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Yep, I've noticed the star-based rating system. I don't see the purpose of it either.

It can be easily manipulated; by voting on different posts by the same member you can vote that member's reputation "up" or "down" multiple times, so if you don't like a certain member, you know what to do... Just noticed that my reputation has suddenly leapt from -4 to 0 But because of that ability, the meaning of the votes are lost. I'm not sure there's really a good reason for voting on another poster in the first place. I can see where a person who doesn't like another person would simply vote against them for real reason. Especially some of the more controversial, outspoken members. That's exactly what I meant, and I think the feature should be disabled because of what can be done with it - but hey, that's just me Jim told me he had enabled it at the request of a few members. This system is totally meaningless and worthless in my view. For instance, I've seen posts without value judgements that don't seem to warrant a vote, such as questions about something (even in the "Offering & Looking For..." forum), get negative votes. I kept an eye on my own score the last few days; it stayed at 0 until a couple of days ago, then it went to -4 within just a few hours, yesterday it suddenly went up to +2 and now it's down to -1 again... Funny, and it illustrates what I'm trying to say.

It can be easily manipulated; by voting on different posts by the same member you can vote that member's reputation "up" or "down" multiple times, so if you don't like a certain member, you know what to do... Just noticed that my reputation has suddenly leapt from -4 to 0 But because of that ability, the meaning of the votes are lost. I'm not sure there's really a good reason for voting on another poster in the first place. I can see where a person who doesn't like another person would simply vote against them for real reason. Especially some of the more controversial, outspoken members. That's exactly what I meant, and I think the feature should be disabled because of what can be done with it - but hey, that's just me Jim told me he had enabled it at the request of a few members.

Your reputation has suddenly risen too

It can be easily manipulated; by voting on different posts by the same member you can vote that member's reputation "up" or "down" multiple times, so if you don't like a certain member, you know what to do... Just noticed that my reputation has suddenly leapt from -4 to 0

Someone honoured one of your posts with a negative rating. I'm at -4, so you have a bit of catching up to do

Replied by PM. Thanks Jeff, but I am not interested in the vinyl set.

Only when you use IE8. The button is only visible when you visit a site that has compatibility problems with IE8 and it can be found next to the address bar at the top.

I'm getting those e-mails all the time, they're phishing attempts. Never open the mails, just go to your PayPal account; if there's anything wrong with your account, you'll get a message there.

Yes, Britain got the Cilla Black version. The US got the Cher version! Horrible singer, Cilla. Her voice grates every time I hear it... I couldn't agree more. She murdered several great songs...

The name's Chesnutt. Sad news.

Welcome back, Randy. I hope your recovery will be complete.

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As was said earlier, EmArcy was started by Mercury as their jazz label. "EmArcy" is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", "Mercury Record Company".

There might be, EmArcy was a Mercury label. Here's the tracklist of the new set: Disc 1 1. Delilah 2. Darn That Dream 3. Parisian Thoroughfare 4. Jordu 5. Sweet Clifford 6. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance 7. Stompin’ at the Savoy 8. I Get a Kick Out of You 9. I’ll String Along with You 10. Joy Spring 11. Mildama 12. These Foolish Things 13. Daahoud Disc 2 1. Coronado 2. You Go to My Head 3. Caravan 4. Autumn in New York Disc 3 1. Portrait of Jenny 2. What’s New 3. Yesterdays Where Or When 4. Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man 5. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 6. Laura 7. Memories of You 8. Embraceable You 9. Blue Moon 10. Willow Weep for Me 11. Stardust 12. Gerkin for Perkin 13. Take the “A” Train 14. Land’s End 15. Swingin’ 16. George’s Dilemma 17. If I Love Again 18. The Blues Walk Disc 4 1. What Am I Here For 2. Cherokee 3. Jacqui 4. Sandu 5. Gertrude’s Bounce 6. Step Lightly (Junior’s Arrival) 7. Powell’s Prances 8. I’ll Remember April 9. Time 10. The Scene Is Clean 11. Flossie Lou 12. What Is This Thing Called Love 13. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

Yep, it was. A few other Edmond Hall etc. sets recently went for much less. Haven't had much luck with my search so far. A member of this board contacted me and promised in a second e-mail he'd get back to me about a possible sale of his set, but despite my e-mails and PMs I didn't hear from him again, even though he has visited the board several times since I sent him my messages... The search goes on

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Maybe this thread should be locked, with a link to the new thread.

See post #181. Thanks, Hans. That exchange is wonderful, viewed from Europe, I guess. It appears that Hans responded to Paul's question the day before he asked it MG Time is relative

XRCDs are not a new phenomenon, they've been around for years. To my ears most of the early ones that were mastered by Alan Yoshida at A&M Mastering Studios, Hollywood sound good to excellent, while later series that were mastered in Japan don't, at least not most of the ones that I've heard; they sound as if the higher frequencies were boosted.

They can be pre-ordered from CD Pacific for $22.90 each, with a January 19, 2010 release date: Soul Station True Blue Speakin' My Piece Cool Struttin'

See post #181.

As far as I know it isn't.

That's been asked and answered elsewhere on the board: Jim's reply ____________________________________________________________________________________ The board timed out a few times when I tried to access it today, both on Firefox and IE8. I hope the problems of the "old board" are not reappearing here.

Sometimes an old thread is "reactivated" by a new post and people tend to respond as if it's a new thread, which can lead to confusion. I don't know if the board software allows it, but I think it would be a good idea to indicate the age of a thread by showing the date of the initial post on the board index.