Daniel A

I've heard some of it, I found sound clips online once but I'm not there any available now. It's appears to be mostly jazz in semi-symfonic settings; big band or larger ensembles, choirs etc. There are improvised solos, but the works have very "composed" settings and occasionally seem a bit stiff.

And yet you are starting a thread, asking which pressings offer the best sound quality... Sorry, just kidding! Surely it's mostly about the music. But I can honestly say that I'm also interested in sound equipment, recording and reproduction. There are people just interested in sound quality and the technology, spending thousands and thousands on their HiFi gear and never talk about the music. That kind of poeple often get wry comments on forums like this one, but I try not to say anything on the subject; let people obsess with stereo equipment if they want to. I also don't say anything about those who are interested in cars, but not in travelling.

Is there any point at all in releasing a 16 bit recording on SACD?

Oh, wasn't aware that Koch had reissued 'Score'. I have the Blue Note CD reissue (from 1993, I believe) which had the tracks resequenced. I had a look at CDUniverse, and they are (erronously) listing the tracks in that order also for the Koch reissue. BTW, I would also like to welcome a new member - the one who started this thread - to the forum!

And produced by Duke Pearson, no less! I agree about the funk tunes. Wisely, the CD is reprogrammed and has them at the end. The acoustical tracks are mighty fine, though. He also plays some straight-ahead jazz on Don Grolnick's two Blue Note albums.

I may use the expression that a recording sounds "dated", but what I mean by that is that the standard of the actual sound recording is decreasing my listening pleasure. Now, a recording from the 30s or 40s may be technically limited without disturbing me, and a less old one may sound "worse", so to speak. Strangely enough, most recordings which I think are really bad in this respect are from the early to mid-70s (a prime example would be Charles Tolliver's "Impact" on Strata-East (not the Enja album of the same name). I'm not sure why this is; maybe engineers started to use multi-channel recording without really knowing what they were doing.

I would like to know the answer to this, too. From what I've heard the RVG stamp indicates that Van Gelder was the mastering engineer for that LP release. I mentioned this recently in the vinyl spinning thread, but the post got buried rather quick. The album in question was Kenny Dorham's 'Whistle Stop'; Liberty pressing, no RVG stamp. The cover says that it was electronically re-recorded for stereo, but I don't believe it, since the original recording was in stereo.

If someone is buying a new car stereo today, I'd recommend a player which can play back MP3 discs (ideally DVD-Rs) and/or has an USB jack. Nothing beats bringing the contents of a Mosaic box (or several) on a single, inexpensive disc!

I think I've paid around $40 for OOP/import stuff. But you stateside people can just happily shop away. Over here (some other European countries come close) full price for a new CD in the shops is equivalent to $31. But "no one" is using the physical shops these days...

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Kenny Dorham 'Whistle Stop' (BN, Liberty). The cover says "Electronically re-recorded to simulate stereo". Was this a marketing gimmick? Surely the album must have been recorded in stereo from the beginning (cat. no. BST 84063); at least it sounds like true stereo. The run-out does not have the Van Gelder stamp.

"Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da", done as a calypso, is not far behind. (Unfortunately it is included on 'Summertime', disrupting the atmosphere of an otherwise balanced set.)

I had a mispressed Lee Morgan's VJ that sounded like a chewingum, after a couple of minutes I started to suffer of seasick. Chuck's statement applies to all my mis-centered UA pressings in that the LP itself stays in place, but the grooves are not centered on the piece of vinyl. So, technically, the hole is in the "right" place, the grooves are not. [Edit to correct spelling]

That was the way I did it this time. As it's the stamper which has been mis-centered the hole is in the "right" place anyway, so used the method you describe, watching the movements of the pickup/position of the label.

Haven't gotten a blue label BN in three years. Now, last friday I found Kenny Dorham's "Una Mas" at a good price, but guess what - when I put it on it turned out side one was off-center... I had to widen the hole to make it play back decently.

Previous thread here.

I wish you a happy birthday, Brownie! You're a great person to have around!

Thanks a lot, folks! I had a good day at work, took an extended lunch break and traded in some French DMMs for a pair of Liberty Blue Note pressings and then went for a dinner in good company.

I was watching an eBay auction from a seller primarly offering Japanese jazz CDs. The listing ended early. When I checked what items he had on offer, there was suddenly only one current auction from him: http://tinyurl.com/2eeeq3

Attack??! I'd hate to see this place become something where you can't correct someone misspelling a name without getting back foul words. Correcting spelling in general and correcting spelling of names are two very different things IMO.

There is that old gimmick from organ players: to create tension and excitement on live gigs by holding the same note for an extended number of bars. I've heard it on several recordings and the crowd usually loves it. Personally I think it's boring, but I'm curious to now if it's generally conisdered to be showmanship to some degree.

I played in Greece this summer and was offered a digital piano without a sustain pedal; had to use my chin on the final chord.

Jim, I understand where you're coming from and you as a struggling recording artist have my deepest sympathy. I just don't think I'm alone in not wanting to pay as much for a CDR as for a CD. At least it's me and Allen... I look upon a CDR with good music as a hadsomly tailored suit made from poor fabric.

I think (hope) the answer should be "yes" to your questions. FWIW they closed down the last of the analog TV broadcasting here in Sweden last week, and that's how it works here.