Brad

I always thought Hank and Sonny were fraternal twins. When they told me that I needed to re-authorize the card they also said I had not lost my place in line; my concern had been that I might then need to wait until they had made a second run.

As did I, at the original price. It’s the best sounding record that I have. The resale price only ballooned up to $300 and over because they had committed to a small amount of copies and due to pressing plants being at capacity they couldn’t change the number. This wasn’t a problem with the subsequent two releases. There isn’t any criteria for how they choose a record so it doesn’t have to be a classic. What’s next has already happened; they’re reissuing Vince Guaraldi’s Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus. I had pre-ordered the Way Out West set and had forgotten about the Freelance box, which I never got around to purchasing. I may instead buy that box and cancel the pre-order.

Karma!

I received a notice this week from Fred that I needed to redo the order because the cc authorization had expired. We exchanged a few emails and it was fixed. What email did you use?

Yes, it is. Here’s an article that was in Monday’s NY Times about him. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/arts/music/billy-harper.html Great one.

Aren’t you a member of that august tribe?😉

Sorry to hear it. Condolences.

Disc 3

Wait until the French resistance finds out.

I’m a doctor of laws. Very shortly, I will give you my opinion of nuclear fission 🤠

Aidan Levy interview by Bret Primack. https://www.jazzwax.com/2023/01/sonny-rollins-bret-primack-and-aidan-levy.html

A legend. Live at Ronnie Scott’s is an incredible performance.

They have Billy Harper tonight and I’m watching it on live stream. He looks better at 80 than I do!

Listened to this yesterday, from the Vogue box. This is from earlier this week.

We are all different. I wear hearing aids (been doing so for about four years), which has greatly improved my music listening. Just earlier this week I got a new cartridge. My dealer said I would notice the difference and I have. However, there is a point — at least for me — where I am content with versions of CDs that I have and don’t need to have multiple versions of the same recording (for which I have no room anyway). I know, of course, that people will differ with me on this. Speaking of room, I hadn’t catalogued or put on the shelves about 100 CDs that I must have purchased in the last year or so and am finally getting around to it. That means about 100 must go and I will be offering them here as soon as I finish (about two-thirds of the way there). Apologies to Dan if I detracted from his sale.

I guess I’ve gotten to the age where I’m fine with what I have, plus as Kevin noted I’m not sure my ears can tell the difference. At one point I was upgrading where I could. After purchasing several Tone Poets or Classics, I’ve pulled back on those if I already have it in cd. Of course if I don’t have it, then I will buy it. However, as other noted, your prices are really good.

Most of us have this in one form or another, which is probably why they haven’t sold.

It’s not my favorite CSN but still like it.

I tried reading White Noise once but didn’t find it particularly interesting and I don’t usually give up on fiction. I tried watching the movie (20 minutes) and that too did nothing for me