Ron S

That's sorta true for DSL, although DSL providers are now offering faster downloads for more money (e.g., Verizon offers a 3M download and my own ISP, Speakeasy, offers a 6M download). That is NOT the standard, however, for cable internet service--at least where I am. Comcast generally offers download speeds up to 6M, and 4-5M is pretty typical. And the speed test results reported in this thread are much FASTER, and not slower, than the 1.5M D/L speed you cited, and are typical of cable internet service--Jim A. at over 3.5M, Jim Sangrey at over 7M, 7/4 at over 3M, Weizen at almost 4.5M, and Shawn at almost 5.5M. You have to remember to convert the results they reported, in KILObits per second, into MEGAbits per second. And to further confuse things, these download tests also offer the equivalent transfer rates in kiloBYTES per second, which will seem much slower but really aren't--remember that there are 8 bits to every byte. In any event, from what I've seen, cable is going to get you generally higher download speeds these days than DSL, although the cable speeds will be more variable at any given time than DSL speeds. Still, a cable download speed that varies between, e.g., 3-5M is going to be better than a DSL speed that stays fairly constant at 1.3M (the true speed you get with a so-called 1.5M connection because of "overhead"). And I say that as someone who has DSL.

I actually have Speakeasy for my DSL service, and have been using that test site for years (I have it bookmarked). The key is to pick the server closest to you to get the most accurate reading of your speeds. Here is another site I occasionally use just to double-check the reading I get from the Speakeasy site (I believe the server for that test is in San Antonio, TX). Your upload speed is the speed at which data travels from your computer TO the internet, as opposed to download speed which is the speed at which data travels FROM the internet to your computer. Upload is generally capped by your ISP at a range much lower than your download speed to preserve bandwith (for example, the stated speeds of my DSL service are 1500 kilobits--or 1.5 megabits--per-second download and 384 kilobits-per-second upload). Generally, you don't need as much speed for upload since the typical internet user sends out only a fraction of the data volume (emails, requests for internet pages, etc.) that he or she downloads (web pages, multimedia files, etc.). So, unless you're operating your computer as a web server, you really don't need as much speed for upload as you do for download.

David's method doesn't seem to work for me (I don't get the choices he described when I click on the particular item in my order history). However, what I've always done is use this form to tell them about the problem. You may have to log in first to have the drop-down list under "Order Number" show your particular list of orders. You'll need to select the applicable order number (you can look under "Your Account" at the top of the page, and then under "Order History" on your account page to find the right order number). Describe the problem under "Questions/Comments" and then hit "Submit". Within a day or 2, you should receive an email responding to the problem. In the past, they would go ahead and immediately place an order for a replacement CD, and then follow up weeks later by sending you a COD return label for the defective disc, but I'm not sure if they're still sending the replacements before receiving the defective item.

Also Dexter Gordon Prestige and Sonny Rollins Freelance.

Listen, Dude--watch it with that playing-discs-in-reverse-order stuff, OK??? There's something kinda, um, I dunno . . . unnatural about it.

And that's what it now says on the web site.

Thanks Ron! You're welcome. I hope you checked out the sound samples there--it sounds like a great album!

Click here.

I should be able to score some Selects in lieu of payment Make sure they're the newer, higher-priced ones.

"Should" as in they probably will? Or "should" as in "they won't, but goddamit, they should!" I hope it's the former! Should as in 'they probably will'. I was told Mosaic was using the photo. I have yet to see the booklet with my own eyes! Congratulations! And another reason for us to order the set.

"Should" as in they probably will? Or "should" as in "they won't, but goddamit, they should!" I hope it's the former!

Hmmmmm . . . . works for me.

Oliver Nelson page

Mine (received two weeks ago) also has a photocopied tracklisting with a handwritten product code on the back of the box. Given that the box and booklet were manufactured in the US, the CDs were manufactured in Germany, the box was sealed in plastic and everything appeared to be brand-new, my assumption is that the photocopied track listings were used by ZYX during the manufacture of at least this particular run of these sets (they may have run out of originals, if they ever had them at all). Frankly, these track listings/descriptions of box sets often are temporarily attached with a spot of removable glue just so customers can see them in stores, and then remove them after purchase. So the photocopied listing on the back of the Monk set didn't really disturb me, given that the set in all other ways appeared factory-fresh/brand-new. I did wonder about it a little, however, but the fact that yours is the same as mine helps to confirm my assumption that this is the way they were manufactured.

Now I feel totally inadequate. I was just trying to help out until one of you manly men could.

To which I say: when's the curling?

And part of the Art Pepper Galaxy box! You tell 'em!

Do I detect a bit of thread envy?

It's a requirement--can't play Disc 3 without following it up with Disc 4 (read your user's manual ).

Maybe you don't. (I was kidding, Hans. )

Nobody cares about this stuff. When's the curling???

Not a complete list of everything that's been issued, but here's what's currently in print, if that helps.

Eighteen inches here, and STILL COMING DOWN. The weird thing was that, while I was in the chatroom last night with Soulstation1, conn_500, and Aggie87 (don't think FFA was there at the time), we had a big flash of lightning followed immediately by a loud clap of thunder here while the snow was falling heavily. At the time, I thought that maybe a power line transformer had exploded nearby or something like that. But this morning, I heard on the local news that, indeed, this blizzard had been accompanied by some rather freakish lightning and thunder.

I like him just 'cause he was from Philly.

Is the video available in full? How many tunes did they do? Wes Montgomery Discography All 5 of these tracks are on the currently available Gambit CD. That CD also contains the following 5 tunes performed by the same group on a television show in London in March 1965: Yesterdays Full House 'Round Midnight Twisted Blues Jingles and the following 4 tunes performed by Wes with Martial Solal (p), Michel Gaudry (b), Ronnie Stephenson (d), and Johnny Griffin (ts, on last tune only) on a television show in Hamburg, Germany in April 1965: Here's That Rainy Day Four on Six Twisted Blues Blue Monk It's a very nice CD. I don't know anything about the video. Speaking of that European tour by Wes, the best currently available recording from it is the "Complete Live in Paris" on Definitive: This is 2 CDs worth of a concert in Paris in March 1965, also with Mabern, Harper, Lovelace, and Griffin. Great sound and, IMO, some of the best--if not the best--live Wes available. If you're a Wes fan at all, you HAVE to get this if you don't already have it.