Teasing the Korean

Yes, this is one of the many Tim Buckley threads I started here! I bought it for my wife Xmas of 2006 or 2007. It is ASTOUNDING.

There are a number of Tim Buckley threads - many of which I started on particular topics - but there apparently is not a general Tim Buckley thread in the artist section, so here it is. Today I am re-organizing my record room, and I put on "Happy/Sad." This is probably my favorite album of his overall. I don't listen to Tim often, but when I do listen, he never fails to amaze me.

So you are differentiating between analog vinyl and digital vinyl, correct? Digital vinyl makes no sense to me, unless the CD is unavailable.

Interesting. Does that mostly happen on rock/pop records, or does it extend to other music?

Well, if it's a digital source, I think I'd rather have it in a digital medium. But that's just me.

To be clear, I like both vinyl (analog) and CDs (digital), and can objectively appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of both. The impetus for my post is that I suspect that many of these overpriced vinyl reissues use basic digital sources, meaning that you get the disadvantages of both. So I would rather have either a CD or an analog LP, not a digital LP.

So it sounds like there are a lot of factors involved in why a digitally sourced LP may or may not sound better, as good, or worse. One link in the chain changes everything. Certainly not worth my stressing about, especially considering how cheap used CDs are these days.

Thanks, just as I'd suspected.

I am quite sure that the vast, vast majority of the overpriced vinyl reissues that we're seeing these days are mastered from digital sources. (I realize that there may be exceptions, like the 45 rpm audiophile albums.) I have always bought and loved vinyl, but aside from the currently-in-vogue vinyl fetish, what is the point of these digital LP releases? It seems to me that you are getting the drawbacks of both platforms and the advantages of neither. Now, I suppose you could argue that with a CD or digital file, you have a digital source and digital playback, whereas with a contemporary LP you have a digital source and "analog" playback, but is there really a difference? It would be one thing if these were priced at $5.98 like the OJC reissues of the past, but given that these go for between $30 and $50 a throw, it seems silly to me. What are your thoughts?

For a while we had both Netflix and Hulu. Anytime we wanted to see a film, it was never available on either. I guess it's good for mainstream stuff, not much else. We cancelled our membership.

Very informative and confirmed a lot of my suspicions. One thing that was not addressed, unless I missed it: One of the reasons for placing the bass and piano in the center had to do with the fact that the ratio between center information vs. side information increases when you collapse a stereo signal to mono. So in such a situation, it makes sense to place the louder instruments that cut through off too the sides, and the quieter instruments that are more likely to get lost, i.e., the bass and piano, in the center. I am sure that this played a role in the thought process, in addition to the fact that bass and piano typically form the rhythmic and harmonic foundations in most jazz settings.

Off topic, but I loves me some Lalo Schifrin! I think I may have about 40 or so albums, either under his own name, soundtracks, and arranging for others, especially Dizzy.

Whatever the hell the cat did, this baby is glowing like the control panel on a 1950s space ship - or the dashboard of a 1959 Buick. It makes me want to post all sorts of ridiculous nonsense just so I can bathe in the otherworldly, Silicon Valley glow…

One more reason to love cats. I don't know what the hell he did, but it's much easier to read.

Some claimed that the Trib was better for Tampa/Hillsborough coverage (as opposed to St. Pete/Pinellas coverage), but I never got that. Back to Kenny, I am wondering if the details are holding up the coverage.

The St. Pete Times rebranded itself as the Tampa Bay Times. The Tampa Tribune is currently in its death throes, barely hanging on as something with the size and depth of a neighborhood weekly.

Still nothing in the Tampa Bay Times...

You're either with us or against us. Which is it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNxUMiunrX8

I've not seen anything in the Tampa Bay Times. And it's not like they couldn't just run Philip Booth's piece. What gives?

I realize that jazz is pretty much under-appreciated across the board, but what is your sense of how the Tampa Bay region did or did not recognize that an artist of this calibre was their neighbor?

Hearing and seeing him in person playing solo piano was an unforgettable experience. RIP.

One more reason to love him.

The sample has the solo but not the head. I confess that I've never heard of this artist, so I don't think it is him.

No, not that one either. Thanks, though!

Picked up this CD. Thanks for the heads up! It does indeed sound like it's from a tape source and not vinyl. "Latin Bag" is great. I love the track "Triste," which I first heard on a Verve CD comp. I liked "Blackhawk" more than I expected to. I have about 50 Cal Tjader records by now, but I never think to spin any that don't have Latin percussion.