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Very interesting. Thanks Tony

I haven't heard the Scott CDs, but I'm convinced the 24-bit remastered Japanese mini-LP sleeve reissues (many CDs in this series have fold-out sleeves) sound much, much better than their U.S. counterparts. Red Trumpet has them, but they're pretty expensive. They're also listed on the HMV Japan site: Latin Shadows and On a Clear Day, so they're still available. Why don't you ask Hiroshi Tanno if he can supply them: hiroshi@earlyrecords.com - his prices are slightly higher than HMV's (2345 yen or approximately $20, plus shipping), but his shipping rates are much lower.

Here's the second batch, with thanks to Hiroshi Tanno: UCCI-9051 Keith Jarrett: Fort Yawuh UCCI-9052 Keith Jarrett: Back Hand UCCI-9053 Keith Jarrett: Mysteries UCCI-9054 Keith Jarrett: Shades UCCI-9055 Keith Jarrett: Byablue UCCI-9056 Keith Jarrett: Bop-Be UCCI-9057 McCoy Tyner: Inception UCCI-9058 McCoy Tyner: Live at Newport UCCI-9059 McCoy Tyner: Today and Tomorrow UCCI-9060 McCoy Tyner: Plays Ellington UCCI-9061 Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison: Illumination UCCI-9062 Lorez Alexandria: The Great UCCI-9063 Lorez Alexandria: More of the Great UCCI-9064 Freda Payne: After the Lights Go Down UCCI-9065 Jackie Paris: The Song Is Paris UCCI-9066 Johnny Hartman: I Just Dropped By to Say Hello UCCI-9067 Johnny Hartman: The Voice That Is UCCI-9068 Oliver Nelson: More Blues and the Abstract Truth UCCI-9069 Oliver Nelson: Plays Michelle UCCI-9070 Oliver Nelson: Live from Los Angeles UCCI-9071 Hank Jones: Happenings UCCI-9072 Gil Evans: Into the Hot UCCI-9073 Ahmad Jamal: Poinciana Revisited UCCI-9074 Shirley Scott: On a Clear Day UCCI-9075 Shirley Scott: Latin Shadows UCCI-9076 Sonny Rollins: East Broadway Run Down UCCI-9077 Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady UCCI-9078 Charles Mingus: Mingus Plays Piano UCCI-9079 Sonny Stitt: Now! UCCI-9080 Johnny Hodges: Everybody Knows UCCI-9081 Paul Gonsalves: Tell It the Way It Is UCCI-9082 Coleman Hawkins: Today and Now UCCI-9083 Coleman Hawkins: Wrapped Tight UCCI-9084 Benny Carter: Further Definitions UCCI-9085 Art Blakey: Art Blakey!!! Jazz Messengers!!! UCCI-9086 Elvin Jones: Dear John C UCCI-9087 Milt Jackson: Jazz 'n' Samba UCCI-9088 Milt Jackson: Statements UCCI-9089 Freddie Hubbard: The Body and the Soul UCCI-9090 Kai Winding: The Incredible UCCI-9091 Curtis Fuller: Soul Trombone UCCI-9092 Archie Shepp: Fire Music UCCI-9093 Archie Shepp: Live in San Francisco UCCI-9094 Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight UCCI-9095 Archie Shepp: The Way Ahead UCCI-9096 Archie Shepp: Things Have Got to Change UCCI-9097 Marion Brown: Three For Shepp UCCI-9098 Marion Brown: Vista UCCI-9099 Gabor Szabo: Gypsy '66 UCCI-9100 Gabor Szabo: Spellbinder

You won't find it, unless the population want you to...

Quite.

Excellent decision

Great. Very clear and transparent, yet a bit more aggressive than the earlier, also great but mellower Japanese 20-bit K2 remastered Victor Impulse! reissues.

Thanks Kazak

It probably lurks in his archive somewhere. Wish I could take a peek...

David, I have asked Hiroshi Tanno if he can help. I'll let you know.

You can also use HMV Japan's search box; select "by cat.no.", type "UCCI9" and GO Unfortunately, deleted items such as John Coltrane's Ballads (UCCI-9001) and A Love Supreme (UCCI-9002) are no longer listed.

Yes, and I wonder why. This was discussed on the "old board". I don't remember exactly what was said, but it might be a language problem.

Yep, but the seller doesn't ship outside Germany (as is so often the case with eBay Germany auctions). By the way, the "Buy It Now" price ("Sofort kaufen") is €74.99 or $81 at today's exchange rate.

Zuma has been available on CD since 1990.

This Is Our Music - remastered reissue, sounds great English remastered version of Change of the Century - don't know how it sounds, though.

After I had e-mailed Parallactic's Brandon Evans again a few days ago I got a full refund

Weizen's back and posting - occasionally

EDT + 13 hours, so it's 2:39 AM on Sunday there now. Time zones

James Spaulding plays a lot of flute on this album, but if you don't mind that (I'm not a fan), grab it. Joe Chambers is great.

I didn't know Parallactic's pressing plant was located in Tikrit. Well, their CDs are just as elusive as Saddam...

Still nothing. Hmmm... This is not looking good... See also the last few posts in this thread over on AAJ.

Not quite - today's exchange rate: €1 = $1.08 / $1 = €0.93, and the dollar is rising fast against the euro.

That's funny, this was my reaction: I don't like many (OK, most) of RVG's remasters - I'm told his hearing is deteriorating badly - I wondered if his alleged hearing loss could have something to do with the sonic qualities of his remasters - if so, that could explain the (at least to my ears) exaggerated highs. I never thought his remastering to be fundamentally wrong, though (I know, you never said I did ); it's just not my cup of tea. As for your second point, I think you're right, much popular music does have the same sonic qualities (to my horror, but that's my problem), such as many recent Sony jazz reissues, and, since they're probably aimed at the current market, it seems much more likely to me too that that's exactly how Blue Note want their reissues to sound (or they would undoubtedly have told Rudy otherwise). I've discussed this "privately" with a few other board members, and they agreed that this might be the case.