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The lack of civility displayed from time to time on this board bothers me greatly.

Take Grant Green's Nigeria, recently reissued in the BNLT 999 series and compare it to its portion of the Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark (SBM, 1997). Guitar on the left, Blakey's drums on the right. It now sounds like angels continuously kissing your ears left and right vying for your attention with its beautifully detailed airy sound. The music was always compelling to say the least, but now I just want to listen to that album over and over again on repeat. And it costs just ten bucks. I have the Mosaic Green/Clark set that came out in 1990 and it sounds good to me. I don't need the Japanese disc. Like many Ron McMaster Blue Note CD reissues from the 1980s and early 1990s the Mosaic CD sets he did in those years sound good to me. Don't like his Mosaics from the late 1990s onwards very much, though, which is why I'm thinking of getting the 2 Stanley Turrentine CDs in the Japanese LT series. I'm contemplating getting some more BNLT 999 discs I otherwise would have passed on that are presently not in my collection in any form. Perhaps Hank Mobley's Thinking of Home and Ike Quebec's With a Song in My Heart. These days I search the internet for info on which CD release of any classic album I am interested in has the best sound and then download FLACs if possible through a foreign bittorrent tracker to compare on my own system. I have wasted enough money in the past on rubbish releases. I do not keep the files indefinitely as part of any digital collection. Think of it as modern day in store listening. No way would I otherwise have spent €160 on an ebay auction of the 7 CD Andrew Hill Mosaic box. This way I was able to compare all three releases of Nigeria a while ago. The BNLT is close to the Mosaic in character but adds a whole new dimension of presence and subtlety in my opinion.

Take Grant Green's Nigeria, recently reissued in the BNLT 999 series and compare it to its portion of the Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark (SBM, 1997). Guitar on the left, Blakey's drums on the right. It now sounds like angels continuously kissing your ears left and right vying for your attention with its beautifully detailed airy sound. The music was always compelling to say the least, but now I just want to listen to that album over and over again on repeat. And it costs just ten bucks.

One of the most appalling (to me) RVG's is Time For Tyner. I'd be interested to know if that album ever sounded good in previous incarnations on Vinyl or CD.

Real Time With Bill Maher. I thought this joke was really funny (you'd have to know a little about what Trump jokes Maher made last season and The Donald's $5.000.000 lawsuit).

BBC World Service mostly. Music has been pretty much gone from there for years, though.

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How about naming some names - which ones you like, and which you don't. I'd be interested. I currently listen on Sennheiser HD 650 headphones only so as not to get into trouble with the neighbours. This perhaps might make things more apparent and intollerable. The ones I truly like are some of the usual suspects like Monk's Genius of Modern Music. I also enjoy Cecil Taylor's Conquistador, Freddie Hubbard's Here to Stay, and some others. Some specific issues of RVGs I have problems with (and consequently no longer own): * On Art Blakey's Mosaic Wayne Shorter sounds like he is blowing through a layer of crepe paper on the title track. * Where's the bass on the first track of Andrew Hill's Point of Departure? Compare that to Refuge on the Mosaic box. * The high volume levels on the RVG of Hank Mobley's Another Workout make things sound more distorted and now also tiring than on the previous CD release. * Excess bass or low end on Andrew Hill's Black Fire. Tiring. * Dolphy's Five Spot Recordings. There are passages where the trumpet sounds unnatural compared to other releases I think. And what's with the near mono fetish? That shouldn't be a first choice for regular releases.

Brian De Palma Phil Spector Al Pacino

Perhaps a topic on quality teas? Darjeeling first flush, etc. Can be safely drunk in large quantities and remains affordable for the little man.

I undertand this has been discussed to death on the internet, but ... As someone who started seriously collecting jazz just before the introduction of the RVG series I feel quite some resentment towards Rudy van Gelder when I think about the amount of time and money I wasted on a lot of his subpar remasterings. Some I think are just fine or even very good, but surely most are messed up. They bothered me from the start, but I initially doubted my own audio equipment instead. A retirement home for both that man and his remasters, please.

Well, proclaiming yourself King (especially if by divine right) is a bit suspect.

Discs 1 & 2

I just came in from a walk. There was a dog eating feces while its owners were walking along unaware of what was happening. True story.

Lenny Kravitz Craig Ross Jimi Hendrix

If wristwatches count, Sco is wearing one.

I bet you could buy a nice car from the EU import duties alone.

Rewatching Justified seasons 1 through 3. Just saw the pilot episode.

Thanks. Ordered for €11.99 from wowhd.nl.

I estimate only a little over half the people here bother to pick up droppings. The worst aspect for me is being falsely accused by cranky old homeowners. They see a bunch of white dog hairs (excessive combing or even a haircut?) lying on a field next to their home and need a young person to vent their frustration against. As if the other grey old farts in the neighbourhood all clean up after their pooch.

I would add that a "meow" is far quieter than a "bark". We like that. No "lawn ornaments" to worry about since cats do their bodily functions an a sand filled box. Safety first! Cats bathe themselves [though a dog bath can be pretty comical and bonding for the owner and dog]. Cats are cheaper; dogs will cost you a bundle to buy and maintain. Besides, when our cats get the "zooms" it is free entertainment My golden retriever hasn't barked in over 18 months. He doesn't dump his 'ornaments' on any old lawn. I have to walk him to his sweet spots in the local parks for him to finally sit down after giving the place a thorough inspection with his nose. He swims daily in the local waterways. Keeping a dog is expensive, but golden retrievers do provide free entertainment. It's just that they are well behaved inside the house and (expect to) have a lot of fun outside in your company. Just so long as you pick up and toss the doggie doo. Some dog owners around my house just let their dogs run free or let them take a dump and do not pick it up. TBH, it's digusting. Picking up your own dog's doo gets easier once you bond. Just like the sloppy kisses. A sweet dog is like a child.

I would add that a "meow" is far quieter than a "bark". We like that. No "lawn ornaments" to worry about since cats do their bodily functions an a sand filled box. Safety first! Cats bathe themselves [though a dog bath can be pretty comical and bonding for the owner and dog]. Cats are cheaper; dogs will cost you a bundle to buy and maintain. Besides, when our cats get the "zooms" it is free entertainment My golden retriever hasn't barked in over 18 months. He doesn't dump his 'ornaments' on any old lawn. I have to walk him to his sweet spots in the local parks for him to finally sit down after giving the place a thorough inspection with his nose. He swims daily in the local waterways. Keeping a dog is expensive, but golden retrievers do provide free entertainment. It's just that they are well behaved inside the house and (expect to) have a lot of fun outside in your company.