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I downloaded a FLAC rip through bittorrent of the EU/US Candid CD to compare to my Japanese CD from 1986 and indeed all sorts of vinyl rip pops and clicks are audible, e.g. on Driva' Man. Apparently the Japanese Victor CD was made from Max Roach's personal master tapes.

Max Roach We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (Victor, VDJ-1568)

Miles Davis Kind of Blue (UltraHD 32-Bit Pure Flection CD)

That one is still on my wish list.

The MFSL Hybrid SACD of Sketches of Spain is stunning. The CD from The Complete Columbia Album Collection was already better than the metal spine set. However, I was not impressed with the sound of Porgy and Bess in TCCAC.

Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (APO, Hybrid SACD)

John Coltrane Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1311-2)

I listened to Porgy and Bess yesterday, paying attention to both takes of Gone included, but what I came away with was a realisation of why I preferred Sketches of Spain all these years. Not what you were asking for, sorry.

Cecil Taylor Live in the Black Forest (MPS, UCCU-9014)

John Hicks Naima's Love Song

I think it's been some 18 years since I last listened attentively to Miles' Porgy and Bess. Time to give the remastered CD from The Complete Columbia Album Collection a spin later today? It has the alternate Gone.

Ben Webster and "Sweets" Edison (ORG, Hybrid SACD)

"I can take about an hour on the Tower of Power, as long as I gets a little golden shower."

I find laughing at Trump and the state the Republican party is in cathartic. Else I'd be stuck with ever increasing anger and contempt.

Ben Webster See You at the Fair (APO, Hybrid SACD)

The image is photoshopped, though. That colour photo of tree and sky and hay(?) is nowhere to be found in the booklet. All black, white and purple text and photos.

It's better for listening. I started with the 2CD when the big box was released, much later bought the big box when it became a budget release in the EU. Then I bought the 4CD set you got, and the improved mastering by Vic Anesini from 2007 is another reason I am able to listen to this without distraction.

Pandit Balaram Pathak Inde Du Nord (Ocora, C558672)

Anthony Braxton Saxophone Improvisations Series F (America Records)

Booker Ervin The Blues Book

Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach Money Jungle (CDP 7463982)

Paco de Lucía Castro Marin (Philips, 832 023-2)

Paco de Lucía Fuente Y Caudal (PHCA-4005)

Again, on repeat this time: Anthony Braxton Dortmund (Quartet) 1976