J.A.W.

Without the high-end boost some of the K2s have, please.

I certainly won't be buying these. I'm perfectly happy with my Miles DCC remasters, and as for the others mentioned, well, let's just say that I'm not a fan of RVGs...

Hm, Retrieval is Dutch, so I guess I should know - I don't though...

The following CDs are scheduled for release. * means cardboard sleeve On September 25, 2005 MSI POPMA 32(New) Miyama,Toshiyuki/Swingin' Style 2625 On September 28, 2005 Warner Music WPCR 12183(New) Hancock,Herbie(p)/Possiblities 2580 Warner Music WPCR 12163(New) Metheny,Pat(g)/Song X(20th Anniversary) 2680 On October 5, 2005 3D System MTCJ 3023(New) Miwa,Yoko(p)/In the Mist of Time 2500 On October 19, 2005 3D System MTCJ 3024(New) Kuhn,Steve(p)/Kuhn/LaFaro 1960 2500 3D System MTCJ 3025(New) Saisse,Philippe(p)/Body & Soul 2625 3D System MTCJ 5024(New) De Wilde,Laurent(p)/Open Changes 2625 3D System MTCJ 6006(Atlantic)New Konitz,Lee(as)/Inside Hi Fi* 2415 3D System MTCJ 6007(Embryo)New Carter,Ron(b)/Uptown Conversation* 2415 3D System MTCJ 6008(Atlantic)New Marsh,Warne(as)/Warne Marsh* 2415 3D System MTCJ 1085(New) Yoshida,Jiro(g)/Made in New York 2800 3D System MTCJ 1086(New) Koonse,Dave(g) & Larry(g)/Father & Son 2500 3D System MTCJ 1087(New) Ohashi,Mika(vo)/Sweet Conversation 2800 3D System QSCA 1025(New) Stone Alliance/Con Amigo 2200 3D System QSCA 1026(New) Stone Alliance/Heads Up 2200 3D System FNCJ 5510(New) Postma,Tineka/For the Rhythm 2500 3D System WNCJ 2154(New) Yoshida Heiichi/I'm Gonna Be Happy 2800 3D System WNCJ 2155(New) Sasaki,Akio/Grand in Blue 2800 3D System WNCJ 2156(New) Taguchi,Teiji/One for Seven 2800 3D System WNCJ 2157(New) Harada,Syuntaro/Continuation 2800 3D System RKCJ 2016(New) Shimazu,Kenichi/All Kinds of Ballads 2500 On October 21, 2005 DIW B 06(New) Takayanagi,Masayuki/Dislocation 2730 DIW B 07(New) Takayanagi,Masayuki/A Jazzy Profile of Jojo 2940 On October 26, 2005 Venus TKCV 35355(New)24bit Hazeltine,David(p)/Cleopatra's Dream 2800

I have the Retrieval set. Has anyone ever compared that one to the Challenge set?

Sorry to spoil the party, but I don't find the remastering of the 10CD-box all that great: the higher frequencies boost is a bit too much for my ears... (Same with the big Columbia/Sony Armstrong box; I prefer the J.R.T. Davies-remastered JSP Armstrong set).

The set was remastered by Dan Hersch and Bill Inglot. Sounds promising.

who's instead of whose

Possessive pronouns: there's instead of theirs it's instead of its

Including the unreleased material?

My pet hate is still Fuschia instead of Fuchsia. The flower was named after 16th Century botanist Dr Fuchs.

OK, I guess I should have mentioned that. The Birth of Soul box includes mostly studio recordings.

The Birth of Soul box only included Charles' R&B sides, the new box will include everything he recorded for Atlantic, such as the jazz sides. ← Well, not everything. Ray returned to the lable for four albums in the 1970s. I have the first three. They're all a mixed bag, but when they're good, they're very good. The first one, True To Life, is easily the strongest (there's a version of "How Long Has This Been Going On" on there that is Sesert Island Material). The following two are much more variable/erratic, and by the tiem the fourth one came out, I decided to pass. ← I meant everything in the 1952-1959 period mentioned in my first post. Apparently that wasn't clear.

The Birth of Soul box only included Charles' R&B sides, the new box will include everything he recorded for Atlantic, such as the jazz sides.

Short reply (haven't got much time): Get the Mance Lipscomb while you can, it's up there with his best Arhoolie recordings. Also highly recommended: Percy Mayfield - His Tangerine and Atlantic Sides (out of print) Loudon Wainwright III - The Atlantic Recordings (out of print) Jackie DeShannon - Jackie... Plus (a personal favorite of mine) Doug Sahm - The Genuine Texas Groover

Happy birthday.

Several Vanguard, Mercury, Riverside and Pacific Jazz LPs: Dave Burns - Dave Burns - Vanguard Dave Burns - Warming Up - Vanguard Bill English - Bill English - Vanguard Billy Mitchell - A Little Juicy - Mercury Ron Jefferson - Love Lifted Me - Pacific Jazz Lennie McBrowne - Lennie McBrowne & the Four Souls - Pacific Jazz Lennie McBrowne - Eastern Lights - Riverside

Just saw this on another board: Rhino will release an 8CD-set with Ray Charles' entire Atlantic Records catalog on September 20, to commemorate what would have been his 75th birthday. The title of the box is Ray Charles Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) and it includes nearly nine hours of music and 165 tracks, highlighted by a disc of 27 unreleased or rare cuts. CDUniverse has a tracklisting. Their pre-ordering price is $111.47. According to CDUniverse "PURE GENIUS comes packaged in a '50s-inspired record-player case and contains a bonus DVD featuring live concert footage and an exclusive interview with producer Ahmet Ertegun. Liner Note Authors: Ahmet Ertegun; David Ritz. Recording information: 1952 - 1959."

Vacation maybe? She was last active here on August 1, and her last post dates from June 25.

Sorry to thread crap, but what is a "weiner"? ← oops, it is a typo wiener ← Err... Sorry, I still don't understand. According to Merriam-Webster it's a wienerwurst: Main Entry: wie·ner Pronunciation: 'wE-n&r, 'wE-nE also 'wi-nE Function: noun Etymology: short for wienerwurst It just occurred to me, do you mean "whiner"? ← sorry for the confusion - I do mean wiener in this case, slang for something that is bland, dull or flavorless I am refering to the Oscar Meyer variety of course ← I see. Thanks for the explanation!

Sorry to thread crap, but what is a "weiner"? ← oops, it is a typo wiener ← Err... Sorry, I still don't understand. According to Merriam-Webster it's a wienerwurst: Main Entry: wie·ner Pronunciation: 'wE-n&r, 'wE-nE also 'wi-nE Function: noun Etymology: short for wienerwurst It just occurred to me, do you mean "whiner"?

Sorry to thread crap, but what is a "weiner"?

That's great news, congratulations!

Time to bring this up again There's been a lot of "copywrite" instead of copyright lately...

My thoughts exactly.