Kevin Bresnahan

On the Hoffman forums, they are saying that it is still audible.

It looks like collectors have driven the price up on those 3 Belafonte discs: https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Belafonte-Belafonte-Returns-To-Carnegie-Hall/release/5988810 asking price $100. https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Belafonte-Belafonte-At-Carnegie-Hall-The-Complete-Concert/release/8819899 asking price $400 https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Belafonte-Belafonte-Sings-The-Blues/release/9910565 none available The Morton & Coltrane discs are throw ins. Why? Only the seller knows.

There's a sucker born every minute. That "Blue Train" CD is not hard to find.

I found that this did help. My biggest problem was that my car used F78-15 (or was it G78-15>) tires. Modern radial tires are not available in that size so I had to get P215-R15 tires. After I installed them, the car drove much better but then I had an issue where the tires would rub on the frame when I turned the wheel full right or left. Luckily, you only ever do that in rare parking instances.

I love driving with the top down on a hot Summer night. Nothing like it. I've had 3 ragtops and I miss that the most. What I don't miss is the constant smell of sunscreen, seats hot enough to fry an egg, road noise so loud you can't hear any music and having to wear a hat for every drive.

Did it have black vinyl seats? My 65 Impala did. I once jumped in that car on a hot sunny day after the top was down for a few hours... with shorts on! I bet that car still has some of my DNA melted into that seat. My old Chevy did have AC though. I have no problem driving with the top down on a hot day with the AC cranking. The two are not mutually exclusive. Was it a stick or a column shifter? My dad had a 67 Chevy pickup with 3 on the tree. I learned to drive a manual in that truck.

I don't know Dmitry. The listing here: https://scottgrundfor.com/for-sale-the-ella-fitzgerald-1959-mercedes-benz-300-d-cabriolet/?fbclid=IwAR2XC2nZ9scczRt9LXL3jyE1mXGG8brAxXosSliZBm5nLGLSC8I4coMInSw# It does not say that it does and the picture of the engine compartment shows what could be a power steering assist, but without it being listed, I tend to doubt it. Look, I get it. I love old cars too. When I bought a 1965 Chevy Impala convertible, I was like a kid again. It brought back such great memories. I loved my old '65 Chevy. I had so much fun in one and I wanted that fun again. I even liked fixing it. Then I bought one and started driving it. All of the "Well this sucks" stuff started coming back. The choke sticking. The gas cap leaking when you stepped on the gas too hard (remember those gas caps behind the rear license plate?). Then there's that first time you get cut off and try to lock up the brakes with no power brakes. That is when you find out if you would pass a cardiac stress test. Or the first time you exit a highway and hit a bump while turning at a high rate of speed and the bias ply tires try bouncing you off the road. When you get home, you'll find yourself shopping for replacement radial tires (which of course aren't available in the size you need). It's fun getting parts too. Especially when said parts don't exist - like an AC compressor that works without Freon. I'm done. I'll still peruse the pictures and drool over it but I have zero interest in driving it. I were to win the lottery, about the only classic car I would consider is a light blue Corvette with a white cove (56-62) but even then, I would probably just sit in it. I'd buy that 2021 convertible Lexus to drive.

Or buy a new convertible that you can enjoy driving yourself. Look - and it's $350,000 cheaper.

The specs for the 300D says that it has 4 wheel drum brakes - hydraulic but not power assisted. Oh fun. You probably have to stand on the brake pedal with both feet to stop that heavy car quickly. I know, I had a car like that. Although power steering was an option, the dealer listing on Ella's car doesn't mention it so I assume it doesn't have that either. That's not a problem when you're moving along the road, but almost a necessity in a parking lot. I haven't had to drive a vehicle without power steering in a long time but I do remember how tough it was at slow speeds. And there are no seat belts visible in any of the pictures. My 1965 Chevy Impala did not have them but they were optional by then. No idea if they were available in 1959.

It still bugs me that the Billy Harper Club CDR I had of this session died and they never answered any of my requests to replace it. It's one of the reasons I refuse to buy CD-Rs of any session today. Of the few I already had, they are backed up as WAV files on my hard drive in case this happens again.

Beautiful car but I wouldn't want to drive it. I've become very spoiled. Today's cars drive much better than these older vehicles. You need to take off your rose-colored glasses if you buy a vintage car like this. It won't be as fun to drive as you might think.

Mark used to post on the Jazz Corner. I wonder if he's still on line?

I have two UDP-203's. I bought one for the HDR capability and bought the second one when they announced they were exiting the market. Great players.

Hopefully you don't get the CD that is in the Product Description.

I agree that the CD cover is bland, but I'm not in love with that original cover either. Playboy threatened to sue, didn't they?

I sold that version when I got the SACD, which has the complete LP in both stereo & mono. The mono mix was supposedly included at the insistence of RVG. It sounded really good to my ears at the time.

I don't like this cover at all. The graphics, colors, fonts, even the colors of those fonts... just way too busy. It looks like it was done by someone who just discovered the tint function in Photoshop.

Down to $41.05 for this great set: https://smile.amazon.com/Tubby-Hayes/dp/B07XK9WDSY I thought it was a steal at $45.

The Governor of Florida doesn't like the latest numbers, so he hired someone who makes up stuff for a living to monitor them. So Florida. https://nypost.com/2020/11/10/florida-gov-hires-conspiracy-theorist-for-covid-19-research/

You mean Michael Milken - the guy Trump pardoned? Rich white guys protecting rich white guys. He probably hasn't pardoned Madoff because Madoff probably ripped off too many rich white guys. Milken ripped off the middle class.

They'll get jail time because they are black. Rich white men don't get jail time for fraud. In general, rich white folk don't go to prison unless they're female (see Martha Stewart, Felicity Huffman & Lori Loughlin).

I am pretty sure that I will be attending my first paid livestream Friday night.

I would think gullibility would be a close second.

I tend to doubt the "smart" adjective still applies.

Just finished - Jim Alfredson - In Memorandom: Now playing - Tor Lundvall - Yule: