Teasing the Korean

The Sound of Ipanema - Carlos Lyra and Paul Winter - Columbia 2 eye stereo

Does anyone know the deal with the mixes on this set?

chewy, I will give you that date if you promise to wear a French maid outfit and fish nets in the video.

I am often entertained by Clementine's rants, but I find some of her opinions perplexing, also.

I now have the the Miles 65-68 box set. Not only do I have this music on CD for the first time, but it's also the first time I've heard some of it in stereo. My LPs of ESP and Miles Smiles are mono. Listening to tracks from these albums on CD, I'm kind of surprised to hear the bass panned all the way to one side on some tracks. While I realize that there were no shortage of lame-ass stereo mixes in the 50s and 60s, this is kind of a surprise, especially considering the late recording/release dates. Is this how these were mixed on the stereo LPs?

The first couple of Arthur Lyman Albums, Taboo and Bwana A are probably the best. "Yellow Bird" was his big hit stateside. Lyman plays on the first two MD albums, Exotica (the mono version) and Exotica 2. The stereo version of Exotica was a re-record done after Lyman's departure.

Lalo Schifrin did it on "Black Widow" also. Arthur Lyman started out in Martin Denny's band. His albums are alright, but generally lacking the punch and interesting arrangements that Denny employed.

Moonlight on the Ganges predates any of the examples cited above.

By the time of "A Taste of Honey," MD's records were studio projects with his name slapped on the covers. MD and his group play on the dozen or so albums that predate ATOH. These are the ones that defined the sound of exotica, along with (of course) the exotica albums by The Great Les Baxter.

I got this DVD for my wife for Christmas. It's really great - All the surviving Tim Buckley footage mastered from the best sources, along with interviews with Larry Beckett, Lee Underwood, and others. The songs are all presented in their entirety, not excerpts. Highly recommended for fans of Tim.

As a bossa nova fan, I'm in no hurry to dig through your LP collection...

Alakazam The Great OST - The Great Les Baxter - Vee Jay mono

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Rankin Bass TV soundtrack - Decca mono The CD of this is one of the most horribly mastered CDs I've ever heard. The vinyl sounds much better. Various - Christmas Gift 'Rap - Motown stereo Xmas comp, pre-Jackson 5ive.

Miles 60s group box set Billie Holiday Verve box set and The Banana Splits/Beagles twofer CD.

Steve & Eydie - That Holiday Feeling - Columbia stereo

Ramsey Lewis - More Sounds of Christmas - Cadet mono

Never was a huge fan, despite the fact that I'd accumulated an awful lot of his vinyl over the years. A favorite has always been the Verve album with Milt Jackson.

Sad, isn't it?

Johnny Mathis - The Sounds of Christmas - Mercury mono His harder to find second Xmas album from the early 60s, with more obscure tunes such as "Have Reindeer Will Travel."

Thanks for the warning. I too would prefer the Airto & Flora lineup.

Anyone hear Herbie on "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me?"

Jo Stafford June Christy Vince Guaraldi Three Volumes of Ultra Lounge Phil Spector Jimmy Smith Kenny Burrell Ramsey Lewis Ramsey Lewis, Volume II Jingle Bell Jazz A&M Something Festive Frank Columbia Frank Capitol Frank Reprise Dean Capitol Ella Fitzgerald SWITCHED ON SANTA Swingle Singers Anita Kerr Singers Steve & Edie Even Johnny Mathis... Also: Duke Nutcracker Chipmunks Volume 1 Chipmunks Volume 2 Oh, yeah, and aforementioned Tony Bennett

Something Festive - A&M Holiday Collection With Burt Bacharach, Claudine Longet, Brasil '66, etc. This is like walking into a late 60s/early 70s December issue of Playboy.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST YOUR HI-FI. WE CONTROL THE TREBLE. WE CONTROL THE BASS.

Here are the details: Happy Holidays - Jo Stafford - Vocalion VL 73856 (enhanced stereo) Winter Weather Winter Wonderland Sleigh Ride Let it Snow The Christmas Song Night Before Xmas Toyland O Come Emmanuel Oh Little Town of Bethlehem Silent Night Tracks are mildly rechanneled with mild reverb. Also, it does not have the celeste segues on the Columbia Happy Holidays album.