David Ayers

Jim Thanks for getting the board back up so quickly and sorry for your problems. Nightmare!

Thanks, - noted!

In fact I've got three line outs - 500mV (for the amp), 1.6 V and 5 V. Will that cover it do you think? Also a couple of tape outs.

Thanks Claude! I have got a free standing pre-amp (a Quad 44). I imagine that has line-out there somewhere. That may mean I only need a cable! How exciting... why didn't I think of this before? Now I can flood the world with illegal mp3s of obscure LPs...

Since I already have a turntable and a soundcard, what do I need to connect one to the other and record LPs? Thanks for any help...!

Studio. It contains more music, and more music you don't already have. The VV contains less music and less variety, since it is all from one set of dates. In fact the VV can be done quite well from the "Best Of VV" CD which exists, although habitual completists will frown on me for saying so (sorry guys!).

Here is the MDT version, for reference - ending today. Shipping issues are different with MDT, and jazz is not included.

Good call, Claude. My DFD Schubert Lieder arrived just now - £27 including shipping, even less than the current price. This is the same Universal sale I mentioned when it began. Europadisc closed their version of this sale yesterday, MDT close today, so my guess is that amazon will not be too far behind. I'd certainly say anyone on the fence over Basie (at £26.97) should JUMP... Edited to add that the Fischer Dieskau Schubert is the compact edition WITH complete texts and translations into English, plus a mix of translations and paraphrases in French. So you are sorted for life with this set, even if all you want to begin with are the three major cycles.

Complete Verve Billie Holiday at £33.97 here, also the Verve Studio Masters at £24.97. Also worth checking Ella and Louis, and Ella's Gershwin and Ellington Songbooks, and lower than usual prices on Coltrane Complete VV and Complete Impulse. As well as the outright bargains on Basie and Farlow Mosaics (£26.97) I mentioned elsewhere. These prices include 17.5% sales tax which is not payable for buyers outside EU, and postage is per item not per disk so works out well on box sets (I *think*). Those prices will end VERY SOON. Edit: It's all here on this page: bargain boxes

nice one!

On the subject of cheap Universal Mosaics, I see that Basie and Farlow are currently at £26.97 on amazon.co.uk I believe this offer is set to end SOON Edited to point out that price quoted is UK Pounds Sterling.

That seems to just about cover it...! Thank you!

I know that the Okka catalogue is now distributed by Atavistic, but the Okka site itself has been down for a while and I wonder if they are still in business. Anybody know anything? Have I missed something?

I suppose I am asking because I'm not really sure what very recent jazz has a consensus on this board, let alone in terms of even broader popularity. Henry Threadgill and Steve Coleman have been going for decades and have had their big label chances. I don't think either was very successful, either in terms of the music or in terms of developing an audience: I wonder if they will get a second chance? Coleman turns 50 this year. Threadgill is in his 60s. So I don't think this is the answer. All I mean is, are we sure that the Verve CEO hasn't got a point? Edited to add that Threadgill's last Columbia release was ten years ago, since when he has released two CDs on Pi (both 2001) and an audiophile LP. Coleman's last release with RCA was 1999 - seven years ago.

Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smiff. MG So you agree with Chuck - Verve should stick to the reissues?

Who could sell so many records that a major label like Verve should sign them, do you think?

Thanks for the tips - I apprecite it! I'm staring by trialling Total recorder and taking it from there. If I need to move up a peg I will.

Ellison regarded bebop as a betrayal of black music, rejecting the cult of Charlie Parker's music as romantically identified with his suffering as an addict.

I'd like to capture radio streams in mp3 format. Can anyone recommend software for this? (I know you can - I've seen it mentioned but just can't find it....) Thanks for any help!

Well... if you must. But the repartee was so choice...

Happy Birthday man!

Thanks for checking on that Frank - what a shame...

Tolliver can be heard on Andrew Hill's Time Lines. There have been mixed views on this record, which is not too upbeat, but it is a way to catch some recent Tolliver. Grand Max is still easy to find; Impact and The Ringer now less so.

I tend to agree. This set reflects a pre-mp3 age of remastering! A little soft-grained by today's in-your-face standards, but very musical.

Looks interesting - are you recommending it? And do I go for the Japanese issue or the Cortical? This is extremely brutal scream-fest, I am not even sure what to compare it with (imagine Brötzmann and Bailey at their most noisy). I like it a lot. I have DIW edition, and the sound quality is very good. Hmmmm - thanks David - one there for an idle mouse finger to get to work on...