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  1. J.A.W.
    Happy birthday!
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    If interested the truly excellent Hep 2CD "Band box shuffle" is the place to go IMO Bennie Moten on Hep
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    The Decca Basie booklet credits the digital transfers to Steven Lasker, Doug Schwartz and John R.T. Davies! then adds: 'Audio restoration and reprocessing by Erick Labson (utilizing the Sonic Solution ''NoNOISE'' system)'. A quote from the Decca/GRP set booklet: "In preparing this reissue, every effort has been made to locate the best available source material (original metal parts, shellac records, test pressings, or earlier tapes). After transfer to digital tape, reprocessing has been accomplished with the use of the computerized NoNOISE system developed by Sonic Solutions (...)" Says enough...
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    The Decca Basie booklet credits the digital transfers to Steven Lasker, Doug Schwartz and John R.T. Davies! then adds: 'Audio restoration and reprocessing by Erick Labson (utilizing the Sonic Solution ''NoNOISE'' system)'. So Mr Labson is to blame
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    The noise reduction they applied was one of the main culprits. I don't have the set with me either, so I can't check who remastered it, but I can't imagine it was J.R.T. Davies.
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    The Decca set is a 3CD-box. Like I posted to this thread, it has been no-noised to death; it sounds lifeless and dull. You might want to consider the Hep CDs. Atomic Basie is highly recommended. Unfortunately, most Decca/GRP CDs from the 1990s with 1930s material in the "Decca Jazz" series drowned in no-noise and are unlistenable to my ears.
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    The Basie Hep CDs are readily available from Hep Jazz They also have a wonderful series of Teddy Wilson CDs with his 1930s recordings, many of which feature Billie Holiday and Lester Young. They were all remastered by the late John R.T. Davies
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    The Decca set is a 3CD-box. Like I posted to this thread, it has been no-noised to death; it sounds lifeless and dull. You might want to consider the Hep CDs. Atomic Basie is highly recommended.
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    This set is heavily no-noised, and, while the music is great, the sound is not very good. I'd try the Scottish John R.T. Davies remastered Hep CDs instead: Hep Jazz site.
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    I'm selling several Japanese mini-LP sleeve CDs, including several Miles Davis remasters on eBay. Thanks for looking.
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    Yup, no problem indeed.
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    But the Italian name is Torino...
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    Replied by PM.
  15. J.A.W.
    Maybe you don't.
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    Surprise win for 19-year old Ireen Wüst on the 3,000 metres speed skating for women. First gold medal for the Netherlands
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    Tatum/Webster Quartet

    J.A.W. replied to a topic in Artists

    The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol.8 - Pablo CD 2405431 Recorded in Los Angeles on September 11, 1956 Personnel: Ben Webster - tenor saxophone Art Tatum - piano Red Callender - bass Bill Douglass - drums Tracks: Gone with the Wind All the Things You Are Have You Met Miss Jones My One and Only Love Night and Day My Ideal Where Or When Gone with the Wind (alternate take) Gone with the Wind (alternate take) Have You Met Miss Jones (alternate take) Available from CDUniverse and other stores.
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    Universal.
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    Yet on the early McMaster Blue Notes it says, "Digital Transfer by Ron McMaster," and not "remastering" by him. Is it possible that these were in fact straight transfers with no manipulation? That certainly seems to be what Blue Note wanted us to believe, given this and the previous statement I quoted. Is there hard evidence to the contrary? As far as I know those early transfers were indeed flat/straight, with no manipulation.
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    Quite.
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    so this has been up for how many hours and no one deems it funny enough to at least add *some* smiley dude? (and no, the frantic red robosmiley doesn't count Ron) fegh that, you all are a bunch of no good fun hating douche bags! hah! (sorry clem) here you go Bint: Apparently I'm missing a lot of fun since I decided not to read threads about RVGs anymore...
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    In many Continental European countries the postal/zip code comes before the city, so I guess it's an understandable mistake, or, if they used a computerized system, it might have been unavoidable.
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    agreed, I've had an "airmail" order take 10 weeks from the USA to UK This has also happened to me a few times the last four months. The Dutch Postal Service told me the packages had been sent by surface mail instead of airmail (I paid for airmail).
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    Did they send it by surface or airmail? Surface could take up to two months.
  25. J.A.W.
    Happy birthday.
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