Daniel A

How long did it take for 2001 to charge your credit cards? Last time (the incredible box set sale a few years ago) I think it took at least a couple of weeks. This time though, it seems just too strange. I placed my order on March 30th, recieved the package about a week later, but still my card has not been charged. One would think they'd want their money as soon as possible.

The return of this thread reminded me that I never did spin that Brubeck/Bernstein LP, so I took it out this afternoon. Howard Brubeck's 'Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra' (conducted by Bernstein) is a bit more involving than I remembered and it was fun to hear the Brubeck group in this context. However, Howard Brubeck's writing sometimes seems to have a slight lost-movie-score feel, which can be a good thing, but also perhaps an indication that something is missing. I remember not liking the Brubeck/Brubeck "Brandenburg Gate" collaboration and ultimately getting rid of it, so I'm perhaps not unbiased when it comes to Howard Brubeck.

I'm afraid this will not lead to a very happy conclusion...

Total playing time for the two Gil Evans albums is just over 75 minutes. Would fit on one CD, but on the other hand, then there won't be any room for the copy protection...

I have "Groovin" on LP (Prestige 1960s pressing). The label does not state either "mono" or "stereo"; the entire LP is in fact mono. "Stereo * Stereo * Stereo" etc. is printed on what would have been the top of the front cover, but it's so far up that it ends up upside down at the back of the cover, and is partially hidden under cardboard with the liner notes. Prestige's way of using the same printing machine for mono and stereo covers and just adjusting the cutting, or a way conceal the fact that the album was in fact not stereo?

Are the individual albums complete with replicas of the original sleeves, or is the cover art reprinted in the booklet?

You could always disable the click sound in the Internet Explorer settings. Although, as has been stated in the post above, it should be possible to rip the stream digitally, without having to record it through the sound card.

Another way to do this is to apply a small current to the speaker element, for example from a 1.5 V battery, which makes the cone to rise. The power from a small battery will not harm the magnet.ö

To switch the surrounds properly you would need some special equipment. You could possibly get OK results without them, but it takes some practise. A pro would probably use a multimeter and a tone generator to test the element. A Kevin said, it's a difficult task to center the cone properly. Here's a guide, unfortunately in Swedish, but maybe the pictures may be of some help: http://carlssonplanet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1459

Happy birthday, Flurin!

**½ in the fifth edition. "A curious failure", "aimless wool-gathering" and "the very opposite of Rollins at his best" are some of the statements from the review. Unfortunately, I have not heard or even been looking for this album (probably because of what the AMG and Penguin said). Several of his Milestone albums get even lower ratings; for example 'The Way I Feel' gets *½ ("plain feeble").

The sound of the JJ set is splendid. I have a Japanese "Blue Trombone" CD, but haven't seen any reason to play it that often since getting the Mosaic.

The date with Hancock and Bartz has been sheduled for reissue "very soon" on Tolliver's website for years, but nothing's happened yet. I remember someone with a bit of inside info posted that it was very close to be released or something to that effect, but I think that was over a year ago.

Missed this release back then. Will probably get it. Several posts seem to be missing in this thread. Anyone knows what's up with that?

Only In the second hand bins or on eBay, I'm afraid, since it has been out of print for some time. It was reissued on CD in the early 90s (cat. no. Black Lion 760174).

From Ira Gitler's notes for 'Live! Vol. 1': "Farrell's stick comments are quite apt." I don't fully agree.

Sidewinder, do your copies have "Black Lion" or "Polydor" LP labels? The copy I saw yesterday had a red Polydor label. The quality of the gatefold cover seemed to be slightly better than that of the Intercord, but the vinyl was a bit warped and noisier. The copy I got has yellow Black Lion labels with a small Intercord logo at the bottom. Edit: You managed to reply to my label question already before I had posted it - thanks! Indeed, this is one of the quitest vinyls I've heard, even better than some ECMs. (I'm beginning to think that the guy in the shop made a mistake when he offered me 50 percent off the price of this copy, assuming that it was mis-priced - not an original with the Interchord logo and being "Made in West Germany")

It's seems to be a somewhat universal view that original (or "original", depending on the real origin of the recordings) US pressings generally are the best, regardless of what label it's on. However, my experience is that the average German pressing in the 70s was better than what was being manufactured in the US. It's one thing with MPS and other good quality European labels, but even some American labels seemed to be simultanously pressed in Europe with good results. I listened to Paul Desmond's 'Summertime' the other day, late 1960s A&M album, and noticed that it said "manufactured by Deutsche Grammophon"; actually I found it sounded rather better than some other US A&M:s I've got.

Thanks for the information, Chuck. Perhaps the Black Lion LPs were issued in cooperation with Polydor, Intercord etc. right from the start, so that there are in fact no "plain" Black Lion pressings?

Heh... sort of what I suspected, but thanks anyway. I just got the Clarke-Boland LP on Black Lion, 'At Her Majesty's Pleasure....'. The shop had two copies, one /Polydor (made in England) and one /Interchord (made in Germany). They were identical (gatefold cover and all) except for the logos, LP labels and that the Polydor had an additional note below "Sleeve design: Hamish Grimes" which said "Cover printed by: [forget who]". I got the Interchord since it was cheaper, and actually sounded like a better (quieter) pressing.

How does one recognize an original Black Lion LP? I seem to recall that most of the Black Lion LPs I've seen also have either the "Interchord" or the "Polydor" logo on the cover/label.

There's a whole lot of Duke Pearson compositions which have not been covered by someone else. Believe it or not, some of them are actually great. Another that springs to mind: McLean's Blue Fable. It's on a McLean tribute album, but I think I recall that version is not particularly good.

The administration perhaps should have hired another lawyer to find a loop-hole, only that lawyer would only get 230 000...