Kevin Bresnahan

I've found several Japanese sellers on discogs.com that overlap with amazon.com. I've not compared Japanese discogs.com sellers to amazon.co.jp sellers but I'm guessing you'll find some overlap there too. I've actually bought quite a few CDs from discogs and so far, no problems.

I assume you are talking about used CDs from Amazon.co.jp sellers? Have you tried cdjapan's "Proxy shopping" function? They might be able to get the items from these same Amazon sellers. For examples of this, search for Don Rendell (https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/searches?term.media_format=&q=don+rendell) and you'll see most of them have a "Try proxy shopping" button.

Sharepod has worked for me on my Windows machines for many years. I use Sharepod 3.9.8 for Windows. It runs on my Windows 10 machine still. That said, I downloaded my version many years ago so I don't know if 3.9.8 is still available or how well it will work for you or if there is a version that works on a Mac. Sharepod allows me to drag & drop my mp3 files onto and off of my iPods without having to use iTunes, which is an app I always hated. Turns out I knew there would be a reason to hate iTunes someday.

Think Peter Gabriel's digitally-recorded "Security" remastered in analog and issued on LP. It happens.

I recently picked up several of Pedicin's CD releases, including this one and I've enjoyed them all. Do you have "As It Should Be - Ballads 2"? It's also pretty good.

This "receivers are bad" stuff has been around as long as I've been into audio and that's a long time. I'm actually surprised your friend stopped at, "Get an integrated amp". Most of the "receivers are bad" crowd go straight to, "get separates". BTW - I only recently switched to a Marantz integrated amp because I simply don't need an FM tuner anymore. It pains me to type that, as FM radio was my main listening mode for many years.

I see no real reason to swap out that 125 Watts/channel Yamaha receiver with these speakers. Their sensitivity is rated at 91.5, so they are not what anyone would call "power hungry". And from what I've read, the max power for them is 125 Watts. On top of that, if you're planning to crank out 125 Watts with these speakers, I hope you don't mind living out your days with ringing in your ears, because that's where you'll be soon. Most people can comfortably listen to music with about 1 Watt of power. Inefficient speakers sometimes don't sound their best at these lower powers. But that is not a rule. If this setup sounds good to you, enjoy your new speakers. In my experience, the speakers have a lot more to do with what you hear than the amplifier driving them anyway. If you still want to look into an integrated amp, it will be tough to get much more power than 125 Watts/channel in a good integrated amp for under $500/new. Used, sure, but not new. If power is not a requirement, Marantz makes some nice low-priced integrated amps. I have a PM-7005 myself and it sounds great even with my meager 89 dB speakers when I drive them with about 1 Watt.

On a Buck Clayton kick... Buck Clayton with Buddy Tate - Buck & Buddy Blow The Blues (Stereo Swingville SV 2030). This is an unusual LP for the times as it has a regular purple Prestige/Swingville label but a textured cover, which I've not seen on an older Prestige release. As for the music, I do dig those blues, so what's not to like here?

I bought this many years ago and didn't like the audio fidelity. I just payed it off of You Tube and while I can enjoy it a bit more and can see why people are digging it, it's still pretty lousy audio.

I ordered a bunch of Video Arts CDs from Japan from Tommy's Jazz yesterday. I have been thinking about those Renee Rosnes CDs for a while but his offer of free shipping for 10 or more CDs got me to stretch a bit. VACM1248 Ryan. Kisor / Grant Stewart A NIGHT IN TUNISIA VACM1266 Ryan Kisor This is Ryan VACM1272 Grant Stewart Tenor And Soul VACM1282 Grant Stewart Estate VACM1306 Manhattan Jazz Quintet Someday My Prince Will Come VACM7078 Manhattan Jazz Quintet Blue Bossa VACM7079 Manhattan Jazz Quintet Take the A Train VACY1032 Renee Rosnes & Ray Drummond - Beautiful Friendship VACY1030 Renee Rosnes Letter To Evans VACY1038 Renee Rosnes - Time For Love VACY3003 McCoy Tyner PRELUDE AND SONATA

The Huckle-buck & Robbins' Nest - A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia CL-548). I do like these jam sessions a lot. This music has slowly become one of my favorite Mosaic box sets. As great as these LP cuts are, hearing the unedited tunes with the full alternate takes on the Mosaic set is even better.

Good find! But it looks like even he spelled it both ways:

I looked for that CD for a long time and never found a copy of it anywhere. This is the only cover picture I've ever seen. It's tiny so I don't even know if it's the actual cover:

I haven't played that in ages. Maybe it's time to dust it off for a spin?

Yeah, in my experience, you're out of luck there. Too much stress on that joint. I can't think of any glue that will hold up to the forces of opening and closing the case. One time, I considered cutting the entire top off of another case and gluing that in there but it would look pretty ugly when it was done so I just gave up trying to fix hinges. Is it something like this?

If you are talking about trying to glue on separate teeth or something similar, the stresses on those teeth will likely make it impossible to glue something in there that would withstand jamming a CD onto it. I've never had any luck fixing broken teeth. That's why I cut out a whole hub. The hub can be glued in and withstand the force of removing the CD from the hub. As for the type of glue, superglue, probably sold under the brand name Gorilla Glue, is probably the best. In my experience, it is the only stuff that works well with small pieces. FWIW, I have also tried using superglue to glue broken hinges on a CD case. That never worked. After a couple of open/close actions, the case would always fall apart. If I remember correctly, the first time I did this was to repair broken teeth on a fatboy case that held 3 CDs. The teeth on one side of the center piece broke and I couldn't find a double-sided hub replacement for a fatboy case. So I cut out a hub from another CD tray around the large circle (~1 inch) and after I shaved off the old teeth from the broken tray, I glued that down and it worked fine. Now I will admit that this hub stuck out a bit more that the old one because it was basically a "hub on a hub", but it wasn't enough to interfere with the closing of the case.

I once used a razor to cut out a center hub from a old CD tray and I glued that hub onto another tray that had broken teeth (after I cut out those old broken teeth. I don't remember why I did this but it worked. I believe I used superglue. I have also glued down plastic center hubs that I cut out of old trays into CD cases that used a simple foam plug to hold the CD. Those foam posts were a terrible idea and I'm glad that they never became a standard.

Leonard (Lennie) Hochman was on the scene for many decades before his recording debut as a leader in 1995 on the Brownstone label, "Until Tomorrow". Less than a year later, he returned to the studio to record his second and final leader date, "Manhattan Morning", also on the Brownstone label. For "Manhattan Morning", he brought in Kenny Barron on piano, Harvie Swartz on bass, Joe Locke on vibes and Victor Lewis on drums. I really liked this CD and wanted to see & hear Lennie live. Sadly he died in 2000 and I never got the chance to see him play.

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I just ordered a copy of this myself. It hasn't arrived yet but I'm looking forward to hearing it. I haven't seen saxophonist Avery in many many years. I wonder if he's still playing? I also thought about buying their recording with Antonio Hart in the sax chair, "American Meditation", but I held off.

For Ned Otter's debut recording, "Focus", recorded at the Van Gelder Studio for his own NO label, he managed to bring in Tom Kirkpatrick on trumpet, Harold Mabern on piano, Dennis Irwin on bass & Billy Higgins on drums. This was also released 14 years later on the Two and Four label as "Powder Keg". To top if off, for his second recording as a leader, he brought this band back and added George Coleman. That was released on his own label as "The Right To Know" and re-released on the Two And Four label as "So Little Time".

Pianist David Leonhardt was able to parlay his time with David Fathead Newman into a debut recording on his own label that featured Eddie Henderson, Robin Eubanks, Rich Perry, Ray Drummond & Marvin "Smitty" Smith. Lonnie Plaxico played bass on 2 tracks too.

https://www.facebook.com/events/3204755452915495/ Live stream tonight.

Damn - I was worried about this when I saw this Go Fund Me. Thank you for all the great music Mr. Cobb.

I had never heard of this session and after some research, I found that it had been originally released in Japan as "A Love Story" by the Manhattan Trinity +1 on the M&I label. It was reissued in Japan in 2011 and there are some copies out there. One is on its way to me.