Chuck Nessa

If I'm not mistaken, all Breakstone recordings are vanity deals - paid for (and owned) by the artist.

Not just club owners, how about the "artists"?

Real stereo.

Not so bad yourself.

The "original" BN never issued fake stereo lps. In the late '60s the new owner (Liberty) issued a bunch of them as mono was eliminated from the food chain. One funny aspect of this is the art department made the changes to the covers and the tape department found a bunch of real stereo tapes for a number of sessions. As a result some Liberty BNs with the fake stereo logo are real stereo. Please don't ask which ones - they are purged from my collection and I don't remember.

I doubt any sets will be in numerical order because of time considerations. The Keller set follows this sequence: 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6.

Shit man, you ain't tried nothin' 'til you import your own beans from Columbia. That's what is says on the customs papers - "coffee". Yeah, that's what it is. I stay awake for hours.

No Dan, the band was handing out discs of Christmas tunes (available online) to members of the audience.

The early BN/Manhattan discs were imported from Europe. Bad mastering and bad pressings. Later they changed to NY masterings and pressings from Wakefield Mfg. (my old pressing plant in Phoenix). The NY/Wakefield discs are much better, but not perfect. When I spoke to the folks at Wakefield about this, they complained about not being able to control all aspects of manufacturing. Ah, old vinyl stories of the 60s, '70s and '80's.

I would never record any other way.

Jim, I want to thank you for the mini disc and tell you the recording is terrific! I love the organ sound. I played it at high volume as soon as we got home. Ann took her copy to work and played it on her computer. Thanks again.

We had a great time, tainted by having to leave before the 2nd set was finished. Johnny gathered steam as the evening progressed and sounded dandy. Great crowd too.

Thanks for the offer Boss, but that won't be necessary.

We are planning on coming IF we can get some seats on the left side (so we can see the band - we could not see Randy last week). Any hints?

Last week, thanks to Joe G, I met 2 list members within 20 miles of my place. Uncle Skid and Upright Bill came to our house tonight, and are dandy companions for an evening of music. I had a great time guys. edited for spelling

I understand the black ones sound better. If you have one with an "ear" you are golden.

Background Music sounds like a good tune title to me. B) Currently (for about 20 years) living in a very small town, it is very difficult to explain what I do for a living. Jazz is Kenny G or (at best) Kind of Blue. Try explaining the AEC to this community. I'm a community suspect.

I agree with Chris about this BUT 98% of these were 78 freaks (now they die daily). The lp guys are (by and large) a different breed.

Next will be the D cell manufacturers, then K-Y, then............ No smiles allowed in Texass.

My order arrived today and I also received Underground in place of It's Time, but I also ordered Underground. Now I have two! Between my 2 memberships (jazz and classical) I've ordered about 30 discs in the last month with an average cost under $5, thanks to a bunch of doubles.

Moose, you know I love ya, but you be a friggin' idiot!

Yup, you all dumb.

Thanks to all four of you. This brightened an otherwise bleak day. Thanks again.

Yes, you made your point earlier. Perhaps other people enjoy in trying to determinate the labels and (other) specifics of first pressings. If "first pressings" are not better pressings, then it is about money. Many of the rules "original pressing" fans follow do not have anything to do with quality and make people who actually have experience manufacturing vinyl cringe. Understand a bunch of discs being sold as "first pressings" are really fourteenth pressings made from tired metal parts. On the other hand, a NY Blue Note repressing of a Lexington Ave disc may have been recut by RVG on new and improved equipment. If it ain't money and you can't tell a "better" pressing, you be pissing in the wind. Some classical collectors are a bit more sophisticated and collect stamper numbers, not label designs.

Sounds about right. Why does it matter which printer made the labels. the real question is - did they change pressing plants at the time, and (if so) is one factory's output better. Sorry, but I hate this "collector crap" unless you have real quality reasons for making the differentiations. If you don't - it is just money.