T.D.

Thanks, but I can watch a dubbed (into Tamil 😁) version, albeit with weird aspect ratio, for free on youtube.

OMG, I clicked on the link and the graphics are something else! There's a (semi-)local cinema which loves to screen this kind of thing. Wonder if the film is available. There's a 13-minute sound sample on youtube: There's something slightly odd about the archer(ess?) in the foreground...🤣

I was speaking figuratively. Their algorithm recommended a bunch of Delmarks (and variants) at $0.99 through $3.99. Selected one and then piggybacked more algo recommendations plus one that was on my watch list. They do have clickable links for "Sale Items", "CD Deals" and "LP Deals" now. Scroll down a DG page and look under "Special Offers" in the left column. Warning: you can spend a lot of time and/or $...I guess that's why the sobriquet "The Bastards". 😁 Looks like they've recently modified the site a bit...IIRC the CD link used to be something like "CDs $8.99 or less". For instance: CD Deals (new/used, sorted ascending by price) LP Deals (ditto)

Weird mix of obscure items from Dusty Groove bargain bins: (Prestige twofer reissue w. one solo track omitted)

I remember that. The clip of Pres. Carter singing Salt Peanuts was all over TV. It made the nightly news IIRC.

Second half of this box. Then will take a Beethoven break, though the Kempff mono and Serkin (incomplete) sets will move into the queue.

+1 And he happened to be correct in that particular case. 😆

That Jazz Times story has been up since at least 2021, which is when I first saw it.

Thanks for the recommendations. That one was 1000 yen for a long time at cdjapan. Probably still is, per Lon (I haven't checked recently, cutting down on purchases). I was intending to buy but passed due to lack of reviews and Andorran issuer. Will try to find a copy.

Thanks, Rooster. I've seen that fuller account quite a few times before, and posted passages (about RVG's reaction to plucked piano) on other boards. The jazztimes link says "updated Sep 27, 2024", but it's been around quite a bit longer than that. I suspect the account/interview/whatever has appeared on other websites, but have forgotten them.

Not that big on compilations, but this was cheap and I don't have any of the underlying albums.

Thanks, John. Enjoyed the BFT. Got caught up in year-end things and never made a 2nd post. Lots of intriguing and surprising tracks. The obligatory one I own and couldn't ID (Sam Jones) and one I have to acquire (Tyner). I'm much more positive than the consensus on the Spirit selection: dig the music, but lyrics haven't aged too well. Wishbone Ash was an adventure: I really liked some passages but disliked others, could tell it was a British group with 2 lead guitars but nothing else. That band got no radio play (in my area) when I was growing up, and nobody I knew listened to them.

Will never happen. For instance, if he's lawyered up (which is very possible), no attorney would let him do that. Best hope for any kind of statement (which would be bland and generic) is if this causes a big enough stink to get media attention. Which I doubt.

Been revisiting some old LvB collections

And Ted should demand that Congress pass laws establishing subsidies, NEA grants, etc. for bagpipe performance and studies. 😆

Sign of old age, but I recall making the same comments about Cuarteto Casals quite a while ago (a year or more? too lazy to search). You may even have had the same reply. But at that time their whole Beethoven series was not yet on Youtube, only 1 or 2 of the 3 underlying 3-CD releases. Sadly, I promptly forgot about the project. I am really going to listen to the whole Casals cycle on Youtube soon. Honest. 😁

Part and parcel of the long-time addict's world IMO. I am inclined to agree, but of course can't pretend to know.

Yes on all counts. To continue an earlier discussion, the Cuarteto Casals Beethoven cycle is a modern one I'd really like to hear, but I'm not going to spend the money [Added: OMG, it's on Youtube]. The old Hungarian Quartet Erato reissue (at $18.95 on Amazon) would be far more likely.

Since it came up earlier:

Yeah, the "pay $250 upfront" thing should have been a huge red flag. I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt that it wasn't a scam. More likely it was an ill-conceived project, and the officers kept running up unrecoverable losses rather than pulling the plug (possibly poor judgement, or OTOH unwillingness to admit mistakes and "lock in a loss").

Have always been a fan of Grumiaux, even though my violin tastes have drifted to the HIP end of the spectrum.