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And I hear Joe Satriani is suing...

It's simply that ECM is distributed by Universal Music here in the U.S.

Looks like it was recorded in 1977. I see Bradford fairly often here in L.A., so hopefully he'll bring some copies to his shows.

Another Kenny G thread?

All depends on how much you want to pay and how many times you want to do it...

Ah, sorry. But is there even such a thing as "on-demand CDs?" When I think of something like on-demand or made-to-order, I'm thinking of only one or two (or maybe a handful) made at a time, if nothing else to minimize warehousing costs, and that can only be accomplished by burning discs rather than by pressing actual CDs in a factory. Unless they've invented some new CD pressing machine that I'm unaware of.

Danny Dunn! But nobody remembers him.

Wishing him all the best.

Yes indeed. And the difference is all the more apparent on the bigger plasma/LCD/DLP HD sets. I wouldn't bother with Blu-Ray yet unless I had an HDTV. Or put another way, it's like going from VHS to DVD - I think most of us would agree that it's a better picture whether the source is B&W or color.

The same logic applies, though. What is cost effective depends on what you can sell the CD for. I have no idea what kind of investment is required to even set up a print-on-demand system, but there might be a niche market out there of music geeks willing to pay a sufficiently high amount for otherwise OOP titles to make it feasible in the medium or long term. People will bid for old copies on ebay and get up to ridiculous prices; won't the same people shell out a certain amount for a new copy printed on demand? That doesn't apply to brand new CDs, though... I'm glad I'm not a businessman. But if I were, it wouldn't last long anyway. But that's thinking as the "older generation" (or at least music "collectors"). I think as we're dragged into the future, if one can't buy the original (oop/expensive) disc/LP that one covets one will be more likely to simply download a copy or burn it from a friend than to pay pay a greater-than-CD-price for what's essentially a CDR. It does come back to what you are buying: the music or the medium. For many of us (speaking for myself), there's still great "value" in the manufactured CD that isn't there in a CDR. So I wouldn't pay much to get a CDR - especially if I could get a legal digital copy/download. While I see a great future in CDs-on-demand (essentially "official" CDRs), I don't foresee it as a viable business model if they cost *more* than a manufactured CD. But as Chuck gently reminded me, "read carefully" and you will see that in the quoted post I was talking about real CDs instead of CD-Rs. People such as yourself who covet real CDs would pay more for them than for either a download or a CD-R. Although I confess I don't understand what the big deal is about a CD-R versus a "real" CD if the music itself is lossless and the packaging is good. Is the shorter life of CD-Rs the only problem? And how long do they last, anyway? No, you misunderstand (at aleast a bit). Yes, to me there's more of a tangible value in an LP or CD - it's something I feel one can own and resell if desired - but I don't find a burned CDR to be any more desireable than ol' plain digital files. All this talk about CDs-on-demand seems rather foolish to me. Forget the CDR; for me I'll just take the flac please and (hopefully) pay a lot less. Another issue: can we sell these CDRs (and will others buy them second-hand) like traditional "used" CDs?

So did the chloroform knock them out or were they simply smothered?

I can't be the only one to love the irony of such avant jazz being played in a club named after Glenn Miller. FYI, at least some of their albums are available on emusic. Worth sampling them there.

Anyone wanting to determine if something is from mp3 sources should download (free) Tau Analyzer. It's remarkably accurate.

"Washoe taught me the sign for 'Mission Accomplished.'"

One under-the-radar album I really like is Bobby Bradford's "Lost in L.A." George Russell's "Electronic Sonata - 1968" is another surprise. Didn't know what to expect, but it's terrific - and only two long tracks.

The same logic applies, though. What is cost effective depends on what you can sell the CD for. I have no idea what kind of investment is required to even set up a print-on-demand system, but there might be a niche market out there of music geeks willing to pay a sufficiently high amount for otherwise OOP titles to make it feasible in the medium or long term. People will bid for old copies on ebay and get up to ridiculous prices; won't the same people shell out a certain amount for a new copy printed on demand? That doesn't apply to brand new CDs, though... I'm glad I'm not a businessman. But if I were, it wouldn't last long anyway. But that's thinking as the "older generation" (or at least music "collectors"). I think as we're dragged into the future, if one can't buy the original (oop/expensive) disc/LP that one covets one will be more likely to simply download a copy or burn it from a friend than to pay pay a greater-than-CD-price for what's essentially a CDR. It does come back to what you are buying: the music or the medium. For many of us (speaking for myself), there's still great "value" in the manufactured CD that isn't there in a CDR. So I wouldn't pay much to get a CDR - especially if I could get a legal digital copy/download. While I see a great future in CDs-on-demand (essentially "official" CDRs), I don't foresee it as a viable business model if they cost *more* than a manufactured CD.

No reason the sound shouldn't be as good/bad as the original CD. Unless someone really screws it up, they should be bit-identical.

As many have already said, this was an outstanding series. Fabulous music, a lot of it released for the first time then, and the pressings are very good too - no sonic problems at all. For some reason, they are mainly easy to find on eBay and gemm.com, and they are not expensive, unlike the 50s and 60s LPs, yet they sound just as good. (All that fuss about the earlier albums is just a lot of hype, rather like today's "safety" regulations. Back in the 60s, they were just LPs, and we enjoyed them but didn't go bananas like the eBay bidders.) You have a habit of dropping these non-sequiters in your post that fascinate me. Care to elaborate?

Yeah, there are a few missing. One that I was looking for (that's not there) is Max Roach's "Scott Free."

Can't tell you how disappointed I was that this wasn't about what I hoped it might be.

Well, even if 95% of it sucked, that leaves 5% of an awfully big pie. And there is some wonderful Christmas/Holiday music out there, jazz and otherwise. But "great" X-mas music is for another thread. As for the topic at hand, I hate to generalize, but I'll add: "any holiday music my father listens to."

I agree, Chuck, but if Blue Note can't cut it (selling enough to keep these in print), what do you propose?

I'm gonna get the specifics wrong since I was only half-listening, but there was a report this morning on the Today Show about how cars have gotten much safer over the last few years due to gov't regulations. Something like a record 72 cars have now gotten the "top safety rating" from some organization (I think the one funded by the insurance companies). Only Chrysler didn't have a single vehicle this year that made the top cut.

Well I'm shocked. The Bennick I referred to above is actually Bennink as in Han Bennink. I thought he was on the absolute fringes of the jazz universe along with guys like Dave Burrell and Peter Brotzman, but this is fine and mellow stuff. Jazz never ceases to amaze. Up over and out. That's some of my favorite music these days, Dave: typically outside players playing in. Dave Burrell has a few albums that you might actually like. Also check out Marion Brown's "Back to Paris." It's about as accessible as he gets.

I went through about two dozen booster cards over the course of the summer, but am now down to my last 20 downloads for the month (having gotten about 35 BS/SN albums in the last few days). I'm almost relieved as I've gotten so much music lately that I've barely had a chance to explore. And in another week I'll have another 50 per my plan.