Daniel A

I have 'Dippin' on vinyl from Analogue Productions, which supposedly is remastered from the original tapes. I checked "Recado...", and it starts with a single bass note right on the first beat, i.e. not on the upbeat.

TD-125 is a very nice turntable - I've got one myself. 🙂 What arm and cartridge do you have on it?

This is what the European Centre for Desease Prevention and Control says: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19/facts/questions-answers-school-transmission 4. Do schools spread the virus to the wider community? Available evidence suggests that transmission among children in schools is less efficient for COVID-19 than for other respiratory viruses such as influenza. However, this evidence is mainly derived from school outbreaks and relies on the detection of symptomatic cases, possibly underestimating the number of infected, asymptomatic, and potentially infectious, children during such an outbreak. In summary, where COVID-19 in children has been detected and contacts followed-up, no adult contacts in school settings have been detected as COVID-19-positive during the follow-up period. The conclusion from these investigations is that children in school settings are not the primary drivers of COVID-19 transmission to adults."

I have active tube driven speakers from the 60s. The tubes can hardly be seen, but they sound nice. And the wooden cabinets smell nice from the heat after a couple of hours. 😄 Will probably not change them for a while; I am also out of upgrading by now. Tubes glowing inside the cabinet. There are four cone tweeters and an 8 inch midrange on the top and a 10 inch woofer in the bottom (behind the tube amp).

It's unfortunate that 'If Ever I Would Leave You' from the CD version had to be left out (LP playing time constrictions...?) since it was a very fitting opening track for that album.

Couldn't you say that Watermelon Man was the start of the "Blue Note Boogaloo" (more than a year earlier)?

It was also used for some Solid State albums. This is my favorite; Chick Corea's 1968 Solid State album, re-released as a Pacific Jazz album by Music For Pleasure on cassette!

I guess I was thinking of this: It's good, though!

Oh, I haven't listened to that one in a long time. Seem to recall it was unusually pop-ish in style (Stevie Wonder tunes etc).

The figures stated in the article aren't necessarily all wrong, but it fails to make the appropriate analysis: that it's still largely impossible to compare casualties or number of infected individuals between countries - and may very well always be. This is because the matter is much more complex than most would like it to be, especially if there's an agenda (political or otherwise). Countries have been testing people to such a varying degree and by such different criteria that it's mainly pointless to compare those figures (number of infected individuals per country). And the number of casualties, which in many countries peaked quite early, depended on much more than the lockdown approach. How did the infection get into the country? When and to which areas did people go on vacation (where they got infected)? What is the average population density? How do people in crowded areas commute; by bus, train or car? I do not think that all the early decisions were wise in Sweden, but I agree with the initial stated ambition - that measures must be sustainable, maybe even over several years.

"Sir Van Morrison has accused the government of "taking our freedom" in three new songs that protest against the coronavirus lockdown. In the lyrics, he claims scientists are "making up crooked facts" to justify measures that "enslave" the population." https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54194498

That's why you should also get a Chromecast unit.

I use Google Drive and have a 2 TB subscription. It's around 10 Euro a month if memory serves. I set it up first and foremost for storing photos, because since the advent of digital cameras most photos are and remain in digital form only, but it's really convenient for audio streaming as well. And Rooster, I think you will want to get wifi at some point, but I won't rush you into it. 🙂 One of many advantages are that use of mobile apps at home will not eat from your monthly data allowance. And since my network drive ("NAS") is hooked up to the wifi router rather than the computer, that means I can access it (including streaming audio/video) from any wifi capable unit at home.

I suppose I'm repeating myself, but this topic is popping up in many different threads, which may or may not be read by all. It's fairly easy to set up a network drive (hard drive hooked up to your home network) that is mirrored in the cloud. In fact, my network drive consists of two hard drives which are also mirrored, in case one of them fails. And then everything is continously backed up in the cloud. I have had this running for several years without any maintenance. Standard formats like FLAC or MP3 will always be playable, or - in the end - possible to convert to some future, lossless format. I'm more worried about availability of CD player hardware in, let's say, 15-20 years. There might still be some audiophile products, but definitely no mass market models. Very valid points and I completely agree.

Her first hit "Swing it, magistern" (=teacher) at 16 (from 1940"): https://youtu.be/3aLYNrwrr4M (BTW, how do I embed the video?)

It says it's available for pre-order, but then there's a "Sold out" sign. If true, I'm hoping there will be a second pressing (no mention of it being limited). EDIT: It's available for pre-order from Amazon.

He gets just one solo IIRC on McCoy Tyner's Impulse album "Today and Tomorrow".

Well, yes, I suppose. But the point is partly to motivate rightsholders to make use of material they have instead of sitting on it, and if they do, they should be protected to be able to recap their investment. This was why Sony put out a bunch of Bob Dylan "bootlegs" a while back.

Hi James, At one time I heard that you were working on a book on the Pacific Jazz label. Will the book eventually come out, or has it been replaced (so to speak) by your blog?

The Choice album has bonus tracks, so maybe time for you to fill the gap properly? I have Mover's Vanguard LP, but somehow it never made an impression.

Oh yeah? Will be very interesting to hear it. Did you get the CD yourself, or do you have this on LP? I don't have much Bob Mover at all, but I liked his playing on a Chet Baker bootleg I heard some 20 years ago and always planned to seek out more some day.

Deeply regrettable. Unfortunately, yet other closures are sure to follow. Stockholm's Glenn Miller Café with only 40 seats (of which I am not sure how many are left due to physical distancing regulations) is still going strong.

First CD purchases in quite a while.

Many members have left or are hardly posting, and not many new people are joining. Just going by the post count, there were roughly 100,000 posts a year for the first 16 years. Now there has been a little over 60,000 posts in the last 17 months (since the 1,5M anniversary).

I ordered last Thursday and it was shipped on Saturday. Expected delivery the day after tomorrow.