AllenLowe

that Universal fire, as I have worried, probably had devastating results on original sources, Decca, Brunswicks, etc. I have some originals made from masters (both CD and LP) and they are stunning - this is a friggin' and disgusting disaster because a) they won't tell anybody anything and b) because they sat on this stuff for years - there is not only tons of important blues but things like Teschmacher, Red Nichols, Bennie Goodman, Venuti, Adrian Rollini, etc etc - I have a lot of old 10 inch LPs with BETTER sound than that on CDs, but they are probably about half as good as they would sound if remastered in the CD age -

I prefer UP The People - theme song of the Bush Years -

I think of Dodo as something like Twardzik, harmonically way ahead of the crowd - I also think, in the way he soloed, that he somewhat predicted the way "modal" players would solo. The typical bebop solo circles around on itself, is like an up and down contour or an arc - Dodo's solos often just go straight in a scalular direction, very advanced for their time (and still great solos) -

as in The Fifth Dementian?

"Every time there's a nice thread going, Allen Lowe has to come on and ruin it. " yes, I have this bad habit of telling the truth -

I think it was called Parkway - January 1950 - just incredible performances -

here's some stuff from Mix Magazine on Neumann and his microphones: Microphones were and always will be the most loved legacy of Georg Neumann. The story starts more than a century ago. Born in 1898 in a small town outside of Berlin, Neumann apprenticed at Mix & Genest and did amplifier research for AEG. When AEG lab director Eugen Reisz created his own company, Neumann joined him and looked into ways to improve carbon microphone technology. Neumann stretched a tight rubber membrane over a marble slab containing powdered carbon and two electrodes. The resulting “Reisz marble block microphone” was fairly flat from 50 to 1k Hz, with a 10dB peak at 4 kHz, and was -15 dB at 10 kHz. Hardly impressive by modern standards, this 1923 model encouraged Neumann to look at other ways to improve mic performance. During that time , as radio gained popularity and record companies switched over to the “electrical recording process,” microphones suddenly became a major link in the audio chain. Excited by the idea of building capacitive (condenser) mics, Neumann left Reisz and, with Erich Rickmann, founded Georg Neumann & Co. in Berlin in November 1928. Later that year, Neumann debuted the CMV3—the first mass-produced condenser mic. The CMV designation referred to "Condensator Mikrofon Verstärker" (condenser microphone amplifier) and the number three probably indicates that two earlier prototype versions existed. Nicknamed the “Bottle mic,” the CMV3 had an omnidirectional M1 capsule with large, gold-sputtered colloidan (later switched to PVC) diaphragms and RE084 triode-based tube electronics. In 1932, Neumann unveiled the CMV3A, featuring interchangeable capsule heads, including a cardioid version of the famed M7, which was later adapted for use in the U47. Neumann had a worldwide distribution deal with Telefunken, so models for broadcasting use or export outside Germany had Telefunken logos. The only difference between "Neumann" and "Telefunken" models were the name badges (and model numbers in the case of the CMV3) that were applied just before the mics were boxed for shipment. This practice continued on through the late-1950s, when Neumann finally established its own distribution in North America.

don't know if there's any demand for this these days but since I am up and working again on re-mastering, I am willing to transfer LPS to CDR with a pass through CEDAR, which gets, usually, about 90 percent or more of the noise out (and actually improves the sound if used judiciously). Will transfer that LP on an audiophile turntable through a great tube pre-amp, sequence it and put it on a CDR for $25 shipped (assuming you use one of those record boxes). I have done work for Rhino, Shout, Sony, Global Village, Venus (the Japanese label) and more, not to mention the various reissues I have produced myself. Prefer paypal - email me at alowe5@maine.rr.com

it's like an episode of Father Knows Best; Jim comes home, the kids are yelling, "Daddy! Daddy! Hi Daddy!" and all Jim wants to do is ask Jane Wyatt about when his dinner will be ready -

anyone else find this thread to be a little bit like "who's on first" ?

ah, too bad, if it was number three, I'd be there in a minute -

I know it's not Chess, but they shoulda put in Rollin and Tumblin 1 and 2, some of the most amazing blues performances I have ever heard -

I'm with Larry on Bird, depending upon which part of the life you are referring to - but I do think those guys really liked getting high, at least at first. It may have been that the maintenance of the lifestyle, in terms of the law, was the problem, at least for them -

wait - is that the FIRST reissue Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" 50th Anniversary Sextet, the SECOND reissue Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" 50th Anniversary Sextet, the THIRD reissue Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" 50th Anniversary Sextet, the FOURTH reissue Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" 50th Anniversary Sextet, the FIFTH reissue Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" 50th Anniversary Sextet, the SIXTH reissue Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" 50th Anniversary Sextet, or the SEVENTH? just wondering....

I read that too fast and thought you said CASTRO impersonators - of course, we'll probably get those, too, after he dies -

Ironically (or not) I've come to the conclusion that, anyway, Benny's best work was done BEFORE 1934; I have a feeling this guy goes for the later work -

has anybody here actually heard this guy play?

jeez, I was hoping SOMEBODY would notice -

nah, I think you know everything already -

Joe Valachi -

Charlie Patton Howlin' Wolf Addie Spivey (Victoria's sister) Memphis Minnie Chickie Robinson (country singer) Hank Williams Rose Maddox John Lennon Bo Diddley

Dave Van Ronk; Junior Parker -

I read Lock's book on Braxton (not the festschrift) and liked it very much -

rose maddox - Milk Cow Blues -

actually I'm starting two labels to reissue the reissues: Fresher Sound and Molehill