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Finished the master takes on the set, really happy with it (though I question the "jazz saw" solo on the last cut). Struck me from the package sleeves that all of the musicians involved passed away 2005 or earlier, and Brooks is the only one who saw his 61st birthday.

Yes he does. I'm on disc 3 right now. Skipped over the long invterview on disc 2, at least for the present. Any opinions: Is it worth 40 minutes of listening time? Happy with how good the sound is on this set.

Really good article, thanks.

There was plenty of room on the CD's for it. Wonder if it wasn't discovered until after they had printed the sets.

Agreed. And somebody needs to grab those Tolliver selects pronto.

She turns 89 next month. Pretty remarkable life and pretty remarkable body of work.

Agreed it's well worth $9, though it's not as strong as their Steeplechase recordings. Short cuts and self-consciously latin in places, but of course played well.

A bunch of low-priced goodies from the catalogs of ENJA, Timeless, Mainstream, and other labels. The titles I'm referring to start on page 2. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/release/music/jazz-fusion/month/2018/12

I agree, great set. Also low-priced - $15.48 Amazon prime for two fully packed discs, 155 minutes of music.

Tried from home PC. Same problems with cuts 7/15/19 in Chrome, but they play fine in MS Edge.

Took a quick run through, and there are some truly tasty cuts in there! Cuts 7,15, and 19 are not playing online for me for some reason. I'll try again later, but if others hit this, it's not you.

Does that indict us, or does it indict the past 30 years of popular music? Was anybody deeply analyzing Rudy Vallee's recorded legacy in 1969? I don't need the records to be different, I just like to understand them better for what they are in context. And the context does evolve.

Another advantage of the European versions was that they had more songs on them! Agreed on the White Album, it always has seemed like a collection of solo works rather than a group work. Really not a favorite of mine, I like earlier Beatles. "Please Please Me" through "Paperback Writer" (and the accompanying albums) best.

I really like that Valdo Williams album. Too bad Savoy was recording so little jazz by that time, they were onto something good with it.

Got my "Shipped" notice from ImportCD's, so those who ordered from Amazon Prime should see it Friday. About $4 cheaper directly from ImportCDs site.

I would argue that the 1964 Beatles were Rock'n'Roll, and that Rock first appeared with Dylan (and the Dylan-inspired Folk Rockers such as the Byrds and what Tom Wilson brilliantly did to S&G's "Sounds of Silence") in 1965. And that much of the difference was lyrical as opposed to musical. And 'Help' was a transitional album for the Beatles, and 'Rubber Soul' was a Rock album. I do realize that I am by necessity over-generalizing, that reality is often resistant to labels. I also believe that Rock is functionally dead as a mainstream music, and has been for almost 30 years. It is now a niche music, much like jazz. I hear "Wooden Ships" and think, yes, that's me. I hear "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" or "Disco Inferno" and don't at all relate to it as being me, yet I consider all three to be brilliant works of music.

And of course this classic Strata-East title

I've bounced around to differenty youtube converters with varying degrees of satisfaction. Currently have been using y2mate.com, which seems good and safe to me. They all try to get you to download additional software.

Mine had AM radios, a la "American Graffiti".

The evolution of dolby also helped kill 8-tracks (four stereo tracks, so 4x2=8 tracks). Cassettes were incredibly hissy at first, leaving a brief window for 8-tracks. I never much did either while vinyl was still available, only cutouts and cheap used. I taped a lot of my vinyl onto my own cassettes in the 80's, so I could play them in the car. Didn't have a car CD player until much later, and remain unwilling to play CD's of any quality/value in the car, I burn them to CD-R's and play those in the car. Too much damage occurs from the car player and my handling of the discs in the car.

So there really was something to the green marker thing? Always thought it was just a hoax. I have acquired a few very old used CD's through the years which have green felt/rubbery attachments stuck on them. An annoyance, but I live with it for those few titles. Anyways, the 20/24-bit remastering advances seemed to help a lot more than magic markers. Though some of those early OJC CD's still sound pretty good. I have a lot of CD titles I have purchased two or three times or even four (Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew) times.