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Michael Schumacher has been voted Germany's sportsman of the 20th century in a television pole. Germans elected Schumacher ahead of eight-time Olympic canoe gold medallist Birgit Fischer and tennis champion Steffi Graf. Schumacher has won seven Formula One world championships while Graf won 22 grand slam titles and held the top ranking in womens tennis for 377 weeks - a record. "I never would have expected an honour like this," Schumacher said of the result which polled 100,000 viewers. Tennis champion and F1 fan Boris Becker came in fifth behind Franz Beckenbauer. ALL HAIL THE GREAT AND MIGHTY HERR SCHUMACHER!!!!

I pretty much stick to Cuban HC7.

Porcy, I thought you might get this one.

A little over a day left. No more bids and only one more view.... Could I get lucky 2 times in a week and win this great set for $11????

and, it's nice to have a few options. Another option besides the RVG's and the rest are the Grundman BN remasters. They have some very nice qualities. Too bad they are vinyl and $30 a pop.

It had been raining/flooding around our house in Arizona. Early in the morning I stepped outside to pet the dog or something. To my surprise and amazement there were hundreds of tarantulas sharing the porch with me. I locked the door and watched them from the window. Woke up my brother and broke out the bee bee guns. On another occasion, I heard some yelling out back. I went out the back door to find a Mountain Lion walking across the back yard. Our neighbor was coming out his back door with his favorite 30/06 and the lion did not make it to the next yard. Not quite frogs in the toilet, but.....

I drive by his grave site every day....

so far. No other hints at this time.

In this case it would be the LP.

When the Dark Knight and the Wolff do not see eye to eye a boring thread gets 400 hits!!! LMAO Joe Sample: Rainbow Seeker... MFSL pressing heading to another home, so I'm burning it. Indigo Girls: Self Titled Indigo Girls: Swamp Ophelia

Glad you like it and thanks for your sane contribution to this thread.

I can see that. My only point is/was, I enjoy the LP more than the RVG for the reason I stated. Just a subjective opinion. I can have one, right Chuckie? If you do not like 'what I keep going', log off and quit stalking me. Thanks. Geez!!!!

Lowest price I've seen on this one!! WTG, you lucky dawg. The full Commodore set, now the Keystone. Is the Nat King Cole next?

Glad you enjoy the RVG of this title. Seriously, it matters not to me, that you disagree with me. Any flaws, that bug you, on this RVG?

You are shittin' me??? Canadian football is great!! I take back all my comments over the years. Looking forward to lighting 'em up. Thanks again!

Yep! Curtis Fuller: Two Bones (King) Nice little drop out on the 3rd track. Jewel: Spirit Jewel: Pieces Of You....I know Selling the LP's, so making burns just in case a friend likes her. I will admit to liking the unaccompanied duet, Jewel and her mother, of "This Little Bird". Spooky real and lifelike on my stereo.

Really? Of this particular title?

Nicer post Chuck. Not too many insults or condescending cracks. Keep up the good work!!! As I mentioned earlier I was shocked and disappointed at the sound of the RVG CD compared to a 'non-audiophile', fairly poor sounding 70's pressing of this one particular title. Simple as that. If you think is not valid, that's fine with me. Like I said, as no one as mentioned listening to this RVG Cd or any other editions of this title, this is a totally one sided discussion. I'd love to hear your comments after doing the same comparison. Would you like me to send you the CD and LP?

Due to the fact that no one has mentioned listening to this RVG CD or any other pressing of this title, be it CD or LP, this is pretty much a one sided discussion. My original post was intended more as a warning or recommendation to stay away from the atrocious sounding CD of this title(Ignore at your your own peril. ) , than it was a comprehensive comparison. Too bad there was not a need to go beyond the horribly distorted sound of the cymbals. Judging by the all to present sound(or should I say distortion) of the cymbals, RVG thought it was a solo cymbal date. Since I listened to both it was easy for me to come up with a definite opinion on which I prefer and why, of this particular title and these two editions of it.

I have originals of this one(the stereo and the folded down mono). Just curious, as to what you you like about it?

As Claude pointed out this is a mastering issue, not format. It just happened that I compared an LP to a CD of this title. It was quite a shock to hear and not enjoy one mastering's music/sound compared to the other mastering.

Yes, I know. His only BN title may have been Blue Train, I think. It may apply, in that I've heard the same HF distortion on Sax Collosus and maybe a few other Prestige/Moodsville/Swingville originals LP's I have. And in some it's every bit as distorted as some BN's I have.

Any initials in the dead wax? Robert Ludwig(at Masterdick ) did some amazing work on some Verve titles back in the 70's-80's that look cheap, but are nice sounding. He did a few Book Of The Month Club reissues that I wish I had more of. Listening to: Dorham: Whistle Stop..Nice CONN LP from a few years ago. Leroy Vinnegar: Leroy Walks...Nice OJC of this Contemporary title.

I wish he would get rid of the HF distortion, better detail or not. Grundman at Classic Records has done a pretty good job of getting rid of it, while still having more detail. They are a bit bright, but without excessive distortion. I'll throw in what Hoffman has said. Remember folks, Rudy Van Gelder recorded stuff to sound good THEN, not now. THEN is what counted! People had cheap phonographs or Hi-Fi's, nothing like what we have now. Rudy did all his "tricking" right on the master tape so he didn't have to redub and lose a generation.. In other words, he didn't record something and re-dub it adding compression, echo, EQ, etc., he did it all live in real time while the music was being recorded. Roy DuNann and Howard Holzer at Contemporary recorded everything flat and dry and the "tricks" were added during LP disk mastering. So, a Contemporary master tape today sounds amazing while a Prestige or Blue Note master tape needs a little "reverse trickery" to get it to sound better. At the time though, the RVG recording technique made those Prestige and Blue Note LP's sing! When I work with a Rudy Van Gelder master I have to spend a lot of time coaxing the breath of life out of there. It's lost in a maze of echo plate and high-end limiter distortion that drives me bonkers. If a mastering engineer just ignores that stuff the end result is less than wonderful in my opinion Well, it's like a constant high-pitched grating sound. Ever stick your head around the back of your TV? That 15k carrier sound can drive one to drink. Something in RVG's system was dumping a lot of high-frequency overload distortion on everything, especially when the cymbals were hit. Kevin Gray and I figured that it was RVG's limiter that was causing the overload since it was better when the drums were not being aggressively played. Do you have an LP that was engineered by Rudy Van Gelder? Turn up the volume and lightly run your finger over the vinyl, so you slow it down a bit (making the ultra high end distortion come down to a more audible range). Hear it now? YEOW!!!!!!!! I worked up a "system" for combating this in my mastering, naming it my "Van Gelder Anti-matter Generator" (a play on Van De Graff Generator) and if you hear any DCC Gold Rudy Van Gelder CD ( Coltrane LUSH LIFE, Rollins SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS, Miles Davis COOKIN', RELAXIN', STEAMIN', POOPIN', etc.) that I've remastered, you'll notice the absence of any high end oscillation distortion. Just one of those little nifty bits of musical history that a mastering engineer MUST deal with for the sake of your ears.

Thanks, I'll need it. Football north of the border is not my forte. Great to see La Luna up and rolling, again!! Thanks for the game!