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What I meant was that I find posting criticism on other forums that have nothing to do with the forum one is critical about and at the same time posting on that forum as if nothing's wrong hypocritical. Just my view.

Maybe, but I find it quite hypocritical. Edit: I've PMed quite a few critical notes to some of the moderators on the Hoffman forum and I've never had problems. I always got replies that were reasonable, even though I didn't agree with some of them.

I wonder why some people who are very critical about the Hoffman forum on this board are posting over there as if nothing's wrong...

That depends. I understand Steve Hoffman was hired solely to do the mastering, nothing else; if that is correct he cannot be held responsible for the quality of the vinyl. What I think they could do at the Hoffman site, however, is forward any complaints to those who are responsible or at least provide customer service contact info. Yes, he is not responsible for the production of the actual vinyl, but since he's involved with the product, I don't think he's really in a position to say anything negative. At least that was the jest of my communications with Steve about the mag tape topic. The industry is a small one and if you bad mouth the end product while it's still in circulation, you might not get the call for the next job. True.

That depends. I understand Steve Hoffman was hired solely to do the mastering, nothing else; if that is correct he cannot be held responsible for the quality of the vinyl. What I think they could do at the Hoffman site, however, is forward any complaints to those who are responsible or at least provide customer service contact info.

First of all, this is not to defend Steve Hoffman and his site. Furthermore, I am not interested in those vinyl projects and haven't read the threads/posts about them, so I can't say anything about what happened. Steve Hoffman is working in the music business and negative or critical threads/posts can harm his interests, and that's why the moderators on the Hoffman site edit or delete anything they find inappropriate in this regard, including criticism of the various vinyl projects he was hired to do by Warner and others. Like it or not, in that sense the Hoffman site is not independent. That said, I think it is inappropriate not to address the issue of bad vinyl, especially in view of the high prices of the records. If they don't want to do that publicly, they should at least provide customer service contact info and refer complaints to the manufacturers.

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Good chance if so that it will appear on Amazon UK in a year or so time at a good price. I'll wait until then. So will I - if I decide to buy it, that is; the audio clips (right-hand side of the page) didn't quite convince me and I wasn't exactly a fan of Jones' This Is How I Feel About Jazz and The Birth of a Band albums. Good playing but nothing special, at least not to my ears.

Mosaic increased the price of its CD sets to $17 per disc some time ago when the Jack Teagarden Roulette set was released. Correct. If I remember correctly the price of the Selects was increased to $44 at the same time.

I wonder if Universal will release the Quincy Jones set in Europe.

Pre-order link

The following CDs are scheduled for release. On December 19, 2007 VACM 1339 Baker,CHet(tp) Supreme: Moonlight in Copenhagen 2310 VACZ 1110 Cowell,Stanley(p) Mandara Blossoms 1890 VACZ 1111 Cowell,Stanley(p) Live 1890 VACZ 1112 Bonner,Joe(p) Suite for Chocolate 1890 VACZ 1113 Bonner,Joe(p) & Johnny Dyani Suburban Fantasies 1890 VACZ 1114 Harper,Billy(ts) Destiny Is Yours 1890 VACZ 1115 Bartz,Gary(as) Reflections of Monk-the Final Frontier 1890 VACZ 1116 Francis,Karen(vo) Where Is Love? 1890 VACZ 1117 Konitz,Lee(as) And Red Mitchell(b) I Concentrate on You1890 VACZ 1118 Konitz,Lee(as) And Hal Galper(p) Windows 1890 VACZ 1119 Jordan,Sheila(vo) & Arild Andersen(b) Sheila 1890 VACT 2 Akagi,Kei(p) Liquid Blue 2940 VACM 1335 Shibuya,Takeshi(p) Solo-Famous Melody 1575 VACM 1336 Shibuya,Takeshi(p) Solo-Famous Composers 1575 VACM 1337 Mainieri,Mike(vib) White Elephant 3675 QACP 40002 V.A. Live At STB 139 Vol.1 2500 PCCY 30130 Drew,Kenny Sophisticated Lady 1995 PCCY 30131 Baker,Chet(tp) Heartbreak 1995 MYCJ 30443 Boehlee,Karel(p) Midnight Blue 2800 MYCJ 30444 Lundgren,Jan(p) Lonely One 2000 MYCJ 30445 Lundgren,Jan(p) Sharade 2000 MYCJ 30446 Lundgren,Jan(p) Perfidia 2000

The two threads have been merged

Member Aggie87 posted this message from Verve on AAJ: Verve Records will unleash Coltrane originals, restored and remastered and in digipak packaging to best replicate the original look and feel of the albums. Albums include The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions, Live at the Village Vanguard, Coltrane, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, Ballads, and a Limited Edition slip-cased Box set that houses all of these 5 Impulse reissues. This first salvo will be joined by future reissues of Coltrane classics in a collector’s setting. These individually available and Boxed set will be released on October 30. CDUniverse's sale price for the box set is $33.74.

Grand Ole Opry press release

According to the Hoffman forum Porter Wagoner died today (Sunday, 10/28). He was 80.

Congratulations, Dan. What a great team

Yep, very annoying.

There were reports on Dutch TV and the BBC that San Diego was hit worst by the fires.

Moving across the pond, David? I like visiting San Diego so I am looking into property there. All a bit hypothetical. That's not the best place to go right now, it's a bit hot...

the term used was "condition upgrades" For some reason Couw is on my case. I feel for you...

Moving across the pond, David?

I just checked, and all 50+ items () are still there.

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Still looking for these...