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If you were not unaware that it was a violation of board policy, then why did you post the whole interview? Just curious Dave said he not aware of the policy. Accordingly, how would he have known that he couldn't post the interview. Please read his post carefully - he first asked if it had occurred to anyone that he was unaware, then he said he was not, ergo: he said he was not unaware. I'm (now) guessing that's not what he meant, but it's what he said.

New thread on Mobley's Soul Station XRCD

This has been discussed on this board before. Licensing cost increases disproportionately for sets that exceed 7 discs, that's why Mosaic limit their sets to that number nowadays. The hopefully upcoming Ellington set will be an exception.

Hi Joe, Why wouldn't it be? The more info directly from the source, the better By the way, it's not my call, you'd have to ask Jim Alfredson, the board's owner. But the projects are at least partly about the same Blue Note titles. Hoffman mastered them for 45rpm LP release for Harley's Music Matters label previously. http://www.musicmattersjazz.com/titles.html So Harley hired Hoffman to master LPs, and then a couple of months later he hires Yoshida to master the same titles for CD. This looks like unnecessary duplication of work to me, compared to the Analogue Productions way to do it for ther LP and SACD reissues http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showpost...mp;postcount=11 Why not ask Joe Harley about "the how and the why"?

In your opinion, maybe; I strongly disagree Well, other than mine, in whose opinion would that be? I assume you're a big Santana fan; it just didn't have the same magic for me. The Springfield was not bad. Liked some things I heard. I always get an uneasy feeling when people are expressing opinions as facts, which I thought was the case here. No, I'm not a big Santana fan, but I still like their first few albums. I am a big fan of Buffalo Springfield, and have been ever since their first album.

In your opinion, maybe; I strongly disagree

These single discs have been available since the big boxes went OOP; $8.98 apiece is indeed a nice deal, though. By the way, the name is Berigan

One point in favour of the 2CD Legacy Edition is the sound, to my ears it's better than on earlier versions.

An absolute must, certainly for this price.

I think it's easier and less bothersome to have all info and opinions on a particular topic in one place instead of having to wade through several threads with the same topic. It's also easier for moderators to keep an eye on.

Thanks for the update, Jim. Hopefully it'll work out.

When I try to send a PM, it keeps timing out and that's extremely irritating I have no idea how many times the recipient got the PM - if at all...

Same again today (Sunday, December 6). I'm also getting the dreaded "IPS driver error" message again...

Wow! Never heard of it before. Not really much wiser now, but thanks Lon. MG Very simply put: PE-encoded CDs have boosted higher frequencies and a CD player needs a PE-decoder to be able to reproduce the music properly. If PE is not decoded during play, those CDs sound shrill and hard. Early Japanese and American CBS CDs and early Japanese EMI discs were often PE-encoded, but there were other labels too that used PE. As far as I know it isn't used anymore on CDs.

The CP35 CDs may have pre-emphasis (PE) - I don't remember, I sold them a long time ago. The CP32 and CP28 CDs I had didn't have PE.

You're welcome. Six Blue Notes were issued in the early CP35 series (which preceded the CP32 and CP28 series) and according to posters on the Hoffman forum those seem to have unique masterings.

The Japanese CP32 and CP28 Blue Note reissues use the same transfers/masterings as the early American CD reissues.

Co-producer Richard Seidel said in an interview that unissued material may be released by Sony, including stuff from the 1960s. See this post.

Just click on the link in my post #95 above.

It's very bad again today (Monday, November 30), especially when I try to open a topic - response time is very slow and the site keeps timing out... Jim, can something be done about this slowness? It's been this way on and off for quite some time now.

Errata sheet

Like Mosaic, Hep Records are struggling, so if you are planning to get some of their excellent CDs, do it now, it will be appreciated! I do not have any connections with Hep

As long as she doesn't vocalize...

"Extraneous overtones'... hm... that's one way of putting it; to me Chambers' bowing just sounds out of tune Probably something wrong with my ageing ears

I am looking for these Mosaic Sets in excellent or better condition: MD6-182 The Complete Verve/Clef Charlie Ventura/Flip Phillips Studio Sessions (including box and booklet) MS-017 Johnny Richards Please PM me if you're selling one or both of these sets or if you know where I can get one/them. Thanks. PayPal is my only payment option.