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received this the other day, Track 2 Disc A Ericka is immense, nothing here sounds angry to me, very interesting and enjoyable so far. Who was Ericka?

Lanny Morgan It's about time Palo Alto - good session very nicely recorded

I, too, got the large box from Zweitausendeins - didn't know there was a cubes edition of this one. My 2001 Fantasy boxes were as follows, given the extreme cheapness of all of these I wasn't complaining. Bill Evans- Disc boxes only with inserts, no booklet Sonny Rollins- Disc boxes only with inserts, no booklet Monk Prestige- ZYX cube Montgomery Riverside- big box Mingus Debut - big box Art Pepper Galaxy- cube

Good news , a recent purchase of a 2 LP set called Star Edition ( compilation of tracks from Trombirds,The Wide Point, Solo Now, Trombone Workshop, Trilogue Live) by Albert Manglesdorff has whetted my appetite for this material. I already have ZoKoMa on LP

If you'd asked me 4 years ago I would have said I wasn't one. Now, I'm not so sure. I've seen my enjoyment of all my music leap because of series of upgrades to my amp, TT, CD player. I'll never go crazy on really high end stuff, most of what I have probably counts as entry level audiophile. I do love good sound.

Very many happy returns Bob.

I'd be interested in vinyl

I see from the review sections that Ben Ratliff has in fact given Bill no end of attention in his column over the years. So perhaps regular readers of his, won't consider McHenry an unknown. And he's got a lot of albums out. I'd like to get that one with Paul Motian. It would be nice if he listed personnel, I'll have to surf around and see if he plays with any guitar players. His album with Motian on FSNT is my least favourite , on that label Rest Stop and Graphic are better. I forget the line ups but I'm pretty sure Ben Monder is on guitar on one of these.

I see from the review sections that Ben Ratliff has in fact given Bill no end of attention in his column over the years. So perhaps regular readers of his ,won't consider McHenry an unknown.

I'm not surprised that Bill McHenry fitted in so well. As I have mentioned previously he's a very fine player IMO. It's pity that the author doesn't provide any background on McHenry because it almost appears as if he's an "unknown". He doesn't sound remotely like Lovano and his ideas strike my untrained ears as being far removed from Lovano's. I've not followed Lovano's output since his BN VV 2Cd set from the 90s.

Where I find it still useful is getting relative rating on artists I'm already interested in exploring but aren't particularly familiar with. I've long since stopped getting "upset" about negative reviews of sessions I have and like. I just move on. Can't agree with everyone. Some people here love Gene Harris, I don't , but that doesn't devalue the worth of their other opinions in my eyes.

The sound is better than the 80s issue I have. I was quite happy with my McMaster Cd of the "The Art of Pepper" but the Select is an upgrade. The rest of the material ( 2/3 approx.) on the select was new to me, so an easy decision

I like the Penguin guide despite disagreeing with some of their assessments. They do often seem to refer to "vinyl gloom" which I believed for years until I tried a reasonable turntable and realised vinyl's benefits. That aside their tome remains the best and my knowledge would be all the poorer without it.

I can vouch for Beauties of 1918 by Charlie Mariano- I have this on a King and it sounds just fine.

I'm sorry you can't , the ship canal must be used in London 2012 for all rowing events,...... well it's quite straight and long enough, quite close to London and slightly cleaner than the Thames........

The Panic is On- Nick Travis- HMV - British liner notes by Alun Morgan but original cover by Reptet cover artist Jim Flora, very nice session, I wonder if there's any more from these sessions in vaults.

The tone over there is enough to put me off these releases. All that drooling and arrogance. However, I've heard Bluesnik, Speakin my piece, Soul Station, all sound really excellent. The one I'm really looking forward to is Our Thing but otherwise I'll be getting very few of these because of their high cost. I hope Chuck's wrong about sources being damaged.

Dan CDs received, very well packaged etc. Many thanks.

Bought this morning, spinning tonight in excellent condition, only jazz Lp in the shop !! Tony Oxley The Baptised Traveller CBS Realm Stereo

Up to revise my opinion on TOJJ 6501 Somethin Else Cannonball Adderley from this recent patch. Side 1 was fine and was the basis for my initially positive posting else where on this forum. Side 2 particularly track 2 is marred by very splashy cymbal sound, way to much high end, unlistenable in my view , so back it went . RVG is credit with the remaster which worries me that these may be digi masters, What ever this sounded bad. TOJJ 6502 Cool and Struttin sounds great however, so there you go. For me 50 % hit rate is too low for discs that cost £29 over here, so I'm avoiding these now. How's Duke's one ???

Lon, many happy returns..... :party:

Been playing this all day in the car, what a great album, no weak tracks beautifully programmed, great, great sound. New favs are Bleeky and Rhodesia. The latter is a sublime end to the album, reminded me of the Joe Chambers track which ends Hutch's Components. Whole package alpha plus. well done

Glad to hear that it'll be in the shops, but I presume Chuck/Roscoe would benefit more by direct sales

I've just gone for the Turrentine.........fingers crossed about the sound quality

Sonny Red "Sonny Red"- Mainstream 1970- Sonny goes trane, ok session but hardly some lost gem I regret to say