David Ayers

This store appears to have a colossal stock. Has anybody ever tried them?

Clifford - do you have a working list of these sleeves which you can let us have - or do we have to wait for the final reckoning? I would be interested to see the list if you feel able to post it.

I like the Braxton Hats. Dortmund and Basel are really good. Willisau is what it is. Santa Cruz and Charlie Parker are magnificent. 8 +3 Tristano is one of the better standards outings, 1979 Quartet is an undersung gem, and the 1976 Donaueschingen appearance with George Lewis is an affectionate romp. Many of these are sadly OOP, though Willisau is about to make a comeback. I don't have any Hat LPs that didn't make it to CD, so can't answer that aprt of the question. For those who, like me, need a mnemonic, a complete-looking text listing can be found here

He has a website, if anyone is interested, which includes a discography. Haven't ever been convinced to pick up lots of McPhee. Oleo is a good album, for sure, while Tenor I find dull - it's like a bedroom tape, and nowhere near as engaging as solo tenor outings by the likes of Brotzmann and Evan Parker.

I didn't mention either of these titles so we may be talking at cross purposes. Anyone wishing to verify details on a particular title can of course look at http://www.hmv.co.jp.

They should beunder install/uninstall preceded by the word Microsoft. That said, I don't have the same version of windows as you... Good luck!

We can be certain that these are straight reissues of the earlier versions.

In case you missed it: I notice that hmv.co.jp lists a number of Mar 24th JRVG reissues AS WELL AS the expected new releases. Does anyone have a list of these, perhaps showing releases beyond March, and, since I am asking, is anyone aware of any planned JRVG new releases beyond the March 2004 batch? Here is the list which I have gleaned from hmv. I edited the list to make it more compact. I count 48 titles, but this list may contain errors. I also attached it as a more user-friendly word document, which shows the titles in italics, for those who like to keep a tidy record. Art Blakey African Beat Kenny Burrell At The Five Spot Cafe Kenny Burrell Blue Lights 1 Donald Byrd Royal Flush Paul Chambers Paul Chambers Quintet Sonny Clark Leapin' And Lopin' Ornette Coleman At The Golden Circle Vol.1 Ornette Coleman At The Golden Circle Vol.2 Lou Donaldson Alligator Bogaloo Kenny Dorham Trompeta Toccata Tal Farlow Tal Farlow Quartet Dexter Gordon Gettin Around Grant Green I Want To Hold Your Hand Johnny Griffin Blowing Session Herbie Hancock Inventions & Dimensions Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock My Point Of View Herbie Hancock Speak Like A Child Jutta Hipp Vol.1 Freddie Hubbard Goin Up Bobby Hutcherson Happenings Elvin Jones Puttin It Together Pete La Roca Basra Jackie Mclean Capuchin Swing Jackie Mclean Demons Dance Jackie Mclean Jackie’s Bag Hank Mobley Dippin' Hank Mobley Hank Lee Morgan Delightfulee Fats Navarro Fabulous Vol.1 Horace Parlan Happy Frame Of Mind Horace Parlan Headin South Ike Quebec Blue And Sentimental Dizzy Reece Blues In Trinity Sam Rivers Fuchsia Swing Song Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins Vol.1 Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins Vol.2 Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter Super Nova Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers Horace Silver Horace Silver Trio & Art Blakey Sabu Jimmy Smith Crazy Baby Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith At The Organ 1 Three Sounds Here We Come McCoy Tyner Real McCoy Don Wilkerson Preach Brother Jack Wilson Easterly Winds Larry Young Unity

Speaking of which, I notice that hmv.co.jp lists a number of Mar 24th JRVG reissues AS WELL AS the expected new releases. Does anyone have a list of these, perhaps showing releases beyond March, and, since I am asking, is anyone aware of any planned JRVG new releases beyond the March 2004 batch? Here is the list which I have gleaned from hmv: African Beat Art Blakey Alligator Bogaloo Lou Donaldson And The Jazz Messengers Horace Silver At The Five Spot Cafe Kenny Burrell At The Golden Circle Vol.1 Vol 1 Ornette Coleman At The Golden Circle Vol.2 Vol 2 Ornette Coleman Basra Pete La Roca Sims Blowing Session Johnny Griffin Blue And Sentimental Ike Quebec Blue Lights 1 Kenny Burrell Blues In Trinty Dizzy Reece Capuchin Swing Jackie Mclean Crazy Baby Jimmy Smith Delightfulee Lee Morgan Demons Dance Jackie Mclean Dippin' Hank Mobley Easterly Winds Jack Wilson Fabulous Vol.1 Fats Navarro Fuchsia Swing Song Sam Rivers Gettin Around Dexter Gordon Goin Up Freddie Hubbard Hank Hank Mobley Happenings Bobby Hutcherson Happy Frame Of Mind Horace Parlan Headdin South Horace Parlan Here We Come Three Sounds Horace Silver Trio & Art Blakey Sabu Horace Silver Inventions & Dimentions Herbie Hancock Jackies Bag Jackie Mclean Jimmy Smith At The Organ 1 Jimmy Smith Leapin' And Lopin' Sonny Clark Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock My Point Of View Herbie Hancock Paul Chambers Quintet Paul Chambers Preach Brother Don Wilkerson Puttin It Together Elvin Jones Real Mccoy McCoy Tyner Royal Flush Donald Byrd Sonny Rollins Vol.1 Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins Vol.2 Sonny Rollins Speak Like A Child Herbie Hancock Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter Super Nova Wayne Shorter Tal Farlow Quartet Tal Farlow Trumpet Toccata Kenny Dorham Unity Larry Young Vol.1 Jutta Hipp I Want To Hold Your Hand Grant Green

You need to remember to update Norton. And for sure you need a firewall.

If you are viewing mail in the preview pane in Outlook it is a bad idea indeed. Really, you want to delete spam on the server which can be accomplished using mailwasher.exe (go to www.mailwasher.net).

Good question. RVGs have tended to bring back original album contents (which the previous versions of these two albums had abandonded). The very first RVGs imitated the JRVGs in adding no (or few) extra tracks. That policy has since slipped, indeed it has gone the other way. The old logic was that the US market required the extra tracks while the Japanese market preferred pure originals. That now seems to be not the case.

Payment is enduring too. Have you ever estimated the total cost to you of your recorded music collection?

Hans did say he would only occasionally be posting for a while, as he is concentrating on other stuff.

By contrast, this post sucks, but at least that means that the next post is likely to be really a LOT better. WOO-HOO!!

I got one of these by accident. Not a Blue Note (I have stopped buying those full stop) but a Virgin classical release. I thought that EMI Classical weren't using this technology, but this one (Handel sonatas by William Christie) seems just to have slipped through. I have played it in the main stereo and it plays fine though with low volume but very noticeable 'coughs' which may be on the tape (its not live though, I don't mean that...). But I just put it in the PC and got.. nothing. The CD wouldn't play and the alleged player that is supposed to download and play the mp3 track didn't arrive. Just nothing, apart from whirring and clattering from the CD drive. I looked at the disk in the drive and saw the player, and got it to download. Here's the thing, it sounds like a crock. It crackles and will not play smoothly, sticks every minute or two, for example if I make a demand on the processor like by typing quickly, a bit like listening to a sound sample over a dial-up connection. Then a long pause and more crackles between tracks. It is an absolute disgrace.

Well you could be right Dan - but I think you'll agree my explanation is more colorful!

...of course the gates may be sealed, overgrown by the wilderness, all but lost... but for those who know the secret entrances... the, er, dark back passages, etc. You can move back and forward by changing the number in the url.

I wonder why the BNBB never re-opened. I suspect it is because they think that we are all out here waiting like a government-in-exile ready to go rushing back in and set up shop again in all our mobley-street-sign-stealing glory. The gates of the BNBB will remain closed forever, like those of some fabled underground mythical city...

Congratulations!

We used to be told that Conns were a single print run deal. I don't know if that was or is true. It is evident that some were remaindered becasue cut-outs exist, though they are rare.

People haven't been taking this seriously. Why not just admit you'd go for the pizza with extra EXTRA cheese and have done with all this pretentious tomfoolery??? [insert kissy smiley here - when we GET a kissy smiley of course...]

Either an album of Tiny Tim covers or an update of ELP's Pictures at an Exhibition.

Where I work - a University English Department - everybody is totally clued up to Davis and Coltrane and their like. My brother and his offspring love Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau, and even my mum asked me to tape Ike Quebec's Soul Samba for her (er... which I didn't do of course, that being illegal an' all...). My niece wants me to take her to Ronnie Scott's and my youngest nephew plays baritone sax in the school band (as well as clarinet alto guitar bass and piano). The last jazz acts we had on the campus were Trevor Watts and Stacey Kent (not together). And the best acts in the world appear just up the road in London. So I suppose I don't have the sense of swimming against the mainstream which some of you guys have.

Oh and when it comes to breaking 78s... there is a 78 shop well known in Edinburgh that opens for about a day and a half per week (or did when I used to live there). The stock floweth over and is in huge piles on the floor. And in fact all over the floor. So you have to be careful where you put your feet. Because if you don't. You might suddenly hear. A loud. And unmistakable. SNAP. Amplified by the smallness of the room. And as the owner politely pretends not to notice, you look down at your feet to see what you broke (FYI It was the Ying Tong Song by the Goons). After that you pick up anything, pay for it, and scurry home.