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Thanks, Dr. Funkenstein. Cheers!

Interesting Link: V-Discs: Overview

BTW: I do know about V-Discs, but obviously not nearly enough. I'm reading up on it now. But, I'd still like to know sth about this Milan label. Seems to be a legitimate if distributed through BMG?

Well, I picked these up in a shop around the corner, 4-CD box (4th disc has some Charles deGaulle speeches etc. on it), shrink-wrapped for 3 Euro. Before I actually listen to them, here the details: These are the contents: V.A. The V-Discs-Collection. Editions Milan Music (distrib. by BMG). France 1995. Disc 01: The Big Bands a) Count Basie (4 tunes) b) Duke Ellington (3 tunes) c) Benny Carter (2 tunes) d) Lionel Hampton (2 tunes) e) Jimmie Lunceford (1 tune) Disc 02: The Combos and The Soloists a) Combos (Hot Lips Page; Louis Armstrong; Nat King Cole; etc.) b) The Soloists (Coleman Hawkins; Fats Waller; Art Tatum; Earl Hines, Lionel Hampton) Disc 03: The Singers a) Armstrong (3 tunes) b) Holiday (1 tune) c) Jordan (3 tunes) d) Ada Brown (1 tune) e) Jimmy Rushing (3 tunes) f) Fats Waller (1 tune) Disc 04: Documents "Discours du Général Leclerc, du Général de Gaulle, Communiqués des radios, Marche de la deuxiéme D.B.) A first listen shows that the sound is really not all that bad. Are these some rip-off production? Does anyone know anything about this box? Internet info is, to say the least, sparse ( or in French, which basically means the same to me ) The thing looks sth like this (not quite, but almost). Cheers!

Let me know if you want to use it/have it tweaked or if we just leave it here for posterity (or for my own later use). Am going to go and listen to Farlow, Farlow, Farlow. Cheers!

My Tal Farlow arrived today. In perfect shape. Cheers!

My Tal Farlow arrived today. In perfect shape. Cheers!

Is this "happier"? Cheers!

Yeehaw! Cheers!

The bull fighter? Sorry to say, no. It's by Picasso. Cheers!

Couldn't sleep ... but will now. Version 1.2. Nightie ...

John, first draft (you know how dramatically those change usually); can't get it right, and too much snot is blocking my Google skills. I need a different image on the left, I would have to redo the right side ("Blitzer"), redo the typography ... basically redo everything. Plus, this thing is just going to eat ink. But, the idea I like. I'll return to it tomorrow some time. Now I'm going to head off to bed. Cheers!

John ... working on one (I need sth similar too) ... no idea when I'll be done .. had an idea that's not panning out at the moment ... Cheers!

Not jazz, and NOT good, but ... since you mentioned it . Cheers

Well, the first image in this thread disappeared. DW-Drums' website is having trouble at the moment. I don't know about you, but the bigger the drums get, the crappier the music sounds to me. I have no idea what that Terry Bozzio dude is doing. Techn ically, brilliant, but who wants to listen to that shite? Cheers!