David Ayers

Joking aside, I have become aware of a supply of the Applause issue of this CD. I have never seen one and can't vouch for the quality. The cost is £5 plus postage from the supplier (who is not me). This guy has other applause CDs such as the two rare and undesirable Turrentines. I don't know anything about Applause CD issues.

To my mind there is a difference between CD players shown up by the highest quality amp and speakers (mine are a bit old fashioned - I don't own the highest end gear, but I have auditioned it). However it is also my opinion that very high quality amps and speakers show up the (severe) limitation of the CD source no matter how good the CD player being used. The limitation on CD is inherent in the medium and the set up however good can't overcome this. In fact the greatest set ups bother me because they expose the limitations of the source. I am just not a true audiophile!

Well I laid in a few spares - you never know when the urge will take you - plus in the event of an unanticpated nuclear winter maybe one or more of my copes might wear out, you never know...

I got a good price for a copy on ebay and now have another - I am deciding what to do with it.

trade... hmm. Good point. I can't understand why this one hasn't been out since the CC issue - not even in Japan (AFAIK)

You got me - I was just going back to edit the post...

uhhhhhh... what's the legitimate asking price for a copy of McCoy Tyner's Expansions CD?

Thanks ghost!

Do we know anything about a possible Tyner Mosaic yet?

Low value of the dollar. In Europe these look like a snip!

Alexander's official endorsement of Jazz Improv will appear in the next issue. Here is a preview of the exact, unaltered text: Over the summer I wrote roughly a dozen reviews for this magazine. The new issue came out recently (it seems to come out a few times a year) and of the dozen reviews I wrote, several were printed! Good for me right? Life is wonderful. The one review that has my name on it is the one I wrote. I wrote a glowing review of Al Basile's "Red Breath" and that is what they printed. My review was brilliant, so stylistically they left it unaltered. A few phrases from my review were lifted and used as an example to others how to write great prose! I'm pretty delighted at the moment. So I think I'll be writing more for "Jazz Improv" in the future... B) by Alexander

20 releases. I haven't matched titles to numbers yet. Blue Train John Coltrane Candy Lee Morgan Congregation Johnny Griffin Cool Struttin' Sonny Clark Flight To Jordan Duke Jordan Fuego Donald Byrd Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims Jutta Hipp Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock Memorial Album Clifford Brown Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell Moanin' Art Blakey A Night At The Village Vanguard Sonny Rollins A Night In Tunisia Art Blakey Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia Kenny Dorham The Scene Changes Bud Powell Somethin' Else Cannonball Adderley Swing, Swang, Swingin' Jackie Mclean True Blue Tina Brooks Undercurrent Kenny Drew Workout Hank Mobley

Climb up on my knee, DS0823...

As well as sampling Intakt releases, you might also want to try Willi the Pig, with Tchicai, a rare LP of a 1975 concert dubbed to CD by Atavaistic as part of their Unheard Music Series.

The 1995 "Ready for Freddie" is mastered by Larry Walsh. 1995... seems like only yesterday... I am wondering what this summer's release of In'n'Out will sound like. It is one of the worst BN CDs, and I am curious how good the master tape is.

Even though I am not a fan of RVGs, it is the case that early BN CDs are usually of limited quality. I think your best guide is your ears (and of course your system is a factor). If you LIKE RVGs and if you think by comparison with RVGs you have that the existing versions sound bad, then of course, upgrade. If you are basically satisfied stay with what you have. it may be that you arn't satisfied but don't really want to have to upgrade. Well this is a choice too! If it isn't important enough to you, it is not a priority, full stop. These RVGs will be available for several years, I believe, so there may be no hurry.

Just like the old days!

So how can I get my CD drive to play a CD now? Do I have to reboot?

My copy of the set from zweitausendeins came with just CDs, jewel cases and insertts - no box, no book. Some of the ebay sets may be like that. The sound quality compared to the original LPs is not so good.

You mean, when they "went back in", so to speak? Pure coincidence...

OK I'm back on this again I admit it. I've got a bee in my bonnet about sourcing Russian versions of tatu songs in any format and vinyls in either language. Anyone any ideas on discography (just say no) or on UK sources for this kind of vinyl? Thank you!

Hi Kenny nice to see you. Yes it IS the Mosaic, but packaged in a narrower box, about the same size as the Herbie Box.

FSS is/was available as a JRVG, but is not known to be scheduled as an RVG.

Scheduled for Summer 2004. No need to panic... yet...

Hi Philly and welcome! I found your site completely by accident. I was looking for any site that could tell me the next 100 Japanese RVG titles after TOCJ 9600. (These are the ones we call JRVGs). So I typed "TOCJ 9600" into Google and found your site. I couldn't really read it, but I could see that you were talking about all the kinds of things we talk about here. I thought it was quite funny, finding another version of us on the other side of the world. So I am very glad you have called to say hello - maybe you will decide to stick around.