Kevin Bresnahan

I don't know if it's too many problems or overly picky buyers. I have been buying vinyl for a very long time. There are problems inherent with the medium that should be expected. You learn to live with these problems because quite honestly, they were in most pressings. A lot of the buyers over there see a slight defect and return it, regardless of whether or not it affects the sound. Pressing vinyl is an inexact science. Off-center pressings happen. Warps happen. Underfill happens. Double labels happen. Yes, the pressing plant QC should catch these, but they probably only catch gross defects. I have bought maybe 10 of these Tone Poet/80th Anniversary LPs and only one had a problem and that was a double label. If you're a Kenny Burrell fan, you should try that Tone Poet LP. It sounds pretty damn good.

I think it's hilarious that there are so many over on the Hoffman forums praising this series while at the same time talking about being on their 3rd copy of one title and their second copy of another two titles and then they'll be upset when Blue Note discontinues it. As it is, given the number of "on my 2nd copy" and "on my 3rd copy" comments I've read, I can't imagine them even continuing it with the titles they've already announced.

Binky isn't alone. Do we really want to go down this rabbit hole again... and again... and again...

As I said in the other thread where phone memory was mentioned, you can put a 256 GB Micro SD card in the Samsung Galaxy. You don't need to buy it up front like you do with a iPhone. Does the iPhone require you to use iTunes to get your music onto the phone? I simply stick the MicroSD card into the card reader slot (with an SD adapter) on my PC and copy the music files over. No special tools or apps required. I do not want iTunes on my PC. I hate that app.

Is there a reason why it has to be an Apple iPhone? I am on my 4th Samsung Galaxy and I have been extremely happy with all of them. My daughters buy iPhones and I've used their phone occasionally. I guess I just don't get the love affair with them. To me, they are just another smart phone.

Two questions before I buy the (likely very expensive) LP set: Will the LPs contain all of the music or will there be more material on the CD release? Will the LPs be cut analog? If the answer to both of these questions is "yes", I will probably buy this. Otherwise, I'll wait for the CDs.

I thought that Jim doesn't want us to post entire articles as it is a copyright violation and he doesn't want the hassles that could bring?

BTW - even with Trump's threats to de-fund the National Endowment For The Arts, their budget has steadily increased in each of the past 5 years. 2015 $146,021,000 2016 $147,949,000 2017 $149,849,000 2018 $152,849,000 2019 $155,000,000 And in case you are wondering, $75,000 is .048% of their budget.

Up to 7 artists can be elected each year. They never elect 7. So yes, they did save money. They were budgeted for $175,000 and they only spent $100,000. They saved $75,000.

So the NEA Jazz Masters selection committee waited long enough - Harold Mabern died... So they saved money!! Yay for them!

Isn't it Lee Morgan - Blue Note? I always thought "The Sidewinder" was the record that pulled Blue Note out of a bit of a tailspin?

I am incredibly sad to hear about this. I have been enjoying Harold's performances so much these last few years since he started touring with Eric Alexander. He was still playing incredibly. I just saw him in a trio at the end of May and he was still playing great.

If the Amazon Fire Stick had You Tube TV support, I would have jumped on this. Instead, today I ordered a Roku Ultra.

Yup, there's the audio mud I remember. Ben Orr was a very good singer.

The Cars were a favorite of my younger days. I was very bummed out when co-founder Benjamin Orr died back in 2000 at the young age of 53, knowing full well that it was likely the end of The Cars as the Ocasek/Orr combo *was* The Cars. Ric made it to 75, which is a pretty good run. The Cars were formed in Boston, so I heard about them before they hit the big time. They got some local radio play and I remember thinking that they might make it. The thing that I remember most from their heyday was that their music did not seem to translate well to live venues. They were, by far, the worst rock show I ever saw live. I saw them a couple of times to see if it got better and it didn't. I think their Greatest Hits record is one of the best greatest hits compilations ever. To top it off, they had a rarity: a previously unreleased song on a greatest hits compilation that became a hit.

Of course there is data being used. That's how the music is getting to your phone. This article: https://www.whistleout.ca/CellPhones/Guides/How-Much-Data-Does-Spotify-Use-Canada says that 1 hour of Spotify uses about 40 MB of data. Update to a Samsung Galaxy. Unlike an iPhone, it has expandable memory via Micro SD. I put a 256 GB micro SD card in mine. I can fit a ton of music on that.

Doesn't Spotify charge a monthly fee and use cell phone data? I don't have unlimited phone data and I already pay $5/month for XM, so that might not be the most cost-effective way to go for me.

I have XM radio in my car now because I find it much more convenient than bringing my USB sticks back & forth to the house to keep swapping the music around. I tried using huge memory sticks, but I found that the more memory the stick had, the more likely it was that it would have loading issues. Funny thing is, with XM radio & my 1 hour drive (each way), I find myself listening more to channel 95 (Comedy Central Radio) than channel 67 (Real Jazz).

He was just talking about his diagnosis a few days ago. This happened much faster than I think anyone thought it would.

Have you had any issues playing music off of a USB stick? I seem to have a few problems with every car I've ever had with a USB port. Failing to recognize the stick, stopping mid-song, skipping, failing to load the entire contents of the stick, etc. I've figured out fixes for some of these problems with each car but even with my newest one, I still get glitches.

Yes, there is a USB port and I do have a fully loaded stick in the car ready to go but it's not as convenient as you'd think. It's certainly not convenient when you go to a CD shop, buy a disc and being unable to listen to it on the way home. Or thinking to yourself, "Hey, I haven't heard Paul Gonsalves' "Gettin Together" in a while", only to realize that it ain't on the stick that's in the car and then you'll have to go get it, bring it into the house, copy the folder over and bring it back out to the car where you'll have to browse for it (if it loads right this time). It was so much easier to just grab the CD off the shelf. Try installing that here.

So I started this thread in August, and still haven't gotten my ass in gear to create a list of discs for sale, when this thread pops up: So after everyone tells me, hey, they have value! Bring them to your local store. Sell them here. Sell them on discogs. Then I read this thread and find out that others are trying to sell (or give away!) their CDs and not getting any takers. So disheartening.

What's killing me is that every new car I look at doesn't have a CD player. So even if I wanted to play my CDs in the place I most often play them, I can't.

Interesting mic stand.

As I said, if you don't have the material, these are great bang for the buck. I've listened to a couple again and they sound pretty good. If I didn't have older RVG pressings as a comparison, I'd be very happy with these and at these prices, why not buy a few?