Ron S

Amazon will want you to return the whole set so they can send you a new one, but they'll pay the return shipping cost.

No scratchy noise on disc 6/track 1 here--but then again, our football season's been over for a while. If you bought the set from Caiman via Amazon, contact Caiman directly and they'll take it back in exchange for a new one.

Aha! Maybe the noise is in--or on--your head!

It is...just appeared yesterday. One thing I noticed on the label is that it says '22-bit remastering'. I don't think I've ever seen anything with 22-bit......is this just flat out wrong? 22 bit is for amateurs. I'll raise you 2 bits and call:

BTW, I'm also hearing--through the Sennheiser HD 600's--a lot of "white noise" on track 1 of Disc 5 ("Isn't It Romantic"). If that noise is similar to what you're hearing on track 1 of Disc 6, it's definitely hiss and distortion in the original source tape.

Besides normal tape hiss (which I think is what you're hearing when, e.g., only the piano is playing at the beginning of track 1), and brushes on a drumhead, you may also be hearing this (from the discography in the set booklet): FWIW, I also listened to this track on a pair of Sennheiser headphones (HD 600's).

If you're talking about what I think you are, I don't think it's a defect in the disc. It's in the original source tape, and is most noticeable at the very beginning of the track when just the piano is playing. If the disc were defective, it wouldn't play at all, or would skip or repeat with the tell-tale clicking noise that CDs make when they skip or get stuck.

Just finished all of Disc 6 (also from Caiman) again--no problems. What problems has anyone else been having?

It is...just appeared yesterday. One thing I noticed on the label is that it says '22-bit remastering'. I don't think I've ever seen anything with 22-bit......is this just flat out wrong? MassMan With Golden Arm, Yes, you did indeed warn me. B-) Must be a typo--doesn't it have to be a multiple of 8 (at least with currently used technology)?

Do you have a repeating knock for the first few seconds of track one? I don't. I'm listening to Disc 6 again now--no problems yet.

It's funny that you mention that one. I have it, and, , that's about the only one that doesn't have any defects. Beats me. The stupid billboard cover doesn't fall apart when you open the box? You must have one of the few they actually glued.

Read what??? You're imagining things.

What's wrong with Disc 6? No problems with mine from Caiman (at least the first time I listened through). I've returned a defective CD (not from the Farlow set) to Caiman before, and they sent a brand-new replacement. You just may have to send them an email in a couple of weeks reminding them to send the new one (their return label is Media Mail COD, so who knows when they actually receive the returns). I did that, and they sent the new one immediately thereafter.

Why not? It obviously can't be used to store CDs. Looks like it's still wrapped? No surprise. Don't get me started on those incredibly crummy Verve box sets. Godawful, including the new Granz sessions box which looks nice, but is idiotic in its conception. It already had fingerprints before I even unwrapped it, and it's a pain in the neck to take the whole thing apart to listen to a CD. Sucks! Not to mention the self-destructive JATP box--I was involved in a thread about that on the AAJ site.

Why not? It obviously can't be used to store CDs.

That's nice. But what I REALLY like is the idea of having a few French wine crates-- presumably full of bottles of French wine--in the basement . . .er, um . . . I mean the wine cellar.

A BoSox fan in NYC has more than one dirty little secret.

Now THAT'S impressive. B-)

He's currently vacationing in Atlantis (lousy internet service on the ocean floor).

If you're ever in NYC, take your daughters to "American Girl Place." It takes up several floors of some of the priciest real estate in the world (on 5th Ave.). You can learn more about it here. There's also one in Chicago. It's worth visiting from an adult's perspective just to marvel at what has to be one of the seven wonders of the marketing world. Maybe you can make a deal with your daughters and spend a few hours there in exchange for a few hours at the Village Vanguard.

Dammit! What do we pay you guys for???

Thanks to Ghost of Miles' resuscitation of this thread today, all the prior and subsequent glowing reviews, and a listen to the samples on Amazon, I just ordered the Hindsight Jubilee set. The samples sound phenomenal. Can't wait to get it. Thanks guys.

I don't think so. The info I've seen (here) just refers to the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Mozart also wrote some great chamber music for flute (quartets, etc.) you may want to check out. And then there's his phenomenal clarinet quintet (featured in the final episode of the TV version of M*A*S*H). You really can't go wrong with anything by Mozart.

Also from the Classical era, I'd highly recommend this CD, which contains some great music for orchestra and flute by Franz Joseph Haydn, and by his less famous younger brother Michael Haydn: