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Any recommendations on Mary Halvorson's output - where should I start? Have there been other threads on her?

looks like ESP will be re-releasing "Sonny's Time Now" later this year (May?) just read the news on the AA site - the release is being directly licenced from Sunny - hopefully that's good news for him http://www.ayler.co.uk/html/what_s_new.html

Thanks for the feedback Looks like some (or all) of the Universal pressings have a faulty disc 6

Oddly disc 6 of the Farlow is the only disc of any Mosaic that wouldn't rip for me. I tried two MacBooks and two disc drives and ended up ripping the Elite instead. I've never noticed the distortion. same here, I couldn't rip the disc also (on top of the 30 secs of distortion at the start of track 1)

Since the others have already been recommended...I'll jump in and recommend the Mulligan. It's fantastic! And the mastering, by Malcolm Addey, is superb. Caveat Emptor!! I purchased the Farlow Universal/Mosaic a few years back -> the first track of Disc 6 "Lean On Me" has distortion/clicking for the first 30secs I was not able to do an exchange through Mosaic as I did not purchase it from them - I didn't bother returning it as I sourced it quite cheaply here in Brisbane (from a record shop) Alternatively I had the Verve Elite version so still had a good copy of "Lean On Me" I'm wondering how many other sets were affected similarly - anyone with a Universal set have a listen? (what about the standard Mosaic)

Agreed. That was the CD I used to have years ago. It was so muddy if I recall. This CD sounds incredible as I expected based on the great Flight for Four reissue. I called it my reissue of the year even before it was released!! (I have so much faith in International Phonograph discs & Jonathan)

? The Grados are 32 ohm headphones, as are my PSB Speakers M4U1's. My iPod Touch (4th Gen) powers them just fine (not to the same level as my Headroom Micro Amp, nor should it…). Makes me wonder if he doesn't have a separate issue going on. An amp should always provide improvements, but the cheapest Walmart special MP3 player should have no problem driving 32 ohm headphones. Let alone an iPod. I'd hate to see him spend hundreds of dollars on a new portable player only to find he's experiencing the same problems with his cans. thanks for the info I need to qualify what I mentioned above - my Grados do run on the iPod unassisted but the SQ isn't that good (much better if you use a preamp - sorry to be misleading) I use a Griffin Powerwave or a Nuforce DAC to get better sound I presume the Fiio's will lead to better SQ (than iPod) without the use of a preamp/DAC

Wow! the X3 & X5 look impressive - It appears you can directly connect the larger headphones to these without a preamp (X3 & X5 or just X5) - I have Grados (SR 325) -> will they work? Something I can't do with an iPod - I have a 10yo 4th gen iPod (40gb) - were they called classics then? - still running fine but maybe an upgrade to Fiio is on the cards I presume they don't sync with iTunes? What computer interface is used & are they Mac friendly?

not sure if this has already been mentioned but I just found a download (from Laurie Pepper's AP/Widow's Taste site) of Art Pepper & Warne Marsh (sextet) Was browsing through the news section of the Warne Marsh Site http://www.warnemarsh.info/news.htm It's over two & a quarter hours of music from a live afternoon date at "The Foxy Lady" in LA (April 75) - 8 long titles where everyone gets the chance to stretch out Half of the tracks also include Buddy Collette on clarinet & flute It was put up in mid 2013 as download only (FLAC, MP3) http://artpepper.bandcamp.com/album/art-n-warne ($7 via Bandcamp) A must for all Warne fans!!

not totally appropriate but close enough

lots of Joni Mitchell

You want to read about Australian History (post European colonisation)!!

erwbol, thanks for the recommendation - wasn't even aware of these recordings just ordered the 2 CIMP's from Cadence (Klompfoot)

I have a corrected version which runs @ 7:50 - the faulty/slower version is 38 secs longer

Really digging the three 2003 Braxton Standards sets (12 discs in all & over 14 hours of music) Kevin O'Neil -> wow!! what guitar work The Kandinsky cover art (all 3 sets) is the icing on the cake for me.

RIP Joe I always remember the hoo ha surrounding his bust in Adelaide & "brawl" the next day in Melbourne & being thrown out of the country during his Australian tour (October 72) if this had happened less than two months later (Gough Whitlam's Labor party came to power) I doubt the deportation would have occurred

How do the Spotlite CD's compare to the box set? - I've had those since the 90's but maybe upgrading soon - I think I'll be getting the Dial box for Christmas

have sent you a pm muchas gracias

I've owned the Warne Marsh Nessa CD "All Music" since 2004 - i'm sure It was OK when I first played it & on subsequent listenings My external hard drive recently crashed (lost a terrabyte of MP3 files - luckily I have 95% of the music as hard copy) so I'm slowly reloading my CDs back onto the computer Today I tried loading "All Music" but the last track wouldn't accommodate (tried different CD burners without avail) - I also listened to the disc on my Pioneer CD player & the track kept skipping & sticking (similarly on my computer) The CD itself appears fine - no marks, stains etc Could this be an age related anomaly Anybody else have issues with the last (14th) title on this CD?

I placed an order last night (11pm Brisbane time, Dec 8) & there were no problems with the coupon - Admittedly there is time difference (i'm approx 10hrs ahead)

Another question for you Chuck Leo Smith's "Spirit Catcher" was recorded by RVG (listed on the CD liner notes) - was this at his Englewood Cliffs studio or was he visiting Chicago at the time?

Thanks Chuck , much appreciated

The early Stan Tracey's?... there's plenty of them that have never seen the light of day on CD. I'd like to see the Tracy Ellington Big Band tribute "We Love You Madly" - upgrade my Australian Columbia LP copy Has Joe Harriott in the band

suppose this will be for Chuck What was the last Nessa LP release? - I'm thinking n24, Hal Russell's Eftsoons Did n25 (NRG Ensemble with Charles Tyler) & n26 (Leo Smith - Procession…) get a vinyl issue by Chief or was their first release only a CD affair by this UK label? Both of these sessions were recorded in the early 80's but not released till the end of the decade (89)