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Just e-mail Hiroshi at hiroshi@earlyrecords.com. He takes PayPal, and his shipping rates are very reasonable, especially when compared to Japanese internet stores like HMV Japan, Tower Japan etc. I don't know anything about U.S. Customs.

He sure does! I just ordered his Hybrid SACD of the Sonny Clark Trio to listen to the redbook layer (no SACD player) based on recommendations here, especially Hans'. It'll be my first Hoffman, and I'm looking forward to it. ← I'm told it's OOP, so I hope you'll be able to get a copy. It's the best digital version I've heard of this album; I've only listened to the redbook layer, though, since I don't have an SACD player. I ordered it from Caiman/Amazon. They claim to have 30 copies available, so we'll see if I get it! And it's your recommendation of the redbook layer that got me to order this, since I don't have an SACD player either. Thanks! ← Uh oh, I guess I'll have to run for cover when you get it... Seriously, I don't think you'll be disapppointed. To my ears Steve Hoffman did an excellent job with these recordings.

He sure does! I just ordered his Hybrid SACD of the Sonny Clark Trio to listen to the redbook layer (no SACD player) based on recommendations here, especially Hans'. It'll be my first Hoffman, and I'm looking forward to it. ← I'm told it's OOP, so I hope you'll be able to get a copy. It's the best digital version I've heard of this album; I've only listened to the redbook layer, though, since I don't have an SACD player.

The only Interface album I could find in my Bruyninckx discography "Modern Jazz", Vol.6: Sm-Z, is this one: George Wallington Virtuoso - Interface (Japan) YF-7092 Solo piano, recorded on July 5, 1984 Tracks: Moon Flower Clearness of View Beautiful Eyes Melody Virtuoso Temporal Beautiful to Behold Heart of Hearts Oh Foolish Leaf Sociability Maybe someone else (Michael Fitzgerald?) can shed some light on this. ← Virtuoso is the only Wallington Interface album listed here.

The only Interface album I could find in my Bruyninckx discography "Modern Jazz", Vol.6: Sm-Z, is this one: George Wallington Virtuoso - Interface (Japan) YF-7092 Solo piano, recorded on July 5, 1984 Tracks: Moon Flower Clearness of View Beautiful Eyes Melody Virtuoso Temporal Beautiful to Behold Heart of Hearts Oh Foolish Leaf Sociability Maybe someone else (Michael Fitzgerald?) can shed some light on this.

He sure does!

They're 2300 yen each (about €17 or $20 at today's exchange rates).

Hiroshi's latest release list.

The following CDs are scheduled for release. On November 04, 2005 Victor VICP 63235(New) Miller,Glenn/In the Mood 2500 On November 16, 2005 Vivid Sound VSCD 9325(New) Hearnshaw ,Charlie/So Slam It 2625 On November 23, 2005 Columbia COCB 53434(New) Yano,Saori/Parker's Mood(Live in New Yorl) 2940 Columbia VACB 1001(New) Lourau,Julien(sax)/Fire & Forget 2548 On December 07, 2005 Universal UCCU 9138(Impulse)New Coltrane,John/Ballads*(LP-sized sleeve) 2300 Universal UCCU 9139(ECM)New Jarrett,Keith/Köln Concert*(LP-sized sleeve) 2300 Universal UCCU 9140(Verve)New Getz,Stan/Getz/Gilbert*(LP-sized sleeve) 2300 Universal UCCU 9141(ECM)NEw Corea,Chick/Return to Forever*(LP-sized sleeve) 2300 Universal UCCU 9142(Verve)New Peterson,Oscar/We Get Requests*(LP-sized sleeve) 2300 Universal UCCU 9143(EmArcy)New Merrill,Helen/Helen Merrill (with Clifford Brown)*(LP-sized sleeve) 2300 Universal UCCU 9144(Verve)New Fitzgerald,Ella & Louis Armstrong/Ella and Louis*(LP-sized sleeve) 2300 Universal UCCU 9145(Impulse)New Coltrane,John/A Love Supreme*(LP-sized sleeve) 2300 Universal UCCU 9146(Mercury)New Jones,Quincy/Big Band Bossa Nova*(LP-sized sleeve) 2300 Universal UCCU 9147(Verve)New Evans,Bill/At The Montreux Jazz Festival*(LP-sized sleeve) 2300 Toshiba INTX 1007(New) Vu,Cuong/It's Mostly Residual 2300 On December 14, 2005 Universal UCCC 9112(Argo)24bit,New Stitt,Sonny/Rearin' Back* 2345 Universal UCCC 9113(Argo)24bit,New Moody,James/Another Bag* 2345 Universal UCCC 9114(Argo)24bit,New Jacquet,Illinois/The Message* 2345 Universal UCCC 9115(Cadet)24bit,New Donaldson,Lou/Possum Head* 2345 Universal UCCC 9116(Argo)24bit,New Golson,Benny/Take a Number from 1 to 10* 2345 Universal UCCC 9117(Argo)24bit,New Jazztet,The/Jazztet at Birdhouse* 2345 Universal UCCC 9118(Argo)24bit,New Head,J.C./This is Me* 2345 Universal UCCC 9119(Argo)24bit,New Winters,Pinky/Lonely One* 2345 Universal UCCC 9120(Argo)24bit,New Holt,Red/Look Out,Look Out* 2345 Universal UCCC 9121(Argo)24bit,New Woode,Jimmy/The Colorful Strings of* 2345 Universal UCCC 9122(Argo)24bit,New Grey,Al/Night Song* 2345 Universal UCCC 9123(Argo)24bit,New Grey,Al/Snap Your Finger* 2345 Universal UCCC 9124(Argo)24bit,New Moody,James/With Strings* 2345 Universal UCCC 9125(Argo)24bit,New Jackson,Chubby/I'm Entitled to You* 2345 Universal UCCC 9126(Argo)24bit,New Evans,Richard/Richard's Almanac* 2345 Universal UCCC 9127(Cadet)24bit,New Lewis,Ramsey/Dancing in the Street* 2345 Universal UCCC 9128(Cadet)24bit,New Shaw,Marlena/Out Of Different Bags* 2345 Universal UCCC 9129(Cadet)24bit,New Land,Harold/The Peace Maker* 2345 Universal UCCC 9130(Argo)24bit,New Bryant,Ray/In the Cut* 2345 Universal UCCC 9131(Argo)24bit,New Jamal,Ahmad/At the Penthouse* 2345 Universal UCCM 9221(A&M)24bit,New Desmond,Paul/Summer Time* 2345 Universal UCCM 9222(A&M)24bit,New Desmond,Paul/Bridge Over Troubled Water* 2345 Universal UCCM 9223(A&M)24bit,New Desmond,Paul/From the Hot Afternoon* 2345 Universal UCCM 9224(Horizon)24bit,New Desmond,Paul/Live +1* 2345 Universal UCCM 9225(Horizon)24bit,New Hall,Jim/Live* 2345 Universal UCCM 9226(A&M)24bit,New Hall,Jim/Commiment* 2345 Universal UCCM 9227(Horizon)24bit,New Haden,Charlie/Closeness* 2345 Universal UCCM 9228(Horizon)24bit,New Haden,Charlie/The Golden Number* 2345 Universal UCCM 9229(A&M)24bit,New Coleman,Ornette/Dancing in Your Head* 2345 Universal UCCM 9230(A&M)24bit,New Baker,Chet/You Can't Go Home Again* 2345 Pony Cayon MYCJ 30358(New) Boehlee,Karel/Blue Prelude 2800 Pony Cayon MYCJ 30359(New) Direction/Three Direction 3000 Universal UCCM 4023(New)24 bit LeGrand,Michel/Paris Jazz Piano 1200 Universal UCCM 4024(New)24 bit Baker,Chet/Summertime 1200 Universal UCCM 4025(New)24 bit Getz,Stan/In Paris 1200 Universal UCCM 4026(New)24 bit Grappelli,Stephan/Improvisations 1200 Universal UCCM 4027(New)24 bit Grappelli,Stephan/Plays Cole Porter 1200 Universal UCCM 4028(New)24 bit Grappelli,Stephan & Stuff Smith/Stuff and Steff 1200 Universal UCCM 4029(New)24 bit Peterson,Oscar & Stephan Grappelli/Quartet Vol.1 1200 Universal UCCM 4030(New)24 bit Peterson,Oscar & Stephan Grappelli/Quartet Vol.2 1200 Universal UCCM 4031(New)24 bit Reinhardt,Django/Django Et Compagni 1200 Universal UCCM 4032(New)24 bit Reinhardt,Django/Swing 39 1200 Universal UCCM 4033(New)24 bit Reinhardt,Django/Django's Blues 1200 Universal UCCM 4034(New)24 bit Wilen,Barney/Jazz sur Seine 1200 Universal UCCM 4035(New)24 bit Thielemans,Toots/Blues pour flirter 1200 Universal UCCM 4036(New)24 bit Blue Stars,The and Henri Salvador/Chanteuses: Chanteurs Vol.1 1200 Universal UCCM 4037(New)24 bit Blakey,Art/Paris Jam Session 1200 Universal UCCM 4038(New)24 bit Sims,Zoot & Henri Renaud/Zoot Sims et Henri Renaud 1200 Universal UCCM 4039(New)24 bit Criss,Sonny/Mr Blues pour flirter 1200 Universal UCCM 4040(New)24 bit Byrd,Donald/Byrd in Paris 1200 Universal UCCM 4041(New)24 bit Byrd,Donald/Parisian Thoroughfare 1200 Universal UCCM 4042(New)24 bit Jaspar,Bobby/Modern Jazz au Club Saint Germain 1200 On December 16, 2005 Teichiku TECD 25526(New) Honda,Takehiro/Kioi Hall Piano Recital 2500 On December 21, 2005 Columbia COCB 53475(Denon)New Shepp,Archie/Ballads for Trane* 2300 Columbia COCB 53476(Interface)New Farmer,Art/Maiden Voyage* 2300 Columbia COCB 53477(Interface)New Gomez,Eddie/Gomez* 2300 Columbia COCB 53478(New) Aurora/Aurora* 2300 Columbia COCB 53479(Savoy)New Fuller,Curtis/Blues-Ette* 2300 Columbia COCB 53480(Savoy)New Fuller,Curtis/Blues-Ette Part2* 2300 Columbia COCB 53481(Denon)New Basie,Count/Long Live the Chief* 2300 Columbia COCB 53482(Denon)New McRae,Carmen/Any Old Time* 2300 Columbia COCB 53483(Denon)New Great Jazz Trio,The/Club New Yorker* 2300 Columbia COCB 53484(Denon)New Sato,Masahiko/Kan Jizai* 2300 Columbia COCB 53485(Interface)New Wallington,George/Is Back* 2300 Columbia COCB 53486(Takt)New Otsuka,George/Page 2* 2300 Columbia COCB 53487(Denon)New Hendricks,Jon/Freddie Freeloader* 2300 Columbia COCB 53488/9(Savoy)New Parker,Charlie/Bird: Savoy Recordings, Complete Master Takes(2 CD)* 3200 Columbia COCB 53490(Denon)New Tagashi,Masahiko/Guild for Human Music* 2300 Columbia COCB 53491(Interface)New Wilson,Nancy/I'll Be a Song* 2300 Columbia COCB 53492(Columbia)New Miyama,Toshiyuki & New Herd/Perspective* 2300 Columbia COCB 53493(Columbia)New Miyama,Toshiyuki & New Herd & Mashiko Satoh/Canto Of Libra* 2300 Columbia COCB 53494(Columbia)New Miyama,Toshiyuki & New Herd & Masahiko Togashi/Canto Of Aries* 2300 Columbia COCB 53495(Takt)New Hino,Terumasa/Hi Nology* 2300 Columbia COCB 53496(Takt)New Hino,Terumasa & Masabumi Kikuchi/Hino Kikuchi Quintet* 2300 Columbia COCB 53497(Columbia)New Miyake,Martha/Song for You* 2300 Columbia COCB 53498(Denon)New Miyama,Toshiyuki & New Herd/Orchestrane* 2300 Columbia COCB 53499(Denon)New Ritz,The/The Ritz* 2300 Columbia COCB 53500(Takt)New Watanabe,Sadao & Charlie Mariano/Iberian Waltz* 2300 Columbia VACM 1275(New) Eastwood,Kyle/Paris Blue 2548 Toshiba TOCJ 6346(Bethlehem)New Mariano,Charlue/Charlie Mariano Plays 1000 Toshiba TOCJ 6347(Bethlehem)New Connor,Chris/This Is Chris 1000 Toshiba TOCJ 6348(Bethlehem)New Morel,Terry/Songs Of a Woman in Love 1000 Toshiba TOCJ 6349(Bethlehem)New Gordaon,Dexter/Daddy Plays the Horn 1000 Toshiba TOCJ 6350(Bethlehem)New Moran,Pat/While at Birdland 1000

Snow already?? We've been having rather high temps these last few weeks; forecast for tomorrow: 70F/21C

I couldn't agree more!!!

Happy birthday Daniel, and many happy returns!

Well, at least it's warm down there

are all available on Analogue Productions SACDs and to my ears, they sound incredible. I think you'll agree. They'd probably be cheaper in the end. Kevin ← I agree, though I can only comment on the redbook layers - they sound great, better than their K2 counterparts.

Happy birthday.

I remember Ed hadn't been feeling well for quite some time before they discovered he was terminally ill. It was an immense shock. He was a very nice guy.

Hans, I was very careful when I wrote what I did to avoid "acid". Please don't take it that way. If you can, picture me as smiling when I write these words rather than pounding out stuff all mad! I understand you have an affinity for the DCC gold CDs... and maybe redbook CD in general. I do not want you to think I am upset with your statement. I have many of these myself. I also have no problem with your comment about the redbook layer on these MoFi SACD discs being inferior to their DCC gold counterpart. What I just wanted to point out was that SACD is another digital medium, favored by many music fans, that may be the "superior" "digital version". I prefer many SACDs over all other versions. I think many organissimo forum members would agree. I would hate to see them forego a chance to hear some awesome audio. Also, you have to admit that these MoFi SACD hybrids are currently much easier to buy now than any DCC gold CD, right? These are a less expensive alternative to hearing a very nice sounding version of these classic sessions. Kevin ← OK Kevin, no problem. I'm having problems with many high-resolution remasters, they - especially the 24-bit remasters, but also some DSD remasters and 20-bit K2s, including XRCDs - often sound loud, harsh and bright to my ears. Like Claude has said many times, it's all in the remastering, no matter the format, and in my opinion the use of compression/maximization and weird EQ choices by many remastering engineers these days are doing a lot of harm. I agree that the MFSL hybrids are a good alternate to the ridiculously expensive DCC and older MFSLs (not all older MFSLs are that good, though), but sometimes older redbook CDs are also a good alternate - at least to my ears and as long as they are flat transfers (I know those older flat transfers are a bit of a hype on Steve Hoffman's forum, but I have several of those and - again, to my ears and on my system - many do indeed sound better, i.e. warmer/more natural/more musical than MFSL or high-resolution versions). Edited to correct a few errors.

"all superior to other digital versions"? I didn't know you had an SACD player? SACD is a digital version. If you don't have an SACD player, you really aren't able to say that every DCC gold is better than every digital version, particularly if you've never heard all those other versions. Sure, Steve's gold CDs are way up there in the audio ranking. I have a lot of them. I also have some incredible sounding XRCDs, JRVGs, AP gold CDs, DVD-Audio discs and SACDs. Steve doesn't have the exclusive ability to make a nice-sounding audio playback. And that's not even getting into the analog vs. digital stuff! BTW, Steve did an incredible job on the Time Sonny Clark SACD. I wish AF would have kept up with the SACD hybrids. Steve remastering talent combined with DSD playback make for some awesome sounding playback. Speaking of comparing multiple digital versions of a session, I am planning to have fun with John Coltrane's "Blue Train" one of these weekends. Maybe when my buddy Rob comes up for a visit. I just picked up the Mobile Fidelity gold CD. Now, I have 6 digital versions of this title! Should make for a fun shoot out. Wait... maybe I should order the HDAD first? Kevin ← I never said I had an SACD player, and I've made it clear time and again that I've only compared CD layers. I thought there was no need to explain this every time I posted something like this, but obviously I was wrong, judging by your rather acid remarks. ← P.S. I forgot to add "in my opinion", though I did add "to my ears" in the post you quoted, but apparently that doesn't count...

"all superior to other digital versions"? I didn't know you had an SACD player? SACD is a digital version. If you don't have an SACD player, you really aren't able to say that every DCC gold is better than every digital version, particularly if you've never heard all those other versions. Sure, Steve's gold CDs are way up there in the audio ranking. I have a lot of them. I also have some incredible sounding XRCDs, JRVGs, AP gold CDs, DVD-Audio discs and SACDs. Steve doesn't have the exclusive ability to make a nice-sounding audio playback. And that's not even getting into the analog vs. digital stuff! BTW, Steve did an incredible job on the Time Sonny Clark SACD. I wish AF would have kept up with the SACD hybrids. Steve remastering talent combined with DSD playback make for some awesome sounding playback. Speaking of comparing multiple digital versions of a session, I am planning to have fun with John Coltrane's "Blue Train" one of these weekends. Maybe when my buddy Rob comes up for a visit. I just picked up the Mobile Fidelity gold CD. Now, I have 6 digital versions of this title! Should make for a fun shoot out. Wait... maybe I should order the HDAD first? Kevin ← I never said I had an SACD player, and I've made it clear time and again that I've only compared CD layers. I thought there was no need to explain this every time I posted something like this, but obviously I was wrong, judging by your rather acid remarks.

I have a lot of Steve Hoffman's remasterings, and to my ears they're all superior to other digital versions.

← How about "Live Shows and Festivals"? You can re-post it there and delete this thread here by using your moderating options at the bottom left-hand corner of this page. Or, alternatively, you can ask Jim Alfredson (the owner of the board) in a PM to move this topic to that forum.

Welcome to this board. Why did you post this in the Discography forum?

Not to crap on your thread, but I prefer the Hoffman remastered gold DCC CDs of the Miles and Coltrane albums to the redbook layers of the MFSL SACDs. I can't comment on the SACD layers, as I haven't heard those

Happy birthday.

Maybe that was their problem. However, I've often ordered hard-to-find items from them, and their service was always excellent.