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After an after lunch spinning old Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holyday' records for the joy of the grandmother of my step son, I am going to homage Mr Dynamite. Live At Apollo, King mono, first issue, a little worn out but... RIP Sex Machine. BTW, I don't think that he will have any peace even after life. He didn't like it in this world, why should he does in the Other One?

I don't much care about Jimmy Stewart's political ideas. He was a superb actor! And Charlton Heston was also excellent in a number of films (including 'Touch of Evil, 'Planet of the Apes', among others). Too bad about his politics! As for John Ford, he was the greatest film director. Period! My 2 cents! Heston was a good actor in some movies, Stewart was great in almost all of his acting. F*** about their political ideas, I watch their movies, they don't ask me to get elected. And, as Reagan showed us, you don't have to be a good actor for being a president, good or bad, he's gone now, if up or down depends on your political and religious opinion. I think Ford was one the greatest of all times, but I think he is in good company in the director's Heaven: Kubrick, Wilder, Hawks, Fellini, Truffaut, Welles, Bunuel, Hitchcock, ecc.. I can imagine how they can stress the Big Producer up there for getting the holy budget for their celestial movies.

I don't much care about Jimmy Stewart's political ideas. He was a superb actor! And Charlton Heston was also excellent in a number of films (including 'Touch of Evil, 'Planet of the Apes', among others). Too bad about his politics! As for John Ford, he was the greatest film director. Period! My 2 cents! Heston was a good actor in some movies, Stewart was great in almost all of his acting. F*** about their political ideas, I watch their movies, they don't ask me to get elected. And, as Reagan showed us, you don't have to be a good actor for being a president, good or bad, he's gone now, if up or down depends on your political and religious opinion. I think Ford was one the greatest of all times, but I think he is in good company in the director's Heaven: Kubrick, Wilder, Hawks, Fellini, Truffaut, Welles, Bunuel, ecc.. I can imagine how they can stress the Big Producer up there for getting the holy money for their next celestial movie.

Exactly, the artistry of classic film directors like Capra, Ford, Hawks, Wilder, ecc was the ability to add their touch and shadow of doub and darkness even in the strict formulas of that kind of movies.

This remember me the famous statement of O. Welles: “In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”

Hey, Jimmy Stewart was one the greatest, even he supported Reagan. I couldn't say the same for Charlton Heston. And Capra was one the great, (actually John Ford was the greatest film director of classic US movies, Wilder, and all the european immigrants do not count as true 'american' directors IMHO). If you don't know this movie you're missing a piece of history of your country.

I just received as present from my wife 'Rolling Stone's Guide 500 Greatest Album Of all Time', I started with the first one, now I am at number four. Probably the same number of Single Malt's glasses. Merry Christmas to everyone. Have a Nice Vinyl New Year.

It has run once already and will again tonite. Sure, maybe in the United States! You americans b*****d...oops, it's Christmas, you americans b..lessed people, you never get old with your f*****g, oopps again, fascinating cable TV!

Merry Christmas to everybody, but, according to different Time Zones, which member should have started this thread?

This is the first Chritsmas that I couldn't find any TV channels that will broadcast Capra' s 'It's a Wonderful Life'.

James Taylor JAMES TAYLOR Apple, his first album , italian pressing. Not bad at all.

...and I'll stick with my Analogue and Classic reissues

Could be that most of us have most of them in one form or another. I certainly do. Exactly, there are no laws that punish people who don't have the latest re-re-re-re-master. Nowadays I find encomiable keeping in catalog lesser known titles, and the resurruction of obscure sessions.

I warmly agree. And I would add some points. Firts point is that most people are often too lazy to move their asses for going at gigs. I like to be there, not to watch a DVD! Of course I would like to see high quality historic footage, but frankly with all the todays major and minor artists always on tour, I find DVD quite useless, more I find it dangerous. How many of you guys felt in love with jazz at live gigs? I still remember my cosmic revelation with the Arkestra in late seventie's! Live gigs are thrill, a musical dvd is only a tv programs among others Often I was much more impressed by visual ideas and aspects then by the music itself. DVD would be okay for major rock and pop music, though I usually didn't pay the extra price for the CD/DVD combo when I can buy the cd only. Obviously I could understand the benefit in term of promotion and the economic aspects, if they really exist. I mean that a sexy clip of Beyonce or Madonna could be a good card to play with teenagers, but I think Jim should have to use some more sophisticated software then After Effect to reach the same results. With all respect, obviously. I don't know if a Dvd is the way to get for reaching people outside jazz lovers, a part Diana Krall, Norah Jones, ecc. How was the title of that song? Video kills the jazz stars?

Why bad sign ? Please read all my previous posts, I presume he's the same person, but I can be wrong.

My point is that the 'unamed bidder' lock his targets out, and if he can afford such big money for Colossus, I presume we have no chances on every records he want. Unless I will win saturday's lottery, better I go to play it, before it's too late.

I saw a 'Private Id' bidder on most of them, BAD SIGN!

Wow, it's in Rome! I could spare the shipping cost and Paypal fee for the seller.

Cd degradation/scratches/damage? I presumed they didn't suffer of such problems. Do you mean that they could have the very same problems of old records? Go back to past and buy yourself a TT.

One of these days I will start this topic ' How does your sons react to your hobby/obsession?'

J.Surman, J. DeJohnette THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF SIMON SIMON, Ecm

Ten years today when the sweet Marcello Mastroianni left us. So I play this record for him: AMARCORD NINO ROTA, music from Fellini's Film, Hannibal Records with C. Bley, S. Lacy, B. Frisell, J. Byard, ecc.. So long Marcello.

Yeah, no way that's audiophile grade. Probably damn near totally nullifying the benefit of the hi-fi outlet covers. Exactly

One question: how many records do you own? Because at the first look it seems the same amount I had spread all over my listening room before I putted them in my new library. I was too lazy to count them.