J.A.W.

I've probably missed something, but I really don't get it...

Am now listening to disc 2 of the big box Bear Family dedicated to one of the pioneers of "the real thing", Louis Jordan. Great music

As I said earlier I totally agree. When I posted this point of view on another music board, I was thoroughly flamed and roasted...

The sound on the ones I have from this series is a tad loud to my ears, though not nearly as bad as on many other Japanese jazz CD reissues from the last 10 years or so. This is a limited edition, as are most Japanese CDs. I don't think they'll be around next year.

They are sold by CD Japan for 1,000 yen each, which is about £8 / €10 / $13 at today's exchange rate, plus shipping.

I totally agree. I just quoted the site I linked to: "ATLANTIC R&B BEST COLLECTION 1000" For me, the "real thing" is the R&B from the late 1930s to the late 1950s.

I recently tried to contact Volkher by e-mail, to no avail. I hope everything's OK.

List. Click on the black "WPCR" buttons for the next lists and on the "2" etc. red buttons for later releases. They can be ordered from CD Japan.

100 R&B albums reissued on CD by Atlantic Japan

My good friend Sem van Gelder, who owns and runs "Swingmaster", the only specialist blues and jazz records and CDs store here in Groningen, is thinking of retiring next year, after 25+ years.

Whoa, that's tough. Makes one wonder why.

Your post made me check my copy again, just in case I missed it the first time - it's fine, so it's not a pressing fault that affects the whole run.

Same complaint here. They're doing it to get their hands on the money asap, a disadvantage of the current Amazon Marketplace system.

Many Amazon stores incorrectly list items as being "in stock", while in reality they have to get them from their suppliers first, which in some cases takes a long time. It's a nuisance and I've complained about it a few times, to no avail.

Tried to post a link, but it doesn't seem to work. This one does: Amazon link AMG review

This has got to be the solo stuff. The Brown/Roach stuff was on the 4 cd first volume. In true intelligent record company fashion, this is nowhere to be found on the Hip-o website! Vol.2 contains the master takes of the recordings with Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan and Helen Merrill: AMG. You're right. It even states this in the Hip-o site's description of the 1st volume. I guess this means there will be a third volume containing the jam sessions and string date? The master takes of the jam sessions (4 tracks) can be found on disc 2 of Vol.1 and the master takes of the string dates with Neal Hefti's Orchestra (12 tracks) on disc 3.

This has got to be the solo stuff. The Brown/Roach stuff was on the 4 cd first volume. In true intelligent record company fashion, this is nowhere to be found on the Hip-o website! Vol.2 contains the master takes of the recordings with Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan and Helen Merrill: AMG.

The main advantage I see to not worrying about duplicate threads is that it encourages those not only new to the board, but those new to jazz. The boards I go to that seem to be growing, living boards don't worry about duplicate threads, and newbies seem to stick around a lot more, growing in knowledge and in contributing to the board. The boards that worry about duplicate threads and insist that newbies use the search feature, post on the appropriate thread, etc., seem to run of the noobs quickly, and soon become an "old gang" board. I agree with Tom Storer in that, in this day of facebook, bulletin boards may be up against it, but there are boards that are doing fine. Of course, the other advantage to not worrying about duplicate threads is less work for you... As I see it duplicate threads are a nuisance when they're posted shortly after the original thread, especially when there's a discussion going on in the earlier one. The starting point here is to keep all info and opinions on a particular subject in one thread as much as possible, which makes a discussion a lot easier to follow (and take part in) than when it is fragmented between threads and it also makes it easier to do a search.

Seconded.

Big or not, you guessed it. Good suggestion.

The transfers for the big Sony Armstrong box that was released in 2000 were done by Steve Berkowitz, Michael Brooks, Ken Robertson and Phil Schaap and the mastering was done by Seth Foster, Ken Robertson, Tom "Curly" Ruff, Phil Schaap and Mark Wilder. There's no mention of Harry Coster and Darcy Proper, so I guess the upcoming box was newly transferred and remastered. Would it be possible for you to compare a few tracks from both boxes, once you have received the new one?

If this release covers the years 1913-1938, I wonder why they used a picture of the sinking of the Titanic (1912) for the cover...

All preoccupations are tiresome in the end.

And what happened next? The suspense is killing me...