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Steve Kuhn, 'Childhood Is Forever' (BYG) Though I generally like 60s Steve Kuhn, I sometimes feel that his free-ish outbursts are sometimes a bit mannered, or at least samey. But this album has some really atmospheric and satisfying playing.

Lots of good music there, but I don't have a problem with Mike Post either. I quite like the theme from Magnum P. I. The less well-known first theme by Ian Freebairn-Smith is also good (and jazzier).

In Europe, the anti money-laundry regulations require payment service providers to monitor money transfers and to ask for receipts if there are larger amounts or suspicious circumstances. If you are doing legitimate business, there will be such receipts. I will confess that I don't know exactly what the new eBay/PayPal requirements are, but I have more than once heard of suspicions that used record transactions are used as a cover up for money laundry.

Perfectly understood. Through the years I have shifted from just trying to get hold of the music ("it's all about the music") to allowing myself the luxury of getting more "desirable" pressings and so on. Unfortunately, when I have now reached the point in life when I can indulge in such behavior, it is becoming too expensive again. Vinyl prices have definitely increased more than my disposable income. This is maybe the case of wanting to re-live those moments when I discovered the music for the first time. Getting that King or Liberty Blue Note is like finding that rare music in whatever format (CD or DMM LP) in the 90s. Unfortunately, too many wealthy middleaged guys(?) are in the same place.

sell I have avoided them for 20 years because of their dull sound and only have a couple left in my collection. But the market has spiraled out of control. I suppose there are people desperate for vinyl but who can no longer afford other pressings. Kings and sometimes even Toshibas sell for more than $100 these days. There is an element of suspense in relation to internet auctions and also "hunting" in sites like Discogs that seem to feed the same type of unhealthy behavior with some people as gambling does. Enough people seem ready to overspend, maybe as they don't "feel" the expense in the same as if they have to pay upfront in a physical store, that prices overall become inflated. An internet vinyl bubble? Last week I scored a King pressing of "Out to Lunch" for $25 on eBay. Seemed like a good price to me. Other times, it will go for twice the amount. So the market is really unstable these days.

Something seems to have happened to the vinyl market during the last two years. Prices have skyrocketed. This is the price statistics for the US DMM pressing of Search for the New Land (completed sales at Discogs since 2020).

Adam's Apple, abovementioned Disk Union Mono version. It actually sounds very good.

Yes, this was the series: https://www.discogs.com/label/1513760-Blue-Note-%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E5%BE%A9%E5%88%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA They even replicated the flatter vinyl edge of the earlier 1500 series releases. I got a couple back then (directly from Hiroshi). They were about 50 Euro each including shipping. Sound is fine, but I wouldn't be able to rate them against originals of the same titles (which I have never heard). The titles I got was Henderson's 'In' N Out', Dorham's 'Afro-Cuban' and 'Adam' s Apple'. Should have gotten additional titles really, but I couldn't afford more at the time.

It might seem unfair to fans of the music, but isn't the point of RSD also to make people visit record stores, thus helping them survive? Not sure whether there's any connection between the print run and the overall purpose of RSD, but that's what I'm thinking when I hear about "limited quantities".

I have the German version as well, and it sounds very good. This is my favorite among Elvin's Blue Notes. Now playing: A bit of a curiosity, which I am not pulling out that often.

I was hesitant to post this information here, but considering how important Hiroshi was to some of us I decided to share. Hiroshi suffered a stroke during the fall and lapsed into a coma. A couple of days ago he passed. I got this information from a mutual friend. My thoughts go to his family, and I will always cherish the music I got to hear at the time only because of him.

Do they even have hands?

As a sideman, his appearance on Chick Corea's 'Tones for Joan's Bones' is an eternal favourite. The way he is driving the band colors that album. Another superb date with Corea is Bobby Hutcherson's 'Total Eclipse'. He wrote several good tunes for the Hutcherson/Land group; my favorite is 'Ungano'.

This is really strange. Every copy I have ever seen of this album has been warped. I had to return a copy one time as it wouldn't play without skipping. My current copy plays tbrough, but it doesn't look nice.

What is the situation regarding the rights to these recordings? The Chet Baker Onkel Pö date is on Spotify with a 2017 Delta music production credit ((c) 1978 NDR), but also in a separate version (exact same tunes) with "(c) (p) 2019 Chet Baker Estate LLC", and in yet another version which is a total rip-off of the NDR release, which has "(c) (p) 2017 Jazzline". Can I choose whether NDR or the Baker estate should get the 0.01 Euro's worth of royalties?

A year ago this was ridiculous (and maybe it still is) but lately I have seen several King pressings of Blue Note titles go for far beyond $100. This is not madness, but amusing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334315356328 It would have been an interesting concept, but the album title is wrong.

Oh, yes, that's true!

Yes, this is a fine album. He had almost ten years s a sideman behind him at this point. I am trying to imagine how it would have sounded if it had been recorded at the RvG studio.

I am almost done cataloging my LPs on Discogs. It has the functionality I need. When I started buying CDs in the late 80s I created physical cards for every item. Then I switched to a paper based list, just to document where and when I purchased them and how much I paid. 20 years ago, I switched to Excel, though I might eventually go all Discogs. I rarely buy CDs these days. And (luckily) I never kept track on how much I have spent on LPs!

"These new cassette buyers are part of the digital music generation, Stepp explains. But the problem is that digital music has an inferior sound, because the files are so compressed. [...] " Producers of digital recordings continue to strive for the harmonics cassettes can capture."

I am not so sure all of these will be repressed. Those of you who have followed the full thread are aware of the problems with some titles, especially early in the run. Many people didn't care or notice, but they could potentially risk an increased number of complaints if these titles were released again. And remastering them again is surely out of the question, especially if there is some tape damage involved. These releases are not worth this kind of money. If you want the titles on vinyl, there are other good sounding versions that are less expensive.

Clare Fischer 'So Danco Samba', Japanese King pressing.

But Coltrane *is* playing on these tracks, right?

Double quoting does no longer work, but I meant Bill Nelson's post.

I suppose the comment on sound quality was a joke. But regarding bootlegs, it appears that Crown sometimes seems to have had access to orpginal Pacific Jazz tapes, so I wonder what the deal between the companies was. The reason for my conclusion regarding tapes is the information in this thread: where it seems as if tracks were released on Crown before the same versions (unedited, stereo versions for instance) had been released by Pacific Jazz themselves.