Kevin Bresnahan

Best sound is not the original. Best sound is the master tape.

I got an order in from Japan today after almost 2 months. Joe Farnsworth - My Heroes (Tribute To The Legends) Dexter Gordon - All Souls Vol. 2 Gary McFarland - Point Of Departure

That article I referenced says he bought it in 1963 when he was 23. I imagine he made quite a bit off of Mongo's top 10 version. Maybe the royalty check he's referring to is from Santamaria's performance? It charted in late April of 1963.

Isn't that more like "With the money he made from Mongo Santamaria's hit record, he bought a AC Shelby Cobra". BTW - that car is worth a mint today. It's probably worth close to $3 Million by now.

Stereo is two speakers. Your Denon stereo amplifier has two sets of stereo outputs, usually labelled A & B. Some people like have 2 left & 2 right speakers in their room but in my experience, A & B usually meant 2 separate listening spaces/rooms. 4 stereo speakers in the same room can make it a bit difficult to get good stereo sound.

This is getting to be a big problem. I work with a guy whose Uncle came down with Covid about a month after his second shot and he's upset because he thought he was supposed to be immune. This vaccine will not make you immune. You'll be more resistant and if you do catch it, there is a lot less chance of it being severe but you can still catch Covid and even more importantly, you can still transmit it to others. Everyone needs to mask up and keep their distance until this is over. Unless we slow down new cases, it'll never end, vaccine or no vaccine. Maine had 579 new cases yesterday, their highest total since the February peak days. There are over 100 people hospitalized and they're talking again about how many beds and ventilators are available. We seem to be slipping back into the dark days of February. And yet New Hampshire's governor just eliminated their mask mandate effective today.

The CDC says you can take Ibuprofen afterward, but not before.

What's funny about that weird 2 star review is that this person's complaint is that there are not enough alternates. I am not buying this set because there are already far too many alternates for my tastes.

Or watch them laugh when we pronounce "herb" with a silent h.

Bill Evans - How My Heart Sings! (Riverside/OJC)

Bull Moose Music sells RSD material on line but I think they have to wait a certain number of days. 7 days maybe? For RSD Jazz releases, I've never had a problem finding them, even after the waiting period. Like Brad, I'm not waiting in line for hours to buy it on RSD. You could call Amoeba and ask them what their waiting period is and ask them to ship you the items you want after that day.

2008 Masi Serego Alighieri Amarone. It appears that I may have held this just a bit longer than I should have.

For me it was Blakey, Clark & Morgan. Especially Blakey. I was big into Blakey back then. I was buying pretty much anything with his name on it.

The vinyl looks great but $33.41 plus $23.68 for shipping... $57 for a single LP? I think I'll have to pass on the vinyl.

Michael's write-up certainly helped but back then, I was more hooked by the line-ups. Hubbard/Morgan/Mitchell/Coles, Clark/Drew/Jordan, Blakey/Philly Joe/AT, Watkins/Chambers/Jones/Ware I felt that it had to be good. On top of that, back then, you really couldn't even hear "True Blue" as the original and Japanese LP pressings were rare and/or expensive.

Assumption on my part. The version that was released was supposedly cleaned up and in doing so, they messed with the pitch. I assume that they are releasing this "custodian's mix" as a result of the complaints. If this version is also out of pitch, then really, what is the point of it at all?

I also see that they're issuing some version of Cat Stevens' "Harold And Maude" soundtrack. I guess they see those insane prices for the extremely limited 2007 vinyl issue and want a piece of that. Of course, those flippers holding onto said 2007 issue are probably kicking themselves now. There's also a Various Artists comp called "Behind The Dykes 2".

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/13647 Thelonious Monk - Palo Alto: The Custodian's Mix So they're reissuing this with the pitch fixed and charging us again? I don't think so. This really irks me.

I don't know where, but his wife reported it. Here is his friend Walt Weiskopf's Facebook post (https://www.facebook.com/waltweiskopf/posts/172758144670976): "Dear friends, I am sorry to have to share that my great friend and mentor Andy Fusco passed away today. Andy taught me so much about life, about music, about jazz; and no one made me laugh harder. All of you who knew Andy knew the greatness of his heart and the purity of his artistry. Rest easy big man. We miss you."

So sorry to hear this. Seeing him live, he could really blow the doors off. My favorite recordings of his is this one (pay no attention to the cheesy fonts): COVID-19 claims another one. Please keep those masks on...

As I see more & more pictures of 20-somethings partying away without masks, it weirdly coincides with more & more stories I am hearing about 20 & 30-somethings coming down with serious cases of COVID, some with debilitating aftereffects (cardiac & respiratory). The numbers are climbing right now. This is just not the time to unmask and certainly not because a mask is "inconvenient". Really? That's a reason to endanger your fellow man?

Artemis - Artemis (Blue Note).

Neither does mine. They look to be some sort of anti-theft strips and the sticker appears to be from a university library. What's weird is that those metal strips can't help anything when that disc is spinning in a CD player. The balance must be all off and that would result in more errors. I am going to scan my US CD and add it to the US discogs entry later. This picture is from the EU CD on discogs.

I finally got around to picking this up yesterday. What a beautiful record. This is going to warrant repeated listens. Strange CD artwork though. Just the blue edges with Blue & Note and the word Artemis at the top. Here's a picture from discogs but I don't what those metal strips are for.

In the world of marketing, it's required. I thought Reel to Real issued vinyl too?