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I was at the NYC store at Broadway and 66th this past Monday. Cds were at 40% off then. The inventory was prettty well picked clean but I still managed to find some things I wanted and to spend 70 bucks. At 50% off I may take a ride to the Paramus store this week. We asked the clerk when was the last day. She told us it was the 21st of December.

When I first bought the 30 gig I thought pretty much that I wouldn't use the shuffle feature much. Now I use it almost every time I pick up the iPod. It's great...espescially if you're an eclectic. The device is loaded with all things of your choosing. Sometimes I have trouble deciding on what to hear at a pareticular time, or maybe there is a cd I've been meaning to listen to, but haven't yet....just toss it on shuffle and here comes a wider variety than you would ever get if you planned. Plus...as Duke City pointed out..you don't HAVE to use the shuffle feature. AND..... ......this thing is so small you can clip it to your t shirt during the summer and take it with you anywhere!

I saw it yesterday also. I agree with you guys. GOOOOD FLICK ! Totally entertaining. It held my interest all the way through, and the final "Bond....James Bond" made me laugh out loud.

I tried to get one yesterday but everywhere I went they were sold out. I can't wait to get it. That small is SOOOOOO conveniet. I just bought the 30 gig a few weeks back and I'm glad I did, but this seems like the answer for a good second machine.

Bak's Bison Grass Vodka. On the rocks. Pretty smooth.

I have that Black and White on vinyl and it sounds pretty good. There was an also a single cd on RCA in the late 80s or early 90s that sounded pretty good. I guess now the only way to get the RCAs in thier entirety is the SUNBEAM set. I agree - it would be nice if RCA released a complete well remastered set.

All kiddin' aside... Pardon me if I state the obvious.......there was Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Carter, Pete Brown........ all came before Bird. The players that came after Bird all came from Bird. He changed music. The thing is - I first heard Bird (RCA Encyclopedia) maybe in '56 or '57. He was already gone and I was maybe 10 or 11 years old but heavily into music......BUT most of my exposure was to the earlier guys. So to me, while I loved the earlier guys, Bird was obviouly KILLER. Now in retrospect, when there are so many subsequent great players many of whom are heavily influenced by Bird, to someone coming along a little later, it is hard for that person to get the same feeling of innovation from Bird because he has already heard Bird's innovations as part of someone else's oeuvre. Same with Diz, Clifford Brown, etc. Maybe even at this stage of the game - same for Cannonball. So maybe actually it takes an immersion into what preceded Bird to really get Bird. And isn't that what some of us are doing when we delve into the farthest reaches of early jazz. Trying to understand how we got from there to here and in the process finding and enjoying some great music.

Geez! Another one of the greats, RIP Anita. You're uptown now.

I bet that Red Holt album swings !

Is there any Bebop you dig? Dizzy, Moody, Fats Navarro? Maybe you don't dig bebop in general. I remember reading a story about Doc Severinsen. He didn't get Louis Armstrong. Couldn't see what the fuss was about. A friend of his locked him in a room and played Pop's shit for a couple of hours. He got the message. Maybe you need immersion in BIRD SHIT ! Please don't be offended Big Al...sometimes when the line hits me I can't help myself.

I just took a look at what's currently out there. Best bang for the buck is the JSP until you decide to go complete.

All of the above. Stay away from just about everything else. Most of the other issues I've heard have been pretty dismal in terms of audio. There was an RCA single disc that had good audio

Well said, John L. I'm sorry to Lockwood go. I espescially dug the sides he did with Otis Spann on Candid.

As just one example of why this is true - just listen to the "a" and "B" takes of "Embraceable You" on the Savoy/Dial set.

Would you envy me if I told you I had one of the Warner Brothers LP boxes? Same thing, I think, only it's a box set. And "fancier". And we all know how much better music is when it comes in a fancy box set. ...............MAnnnnnnn! Woulda, shoulda, coulda!

I'm in agreement with those of you saying that fidelity should not deter anyone from listening to great music, and, in Bird's case, there are very good sounding issues available. The Verve, Savoy and Dial material is all in available in very acceptable sound. I would caution against obtaining some of the earlier reissues (Stash, Rhino). I envy those of you that have the Spotlite issues on vinyl.

I know I had a Phillips, and while I got five years of use from it, it became increasingly "tempermental" and only certain brands of CDWR would work and eventually only the older ones of those would work. Also the finalization process became increasingly difficult and finally failed altogether. At that point I threw in the towel and bought an hbb (which so far is terrific). I know several people who have had Phillips and I think their experiences were similar to mine. Most were worse. Also, I briefly had a teac. I returned it to the store. The levels of the final cdr were exceedingly low.

BTW Lon, Thanks for posting this thread. It reminded me to give this a listen. I hadn't heard it for about 6 months or so. I've had it in the cd player of my car for two days now.

Count me in as a big fan of this album. I also had missed this until the recent issue. GREAT record!

I recently reread James Ellroy's The Black Dahlia after seeing the movie. Totally enjoyable if you dig noir. I decided to go back further and read one I hadn't read before, so I went back to the beginning and purchased Blood On The Moon, his first novel. I'm about half way through and I'm enjoying it. Ellroy isn't fully formed yet, but it's still pretty interesting and definitely and indicator of where he went.

I have a friend that refers to Mel Torme as Mel Torment.

Frank Sinatra Jr. picked up the mouthpiece. What an actor!

A very sincere and non political HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!