GregK

Thank you so much for this post. There is endless bashing of all things ECM; it's nice to read something positive about the label for once!

so if you go deluxe, you get all the music with no repetitions?

Is there any point in the deluxe edition? It has the USB drive (in a decorative box with magnetic closure!) and the 2-disc set. Isn't the 2-disc set already covered by the USB?

Not sure exactly what you're saying, but I believe the ads are targeted on a combination of your tracking cookie and the context of the page you're on, so if you have a new computer you'd have no history. Unless he is using Chrome and is logged in to his Google account (and has searched dating sites before while logged in to Google).

Eicher does NOT twist great players' arms so that they record music they do NOT want to record. I spoke to Abercrombie about this very subject about a month ago. He lives in my neck of the woods, and I run into him occasionally. Get over the ECM bashing already. It is old and extremely close-minded. I agree with you. But maybe that's because I very much like the ECM sound. Anyway, I've only listened to the Parker a few times, and nothing stuck. The Roscoe I've listened to more times, and I do like it but it is very dense. I think these are records that need to be listened to intently many times over, which I have not been able to do yet.

Google music through my Android 'phone.

I wish we were having a normal winter here. Very little snow, much warmer than usual...maybe I should move to Seattle.

so who does own the rights then?

Bodum

happy b'day

I'd say it's the opposite. The sets with JMcL are very good but the earlier sets without him have a different feel, and are better.

I do not see any ads. I am using Chrome with AdBlock.

this sale is ending soon; anybody wanna recommend some titles? For Christmas I got the Soviet jazz set vol 1, a Braxton (no need to recommend any more of those, I think I have just about all of them) and some Fonda/Stevens group discs. What else should I check out from this sale?

Chrome user since introduction. Still amazes me how much faster it is compared to IE. I use Safari on my iMac, which is decent but no Chrome.

Wow. I hope you get better JJ. I still enjoy the 3 recent AEC discs with Joseph (on Pi).

Same for me with the Miles/Gil box. Also, the Plugged Nickel box, mainly because for a few years (when I still had time for such extended listenings) I listened to each set on the corresponding late Dec day.

Amazon Prime has been free for one-month trials for a long time. Nothing special about it right now. It is useful that it offers the streaming movies/tv, but the selection as bad as Netflix. Not much there....

What experience? As I stated previously, my girlfriend is a pharmacist, and I have friends who work the wholesale side. Well, that's a pretty broad statement to make when one's "experience" is barely touching the industry, which is made up of big business and top-level science. As a scientist working on the R&D side, the corruption is firmly on the business end. Please, make a distinction next time.

Even with it being free, I still couldn't listen to Brian Wilson. Bah Humbug.

What experience?

Any chance you would write a bio, Chris?

Winnipeg, 60. Funny that Winnipeg, a city on the prairies, is representing the EAST.

Use Google Voice. You can record the conversation and have it online as it happens. Not sure how you do anything with the file after that, though.

Some amazing deals for Braxton's GTM at Google Music: https://market.android.com/search?q=anthony+braxton&c=music&docType=2&so=1 I paid ~$110 for the 9 Compositions (Iridium) box set on disc when it was released, but the download is $5.99! They aren't lossless downloads, and you don't get the liners (or the DVD in this case), but still, not a bad deal.

the 9-disc Braxton solo piano looks interesting at this price. He doesn't actually play, if I'm not mistaken.