neveronfriday

I have to completely disagree here. That is simply not true. ´Neither the amp nor the speakers can improve the source material the playyer serves up. That's, if at all, a common misconception. Then again, the quality of CD players today is almost uniformly good, and you can't go very wrong with a cheaper model. I have two more expensive ones, and I would like to take up the challenge WNMC proposed: you CAN and DO hear a difference when swapping players of varying quality on a decent amp/speaker system. Without a problem, I might add. Cheers! P.S.: Re your problem: From what you answered so far, I would think some mechanical part is shot to hell. The same happend to an old Philips player I had ... I did open it with a friend who knos his way around and he advised not to get it fixed ... in my case the tracking was off.

Hi everyone, I need some help here. On a whim, I bought two CD boxes (mono recordings; Capitol Japan) on ebay.de I thought they might be good compilations to have flying around at home. Altogether I payed about 64 Euro. Both boxes are Japanese from the beginning of the nineties. Besides having found some of them for around 50 - 70 EURO on the Internet, I don't really know much about them. Do you? Thanks for your input! Cheers! Details: Box 1: Capitol Vocal Classics 42 - 55 (Japan, 8 CD-Box, 1992) Titles: CD 1.) 1.)1942 Cow Cow Boogie / Freddie Slack (vo: Ella Mae Morse), 2.)1943 Shoo Shoo Baby / Ella Mae Morse, 3.) 1944 Long Ago And Far Away / Jo Stafford 4.) 1944 It Had To Be You / Betty Hutton 5.) 1944 It Ccould Happen To You / Jo Stafford 6.) 1944 And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine / Stan Kenton ( vo: Anita O`Day ), 7.) 1944 The Trolley Song / Pied Pipers, 8.) 1945 Moonlight In Vermont / Billy Butterfield ( vo: Margret Whiting) 9.) 1945 Dream / Pied Pipers 10.) 1945 I Should Care / Marta Tilton 11.) 1945 Tampico / Stan Kenton ( vo: June Christy) 12.) 1945 It Might As Well Be Spring / Paul Weston (vo: Margret Whiting) 13.) 1945 It`s Been A Long Long Time / Stan Kenton ( vo: June Chrity ) 14.) 1945 Waitin For The Train To Come In / Peggy Lee, 15.) 1945 Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief / Betty Hutton 16.) 1946 Shoo -Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy / Stan Kenton ( vo: June Christy) 17. 1946 I Don`t Know Enough About You / Peggy Lee, 18.) 1946 The Things We Did Last Summer / Jo Stafford.........CD 2.) 1.) 1947 Sonata / Jo Stafford, 2.) 1947 It`s A Good Day / Peggy Lee, 3.) 1947 Mam `selle / Pied Pipers, 4.) 1947 Old Devil Moon / Margaret Whiting 5.) 1947 Temptation / Jo Stafford & Red Ingle, 6.) 1947 Hurry On Down / Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm 7.) 1947 I Wish I Didn`t Love You so / Betty Hutton, 8.) 1947 He`s A Real Gone Guy / Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm, 9.) 1947 Snatch And Grab It / Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 10. ) 1947 Golden Earring / Peggy Lee, 11.) 1948 The Song Is Ended / Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm, 12.) 1948 Manana / Peggy Lee, 13.) 1948 For Every Man There`s A Woman / Benny Goodman Orch. & Peggy Lee 14. ) 1948 Fine Brown Frame / Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm, 15.) 1948 King Size Papa / Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends, 16.) 1948 Laroo, Laroo, Lilli Bolero / Peggy Lee, 17.) 1948 Dont Smoke In Bed / Peggy Lee, 18.) 1948 My Heppiness / Pied Piper 19.) 1948 Baby Don`t Be Mad At Me / Peggy Lee, 20.) 1948A Tree In The Meadow / Margaret Whiting, 21.) 1948 Buttons And Bows / Dinning Sisters, 22.) Why Don`t You Do Right / Peggy Lee...........CD 3.) 1.) 1949 So Tired / Kay Starr, 2.) 1949 I Ditn`t Like It The First Time / Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends, 3.) 1949 A Wonderful Guy / Margaret Whiting, 4.) 1949 Bali Ha`i / Peggy Lee, 5.) 1949 Riders In The Sky / Peggy Lee, 6.) 1950 Play A Simple Melody / Jo Stafford, 7.) 1950 Tennessee Waltz / Les Paul & Mary Ford, 8.) 1950 Crazy He Calls Me / Peggy Lee, 9.) 1951 Mockin Bird Hill / Les Paul & Mary Ford, 10.) 1951 Would I Love You / Helen O`Connell, 11.) 1951 How High The Moon / Les Paul & Mary Ford, 12.) 1951 Good Morning Mr Echo / Margaret Whiting, 13.) 1951 The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise / Les Paul & Mary Ford, 14.) 1951 I Get Ideas / Peggy Lee, 15.) 1951 Slow Poke / Helen O`Connell, 16.) 1951 Jolie Jacqueline / Gisele MacKenzie, 17.) 1951 Daddy June Christy, 18.) 1951 Wat`s The Matta U / Dinning Sisters..........CD 4.) 1.) 1952 Tiger Rag / Les Paul & Mary Ford, 2.) 1952 Wheel Of Fortune / Kay Starr, 3.) 1952 The Blacksmith Blues / Ella Mae Morse, 4.) 1952 I`ll Walk Alone / Jane Froman, 5.) 1952 Adios / Gisel MacKenzie, 6.) 1952 Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me / Les Paul & Mary Ford, 7.) 1952 Don`t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / Gisel MacKenzie, 8.) 1952 With A Song In My Heart / Jane Froman, 9.) 1953 Bye Bye Blues / Les Paul & Mary Ford, 10.) 1953 Side By Side / Kay Starr, 11.) 1953 My Heart Belong To Only You / June Christy, 12.) And Bull Walked Around Olay / Stan Kenton, 13.) 1953 I Believe / Jane Froman, 14.) 1953 Say You`re Mine Again / June Hutton, 15.) 1953 Vaya Con Dios / Les Paul & Mary Ford, 16.) 1953 Sometimes I´m Happy / Francis Faye, 17.) 1954 If I Give My Heart To You / Monica Lewis, 18.) 1955 Unchained Melody / Les Baxter...........CD 5.) 1.) 1943 Sweet Lorraine / Nat King Cole, 2.) 1944 Besame Muncho / Andy Russell, 3.) 1944 Amore / Andy Russell, 4.) 1944 What A Difference A Day Made / Andy Russell, 5.) 1944 How Many Harts Have You Broken ? / Stan Kenton, 6.) 1944 It`s Only A Paper Moon / Nat King Cole, 7.) 1944 That Old Black Magic / Johnny Johnston, 8.) 1945 Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive / Johnny Mercer, 9.) 1945 On The Atchison, Topeka, and The Santa Fe / Johnny Mercer, 10.) 1946 Personality / Johnny Mercer, 11.) 1946 Ole Buttermilk Sky / Paul Weston, 12.) 1946 For Sentimental Reasons / Nat King Cole, 13.) 1946 The Old Lamplighter / Hal Derwin, 14.) 1946 The Christmas Song / Nat King Cole, 15.) 1946 One For My Baby / Johnny Mercer, 16.) 1947 Peg O My Heart / Clark Dennis, 17.) 1948 Nature Boy / Nat King Cole, 18.) 1948 Its Magic / Gordon McRae, 19.) 1948 Woody Woodpecker / Mel Blank, 20.) 1948 You Call Everybody......CD 6.) 1.) 1949 Careless Hands / Mel Torme, 2.) 1949 So In Love / Gordon MacRae, 3.) 1949 Again / Mel Torme, 4.) 1949 The Four Winds And The Seven Seas / Mel Torme, 5.) 1949 Mule Train / Tennessee Ernie Ford, 6.) 1949 The Way You Look Tonight / Sammy Davis Jr. 7.) 1949 Please Don`t Talk About Me When I`m Gone / Sammy Davis Jr. 8.) Be Bop Spoken Here / Charlie Barnett Orch. 9.) 1950 Beitched / Mel Torme, 10.) 1950 Count Every Star / Ray Anthony, 11.) 1950 Mona Lisa / Nat King Cole, 12.) 1950 I´ll Always Love You / Dean Martin, 13.) 1950 Orange Colored Sky / Nat King Cole & Stan Kenton Orch. 14.) 1950 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child / / Harry Belafonte, 15.) 1950 Muskrat Ramble / Dean Martin, 16.) 1951 Shot Gun Boogie / Tennessee Ernie Ford, 17.) 1951 If / Dean Martin, 18.) 1951 Too Young / Nat King Cole, 19.) 1951 Shanghai / Nat King Cole, 20.) 1951 I`ve Got You Under My Skin / Stan Freberg, 21.) 1951 Come On-A My House / Mickey Katz & His Orch. 22.) 1951 Unforgettable / Nat King Cole......CD 7.) 1.) 1952 At Last / Ray Anthony, 2.) 1952 Take My Heart / Al Martino, 3.) 1952 Walking My Baby Back Home / Nat King Cole, 4.) 1952 It`s A Blue World / Four Freshmen, 5.) 1952 You Belong To Me / Dean Martin, 6.) 1952 High Noon / Tex Ritter, 7.) 1953 Oh Happy Day / Four Knights, 8.) 1953 Pretend / Nat King Cole, 9.) The Nearness Of You / Bob Manning, 10.) 1953 Thats Amore / Dean Martin, 11.) 1953 Stranger In Paradise / Gordon McRae, 12.) 1953 Kiss / Dean Martin 13.) 1953 A Stranger In Town / Mel Torme, 14.) 1953 It`s Easy To Remember / Bob Manning, 15.) 1954 I Get So Lonley / Four Knights, 16.) 1954 Answer Me , My Love / Nat King Cole, 17.) 1954 Sway / Dean Martin, 18.) 1954 We`ll Be Together Again / Four Freshmen, 19.) 1954 Julie Is Her Name / Bobby Troup, 20.) 1955 Close Your Eyes / The Five Keys, 21.) 1955 A Blossom Fell / Nat King Cole, 22.) 1955 Sixteen Tons / Tennessee Ernie Ford, 23.) 1955 Memories Are Made Of This / Dean Martin.........CD 8.) 1.) 1945 Candy / Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & Pied Pipers, 2.) 1947 Harmony / Nat King Cole, 3.) 1947 Beside You / Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour, 4.) 1948 That Certain Party / Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, 5.) 1949 Baby, It`s Cold Outside / Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer, 6.) 1949 Whispering Hope / Jo Stafford & Gordon McRae, 7.) 1949 Sleppin Around / Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely, 8.) 1949 My Baby Just Cares Fo Me / Nat King Cole & Woody Herman, 9.) 1949 You Was / Dean Martin & Peggy Lee, 10.) 1950 The Old Master Painter / Peggy Lee & Mel Torme, 11.) 1950 Blind Date / Margaret Whiting & Bob Hope, 12.) 1950 I`ll Never Be Free / Tennessee Ernie Ford & Kay Starr, 13.) 1950 Get Out And Get Under The Moon / Nat King Cole & Maria Cole , 14.) 1950 For You My Love / Nat King Cole & Nellie Lutcher, 15.) 1950 I`m In Love With You / Margaret Whiting & Dean Martin, 16.) 1951 We Never Talk Much / Helen O`Connell & Dean Martin, 17,) 1951 Don`t Fan The Flame / Mel Torme & Peggy Lee, 18.) 1954 Long Long Ago / Nat King Cole, & Dean Martin, 19.) 1955 Two Sleepy People / Dean Martin & Line Renaud, 20,) 1955 Relax-ay-voo / Dean Martin & Line Renaud. Box 1: Capitol Jazz Classics (Japan, 8 CD-Box, 1991) Titles: CD 1.) Big Bands In The 40`s,...... 1) Benny Carter / Poinciana, 2.) Benny Carter / Love For Sale, 3.) Benny Carter / I Can`t Escape From You, 4.) Benny Carter / I Can`t Get Started, 5.) Benny Carter / I Surrender Dear, 6.) Benny Carter / Malibu, 7.) Benny Carter / Prelude To A Kiss, 8.) Benny Goodman / Lonely Moments, 9,) Benny Goodman / Stealin Apples, 10,) Benny Goodman / Undercurrent Blues, 11.) Benny Goodman / Shishkabop, 12,) Benny Goodman / Having In A Wonderful Wish, 13.) Benny Goodman / Fresh Fish, 14,) Benny Goodman / The Huckle-Buck, 15.) Benny Goodman / Trees, 16.) Benny Goodman / Bedlam, 17.) Benny Goodman / Oo-Bla-Dee, 18.) Benny Goodman / Blue Lou, 19,) Benny Goodman / Egg Head, 20.) Benny Goodman / Why Don`t We Do This More Often........CD 2.) Swing Sessions,..... 1.) Billie Holiday / Travlin Light, 2.) Capitol Jazzmen / Clambake In B Flat,3.) Capitol Jazzmen / Casanovas Lament, 4.) Capitol Jazzmen / In My Solitude, 5.) Capitol Jazzmen / I`m Sorry I Made You Cry, 6.) Jack Teagarden / Mighty Lak`A Rose, 7.) Jack Teagarden / Stars Fell On Alabama, 8.) Jack Teagarden / `Deed I Do, 9.) Capitol Jazzmen / Sugar, 10.) Capitol Jazzmen / Aint Goin No Place, 11.) Capitol Jazzmen / Someday Sweetheart, 12.) Capitol Jazzmen / That Old Feeling, 13.) Capitol International Jazzmen / You Can Depend On Me, 14.) Capitol International Jazzmen / If I Could Be With You, 15.) Capitol International Jazzmen / Stormy Weter, 16.) Capitol International Jazzmen / Riffmarole, 17.) Hollywood Huckstars / I Apologize, 18.) Hollywood Huckstars / Them There Eyes, 19.) Hollywood Huckstars /Happy Blues, 20.) Red Norvo / Hollyridge Drive, 21.) Red Norvo / Under A Blanket Of Blue, 22.) Red Norvo / I`ll Follow You, 23.) Red Norvo / Bop........CD 3.) More Swing Session..... 1.) Coleman Hawkins / April In Paris, 2.) Coleman Hawkins / Rifftide, 3.) Coleman Hawkins / Stardust, 4.)Coleman Hawkins / Stuffy, 5.) Coleman Hawkins / Hollywood Stampede, 6.) Coleman Hawkins / I`m Through With Love, 7.) Coleman Hawkins / What Is There To Say, 8.) Coleman Hawkins / Wrap Your Traubles In Draems, 9.) Coleman Hawkins / To Much Of A Good Thing, 10.) Coleman Hawkins / Bean Soup, 11.) Coleman Hawkins / Someone To Watch Over Me, 12.) Coleman Hawkins / It`s The Talk Of The Town, 13.) Sidney Catlett / I Never Knew, 14.) Sidney Catlett / Love For Scale, 15.) Sidney Catlett / Just You Just Me, 16.) Sidney Catlett / Henderson Romp, 17.) Al Casey / Sometimes I`m Happy, 18.) Al Casey / How High The Moon ........CD 4.) Still More Swing Sessions ..... 1.) Cootie Williams / Echoes Of Harlem, 2.) Rex Stewart / Dutch Treat, 3.) Rex Stewart / Rexercise, 4.) Zutty Singleton / Barney`s Bounce, 5.) Zutty Singleton / Lulu`s Mood, 6.) Sonny Greer / Mood Indigo, 7.) Sonny Greer / Bug In A Rug, 8.) Sonny Greer / The Mooche, 9.) Sonny Greer / Kandy Lamb, 10.) Louis Bellson / The Jeep Is Jumpin, 11.) Louis Bellson / Passion Flower, 12.) Louis Bellson / Johnny Come Lately, 13.) Louis Bellson / Sticks, 14.) Louis Bellson / Punkin, 15.) Louis Bellson / Eyes, 16.) Louis Bellson / Rainbow, 17.) Louis Bellson / Shadows.......CD 5.) More And Last Swing Sessions.....1.) Art Tatum / Willow Weep For Me, 2.) Art Tatum / I Cover The Waterfront, 3.) Art Tatum / Aunt Hagar`s Blues, 4.) Art Tatum / Nice Work If You Can Get It, 5.) Art Tatum / Someone To Watch Over Me, 6.) Art Tatum / Dardanella, 7.) Art Tatum / Time On My Hands, 8.) Art Tatum / Sweet Lorraine, 9.) Art Tatum / Somebody Loves Me, 10,) Art Tatum / Don`t Blame Me, 11.) Nat King Cole / Straighten Up And Fly Right, 12.) Nat King Cole / Gee Baby, Ain`t I Good To You, 13.) Nat King Cole / Jumpin At Capitol, 14.) Nat King Cole / The Firm Fram Sauce, 15.) Nat King Cole / Route 66, 16.) Nat King Cole / Baby, Baby All The Time, 17.) Nat King Cole / You`re The Cream In My Coffee, 18.) Nat King Cole / That`s What, 19.) Nat King Cole / When I Take My Sugar To Tea, 20.) Nat King Cole / Lullbelle .............CD 6.) Bebop Professors..........1.) Dizzy Gillespie / Say When, 2.) Dizzy Gillespie / Tally Ho, 3.) Dizzy Gillespie / Coast To Coast, 4.) Dizzy Gillespie / Carambola 5.) Metronome All Stars / Leap Here, 6.) Metronome All Stars / Metronome Riff, 7.) Metronome All Stars / Early Spring, 8.) Metronome All Stars / Local 802 Blues, 9.) Tadd Dameron / Sid`s Delight, 10.) Tadd Dameron / Casbah, 11.) Tadd Dameron / Johns Delight, 12.) Tadd Dameron / What`s New, 13.) Tadd Dameron / Heaven`s Door Are Wide Open, 14.) Tadd Dameron / Focus, 15.) Babs Gonzales / Capitolizing, 16.) Babs Gonzales / Professor Bop, 17.) Babs Gonzales / St.Louis Blues, 18.) Babs Gonzales / Real Crazy, 19.) Babs Gonzales / The Continental, 20.) Babs Gonzales / Prelude To A Nightmare,......CD 7.) Bop Goes White...... 1.) Woody Herman / Thats Right, 2.) Woody Herman / Lemon Drop, 3.) Woody Herman / Early Autumn, 4.) Woody Herman / Keeper Of The Flame, 5.) Woody Herman / More Moon, 6.) Woody Herman / Detour Ahad, 7.) Woody Herman / Not Really The Blues, 8.) Woody Herman / The Great Lie, 9.) Woody Herman / Tenderly, 10.) Woody Herman / Lollypop, 11.) Woody Herman / You Rascal You, 12.) Woody Herman / Rhapsody In Wood 13.) Charlie Barnet / Cuba, 14,) Charlie Barnet / Charlies Other Aunt, 15.) Charlie Barnet / Overtime 16.) Charlie Barnet / O`Henry, 17.) Charlie Barnet / Over The Rainbow, 18.) Charlie Barnet / All The Things You Are, 19.) Charlie Barnet / Panamericana, 20.) Charlie Barnet / Claude Reigns, 21.) Charlie Barnet / Really,.......CD 8.) Coolin `Off At Capitol ........1.) Lennie Tristano / Wow, 2.) Lennie Tristano / Crosscurrent, 3.) Lennie Tristano / Yesterdays 4.) Lennie Tristano / Marionette, 5.) Lennie Tristano / Sax Of A Kind, 6.) Lennie Tristano / Intuition, 7.) Lennie Tristano / Digression, 8.) Buddy DeFranco / The Boy Next Door, 9.) Buddy DeFranco / A Bird In Igor`s Yard, 10.) Buddy DeFranco / This Time The Dreams On Me, 11.) Buddy DeFranco / Bud`s Invention, 12.) Buddy DeFranco / Penthouse Serenade, 13.) Buddy DeFranco / Extrovert, 14,) Buddy DeFranco / Good For Nothin` Joe, 15.) Buddy DeFranco / Aishie, 16.) Stan Hasselgard / Swedish Pastry, 17.) Stan Hasselgard / Sweet And Hot Mop, 18.) Stan Hasselgard / Who Sleeps, 19.) Stan Hasselgard / I`ll Never Be The Same.....

Thanks! Cheers!

Oh, there'll be reincarnations, I'm sure. WIDE EXTRAWIDE REAAAAAAAAAALYWIDE THE TOUCHER TALLERTHANYOU RICHY RICH DILDY LONG ... Just keep your eyes open. Cheers!

I've had at least three of these from people I know today ... why do people open this crap? Duh!

You mean to say that my posts could be more childish than other ones on this board? Hm. True, maybe.

*phew*

I hope the US Postal service or whoever had the pleasure of transporting the whole thing awarded you some type of medal of honour. I think in Denmark they do that if you buy a Ferrari and hand over the same amount again in taxes. Cheers!

How did you store all of those?

Well, he's had a birthday every day since. Duh. Cheers!

Yep. What, my birthdays get in the way? Sorry, but they are serious business, so they stay (I bought myself the Teddy Wilson Mosaic on my first birthday and received it today, on my third). It's a psychological thing. I won't go into it. I'm sure I'm not the only screwy person around here. Cheers!

I just stumbled across this one and thought one or t'other collector on this board might be interested. Apparently (not much info available on the page itself ... I guess you have to contact them or they've got info in their newsletter, if they have one), the late Emil Knudsen's record collection is going to be auctioned off. The first titles of that collection have been put online here. Cheers!

Cheers!

I just recieved my free copy of "Donald Byrd Quintet: Parisian Thoroughfare" from a Mr. Dominique Bernard, who also included a handwritten postcard, excusing the error in the box. Talk about some damn fine service!!!!! Cheers! P.S.: And, if I'm not totally mistaken, it is this Dominique Bernard. P.S.: Always covering my tracks, I also wrote to Universal Germany. They contacted me straight away and let me know that although they did not sell the Paris Box in Germany, they would also send me a copy of the CD, so I would continue to be a happy Universal customer (as if I wasn't that already ... while typing this, I am looking directly at a larger number of Universal Deluxe editions, for example). So, if anyone else has problems with the Paris Box, I might have a Donald Byrd CD to spare ... PM me if you hit the wall like Peter and I did. And three cheers for Universal France and Germany!

Because I'm German?

Just have a look yourself over at http://www.collectorz.com/. I got myself the pro version for all the export functions (I think I paid forty-something-or-rather). As far as I recall, you get a lifetime's worth of updates when you buy the software. I first looked at it about two years ago, and it's still around and getting better by the minute. Recommended! Cheers!

Yep. I started playing with the XML export function a bit. If you know your XML, there's nary a thing you can't do with this program. Cheers!

deus (bag), You must be dumber than a POST (which most of yours are to begin with). I've never worked a day in my life. Anything I have to do can basically be done from where I sit at a computer. I can practice (but of course choose not to), I can fuck, I can write music, I can book gigs (but I choose not to), I can hire musicians, I can take my provender, I can exercise, I can jerk off (but don't find it necessary), I can listen to music, I can write prose, I can bath, I can get haircuts, I can hit on chickies, I can watch television, I can pay bills, make deposits, withdrawals, I can buy anything I need, I can smoke dope, shoot up, get drunk, snort Peruvian Marching Powder,....... A few minor things not available to me at ringside computer: I can't drive my cars, I can't mow my lawn, I can't shovel my driveway and maybe one or two more. In short: THE WORLD IS AT MY FINGERTIPS. DEEP A regular Howard Hughes. Cheers!

Absolutely true, and a great (!) program it is, but for the casual collector, the automated features of music collector save lots of time. Cheers!

It's amazing what you guys can spend your time on. I know, Deep, you're rich and all of that and have f*** all to do, but there is got to be other things in your life that require your attention?

My point exactly, patricia. Why does it have to be here? On this forum? Is it really that important for some members to swap lurid tales (I guess this is a rhetorical question)? But, I have nothing against a thread/separate area such as the one suggested by DEEP, because for most of the members here, it would be invisible. Still, there are a million addresses out there where you can load this kind of stuff off. No need to include it here for the umpteenth time. Cheers!

Stop pouting. It doesn't befit you. And stop getting all riled up. We're all just playing here. Peace.