Head Man

I'm still more than a little confused - so what's new! Does this mean that the only answer to the problem is to replace IE by Firefox? If that's the case then the majority of people accessing the AMG site must be having the same problem as me. Surely there must be some way of tinkering with IE to overcome the problem.

Has anyone else been having problems with the AMG site recently? A couple of days ago I started having problems with it freezing almost every time I use it. Sometimes this happens on the initial page, other times it happens later. I've tried allowing pop-ups but it's still happening. I'm using the latest version of IE and Windows XP. Any suggestions as to what the problem might be?

Yes, but neither of the two are generally available and none of the others are available at all as far as I know. I suppose the point I'm making is that if you want to hear this marvellous music then getting it from DMG seems to be the only realistic option at the moment.

What reissues on the Whynot label?

According to the latest e-mail circular from Downtown Music Gallery, Henry Threadgill is making a number of his recordings available as 'self-released CD-Rs' and selling them through their store. According to DMG the CD-Rs have been professionally made using pristine vinyl - obviously there must have been a problem with him getting hold of the original masters. I know that some people feel that $16 is a bit steep for CD-Rs but, hey, this music is so good that it would be foolish not to bite. Since it is very unlikely that this music will ever see the light of day through any other route, this is probably the only way that you will ever get to hear it. Further details here: DMG

They're all shown as available on Amazon from resellers for silly prices! Perhaps now's the time to sell mine before the rush starts!

80 euros = approx £56 or $116. If you add shipping that comes out to more than I'd ever pay for it!

I have the original four separate CDs and they contain some of my favourite Chet Baker. The new box set looks interesting but I wonder who is going to pay 106 euros for what is already available plus umpteen alternate takes?

Put my order in today with Amazon.com. $36 delivered to the UK must be bargain of the year! Now, what to do with the six individual CDs I have from this set? Any offers?

I didn't know Grover Washington had recorded it. What album is that on? MG It's on 'Then and Now' from 1988 on Columbia.

You're right, this is a lovely tune. In addition to the versions mentioned above I have it by JJ Johnson and Grover Washington Jr. plus another version by Oliver Nelson on 'Swiss Suite'. I didn't know it was on the Booker Ervin - Structurally Sound' album. That's one I'll put on my 'to get' list.

I've just checked on the HMV Japan website and both the Joe Castro and Ronnie Ross/Allan Ganley releases have the same track listing as the Collectables 'twofer'. Good - that's something else I don't need to buy!

I agree that this is a terrific session but the Ronnie Ross/Allan Ganley is excellent also. This is one of the better of the Collectables 'twofers'. However on some of these 'twofers' they had to omit tracks in order to get two albums to fit onto a single CD - the Lars Gullin release comes to mind as being one of those, but I'm pretty sure that both the Joe Castro & the Ronnie Ross/Allan Ganley sessions are in their entirety. Has anyone seen a track list for these two new releases so that I can check this? If there are additional tracks then I might be tempted.

Dave, many thanks for giving me the link. I've tried several of the programs but none of them seems to be able to read this particular file. One of them comes up with the message 'file does not exist' even though it looks perfectly OK in the list of files to be renamed. It seems there is a major problem with this particular file so I'll go back to Plan B - delete it! Thanks once again to everyone who tried to help.

When I click the right button on the mouse the only options I get are: 'open', 'open with', 'play' and 'send to', none of which work with this particular file. It doesn't have a virus but has a very long file name with brackets in it. I suppose what I'm looking for is some software that would allow me to rename any file regardless of its name or extension. If no-one can help then I'll give up and burn the CD without this particular track. Thanks for all your help so far.

Sorry if my explanation of the problem was a bit sketchy. Here's the 'full' version: I have a number of FLAC files that I'm trying to burn to CD and all but one them converts OK to WAVE. When I look at the file description of the unconverted file I can see that there are several invalid characters present so what I want to do is to rename the file from 'xxxrubbish.FLAC' to 'xxxxnotrubbish.FLAC'. However when I right click on the invalid file I can't get the option to rename the file. This option is available for all the other valid FLAC files. So my question is - 'How can I rename a FLAC file with an 'invalid' file name?'

Here's a 'techy' question from a 'non-techy' person. I have a FLAC file that I want to burn to a CD but it appears to have an invalid file name. Can anyone tell me how I can rename it to a valid filename? When I right-click on the file the 'Rename' option isn't available. My operating system is Window XP.

Well, none of those are worth getting excited about. What has happened to Verve recently?

Message sent re four of the James Spaulding CDs: Songs of courage Escapade Brilliant corners Gotstabe a better way

I have both of Woody's Elektra Musician LPs and rate the music on them as good as anything he's done. Does anyone know why these have never had a CD release - or have they?

The two by Stanley Cowell certainly are.

Hey, what's wrong with the feet? They're my best feature!

But not that interesting!

Yes, it's strange isn't it. I'm also a Hampton Hawes fan and when I first bought this set, decades ago on vinyl, I loved it - I even replaced it with the 2-CD Japanese re-issue a few years ago. But playing it again recently I found that it really doesn't do anything for me anymore and I now much prefer his other trio outings.

The Harry Beckett's certainly are, anyway. They are shown on Amazon and on the Dutton Vocalioan website: Dutton Vocalion I find that when Vocalion recordings are first released they are very difficult to obtain through Amazon so I generally buy them direct from Vocalion, albeit at full price! Service & delivery are first class.