasonable demands and the project was shelved. I have heard recently they relented a bit and the issue might come out.

Once again, Horny blows it and misses the point completely.

Isn't that the missing Art Farmer issue?

Ah, I see - do you think those people chose Blue Note or was it EMI who did the deciding? MG No clue. Guy In (at least) the majority of those cases, the "artist" chose the "label".

They are now owned by Caiman. I'm curious about the shipping time and fill. I hope Caiman doesn't spoil the Tower name.

Could not make sense of that site but I will pay big bucks for certain "celebrity skin". If I'm impressed with the list, I will place an order.

It is really disheartening to see so many recent vinyl pressings. If they are "what they claim" they are yet another use of precious "primary sources". Bad for culture, good for collectors.

Or the tape warps, curls, shrinks, etc. All kinds of stuff can happen in really small increments.

I was the sloppy one.

Thank God (or Mark Cuban) for another league in the future. We can start fresh with undamaged goods.

Boy, this is really disturbing.

Azimuth.

Probably.

Hope to be there. Maybe Skid will ride with me.

Don't have a bunch of old JazzTimes to search but ask you to check Litweiler's notes for "Slice of the Top" and quote the passages showing him " penniless and homeless in Philadelphia".

Not Litweiler's piece.

I've pre-ordered the Cox from CDUniverse for $14.04 (about €10.40). Using the Organissimo link at the top I hope.