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Not sure in how far that is relevant for a CD set though ... or did I miss something and they have also announced vinyl in the meantime?

Okay, thanks! I just wasn't entirely sure what you were referring to exactly, Hans!

So are you saying all mono CDs have such artefacts? Do they get into existance even if all you do is duplicate the channels? And do CDDA files need to have two channels? On a computer, you can have WAV files in mono with one channel, no duplication needed ... or do the artefacts necessarily sneek in whilst the mono signal is going through the amplifier?

Very interesting - thanks TTK for the explanation! But since this box is a CD box ... I guess the stylus won't matter much. But does - for CDs - having a mono button or not make a difference?

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As far as Basie-like stuff goes, my vote is for the Quinichette albums (Prestige and ... uhm, Mighty Quinn ... Capitol or where was that one from?), they really are a nice bunch, all four of them! Cohn has done some great things, of course, but I hear those RCAs on the good rather than very good (not to mention great) side. And again, the Joe Newman with Frank Foster is magic! This one:

Thanks Hans! Was too tired to look it up last night ... had EMI mixed up, somehow (and thought Warner ended up w/Universal, which would have meant only two remaining ...) Of all those many new boxes, I might actually be in for this one:

Thanks! I thought I read a rather differing statement a while ago. But not being an audiophile helps anyway, I guess

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And if you don't have a mono button? Any negative effect when playing mono recordings?

Hm, I think there's better Newman (the Swingville with Frank Foster is magnificient!) and Cohn. Nothing against the Select, it's nice and all, but as so many RCAs, it's a bit on the light side (or on the side of: producer calling a very strict regiment).

Well, the real deluge seems to be the one from Sony ... But what about Warner/Universal? Thought I got a mail from EMI telling me they'll hand over my data to Universal now ... so it's not SonyTimeWarner but EMIWarnerUniversal? Or do they maintain some kind of separation (still doing seperate Decca boxes at least at this time)?

I believe they are - but I'm no expert. I'd rather guess it's PD stuff? Or would it have to have been previously released for being PD? The Bird/Diz Town Hall was copied in Spain as soon as it was out, and in that very case they couldn't to a vinyl rip themselves, no way ... not sure how the laws work with previously unissued material that is old enough to be PD.

some upcoming stuff: ICONs (now w/Warner logo): http://www.amazon.de/Icon-Witold-Malcuzynski-Ltd-Edition-Witold/dp/B00DKAH79O/ http://www.amazon.de/Icon-Paavo-Berglund/dp/B00DKAH74Y/ http://www.amazon.de/Icon-Wolfgang-Sawallisch/dp/B00DKAH7E4/ http://www.amazon.de/Icon-Yehudi-Menuhin-Early-Years/dp/B00DKAH6YA/ Sony/RCA: http://www.amazon.de/George-Szell-conducts-Symphonies-Overtures/dp/B00EC0VVRA/ http://www.amazon.de/Yefim-Bronfman-Prokofiev-Concertos-Sonatas/dp/B00EC0VWUG/ http://www.amazon.de/Leonard-Slatkin-conducts-Elgar/dp/B00EC0VWQK/ http://www.amazon.de/Eugene-Ormandy-conducts-Tchaikovsky/dp/B00EC0VVZ2/ http://www.amazon.de/The-British-Music-Collection-Various/dp/B00EC0VX3W/ http://www.amazon.de/The-Aaron-Copland-Coll-Orchestral/dp/B00EC0VWYW/ http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Works-Op-1-Op-31-Pierre-Boulez/dp/B00EC0VW3S/ http://www.amazon.de/Arthur-Rubinstein-Plays-Great-Concertos/dp/B00EC0VWEM/ http://www.amazon.de/Glenn-Gould-Plays-Bach-Vol/dp/B00EC0VWAG/ Decca: http://www.amazon.de/Meisterwerke-Dutoit/dp/B00DD0AFFY/ http://www.amazon.de/Klaviersonaten-Impromptus-Ingrid-Haebler/dp/B00DG86BBU/ http://www.amazon.de/Geistliche-Weltliche-Musik-Mccreesh/dp/B00E59ZRS2/ without having had a closer look, not too much of interest to me, I think - and it sure feels like the final curtain call is coming soon ... (replace the ".de" with ".com", ".fr" etc. in the URL - sorry, but I just pulled together the links on german amazon)

Is this the one? Yeah, is that the one? Yes, that should be it. Personnel is identical at least. I've got it as part of the big Legacy Furtwängler coffin ... no expert on his discography, really. Maybe someone more in the know can definitely confirm Naxos also has it, it seems (some prefer their sonics): http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.111060

Well, maybe there's some second generation or safety thing or whatever ... original tapes are lost all too often anyway, it seems.

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You'se old, Sir! But at least not getting mo' older!

I've been wondering if the Fresh Sound one is as nicely done as their Nocturne box ... but the price it goes for is usually nearly twice as much. Couldn't make up my mind and don't have the music at all as a result Guess I got to change that! Get the Fresh Sound set. The sessions are not broken up and there is one extra take. I got the cheap one first and gave it to a friend. Okay, thanks! Will look for it! I really don't like those Domino (or whatever the label's then current incarnation was called) sets. The one I do enjoy having is the Q live box, but then again that pirates a TCB and a Warner Bros. disc (no biggie on the later, I guess, they pirate us, too ... but if small enterprises like Uptown or TCB get pirated, it really pisses me off).

Sounds kinda like Bud jumping in as a sub for George Wallington? Definitely interested in this!

Pre-ordered (from amazon.de, cheaper for me than amazon.co.uk ... but I'll keep an eye open for it to turn up on amazon.it and amazon.fr, pre-order prices tend to vary a bit). Not sure it's pointless, after all I'm not sure why albums originally produced in mono (with a stereo-mix often created with far less caution, since it was for a smaller market and dubbed less important - at least that's my understanding, up to sometime in the sixties) are usually presented in stereo mixes when they're being reissued on CD. Anyway, since this is in a cheaper price league than the Dylan Mono box (which I got as well, but I had to pay the custom n***s and it sucked!), I'm in for this.

Furtwängler, Bayreuth 1951 is amazing

Happy Birthday, Bob!

Got mine today - looks nice, though the booklets don't seem to be that much of a deal (tracklists + synopsis of the respective works - for the librettos, there's a CD-rom with PDFs included) This will take years to digest, but then it's the kind of investment that I consider for lifetime. Btw, it's only out via UK so far it seems, and compared to pre-order prices I've seen, that's still the very best offer there (amazon.co.uk that is).