Edward

Thanks, for the informative response. Would you happen to know, though, the difference, if any, between different 5XXX releases of the same title? For instance, Birth of the Cool was reissued as both 5301 and 5953.

The "Blue Note Works" TOCJ-15XX, TOCJ-16XX, TOCJ-40XX, TOCJ-41XX, TOCJ-42XX and TOCJ-43XX series were all mastered by Toshiba engineers, not by McMaster. Thanks, Hans. These things are really flying off of the shelves, so if there is something that you are considering purchasing, I suggest that you order it as quickly as possible.

Can anyone tell me the difference between the TOCJ 5300 and 5900 series? For instance, I see The Birth of the Cool available as both TOCJ-5301 and TOCJ-5903. Similarly, there are three different TOCJ-5000's for Modern Art by Art Pepper. Also, are any of the TOCJ series remastered by Ron McMaster? Thanks!

I need UCLA over Georgetown in order to win it all. Of course, I would gladly forego any monetary gain in exchange for the Bruins winning another NCAA championship (it would be the 12th in men's hoops and the 100th overall). Both semifinal games should be great. I am, obviously, EXTREMELY interested in the UCLA-Florida game. I know that the vast majority of people are picking Florida, BUT: 1) This UCLA squad is a better defensive unit (and, with Shipp, potentially more explosive offensively) than last year's team. 2) Yes, losing Hollins hurt, but I think that Collison is an improvement over Farmar in almost every respect (except for the intangibles category - I would rather have the ball in Farmar's hands if the Bruins were down by one with time expiring), and Shipp more than offsets the loss of Bozeman. Moreover, this squad is a year more mature, and everyone on the team has had a year to think about what happened in last year's championship game. In that game, Farmar played well, Hollins and Bozeman played okay, and everyone else played horribly. Additionally, Howland was out-coached by Donovan, and that has got to be eating at him. 3) Florida just does not look as impressive as it did last year. Last year, Georgetown was the only team to lose to Florida by less than a double-digit margin, but this year, three of Florida's four opponents have been in the game until the final few minutes. If Florida beats UCLA, then I would pick them to win it all again, with all due respect to fans of Georgetown and the Ohio State University.

Thanks, guys. With the scoring weighted as it is at the Yahoo site, the next two rounds will make or break all of us. I am presently tied for first in one of my pools at work (I didn't select Vandy over WA ST. in that one, unfortunately), and I am in second in the other one (a "Seed-8" pool in which you select eight teams and receive points based upon the number of wins that your teams tally - for instance, two wins by USC, a #5 seed, gets you 10 points).

I sent an e-mail to the address that you specified. Thanks!

The Lou Blackburn and Three Sounds CD's are no longer available.

I noticed a few duplicates while going through my collection the other day. All CD's are factory sealed. Quoted prices include shipping via USPS First Class Mail (international shipping costs would have to be calculated). Please send me a PM if interested - thanks! Lou Blackburn - Complete Imperial Sessions (Blue Note 58294) - XXX Lud Gluskin - 1924-33 (Jazz Oracle BDW 8045 - 2-CD set) - XXX Edmond Hall - Petite Fleur (Mighty Quinn MQP1106) - $8.00 ON HOLD Three Sounds - Good Deal (Blue Note TOCJ-4020) - XXX XXX = GONE

NOJ, You accidentally chose San Diego AND New England while failing to pick the winner for the Chicago-Seattle game.

Thanks! Green Bay came through for me in a meaningless game. Hopefully, Brett will come back for one more year. Considering the sorry state of the NFC, the Packers probably would not have much trouble making the playoffs next year with Brett at the helm.

Whatever you desire. If we do tie as winners, however, you certainly can have the booty. I need another CD like a hole in the head.

Hey, guys, PLEASE TAKE NOTE that the Pittsburgh-Baltimore game is being played in Pittsburgh (which got blown out in the previous game that these two teams played in Baltimore).

Do you like Roland Kirk's version more than Aretha Franklin's? Harry Connick, Jr. performs a great solo piano (without vocals) version of "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" on his album, 30.

I just posted them - it's been a hectic week.

SS1, if you want to reassume your role as score keeper that is just fine with me because I think that you have been doing a great job. However, your season to date totals through Week #10 included one small error (Conn500 was 84-60, not 83-61); and your season to date totals through Week #11 are off. Again, there were 144 games played through Week #10, and 160 games played through Week #11. Your totals indicate that there were 145 games played through Week #11. Please trust me on this. I have re-calculated everyone's win totals through Week #11 using your weekly totals, and the tallies that I present towards the top of the previous page are correct.

Please refer to my post near the top of this page for updated totals. Thanks!

Unless somebody objects, I am going to assume that you picked Jacksonville and call it good. Whom did you pick for yesterday's (Thanksgiving Day's) games, NOJ?

All right, the season standings after 10 weeks (144 games - 9 X 16 games = 144 - each time had one bye during the first 10 weeks of play) are accurate EXCEPT that Conn500 is 84-60, not 83-61. In order to add the week 11 totals into the mix, I still need to know AllBlues', No-JJJ's, and Akanlog's picks for last Monday night's game. Thanks!

SS1, you could NOT have made things any clearer. As for the season to date totals, I will do a complete accounting at some point later today. I know that SS1's weekly totals are correct (and I am also confident that his season to date totals through week #10 are correct), so this should not be a problem. A total of 144 games had been played before last weekend's games, and 160 games before Thanksgiving Day. If you add the Week #11 totals to SS1's tallies that I quoted (i.e., 89-55, 88-56, 87-57, 83-61, 81-63, 80-64), everything should be hunky dory.

Here are where things stand now based upon my calculations after recounting everyone's season to date totals (netting Conn500 an additional win) and adding the results for Week #11: Season Standings ED 98 - 62 (3 wins) .% SS1 96 - 64 (2 wins) .% Allblues 94 - 66 (3) .% Conn500 92 - 68 (1) .% No-JJJ-y 87 - 73 .% The total number of games played through week 11 is 160. If no team has a bye, sixteen games are played in any given week. As each team had one bye during the first 11 weeks of the season, each team played 10 times and 160 (16 X 10) games total were played during this period. It looks as though we were all 2-1 for the Thanksgiving Day games. Please let me know if I am in error. NOJ, PLEASE let me know whom you picked for Thursday's games. I believe that you are in an office pool at work, so the picks that you made for that pool will work just fine.

Exactly, that's why I like it so! But seriously, as Chris has already noted, La Marseillaise is like a breath of fresh air compared to its mostly sullen sounding peers. Its appearance in Casablanca further reinforces this image.

La Marseillaise

Edward, I picked 35 points and posted a few hours before you did on Wednesday. I changed my tiebreaker to 38. Oops! I'm sorry - I wasn't paying attention. By all means if you want 35, Allblues, please keep it. I will change my points total to 34.

No, you were right, everything was going smoothly. If you want me take over though, I will. The rule will then be that no one may change his/her picks later than 15 minutes before kickoff of the EARLIEST game played on a given day. For instance, if the earliest Sunday game kicks off at 10:00 a.m. (PST), you cannot change any games for that day (including the afternoon games) after 9:45 a.m. If you do make any edits after this point in time, you will forfeit all wins for that day. As for games on successive days, you cannot change your picks until game day. So, for instance, you cannot change your pick for the Monday night game until Monday, and you cannot change this pick later than 15 minutes before tipoff. The reason for this rule is to allow me to tally the wins for Sunday, at my leisure, before retiring for the evening on Sunday. It really is not as complicated as it sounds.

Yes, I'm sorry.