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This should be fun...

If you have DISH, they have a Tivo-like box/receiver that works great and (for us, at least) was essentially free during a promo offer. It may now be like $5/mo.

TIVO (or any Tivo-like device) is great! Can't believe how much it's changed the TV viewing experience, especially if one has kids. If you ever used a VCR for time-shifting, a Tivo is so much better.

If your burner and software support it, you can extend the time a few minutes past 80 min. I think it's called "overburning" or something like that. Few commercial releases go beyond the 80 min standard, though, because some players can't handle reading them.

Sure beats yet another thread on Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Crouch! B-)

Hmm. Interesting detail. I don't tape myself, but there seems to be as many live Metheny recordings out there as the Grateful Dead and DMB. B-) They also broadcast live jazz recordings in Europe far more often than they do here in the U.S. (which is just about never).

I think I have all their JMT releases... and they're all terrific. I hope the new ECM is as good (I've been quite disappointed with the ECM's I've heard of late).

So tell us more about this "Russian girls" spam. Sounds intriguing...

Yes indeed. It's heresy-oroonie!

There are some amazing Metheny boots available on the web if you know where to look. It appears that Pat is one of those who doesn't mind that his shows are taped - or at least he broadcasts a heck of of a lot of them in Europe...

Generally Time magazines from that period can be had for only a few bucks ($5-10). They aren't all that easy to find, but not many people want them.

He's worked with Haden on-and-off for the last 25 years and he's perhaps the biggest proponent of Ornette's music out there today...

Perhaps the best deal on emusic are the Braxton albums. Often only one or two tracks to download and you have the entire disc. Conversely, I can't understand why anyone would ever download any of the JSP sets that are available. At a hundred or so tracks, it may actually be cheaper to buy the budget-priced JSP boxes in the first place.

Shane, welcome to the club! Yeah, it was amazingly great a couple of years ago - I probably downloaded over 500 OJCs in just a few months. I went away for a while, but have been back to sample the ESPs and some of the other indie labels. "average size" is probably 40-60 MBs, only about 1/10 the size of a ripped CD.

What, a teenager doing something stupid? What is this world coming to...

I've seen such numbers quoted before, but surely the number of Duke's composition can be pinned down with a bit more accuracy. Really, 1,000-3,000 seems awfully broad...

Hmmm...

So large - and "unwrapped" - CD collections will be a desirable trait in men? Yee-haw! Finally!

I think the "bad" sound has more to do with these RCA discs being "no-noised" than with the original recordings. This is just like the early 3-CD set of the Ellington-Blanton-Webster recordings...

While I don't think that anyone believes that Concord's purchase of Fantasy is a good thing in regards their extensive catalog, I do see it as a possible crossroads in how such a vast catalog is distributed in the future. And let's face it, for every Miles, Monk, or Coltrane album in their catalog, they have dozens of relatively obscure artists and albums. I have a hard time believing that some of their OJC-Limiteds sell anywhere near the 500-1000 albums a year that Blue Note (for example) requires for an album to stay in print. With so many hundreds of OJCs already available, I'd bet that those yet unreleased on CD are (mostly) obscure albums with more limited appeal. With the state of jazz CD sales a they are, it's hardly good business for anyone to release them in the tradional way. I think Fantasy has consistently gone above-and-beyond in their zeal to release some of this. And god bless them for it. But I really think the future for some of these lesser known artists and rarer (or even just "not as good") recordings is going to be on-line or CD-on-demand distribution. It's a frightening thought in some ways - I like the tangible product as much as anyone - but I think as jazz fans we, especially, may need to embrace whatever new technologies come down the pike in regards music distribution. If we clamor for an album that maybe only a few hundred people want, it's gonna be the only hope we have of getting it legitimately. And if Concord does decide to delete much of their OJC catalog entirely - which I doubt, because if nothing else there's on-line distribution via emusic - then there's always Aric's plan to fall back on...

Something's odd, Mark - Iron Man didn't get his own book until 1967. There's gotta be another date or issue number inside (it's a Marvel book, right?) Yeah, the Flash books at around $75 in NM condition, but in "decent shape" ( ) I'm guessing it might only be $20 or so.

This is great stuff! As famous as he is, I still say that Diz is underappreciated...

Someone already mentioned Jarrett, but don't forget Metheny. How 'bout those disco-y Turrentine albums? Very dated now, but one presumes that they sold a few copies. I seem to recall seeing a lot of those (Milestone?) McCoy Tyner albums around...

The problem I have with most Monk covers is that Monk's music is so individualistic that even when otherwise fine artists attempt them - even such as Powell or Weston - they often still sound like "pale imitations." That's why I much prefer Monk covers that don't feature pianists - like some of the Lacy's. That might be why, too, that I can tolerate Wynton's Monk album. The fact that it hardly sounds like genuine Monk is, oddly enough, a plus in my book.

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