J.A.W.

That would exclude discussions about older albums/recordings.

Are you volunteering to compile an index and keep it up-to-date? That'd be B-)

It's October 1, 1:18 AM here now, so: gefeliciteerd!

I'm a bit late, but: happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

Wat zeg je?

Sent you a PM.

THE CDs ARE GONE I'm selling these Japanese 20-bit Digital K2 remastered Thelonious Monk mini-LP CDs (no obi strips as shown in the pictures) for $15 each: Thelonious in Action - Riverside / Victor VICJ-60491 The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall - Riverside / Victor VICJ-60511 Misterioso - Riverside / Victor VICJ-60353 Standard mail shipping (at buyer's risk; could take weeks): $2.50 for 1 CD; $4 for 2 CDs, $7.50 for 3 CDs. Priority mail shipping (at buyer's risk): $4 for 1 CD, $6 for 2 CDs, $10 for 3 CDs. Registered priority mail is extra. Payment: no cash, checks or money orders; PayPal accepted; in the euro zone: BIC / IBAN electronic bank transfer. Unsold CDs will be listed on eBay on Saturday, October 2, 2004.

My favorites from his final years - actually, his final month - are the Milestone 8CD sets Consecration and The Last Waltz, with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera.

According to my CDUniverse order status it's shipping now

But how much of that is due to the mastering, rather than to the "gold"? My guess would be that it's due to the mastering only. See also my post above: Many engineers bump up the high frequencies (and sometimes also the lows, hence the phrase "happy smiley EQ") when they're remastering older recordings, thus creating a less "warm" and sometimes more detailed but also more fatiguing remaster. Most if not all of the DCC remasters are "flat" (i.e. no fiddling with the EQ) and therefore sound warmer in comparison.

Many engineers bump up the high frequencies (and sometimes also the lows, hence the phrase "happy smiley EQ") when they're remastering older recordings, thus creating a less "warm" and sometimes more detailed but also more fatiguing remaster. Most if not all of the DCC remasters are "flat" (i.e. no fiddling with the EQ) and therefore sound warmer in comparison.

Some of the best sounding CDs are the gold DCC CDs mastered by Steve Hoffman; his non-tampering with the original tapes pays off very well to my ears. The sound of the gold Analogue Production CDs is also very good. Unfortunately, both series are out of print; some of the CDs are rare and therefore rather pricey.

A friend of mine, who's much more into Beefheart than I am, got rid of Grow Fins almost as fast as he had picked it up... He really, really hated it.

David owned the Japanese reissue long before I did, so...

A few Beefheart recommendations, in more or less chronological order: Safe As Milk - Buddha Trout Mask Replica - Reprise Lick My Decals Off, Baby - Reprise (practically impossible to get at the moment; my Japanese reissue sounds fine ) The Mirror Man Sessions - Buddha The Spotlight Kid - Reprise Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) - Virgin Doc at the Radar Station - Virgin Ice Cream for Crow - Virgin

Don't understand it either. Same goes for the Tristano / Konitz / Marsh set...

That would explain a lot.

Tried back in the 1600s. It didn't work, we ended up with a load of Germans (Sad though it is...)

Jim!

See couw's explanation.

...though it's suddenly very slow...

No problem here at all (IE6).

Both the Sonny Clark and Tommy Turrentine hybrid Audio Fidelity SACDs of their Time albums are still available from CDConnection at very attractive prices. Grab 'em while you can!