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Just got this as I found a too good to pass up price. Wow. I'm enjoying the heck out of it. Great band, good charts, the whole package is smokin'.

Well, guess I'll know soon as I get home. Went back and picked it up this afternoon.

Well, it was Elvin, but I bought a copy from someone on here a while back. Other than that, all the ones I regretted have been reissued as singles, so until I strike up a new interest, I'm in good shape.

IIRC I gave $90 for it back in the day. Total leap of faith purchase as I had no Evans. Never regretted it. $35 is a steal.

If I can sidetrack for a second, I'm vacationing in the EU and, being the dork that I am, decided to sign up for Spotify. Wow. I know the term "game changer" is thrown around, but this app is the closest I've seen to a real live game changer. I spent the afternoon listening with my Shure SE530 buds and Headroom amp, which is a very good setup, and the quality was near CD. Only once in a blue moon did I get the tell tale lossy audio sound. The streaming hiccuped a few times, but I'd chalk that up to hotel wireless, not their fault. The selection was most impressive and only once in a while I got a little Spotify jingle tune. If this ever makes it to the US and if they come up with either an iPhone app or a Squeezebox plug in, I'm going to be in heaven. By comparison, I signed up for Lala a few weeks ago. The selection is pretty good, the quality is so-so and the listen once or pay for a web listening license stuff is for the birds! I'd gladly take a little advertising once an hour for the ability to listen as much as I want and, most importantly, better sound quality. Lala won't stand a chance if Spotify makes the trip over. Not a chance. If the labels have any sense left, they'll get sorted what they need to and make Spotify happen large scale. If they are so concerned about people "stealing" the music, Spotify makes things so easy, it just isn't worthwhile to mess with torrents or what have you. Aside from having access to music on the go, I really can't think of too much to complain about with what I've seen of the service. I'm really going to miss it when I get home. And, to answer the question at hand, I was listening to some Dave Brubeck, Art Tatum, Benny Goodman, Elvin Jones, Eddie Harris, Wu Tang Clan and Poor Righteous Teachers. Kind of an eclectic playlist for a lazy afternoon.

this is really an excellent idea. Here's a Gene Krupa one: http://www.genekrupa.net/session.html

Sorry if this has been answered somewhere in this thread, but is there anywhere to get the discography info for these things easily? That's really all I need and then I'm ready to hit eMusic and Amazon.

Always dug Gene Wright but never saw a session of his own. I'm on vacation and I could pick up a copy of this for an OK price but I'm trying to decide if it's worth trying to cram in the luggage for the trip home. I know you can't get inside my head and tell me if I'm going to dig it, but I'm just curious as to what it's like as I didn't recognize any of the other players and skimming the notes I'm guessing it was a New Zeland date?

My guess is that the seller had the item listed on more than one web site and it sold on one of the other web sites. After it sold the seller probably forgot to remove the listing (or didn't get time to) and was reminded of that once you tried to purchase the already sold item. I sheepishly admit that I've been guilty of that once or twice over the years and I really felt bad about it and was very apologetic. As far as Half.com knew, I still had the item available for sale. I'm guessing the same thing happened here. Yep. That happens more than it should. That and sellers just listing tons of stuff from wholesalers that they may or may not actually have or be able to get. As for the "bait and switch", I really think it's just sloppy coding and the system doesn't catch up when things have sold. Again, it shouldn't be happening as often as it does, but I don't think there's anything nefarious going on.

Even more than that, thought that's bad too, I seem to bust knuckles on the rims. My main snare is an old Radio King with a heavy straight hoop and let me tell you, cracking your knuckles on that sucker really hurts.

Well, there's a new SACD of Blue Train. I wish I was joking, but I'm not.

$5.99 on amazon will work out to be cheaper than eMusic for most albums.

See if your library can get them through interlibrary loan if they don't have them locally.

Wow. Good catch on this. Wonder if the R&B series will appear as well?

Quiet Fire - Roy Haynes and second on the Debut box.

I need to give it another spin, but I'm not feeling it. I don't know if this would make a difference, but I'd rather have heard Blade than Vinnie.

Half Price Books in my area have had an Andorran vinyl pressing of this for a while. Those look for all intents and purposes like a legit Blue Note pressing, complete with label, and it was only with some sleuthing that I discovered they weren't. Well, aside from the fact that the covers were European style sleeves and the whole thing felt off.

That's what I thought. I understand the theory behind this, but I'd think a carbon fiber brush would have the same likelyhood of removing the schmutz with the added bonus of no danger of leaving anything behind. Plus, if this is costing $10 for about 4 treatments, save your money and buy a Nitty Gritty already.

That's a pretty clever solution.

Didn't someone used to make a product kind of like this specifically for records?

I think I use my Dreamcast more than my Beatles CDs anymore.

I'm endlessly fascinated how when the CDs came out in '87 they were such a revelation and praised for their sound quality and now they are these sonic abominations. I mean, I don't remember anyone reviewing the Beatles CDs upon release and giving bad marks for the sound. Most people oohed and aahed over them, even vs. the best vinyl pressings. It's possible there were bad reviews out there, but I don't remember seeing them. I understand technology has advanced and mastering for CD has improved since then, but it still strikes me as a but extreme the way some describe these discs. I think Big Al asked a very vaild question: who is the market for these things? Over on the Hoffman board, for instance, people seem to think these are going to storm up the charts and save the US economy. I think in the real world it's not going to be quite like that. IMHO, most people are well served by the 1s comp. That's why that thing sold like gangbusters. The Capitol Sets and Let It Be Naked, not so much. It also strikes me as this being a last gasp sort of thing for the big deal CD releases. Like it or not, CDs are on the way out. I really think this year is about the last possible year they could release these and still make much of an impact. It'll be interesting to see how many major music retailers are still left standing by the end of the year. And no matter how good these reissues are, I would lay money that the first series of complaints begins before anyone has even had a chance to hear an entire album.

OK, someone tell me if I'm crazy. Today I got a Japanese Victor pressing of Wes' So Much Guitar featuring Ron Cartar on the front cover. In all the issues of this album, I've never seen Carter misspelled except here. Anyone seen Cartar on any other So Much Guitar? (For that matter, it's misspelled six times as that block of text repeats down the side. Heh.)

Mail him the broken shards of the CDR.

I ended up subscribing because I found it kind of hit or miss to find the magazine around Indy. I tended to get a lot of "just sold the last copy yesterday." Expensive, but mostly worth it.