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Having heard (recordings of) quite a few live versions of Miles playing this tune in the late 50's and very early 60's (up through '61)... ...but then also in '65, '67, and '69 -- I have to say that for me, Miles nearly always hits this one out of the park. (Not always, but usually.) In particular, the opening of the verison from Paris (on Nov. 6th, 1967), is one of the most stunning things I've ever heard.

Link: Listen to three tunes (in full) from Obsy's "Public" FYI, the tune with Joan Osborne is one of the three tracks (track #7).

Just bumpin' this thread up. There's a ton of interesting stuff on the full list (in particular), and the prices are all pretty decent.

Turns out it was the "Who's Crazy" 2CD set that I had (and was thinking of trading, maybe), and not the Chappaqua Suite. Oops, my bad.

Hello??? Gas is something like $4 or $5 per gallon in Europe. We are (and have always been) spoiled with gas prices here in the U.S. that are, frankly artificially low. I mean, why the hell does gas cost less than bottled-water in this country!! And we spend $3 and $4 for pint-sized fancy coffee drinks, right and left. Why should gasoline, something that's NOT an unlimited commodity (much as some people would like to think otherwise), why should it cost only like $1 or $1.25 per gallon??? /thinking we're just spoiled here in the U.S. - doncha think???

Picking up on the last half of the last paragraph of the article... Wayne was also talkin' movies (and movie soundtracks as well), the one time I met and spoke with him briefly. It was after one of his duo (1+1) gigs with Herbie, back around September of 1997. More specifically, I remember him talking about the movie "The English Patient". (What he said about "The English Patient" exactly, I no longer remember though.) That's for posting such a wonderful article.

So, if not Sony, then what brand(s) can be trusted on the low-end (price-wise)?? Or do you pretty much get what you pay for, regardless of brand??

Mosaic often (usually?) has blank boxes too, which have no graphics for any particular set. I don't have any like this, but have heard of others getting 'blank' boxes before, with the appropriate plastic stuff inside, for the number of discs you have in a set (that lacks a box). (Poorly written, to be sure, but I think you see what I'm trying to say.)

And it's got one of my favorite Hendrix tunes... Audio-link from Fly: Spanish Castle Magic Don't have it yet, but I'm sure I'll get around to it one of these days. Thanks for the tip!!

OK, any opinions about this small home-theatre system?? DVD/VCR/AM/FM, the whole thing in one box, plus all the speakers (not that I'm slap-happy about how to handle all those speakers, mind you). Panasonic SC-HT810V I only mention it, cuz it was the first DVD/VCR combo that seemed to have AM/FM as well, along with whatever amplification is necessary. To tell you how green I am about home audio, in general, I've never (ever!) had a component system before, with a separate amplifier. I've always only ever owned integrated bookshelf systems (CD/cassette/AM/FM), or else just glorified boomboxes (when I was in college), and such. So handle me with kid-gloves, and speak slowly.

Thanks Kevin. Yeah, just moments ago I started looking at the low-end home-theater systems for the very first time. I figured just a pair of standard stereo speakers was the way to go, since we didn't have much space. OK, I'm really ignorant about multi-speaker set-ups for home-theater. My problem is that I really don't want wires running all over the place, and I suppose I'd have to have speakers in all four corners of the room, plus I guess the low-low-bass speaker in the back of the room too. So that's like three speaker-cables I'd have to run from the shelves up front, to the speakers in the back, right?? (Or I guess I could probably get some wireless system, but then you're talkin' probably a whole 'nother class of audio-products, so we're probably adding lots more $$$ to the base-system price. Anyway, that's why I was thinking just regular stereo would be OK. (Like I said, we're used to old, mono-TV's. So even just stereo, with speakers farther apart than the width of the TV -- would be a big step up for us.) Hadn't realized that there were integrated DVD/receivers before. That's definitely a good thought. Maybe I should run around to a bunch of audio-video stores, and talk to some (I shudder at the thought) salesmen!!! Problem is, as cheap as I am, I know they're gonna wanna pump me up into getting some $2000 system, and I'm all about value for my $$$ (AND I'm CHEAP!!), so they really don't wanna talk to people like me usually.

Thread topic expansion alert!!! I was originally leaning towards separate DVD and VCR units too, for all the reasons Kevin mentioned. But, space turns out to be a little bit of an issue too. We've got a wall of built-in bookshelves in our library (which is only about 12 feet by 14 feet in size), and we want to put the TV and DVD/VCR in the bottom of the middle bay of three banks of shelves. Luckily, the shelves rest on pegs, and are adjustable, so we should be able to fit everything in, without taking away from very much book storage space. Also, we're planning to include a couple small bookshelf-sized speakers, for stereo sound. (Don't care about Dolby Surround much, and we don't have space for all the extra speakers anyway. Simple stereo would be fine with us, and would be way better sound than we've ever had before anyway --- having only had crappy mono-TV's for years and years.) Probably gonna use a very small "office-sized" low-end bookshelf stereo system (with aux inputs, RCA phono-jacks), in order to amplify the audio coming out of the DVD/VCR unit. It'll also give us AM/FM reception, and play one CD too (no audio cassette, but who cares - haven't touched one of those in years). Yeah, I know, I know - the DVD will probably play CD's too. But I don't know how else to get AM/FM in that room?? -- PLUS, I'm gonna need some kind of amplifier for the audio coming out of the DVD/VCR anyway, so I gotta have something. I even saw a very low-end bookshelf receiver the other day at Target (of all places), that was just two small bookshelf-sized speakers with an AM/FM receiver integrated into one of the speaker units. And it had standard RCA-type phono-inputs too for audio from an aux source --- for only like $50. Unfortunately it was some crappy brand (Emerson, I think), but it did at least make me think about looking around for something similar, only a better brand. And heck, for something like that (with no moving parts, other than the radio dial and volume control), I might even consider something like an Emerson (which I would otherwise avoid like the plague), for an application such as this. (And then I'd just use the DVD player for CD's in that room.) Any overall suggestions for how best to do this whole deal, on a budget??? 1. I've already got the a TV that fits into the shelf-space nicely. 2 . But in addition to needing the DCD/VCR combo, I would probably be wanting to buy a new (very inexpensive, meaning cheap, $150 or less) mini-bookshelf audio system (AM/FM, integrated amp, maybe with a CD-player, or maybe no CD-player since I have the DVD player in the chain). I do already have a nearly perfect bookshelf CD/AM/FM unit, but the CD-player door opens up -- so it wouldn't fit into the shelves as easily (since I need to worry about clearance for the CD door). It's one of those motorized doors that opens and closes (up), very smoothly. Great for a desktop (or in it's current use, on top of a dresser in our bedroom), but less good for being in an actual bookshelf. OK, any minor details that I'm forgetting, in terms of all the input parameters of our room, the shelves, what I already have, and what I'm looking for??? The room is small, with typical old-house plaster-and-lathe walls, and medium carpet. I'm not a wonk about speaker quality and system quality in general (although I want stuff to last!!!), which I know is probably sacrilegious to many of you. Thanks a bunch for any input anyone has for a cheapskate low-tech guy like me.

Heck, Shoji, I didn't even look at the username and realize that was you. On second thought, don't tell her I said that!!

By the way, the Sony model wasn't the cheapest one available. Right or wrong, Sony seemed like a better brand than some of the other choices, so it seemed like paying what was only like $30 more (for a Sony), might have been worth it. Then I heard Spontoonious' tale, and had second thoughts. I'm will to pay more for quality. Just not twice as much.

You can always get married later (reschedule) -- but when a Mosaic goes OOP, it's gone for good!!! I'm sure she'll understand.

EDIT: OK, this thread started as just asking for suggestions for DVD/VCR combos, but it quickly devolved into my discussing all the audio/video issues I'm thinking about, in terms of this one small 'media room' in our house. We're planning to put a couch in the room, which is a small library just off of our living-room. We're NOT planning to have a TV in the living-room at all, actually. (Just in the library.) Anyway, this first post is just about the DVD/VCR combo. But farther down in the thread, I started posting about how to handle the audio, re: AM/FM, stereo speakers, etc. Overall budget is probably $500, and we've already got the TV part taken care of. And we could use a mini-bookshelf audio system I've already got, for the sound -- although a new one might be in order. (More discussion of that further down in the thread, from me). -- Rooster T. ========== (No longer looking at DVD/VCR combos, but here's what I said originally...) Looking for a relatively inexpensive DVD/VCR combo, and preferably one that's gonna last, trouble-free, for at least 5-7 years. (My current VCR, now on it's last legs, was bought 'used' in 1991 --- so I don't think 5-7 years is too much to ask out of a brand-new DVD/VCR combo, correct??) I might have probably already bought this here Sony DVD/VCR combo (for only $160)... Sony Progressive-Scan DVD Player/4-Head Hi-Fi Stereo VCR Combo; Model: SLV-D350P ...except our own Spontoonious said to me earlier this week that his folks had recently bought the same model (or at least some Sony DVD/VCR combo, probably this model?) – and they had some major problems with it. They returned it, got a replacement, and had problems with it too. (In fact, he even thought they had problems with yet another replacement after that!!) What's a good brand, that's not too expensive ($200 or less, or at least close to $200 or so), that's gonna last??? Any suggestions?? Either suggestions of good-brands vs. less-than-good brands (in general), or suggestions for specific models --- are equally welcomed!! Thanks!!! EDIT: FYI, I don't give a hoot about multi-disc DVD players, and the combo players seem cheap enough that as long as they last 5 years -- even if the DVD or VCR part goes out (and the other half still works), I feel I will have gotten my money out of them. My initial concern about getting a combo (instead of getting a separate DVD player, and VCR), was that half of it was bound to break at some point, and the repair costs would be more than the unit was even worth. But at only $160 to buy a new one, I guess I shouldn't care about repair costs.

So, Jim, how did you even come to hear about the "Fifth Third Bank" in the first place??? -- being that you're a Texahioan and all.

I don't have one yet, so if anyone gets one -- and doesn't care for it -- I'd be happy to take it off your hands (and I've got some trade-bait). Or if anyone has one to spare, drop me a PM.

Last Chance Uh, has anybody noticed that both sets are now on the "Last Chance" list??? Not on the "Running Low" list, but "Last Chance". Saw this on AAJ just now... Here's the AAJ thread: HERE I supposed this has already been brought up in the other thread on "Last Chance / Running Low" sets (which I haven't looked at), but I thought I'd mention it here - since it was news to me. EDIT: Adding the big "Last Chance" things in red, so that this post gets noticed by more . Last Chance

Spontoonious is coming by for lunch today, and said he'd bring his copy of this one (likely the CD). I'm sure I'll get a burn of it, and my guess is that I'll wanna get a real one.

Why the hell should any of us here vote?? People with power-dialers voting right and left, and kids hitting the redial button for 2 hours solid. You've probably got better odds trying to vote in Florida.

Did you happen to find out if there might be an extra track (alt. take, etc) on this one? Yes, there's an alternate of the title track, which is good - cuz I think the album is otherwise less than 40 minutes long (my memory tells me something in the 37-ish range).

Wow!! - Thanks for posting that article, and the link. Do check out the video, people. Very interesting. Also a great pleasure to hear a well done low-budget video piece put together by somebody in the newspaper business. What a relief to see and hear, as compared to all the over-produced schlock on commercial TV news and cable.