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I'm curious as to what you suggest they do since they are "ignoring the situation." What's wrong with stuff going into the public domain? Would you rather the record companies convince Congress to extend copyrights for another 100 years? What good would that do? Forgive me in advance for writing this, because others have been saying this too, so it will be stuff many of you have heard before. But.... I don't think the problem lies with the music itself going into the public domain. That can be good because (in theory at least) it can become more available and not "owned" by any one entity. Perhaps we then will not have to wait for things to be re-issued (or never issued) by the original copyright holder. But, the problem that I see is that having things go into the public domain eliminates corporations from having economic incentives to protect the original recordings. Right now, Blue Note, Fantasy, Columbia and others all have an economic incentive to properly store the master tapes to the classic albums we all love. Since they will no longer own the right to make $$$ off of these after the music goes into the public domain, and since there will be tons of digital copies widely available for people to make copies from, the original tapes will not hold any significant value. I don't know the solution, but I think we need to be open to ideas. Put them in the Smithsonian for all I care. Add me to the list of people who firmly believe that original tapes matter. I'm not an engineer, so I'll leave that to others on the board who have expressed the audio science far better than I can. I just know what I hear, and the comparison between even re-issued Lps and the CDs of the same material make me want to do all I can to preserve the original recordings.

Yeah, once the music is in the public domain the monetary value for them will be about nil. My thought on the national archive idea was that it be a private organization funded by a foundation that rich guys like Allen could donate to. I don't think it needs to be the government's job to do it, although the Smithsonian might be a good place too. Something needs to be done.

Turrentine Disc 3 -- the album was "A Chip Off the Old Block" with Shirley Scott.

Spring is cool, but I already got it. Would advise others to purchase! Just put on "The Cat" -- Jimmy Smith with a big, loud band behind him. Great for the neighbors at midnight...

Grant Green "Grantstand" with Yusef Lateef, Jack McDuff and Al Harewood. Mine is a NY mono copy that is in bad shape, but even with the noise the sound is just so awesome on these old records.

These Columbia J.Js are superb. Thank god for Mosaic, because they have sat in Columbia's vault forever just collecting dust.

To beat another dead horse: What happens to the original recordings?! Are we left to depend on some corporation to assure that they are taken care of?

This album is dynamite. I recently played it for some friends who were interested in hearing some jazz that they hadn't heard before. None of them had ever heard of Criss, and they all went "Wow" when they heard the first tune.

CHuck, Enjoy yourself. Sounds like a nice getaway.

Side four of the Blue Note Art Pepper two-fer. Right now listening to "Bewitched"

Found three records today for cheap in Takoma Park and Silver Spring, MD all $3 Shelly Manne and His Men, Vol 1 -- still sealed, one of those mid-80s (?) ones with the $6.98 retail sticker on the large yellow Fantasy OJC sticker. Very slight warp, but I have it on now and it plays perfectly. Art Pepper, Jimmy Giuffre, Bud Shank are on this one. Arnett Cobb "The Wild Man From Texas" -- Classic Jazz label, looks exactly like Inner City Records releases from the 70s. Looks mint. The John Handy Quintet "The 2nd John Handy Album" -- Red Columbia 2-eye 360-Sound label. Looks mint also.

Thelonious Monk "Thelonious in Action" Riverside stereo. Up next: Shirleyt Scott; "One for Me" on Strata East then Paul Chambers "Bass on Top" on Blue Note, blue label stereo

No, the bonus tracks are with Harold Land. Toliver is on both though. Two tunes: "Mine Royd" and "Number Seven." This is a good album., I agree with the above.

Tonight it's been Lee Morgan "The Sidewinder" NY mono Sonny Rollins "The Bridge" Classic Records re-issue. up next is "Lament for Booker Ervin" enja records

I think the Miles OJCs are good-sounding too. They did a nice job with those.

Thanks Wolff, I always wondered what the hell that thing was!

Side one of Lou Donaldson's "Gravy Train" NY Mono I really love the way Lou plays on "Polka Dots and Moonbeams." Prety straightforward, but he's got such a nice tone that it's perfect for the slow ones like this tune.

Crouch = Dishes it out + Can't take it = PUNK

Up for tonight are: Roy Brooks "The Free Slave" 1970 live date with Woody Shaw, George Coleman, Cecil McBee and Hugh lawson. Muse Records. and "Bobby Bradford with John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Vol one" A 1971 date with Trevor Watts (alto) and soprano), Bob Norden (trombone), Julie Tippetts (voice), Ron Herman (bass) and John Stevens (drums). Nessa Records, 1980

Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) "The Children of Africa" 1976 date with Cecil McBee on bass and Roy Brooks on drums. Mine is the Inner City issue of what I think originally came out on Enja.

Wolff, Great idea for a thread. Tonight I'll add one that I'm listening to: Kenny Dorham "Afro-Cuban." It's a Classic Records re-issue in mono that I got from Red Trumpet for $30. The line-up on this is killer: Dorham, Jay Jay Johnson, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Art Blakey, with congos on side one by Carlos Valdes. Nothing too unusual here, just solid playing with some interesting rythms underneath that make it a little different than other Blue Notes.

This was one of the first jazz recordings I ever really paid attention to, and it really helped turn me on to jazz. I heard it as a CD, and it started with "Blues for Yolanda," which is still one of my favorite tunes to this day. I had been listening to mostly rock up to that point, and a college friend turned me on to this. He also had LP copies of Miles Davis 'Walkin" and Bill Evans "Sunday at the Village Vanguard." I remember listening to those and then going to School Kids Records in Athens, Ohio (we were at Ohio Universtiy) and picking up LPs of Bill Evans "Portrait in Jazz" and Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery "Bags Meets Wes." Little did I know then how much i would come to love this stuff.

Do people really do this Chuck? I do many things that make people go but ordering my boxed sets and asking for a specific number isn't one of them...

The rest of the night is Basie: first up is "Atomic Basie", second is "Basie at Birdland" both on Roulette, mono

I'm listening to one I haven't pulled out in a while: Cannonball Adderly: "Cannonball's Sharpshooters" Mercury Records. Recorded 1958. I think this is an original stereo copy. Sounds great.