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You'll also need the Carnegie Hall concert - one of my favourites! Teo is smoking, Mobley is on all the way through, and the "Concierto de Aranjuez" is probably better than the studio version! I really don't get it why that album (or rather double disc set, nowadays) isn't regarded higher! Edited to add: I have all the Columbia boxes (plus "Someday", "Carnegie", "Blackhawk") and I like them quite some. True, they're not exactly comfortable to handle, but they include pretty good liners, usually (except for that one white-print-on-yellow page in the Silent Way box...)

I am not absolutely sure, but I think I might have seen Basra without cc. I'll stick with my TOCJ version, though, one of very few and one for which I paid way too much, but it was the only chance I had to get this fine album and I wouldn't miss that!

the only bad thing is likely that the non-RVG copycraps will probably not see new pressings but rather just go OOP (for instance all the Cannonballs, his "In Europe" is one of the very best, yet I still only have the Jazzland LP from the 80s).

Naxos is very fair when issuing "historic jazz" - and the sound is the best you can get from ordinary 78 rpm record: http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.120651 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.120766 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.120621 thanks for that recommendation, I only have one or two Naxos discs so far, didn't think to check there!

good news to share (assuming it's indeed new...): in a recent sale of Blue Notes CDs over here, I picked up a couple of discs that used to be copycrap cactus things but have now obviously been pressed as regular CDs again: Cecil Taylor's "Conquistador" and Freddie Hubbard's "Blue Spirits". It's pretty obvious that these were cc discs, since the "RVG Edition" writing inside the spine still doesn't spread on the whole length, rather there's empty/black space in the place where earlier the copy protection logo had been placed. I remember most here thought that even after the cc was stopped over here, they'd just continue to sell those in the earlier known versions (with copy protection), rather than change back to real CDs. Seems they do change back to regular CDs now!

Thanks for mentioning this, wasn't aware, will have to look for that one!

Quite the same here... but it seems you occasionally are allowed to eat pasta but only al dente (of course!), and not with meat, just with tomatos or whatever vegetable(s) you want...

Carbohydrates and fat (olive oil is fine - no problem for us, as we usually cook with olive oil anyway... but no butter and no bread, except "vollkorn", no pasta, no rice... pretty tough! No pataters, but that I have no problem with, either... and after a few months all of that is allowed again occasionally.

As far as waists are concerned, I already lost 3 more kg since that Sunday, just in case... no beer and in fact no alcohol for two weeks now! I'm quite astonished myself that it works so easily!

no sir - I can't use good speakers in our flat anyway... the house might collapse

Thanks Claude and (BB) - yes, I connected a cd-player to the phono-input when I got that distortion. Thanks also for the pre-amp explanation. No money for speakers at the moment, but at least I have an amplifier now...

I have been listening with my amp now all morning, sounds pretty good to my ears! (No idea if the speakers I use are any good...) Anyway, all inputs work alright except the phono one is loud and the music sounds distorted - is that as it should be and need I connect an lp player to check that input, or is this some kind of flaw? (Sorry, I'm clueless... would I need a phono pre-amp? and what's a phono pre-amp for, actually?) Thanks in advance for your patience and for sharing your knowledge!

So I did ask some questions, and it seems they guarded it like their eyeball... been in use until 2-3 months back, regularly dusted even afterwards, never stored in a cellar or anywhere damp. Will pick it up tonight!

Thanks Mike! I guess I'm sold if I'm not told any weird stories about where it stood around in the last years...

Happy Birthday! hypocrite!

Thanks for your input! I'll ask the seller a couple of questions then, Bill... I don't know the seller but it's offered inside the company I'm working at, I assume people don't rip-off others too badly there... Anyway, I'm almost sold!

I think these Snapper 2CD sets are legit, some kind license deal, not a rip-off. I have that Mel Tormé and it's great, just about as much late/Concord Tormé as I need (I love his early stuff on Bethlehem and Verve)!

I am clueless as far as hifi stuff goes, but I might have a chance to get this one used (in superb condition) for roughly 60 or 65 euro. Good deal? I have no especially great speakers, nor do I have a good CD player... I have some Denon midi thing that always was alright for me, but the CD player broke down (too old to replace or fix...) and now I assume it might be smarter to start anew... not that I need to do that right now, but I thought I'd ask for opinions here to see what people think of this, to check if this might indeed be a great opportunity or not.

One of my favourite Wilen albums, I think! Very very good one! Also a great companion to the "hors série" Distel JiP release!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Nikolaus! It's a pleasure having met you here, so keep posting your uninformed posts! Sorry to be late for celebrations but I'll only have my own computer back tomorrow evening... and last night I was listening to Mikail Aslan's band with board members mikeweil and Mr. Bassman on drums and you-guess-it. Photo should follow if the old men (he he, I'll be the youngest on the photo, of course) can handle all the technical stuff (I couldn't, of course )

It's also mentioned in the "Fearless Leader" notes that the labels had fixed weekly days.

ever heard of seedless grapes?

Oh yes! I have heard an LP full of that date, great music! Also the Sonet never mentioned is terrific! Forgot to mention that I had that one as well.