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I wouldn't be surprised if putting up countless subsidiaries (presumably with complicated ownership relations) makes it easier to escape responsibility for copyright/IP infringements.

As far as Venus CD:s are concerned (I don't have an SACD player), I totally agree with Claude. If you're a fan of the featured artists the music is mostly fine, however.

Nice find, Aric. Hank deploys a somewhat un-funky organ sound on that album, but his solos are nice (although only two on organ from what I can remember). He has played organ on a couple of other sessions through the years, as well as electric harpsichord and a few other oddities. You may find some of these sessions in the AAJ Hank Jones discography here: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician_discography.php?id=8166

I would buy Soul Station again if they'd use the ugly Liberty cover with the train station.

Yesterday I opened the set and found some five or six discs with glue residue; the sleeves for those discs were also the ones which had splitting seams. Double-CD sleeves fared better. Anyway, I used a microfiber cloth and some isopropyl alcohol solution and managed to remove the residue.

Hej från en huvudstadsbo till en annan! It seems I had perhaps overstated this issue, but I just learned from the person who did these comparsions that at least two 4xxx titles were identical with the McMasters, Art Blakey's 'Indestructible' and Staley Turrentine's 'Look Out'. As far as I know a bunch of 4xxx titles were tested but far from all, and there isn't (yet) an overview.

You're a wise man as always, Lon. Not really thinking about it, I just assumed that it would be worth more if it's sold as sealed, but this time it's probably the other way round!

Thanks! So if it looks like the Glenn Gould box it's likely to be rotten?

Is there any way to identify the defective sets by looking at them from the outside, without breaking the seal? I got a sealed one as part of a deal, and I'm still not sure if I should keep it or re-sell it. Wouldn't want to sell it and then learn that it was one of the bad sets, though.

A former member of these forums has analyzed a few TOCJ-4xxx discs and found several of them to be bit-identical to the 80s McMasters. Can't say if it's statistically significant, but apparently it's not always a good idea to spend a lot of money on old TOCJ:s.

Hi everybody! I've actually managed to get Swedish distribution through Sony Music, and downloads are now also available from the European Amazon sites, Itunes and a few other places. Those using Spotify may listen to the album there. Of course the album still doesn't sell at all, despite a few positive revews in Swedish daily papers, but at least we're out there. A few jazz club gigs are planned for February/March 2010. I can consider myself lucky to have these great muscians at hand, and although it may not be the greatest musical achievment put on record I'm happy it came out as good as it did. Anyone interested in a copy of the album may of course contact me directly.

Give "A Tribute to Someone" off My Point Of View another spin. He does sound almost exactly like Bill Evans on it, which was his intention. I always thought early Herbie Hancock, not least on "A Tribute to Someone" sounded a bit like Victor Feldman (that's what Miles thought too, I suppose).

This one?

I'm not sure hank did too well during those years. Brownie met Hank in Paris and has posted about that here. If I remember correctly Hank slept in an empty room at a hospital.

Good point. Last time there was a format shift (LP to CD) the industry tried to increase its margin by setting the list price of CDs much higher than LPs. While downloads are not exactly more expensive than CDs, they should at least be a bit cheaper. The fact remains that the compact disc is considered as outdated as VHS cassettes in most quarters. And while people still want to take music with them in their Ipods, soon streaming will be the only viable option at home. Why waste time on downloading anything if it's instantly available for streaming, which it soon will be. "Spotify" (or similar services) is the next logical step.

If Duke Pearson may be considered obscure, 'Angel Eyes' is probably his most obscure date as a leader, so maybe this is of limited interest, but since someone brought it up...

Sorry for being unprecise! What I wanted to point out was that the title track on Angel Eyes is identical to 'Angel Eyes' from Hush. Even the redoubtable Michael Fitzgerald seems to have missed that in his otherwise very accurate Duke Pearson discography.

Hi guys! Duke Pearson himself later said that the producer, Fred Norsworthy, sold the trio session to Polydor without Pearson's consent and that he didn't get paid for it. There was another album recorded by Norsworthy for Jazzline as a feature for trombonist Willie Wilson (by suggestion from Pearson) - it didn't get released until 1970 as "Dedication" on Prestige with Pearson as leader. The track 'Angel Eyes' was recorded on January 12, 1962 during the session for Hush (and also released on the Jazzline album Hush), all other titles are from a session on August 1, 1961.

This may stem from the two different releases of the album back in the day, on Columbia and Philips.

Happy birthday, Clifford!

My Japanese 2006 reissue of Freddie Hubbard's "Polar AC" lists the following composer credits, all of them wrong: Polar AC (Chris Kenner) People Make the World Go Round (David Matthews) Betcha By Golly, Wow (Clifford Brown) Naturally (Fritz Pauer) Son of Sky Dive (Chick Corea)

Excellent suggestion! I will make a note of this.

Herbie Hancock 'Empyrean Isles' (BN/King) Clare Boland Big Band 'Latin Kaleidoscope' (Universal Japan)

Which musician in the history of jazz played the least number of notes?

I thought I had the Cosmos LP lying around, but I can't find it at the moment. Anyway, both the Tyner and Akiyoshi/Tabackin will be available for quite some time, so don't feel any pressure to get them right now. I'm not as sure as Lon that "Cosmos" will reappear as a single though.