mikeweil

Hot Ptah asked me for more discographical information about this track. It is a little more complicated than I thought - after doing some research and reading. I will open a thread in the Discography subforum.

Very sad news. Always liked his playing, saw him live with Herbie Hancock and his own quintet with his brother. I'm sure Antoine will look after the children. What a nasty virus! R.I.P.

Expanded 2009 BMG Japan issue (27 tracks)

Disc 1

I knew there'd be some I had no idea about!

Enjoy it! Should be tasting very fine!

Engineers and supervisors obviously had to gain some experience with stereo mixing. Rudy Van Gelder wrote in his notes to the SACD issue of Coltrane's album with Johnny Hartman (which included both stereo and mono mixes) that engineers were told to do the mono mix with special care until the late 1960's. Considering the fact that stereo turntables took many years to dominate the market, this is only logical I once had an old Teleton receiver with a blend knob from stereo to mono. A priceless feature.

That looks like a great edition! This afternoon: The latter three from this box set:

This afternoon:

Our evening bottle this weekend: A rare cuvée of 70% Merlot and 30% Malbec from a Pays d'Oc winery.

Had this on my want list for many years to complement the ten boxes of Hogwood's Haydn Symphonies. It's a shame the label wouldn't let him complete it. Now Disc II of the Vivaldi string concertos: