J.A.W.

If not, the person in question won't know - although some believe they will. All the best for 2014 to all.

Thanks, but I'm in the Netherlands and with current USPS overseas rates ordering anything from the United States is a no-no for me, even with the dollar/euro exchange rate as it stands. That's very nice for you, but it's not what I asked

Sony Korea released this massive 49CD box some time ago and it looks mighty tempting, but it costs an arm and a leg - and a few organs as well. Does anybody know if there are any plans to release it outside Korea - hopefully also in Europe - at a more moderate price? Szell is one of my favourite conductors.

Ah, one of those non-box non-booklet copies that fell off the back of a truck. Didn't know they were still selling those.

I agree with that 100%, Mr. Russell. It's one of the reasons why I've stuck with mid-fi rigs throughout the years. I just don't believe in spending more than $5K on one. To me, the returns you get from $10,000 rig over one that is $5,000 simply doesn't justify the extra dollars. Now folks like Kevin and Lon draw that line a little higher up, and that's cool because I know they both have great rigs that do indeed sound better than mine, and I'd love to hear both. And would do so with a huge grin on my face. Everyone has to decide for themselves when to say when. I said when a while ago and am now downgrading my system. When a high-end system starts having problems, you'd better hide; the cost is astronomical and it's not worth it, at least not in my opinion.

I agree, this project has come to nothing. Pity, it looked promising.

Unless Customs get involved, they usually take their time...

Forgot to mention that the site I linked to in post #28 only covers the Rolling Stones' Decca/London years.

I think you mean the U.S. version of Out of Our Heads I'm realizing that now. Hans, the link you posted above is awesome. THANK YOU. You're welcome. Good luck and have fun!

I think you mean the U.S. version of Out of Our Heads

If you want to know everything about the various CDs and their contents, this is the site: http://www.lukpac.org/stereostones/stones-cd-faq.txt

You're right, I don't want them There's talk that old perm-head might be replacing Gergiev at the LSO. Not sure that's something I could easily get used to... I don't care for either of them. Sold all my Gergievs and the only perm-head I still have is his Mahler 10 (the Deryck Cooke version) with the Berlin Philharmonic.

I have many of the Sviatoslav Richter "Authorised Recordings" sets that Philips put out years ago. Assuming the new Decca box contains this stuff, it's highly recommended - but I know that some find his playing hard to stomach; I'm not one of them The Clifford Curzon box is wonderful, even though it contains a few questionable orchestral performances. As I've said ad nauseam here he's one of my all-time favourite pianists. You're right, I don't want them

Probably the latter. I have the earlier version; that one was mastered by Gene Paul.

You need a new cup I'm afraid that won't do the trick I've tried since the 1960s and it never really worked for me. Hard for me to wrap around my mind about that ... his playing is very touching and direct to me. Straight to the heart of it (and of me, too). But vive la différence and all that ... The main reason is that I really dislike his saxophone tone, but I'm not too fond of his playing on other instruments either.

You need a new cup I'm afraid that won't do the trick I've tried since the 1960s and it never really worked for me.

Lateef's playing wasn't really my cup of tea, but this is sad news.

Concerto consists of four or five interconnected buildings. Second hand is at the far left. I agree about the omnipresence of EU PD releases. It's one of the reasons I no longer go to Amsterdam specifically to browse their bins. It's also the reason I hardly ever support them anymore by placing online orders. They can go out of business for all I care, really. This means you're basically not going to find any Dutch jazz CD store agreeable, except for the Jazz Center in The Hague. ...and they are expensive - at least they were when I last ordered from them years ago, before board member Bluerein took over from its former owner.

Found that too. Didn't post it because it's in Dutch... I don't have a problem with that

Thanks for posting that link. Sad news, I loved his playing.

Is All About Jazz a social medium? Well, its forum can be regarded as one. By the way, the link in your first post doesn't work anymore, at least not on my computer. I can't find anything on the internet confirming this, no newspaper site (either American or German), no magazine site, nothing.

Has it been confirmed on a "non-social media" site yet? I think we should be very careful with messages like these after the Horace Silver debacle.

I tried to access the board several times today and got various error messages. Did anyone else have this problem?

Thanks Flurin. This is really sad news. I love his 1950s dates.

Has this news been confirmed yet?