J.A.W.

That ain't right. Well, that's what his posts #61 and #64 look like to me, and mentioning other sites on his board wasn't allowed at the time. I don't know if that's still a rule over there and I couldn't care less

Well, those CD transfers are enough reason for me to pass this time, at least for now.

Seconded. Their contributions were always worthwhile. I'm sorry to hear about the passing of at least one of them, or both.

Another thing: Mr Ricci is doing here what was not allowed on his board when I was still a member there: pimping another (his) site.

Quote from the Mosaic site: If the cds they used were made from metal masters and transferred by Steve Lasker they're probably sound pretty good. I'm not so sure about that, see my remark about Erick Labson's restoration/mastering work in post #83. His masterings often sound pretty harsh to my ears. [edited to correct an error]

Quote from the Mosaic site: Especially the part about the Decca CDs from the 1990s doesn't sound good to me. I don't have it anymore, but if I remember correctly they suffered from a considerable amount of noise reduction, and I'm not a fan of Mr Labson's restoration/mastering work. I wish they had waited until the metal parts became available. [edited to correct an error]

Why the caps? Very unpleasant to read.

What a childish thing to do. I wonder if it ever occurred to Mr Ricci that this harms the artists and that surely can't be the intention of a jazz site.

I'm with Lon on this. I got some very unpleasant messages from AAJ at the time and I have no wish to be part of that site again.

Fortunately I am not interested in Paul McCartney's music - on the contrary - so I can happily ignore those threads, as well as most rock-related threads, including the many, many Beatles topics

It is mainly a rock-oriented board, there seem to be very few real jazz lovers. I get the impression over and over again that quite a few members only purchase jazz CDs and vinyl because they were mastered by Hoffman and/or Kevin Gray or because Hoffman recommended them, not because they really like the music. Pre-mid-1950s and post-mid-1960s jazz is usually ignored. Pity.

That would have been a big mistake, as Hutton never liked first pressings

Don't know what's it like these days, but when I was banned many years ago it was. Still have no idea why they booted me.

Didn't Kevin Gray master this 45RPM LP-set? To my ears his masterings generally sound excellent.

Hm, looks like I'm still banned over there

I was just banned over at the Steve Hoffman site for asking this question, so discouraging. Wow, I can't even ask a question about one of their records, I guess it's strictly a worship site. Your membership profile is still up at the Hoffman board, so are you sure they banned you? They did delete your thread about the Coltrane record, though; it doesn't appear when you click on "postings" in your profile. Positive, when I try to log in I get a big red "You have been banned!" warning. Not a very welcoming site, I wasn't even critical of Hoffman or Gray. I actually hold them both in high regard, that's why I posed the question! I see. Didn't they tell you why exactly you were banned? I think you have a right to know. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding.

I was just banned over at the Steve Hoffman site for asking this question, so discouraging. Wow, I can't even ask a question about one of their records, I guess it's strictly a worship site. Your membership profile is still up at the Hoffman board, so are you sure they banned you? They did delete your thread about the Coltrane record, though; it doesn't appear when you click on "postings" in your profile.

The review was written by Robert Hutton, a one-time member of both this board and the Hoffman board. He was booted from the latter and hasn't posted here in a long time. He has always been extremely critical of masterings done by people like Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray. At one time I got the impression that it was personal.

Correct, as the track listing in post #32 shows.

How the decimal mark is used: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark#Hindu.E2.80.93Arabic_numeral_system

Not true. See the link in the original post. Yep, you're right, it is that set, I got it wrong. I don't think it has Clifford Brown's complete sessions, though, just the EmArcy dates.

I think Mike was making fun of all these reissues. There's no such set on Amazon Italia.

Sorry to hear this.

Thanks Allen, very informative.