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Audio samples of the Russell/NRG on AMG

I am selling these Japanese CDs from my own collection. CD jewel cases are not graded, some of them have scratches and/or cracks. The artwork is generally in Exc condition. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - CBS/Sony 25DP 5282, with obi (1988); $16 condition of CD: M- Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan - CBS/Sony 25DP 5284, with obi (1988); $14 condition of CD: Exc, looks buffed Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man - CBS/Sony 28DP 1106, with obi (1987); $14 condition of CD: Exc, looks buffed Jazz CDs in mini-LP sleeves: Joe Gordon - Introducing Joe Gordon - EmArcy UCCM-9106, with obi (2002); $17 condition of CD: M- Julian Priester - Spiritsville - Jazzland (a Riverside subsidiary) VICJ-60501, with obi (2000; 20-bit K2 mastering); $17 Jazz CDs in regular jewel cases: Cannonball Adderley - Cannonball's Sharpshooters - Mercury PHCE-1054, with obi (1985); $20 condition of CD: M- Freddie Hubbard - The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard - impulse! MVCJ-19063, with obi (1998; 20-bit K2 mastering); $16 condition of CD: M- Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - impulse! MVCI-23050, no obi (1991); $16 condition of CD: Exc (tiny scratch that does not affect play) Lee Morgan - The Sixth Sense - Blue Note TOCJ-5736, no obi (1992); $17 condition of CD: M- Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth - impulse! MVCI-23029, with obi (1991); $17 condition of CD: M- Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins on impulse! - impulse! MVCI-23024, no obi (1991); $16 condition of CD: M- small sticker on front of jewel case Sal Salvador - Sal Salvador - Capitol TOCJ-5375, no obi (1991); $16 condition of CD: M- McCoy Tyner - Nights of Ballads and Blues - impulse! MVCI-23028, no obi (1991); $16 condition of CD: M- Blue Note Works CDs in regular jewel cases: Lee Morgan - Lee Morgan Indeed! - Blue Note TOCJ-1538, with obi (1995); $14 condition of CD: Exc, looks buffed Lee Morgan - Lee Morgan, Vol.3 - Blue Note TOCJ-1557, with obi (1996); $14 condition of CD: Exc, looks buffed Lee Morgan - City Lights - Blue Note TOCJ-1575, with obi (1996); $14 condition of CD: Exc, looks buffed Shipping and payment: $3 per CD to Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States Please note that I do not ship to countries that are not listed here. Payment by PayPal only; no cash, checks or money orders. Questions? Feel free to PM me, but a PM with a question doesn't secure the item unless it’s explicitly reserved. An item that is not claimed within 24 hours of my reply will be sold to the next buyer. I won't be able to mail the discs until next week.

I am now listening to Lou Donaldson's Midnight Sun (TOCJ-50281) and the sound is OK. Not bright/harsh and not too loud.

It's a 2CD-set: Oliver Nelson - Eric Dolphy: Complete Recordings, an unauthorized release from European public-domain label Essential Jazz Classics. They have no access to original sources like mastertapes; the set is probably taken from (official) Original Jazz Classics and impulse! CDs.

See my post #26. You gave the wrong address; the correct address is www.cdjapan.co.jp - here's the link again: CDJapan.

Importing them directly from CDJapan will undoubtedly be cheaper.

Thanks for posting this, Daniel. That series was a very mixed bag, with some good albums and some (very) poor ones (in my opinion ).

Depending on their condition $200 each for those Commodore LP sets is a steal. They usually go for much more on eBay.

Funny, I've got loads and they don't sound any different to me from other Fantasy stuff. I have one or two that I've also got on other editions... I believe it were the ZYX 20 bit remasters of OJC material in digipaks that could sound very bad. The standard jewel case editions were the same as the US OJC:s, which are mostly quite decent. Yep, those 20-bit OJC remasters in digipaks from ZYX sounded atrocious, without exception. I bought most of the available ones in one go (which is never a good idea, to be honest) many years ago and was appalled when I listened to them. Avoid at all cost. Most of the regular non-20-bit ZYX OJCs in standard jewel cases were indeed OK.

Allen, Could you describe the distortion you're hearing and at how much time into "Weatherbird"?

I'd choose the Quebec/Hardee too. It's one of the rarest Mosaics and usually goes for big bucks on eBay, so in case you don't like it... The Hodes is not to be missed either, though, so if you can afford it, get both.

Because I made a mistake. It happens. It does [couldn't resist my earlier remark ]. To each their own [Very funny, by the way]

Just listened to part of that track. Very commercial and totally not my cup of tea (to put it mildly). [by the way, why do people keep spelling the possessive pronoun "its" with an apostrophe?]

Sorry to hear that. He made a few fine albums.

John Tefteller's Blues Images' special offer: only $19.95 plus shipping.

When ZYX was Fantasy's European licensee they didn't release CD-Rs.

So Richard Nevins decided to revive Yazoo. Interesting. I wonder if there'll be more releases.

Will I have to buy Bessie's complete recordings for the third time? Columbia, Frog and now... Why not? Then you can tell us if Sony newly remastered the set or used the atrocious no-noised masterings from the early 1990s By the way, this set has been discussed recently in at least two other threads, this one and this one.

Mr Wilder left the Hoffman board years ago and all his posts have been deleted, I believe at his own request. Just noticed this fairly recent post from Mark Wilder Kind Of Blue speed issue Ah, good to see he's back. Pity his earlier posts were deleted, there was some useful info there.

Conception also has Stan Getz, Chubby Jackson and Lee Konitz dates without Miles that are obviously not included in the Chronicle set.

I'd recommend the Chaloff, Desmond/Hall and Cooper/Holman/Rosolino sets.

Just listened to Sweetnighter from the 1971-1975 Weather Report set and to my ears it sounds too loud and also very harsh/shrill. I have no idea how the original recording sounds and I don't have other versions to compare it to, but I don't like this mastering. Very disappointing. By the way, Mark Wilder mastered the set. I do have the 2007 Mark Wilder DSD masterings of Tale Spinnin' and Mysterious Traveller on Japanese CDs and I'll compare them later to the same albums in the set. [follow-up] Just did a very quick comparison of the first two tracks on Mysterious Traveller. The 2007 Japanese CD (Sony SICP 1243) is much easier on the ears than the version from the set.

Mr Wilder left the Hoffman board years ago and all his posts have been deleted, I believe at his own request.

I got a couple of scans, thanks, much appreciated. I obviously still prefer the booklet itself, so if anyone is selling one, please drop me a PM.

Just got an e-mail from True Blue Music that they're having a Nessa CDs sale.