Scott Dolan

I bet those are very high resolving.

Did anyone else that ordered the Benedetti box last Thursday receive a shipping number yet?

That's barely Avant-garde at all. Good tune, though.

Unfortunately, I think you're spot on, HP.

Theloniois Monk And Eric Dolphy: The Complete Live At The Village Vanguard Recordings

Does that mean all those who didn't order it during its initial run were part of the market indifference?

I'm actually wondering when the fetishists and hipsters will be clamoring for their very own Edison Phonograph and wax cylinders.

Jealous! I still haven't received a shipping number for the Benedetti set. I'm hoping it ships by the end of the week.

What I say is that this is simply a prequel to all of your bemoaned R.I.P. threads. Circle of life, baby! I love it!

iTunes is starting to offer booklets/liner notes with some of their releases, but I know you're referring to streaming. That said, I'd love to see a company like the one that made the Shazam! app do something similar for streaming services. Let's say you're streaming something and you pull out your phone/tablet, it recognizes the album you're listening to and up pops the "CD" booklet, and possibly other sources of information. It shouldn't be terribly difficult to do, although I suppose there may be licensing issues that would have to be hammered out beforehand. OH! And welcome back! Haven't seen you around lately.

You know, I'm not sure I ever saw the Ella commercial. The only one I recall was the guy sitting in a chair being blown backwards by his stereo speakers.

Are their files still MP3 with crapshoot bitrates?

That genuinely made me laugh out loud!

I only buy downloads these days, unless it is a box set. I've never gotten into streaming.

Yeah, like The Beatles remastered box, I'm going to ask Mrs. Claus for this one as well.

Alright, I'll concede the point. The rest stands, though. I seriously doubt Mr. Cuscuna has the slightest interest in pursuing the point. Hey, fair enough, right? Sometimes you reach a point in your life/career where you just say, "fuck you. This is the best buggywhip in the business. Buy it, or don't. But I ain't interested in making no goddamn spark plugs." Rest in peace. You've earned it.

Well now, let's not let the cat out of the bag that MP3 isn't the only digital codec out there. Or that all the others are superior to it. As for DRM, that died a very quite death about a decade ago.

No, no! I wasn't accusing him of anything of the sort. Just pointing out that the language is purely speculative in nature. And as I said, his closing statement tells me it's not a conversation he's willing to entertain. Let alone whether the labels would. Instead of concrete statements, he leaves everything rather ambiguous.

Ah, yes. Sony. Duh. In my defense, I actually am a blonde...

What do you mean when you say the corporations have more control over your music when it's digital?

I was never aware of all the mergers and acquisitions that have obviously taken place. So are Universal and Warner essentially the only two real parent companies left?

"He's now facing the same predicament with MP3s and high-resolution downloads. "The majors will never give us rights to downloads. It's their feeling that they can take a Mosaic set and dump the CDs into iTunes and put up the downloads for themselves. As long as they don't use the Mosaic name or box it like the Mosaic, they can do whatever they want—it's their material." That essentially reads as how he sees any potential conversation over download licensing rights playing out. Not that the conversation ever actually took place. They could have just as easily taken the exact same route with ANY of their property. The closing statement says it all. He doesn't "think" "our generation" will get beyond the CD. I guess he wants to be seen as a proud buggywhip maker, but why be so wishy-washy about it?

CDs?! Hell, kids don't even buy downloads anymore!

I'm not sure, but if I had to take a guess I'd say TDK.

I was a Maxell guy.