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I had forgotten about this thread, and I started it! I went to BJ's Warehouse this week, and was surprised to see that they now carry Nero 6. I was going to pick it up but didn't. I won't wait much longer. Maybe I should spend the extra probable twenty bucks for the Reloaded, and order it from Amazon. What do you think? Thanks for the heads up, Claude!

Not meaning to nitpick, but...the first two seasons the show was called "Rocky and His Friends" and was shown twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays in DC where I lived at the time). It was syndicated. It then (I think this was 1960, maybe '61) moved to ABC where it was called "The Bullwinkle Show", and was shown Sundays at 6:00 pm as I recall (I lived in Seattle then). It is also my vague recollection that they were inconsistent in the titles of the cartoons after they moved to ABC, sometimes carrying the name "Rocky and Bullwinkle", and sometimes "Bullwinkle and Rocky", but that may not be correct.

I've just learned that Wilson was scheduled to be on the Jay Leno show last night. Did anybody see him?

By the way, I bought some DVDs for my brother-in-law for Christmas last year from Deep Discount DVD http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/ and had good service from them. I think you'll like their prices and their selection.

I'll never get tired of Groove Holmes' first Prestige album, Soul Message.

Am I the last man in America to not have a DVD player hooked up to his TV? I may get one to watch the Rocky and Bullwinkle sets. Are they still as funny as I remember them to be?

My copy of Herbie Mann's Flute Souffle is a Status, with a Prestige catalogue number. The logo appears like any other would, not a sticker or a redrawing. The album cover is a basic red, unlike that of the CD, which is basic white. I purchased it in 1969, when stores were clearing out their mono albums. The record itself has Prestige labels on both sides. I've never noticed any difference in the thickness.

I don't think I've seen yet mentioned Richard "Groove" Holmes - Soul Message Thelonious Monk - Thelonious In Action Herbie Mann - Flute Souffle

The Olsen twins escaped my attention as they were amassing their fortune. I read recently that they have made a huge amount of money making direct to video movies. I thought direct to video was supposed to mean a flop, but for them it has been the road to riches.

Great story, Rooster!

Thanks for this thread! I saw the Kirk band about 1970, when Volunteered Slavery was his current album. I really enjoyed Ron Burton. In most groups, he would have been the star of the show!

OK then, it looks like it will be Nero. Easy to use is a big selling point in my book.

When I saw the title and sub-title of this thread, I just knew it was started by Berigan!

In addition to Twinkies and Hostess cupcakes, Interstate also makes Wonder Bread. I was surprised to learn not too long ago that Wonder Bread was the first sliced bread. I think this was shortly after World War One. So the saying, "...greatest thing since sliced bread" is about Wonder Bread!

Thanks for your thoughts! My inclination is to go with something I can buy a hard copy of, with a hard copy manual.

If you like Flute Souffle, you'll also like Flute Flight, half of which was taken from the same recording session with Bobby Jaspar. I recommend two other Herbie Mann albums - Standing Ovation at Newport and Monday Night at the Village Gate. Speaking of Jaspar, you might like Phenil Isopropil Amine, which is OOP but available used from Amazon.

It's time for me to buy a program which will allow me to burn CDs - both albums and compilations. Roxio EMC7 and Nero 6 cost about the same and seem to offer the same features. I've done a little homework, and I've read that Roxio is a little better regarding some video functions, but I don't have any desire to get involved with that. In fact, maybe there is another program that just handles audio that I don't know about. So I guess my question is...What does this group recommend for a program to burn jazz CDs with? All informed opinions welcome, and thanks!

Thanks for your input, guys!

I don't crosspost normally, but this time I will. I have already asked for opinions on AAJ and Jazz Corner, and I am interested in the views of the Organissimo gang. I'm thinking about buying a MiniDisc player/recorder. Do any of you have one, and if so what are your opinions? Do you have a model to recommend? Net MD or HiMD? Or is an mp3 HD like iPod the way to go now, and if so why? All informed opinions welcome!

Chet Baker recorded an album with Richard Twardzik which I really enjoy. I consider it underrated because it has been in print so rarely over the past nearly fifty years. Most recently, about fifteen years ago, Universal released it as Volume One of the four volume Chet in Paris series.

I missed Surman and Betty Carter.

I imagine that my collection is similar, though there's no way I could calculate a percentage like you guys have. In my case, I became interested in jazz in 1966, and over the years I have been purchasing the music I would have liked to have purchased when I was young! So with the passing of time, I'm still here, but they're not.

I have fifteen Mosaic black boxes, plus four non-Mosaic CD sets (Miles and Clifford Brown) of Mosaic LP sets. The only OOPs I'm sorry I didn't get are the Art Pepper and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis. When my budget allows, my next purchase will probably be the Gerald Wilson. Of my nineteen sets, I have listened to only four in their entirety.

On the basis of one note, I would vote for Stan Getz first, and Paul Desmond second (although the new Contemporary Records Story box has a Lenny Niehaus track which sounds like Desmond circa 1954). For a group sound, one note, I would vote for the George Shearing Quintet.

That's why some popular acts sure to sell enough to pay the expenses start their own record companies, like the Rolling Stones.