Chuck Nessa

If Stanley is really "on" Jackie, get him the fuck off!

There IS a difference between "Everything is Possible" and "Anything is Possible".

(Without reading the piece yet) The same thing that's happend to popular white music (only different).

You can play in tune sharp and you can play in tune flat.

Hard to believe Rooster didn't lead off with this. Andrew plays Ceora.

These are for you.

In 1950 a Getz session was issued on Birdland 6001 and 6002. IRRC this was a Bob Weinstock partnership with Levy. The session is now recognized as a Prestige session. The next Birdland session I'm aware of was a Lockjaw date also now Prestige. I suggest contacting Bob Porter.

True, so why not leave it alone. No mastering engineer (lp or cd) can afford to "leave it alone" since the recording engineer didn't. Choices are made ALL the time. You seem to be a big fan of Hoffman - he doesn't "leave it alone". Every person in the "illusion" chain has their own needs and agendas.

Why on earth would anyone bring back a hoosier thread?

Sweet dreams Hans.

I just don't understand how mastering "techniques" (good or bad) trump music. Music is the ultimate issue, not engineering.

Hey, I never heard the Donaldson box - it could be shit. I don't care since I didn't need to buy it. That does not have anything to do with my comments. Nomatter how bad the mastering is, "unlistenable" is just silly.

As a producer I've been ripped for doing nothing to fix the sound, for using Cedar or NoNoise and everything in between. None of the accusations were correct about the tools used, btw. I use all tools available and think my choices make my projects better. I have worked on a project and tried all the stuff in the studio, sent the tape to Cedar for an exampe of what they could do and tried NoNoise. After all this I was ripped for not paying for decent restoration. Could something I did 10 years ago sound better? Sure. I'm just really tired of people ripping stuff without considering the details or really understanding the tools. All these things are just tools and it depends on the craftsman controlling the tools.

Please explain. I am simply saying no listener knows what manipulations they are hearing. You don't necessarily know if compression or any number of audio "tricks" are between your ears and the "product". I use compression, No-Noise, Cedar, and a huge array of other processors to deliver music to the "consumer". If is done very well when folks don't notice.

I suggest you probably listen to a bunch of compression and like what you hear.

So that would include Dick Buckley's (sp?) Sunday afternoon show? Ah, Buck Dickley, Bick Duckley, etc. Wonderful guy and an old friend. Not sure of his show but I wouldn't count on it.

Neil hasn't been there for a few years. He has another station/show.

You aren't gonna plug that thing in, are ya? Jimmy Raney and Tal Farlow.

Sometimes compression is a good thing. Sometimes it is the best way to represent the artist's "vision". All recorded music is "about" illusions.

None of the domestic RVGs have omitted bonus tracks with the exceptions of lps where there were "mixed" sessions. No "mixed" sessions here.

Overnight was the holdout. Now that will be gone.

Just heard this will be announced tomorrow.

Shouldn't the headline read "CBS Evening News Jumps the Shark"?

I'm with Free on this. I think it has been determined that they don't necessarily ship the big boxes in numerical order. First pressing would be about 2000 sets and these will use the first couple thousand numbers, shipped in random order. Repressings would probably be done 500 at a time and the booklets/numbers continue randomly within that group. Under most circumstances this explains it.

For some reason the second time I clicked I got the "paperweight" story.