Shawn

Yeah, I missed out on this one at the time (I tried to get it multiple times when Yourmusic was carrying it but it was always out of stock)...I found a used copy later though. It's one of those sets that's very rewarding from a historical perspective as the band members change and the group continues to morph into the "beast" it would become.

If you can get it for a decent price it makes sense to spring for the box. It's consistently excellent throughout.

This cat has had quite a fantastic run of HORRIBLE album covers over the years...

In my estimation these are all excellent. There was an import twofer of the first 2 released awhile back, not sure about the last one.

I have yet to hear a Freddie Roach album that I DIDN'T like.... My People, Soul People and All That's Good are my personal favorites.

Anyone that recorded with Miles...and Turrentine...and Hubbard (CTI era)...as well as Johnny Hammond Smith, Junior Mance, Leon Thomas, etc...is alright with me!!! Check out the killer album "With A Lotta Help From My Friends" under Mance's leadership for a master class in groove.

What about the inadequacies of a 16-bit word length in capturing the "full spectrum"?

I heard a few tracks and they were smokin'...but it sounded VERY Miles influenced.

Mark Knopfler?

Back in 2000 (when I still worked at the 'Zak) one of the programmers came up to me and confessed that he had to put together 8 hours worth of "classic jazz" for one of our corporate clients...and he was clueless about the music. So I went into the CD library with him and picked out about 75 discs. I then spent a good portion of another afternoon marking all the tracks he should use. I recently heard through a friend that they are still re-using the playlist I put together for other clients. Kind of cool actually.

Happy Birthday!

Okay, that one looks like a winner. Candy Finch = Hell Yeah!

I worked in the audio marketing department, recording engineer (for voice spots).

Muzak changed their tune from "background music" to what they branded initially as "foreground music" when they switched from the elevator music (known as environmental) to original artist offerings. After about a decade of calling it foreground music they again rebranded, changed the logo, moved their headquarters to Charlotte and started calling it "Audio Architecture" (the entire slogan was "Creating experiences with Audio Architecture). I should know, I worked for them for 7 years. Actually a pretty cool company all things considered. When I left, the "environmental" music was less than 2% of the business.

All the prices will be fixed eventually. Setting up those stores is a major pain in the ass (I know, I did one of them), much easier to deal with per track pricing than per unit pricing which is where box sets come into play. Get the good deals while you can...after all the lion's share of the profits go to the blood-sucking record labels.

Welcome!

Yes, that's true. Like I said I'll probably still use a variety of different formats, there are some pretty cool vinyl reissues coming out these days...but I'm not a purist by any means. Will probably try to fill up most of the holes in my classic rock collection on vinyl, keep buying some jazz reissues on CD, will still purchase downloads. Nothing wrong with having a variety of options to choose from.

Well it didn't take me long to eat my own words... I just went out and bought a new cartridge for my turntable today, have picked up a few albums...love the way they sound. Guess I'm screwed.

I take it you have a shelter somewhere you can cop a fag under?

Just hearing this one for the first time and I'm REALLY enjoying it! It sounds like a "labor of love" project and the world could use more of those.

Just listened to that yesterday, Dale's Wail is pretty fantastic stuff.

One big happy family.

Happy Birthday!

I'm not going to bother to apologize for anything past or future, I'm just an asshole.