Kevin Bresnahan

This cover looks as if it was left in the sun for a long time. The red ink is almost completely bleached away. Paper masking tape is nasty stuff. $399? Really? If you want the best sounding version of this on vinyl, buy the Cisco Music LP. It sounds great. I've owned an RVG stereo pressing and the Cisco pressing beats it handily. FWIW, I still play the TOCJ CD more than anything else.

Last night, I played a recent favorite of mine, Paolo Fresu's "Jazzy Christmas".

What do you have on Uptown Records LPs? There are quite a few titles I'd like to pick up on LP.

Although Robinson's genre is outside my usual comfort zone, I once saw him play at the old Boston Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) location on Boylston Street as part of William Parker's Bob's Pink Cadillac band and he was the highlight of the night. I actually went specifically to see William Parker, as I had been really digging "O'Neil's Porch". Instead, I left really appreciating Bob's Pink Cadillac, with Robinson being my main source of enjoyment. He was on fire. Sadly, I never got to see him perform again. I don't think the ICA kept that venue going for very long. Actually, googling this, I seem to remember Bob's Pink Cadillac opening for one of Parker's bands. It may have been the band with Kidd Jordan: https://www.discogs.com/Allen-Drake-Jordan-Parker-Silva-The-All-Star-Game/release/1046478. I also saw Parker a year later at the ICA with his Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, so Bob's Pink Cadillac may have opened for either of these shows.

Some of the links in this thread have "?tag=camelhometopdrops", which would indicate that GA got the link from a camel affiliated website or e-mail. The "drop" refers to a price drop alert from a special weblink or e-mail. Before we go all "Oh, this sucks, GA," I think we should take it easy. Even if these were done purposefully, no one is making us click these links, so you, the actual clicker, is the only one at fault here. Click at your own peril. Lesson to be learned - always "hover" over the link and see what the link says. FWIW, I have inserted many links over the years that *may* have been referral links. Oops. It happens. I don't often make sure that the link is clean. FWIW II - for those who may not be computer savvy, it is not always easy to remove these referral references and still have a working link. Sometimes, you have to do a fresh search on Amazon so get a clean link. Not always something you want to do when you're just trying to let your forum buddies know of a good deal. So the next time you get a deal alert E-mail or follow an E-mail link to a deal website, know that when you copy that link, it'll likely have a referral ID in it.

Camel drop ( https://camelcamelcamel.com/ ) is a website that keeps you up to date on the latest Amazon deals and no, they don't do this for free. FWIW, I get an "Ereader News Today" E-mail on a daily basis. It shows me the latest discounted E-books for my Kindle. I buy quite a few books using this E-mail so I have no problem with the person or company who creates this E-mail from getting a little something for their work. Likewise, if GA is getting a little kickback from us clicking on these links, I have no problem with it. If Camel drop is, I'd be a little less happy with it.

sonnymax is referring to the Amazon links with referrals in them. GA might not be making any money here but someone may be... many of the Amazon links have ?tag= in them. This is a referral link that gets the referrer something from Amazon. It may not be GA - I actually doubt it is, because not all of the links have ?tag=, but someone is.

I used to be a firm believer that higher resolution discs, SACD and DVD-Audio, produced superior quality audio. And then Fantasy came out with a batch of SACDs that sounded "Meh" and then UMG came out with those Peter Gabriel and Police SACDS that sounded worse than "Meh". The final straw was when the entire Genesis catalog was reissued on remastered SACDS that sounded like audio doo-doo. It's all in the mastering. Digitized audio doo-doo sounds like analog audio doo-doo no matter the resolution.

A couple of problems with this article: 1) Tidal streaming at "CD quality" is not "Hi res". Tidal is regular res. CD is regular res. 2) Of course people won't be able to tell the difference between 320 kBps compressed audio and "CD quality". At that high of a bit rate, it's been scientifically proven that it *is* indistinguishable from the source i.e. the CD. If they had compared real Hi Res streams with audio mastered at Hi Res, like Acoustic Sounds' Super HiRez or some of the real Hi Res at HD Tracks, to Spotify and Apple Music, then I'd be curious to see if people heard a difference. EDIT: I'm guessing that they will still have some difficulty telling the difference, but I'd really like to find out.

I just got the E-mail that I didn't get it after all. They must've only got in a couple of copies. So I guess I'm waiting like everyone else now.

I just got my notice and ordered it. Hopefully it comes in.

Well, at least it's not called "Hung".

If the weather holds, I may see you there. I missed this band the last few times they came through and have regretted it. I just wish winter wasn't so bad around here. I have an hour drive to get home from Boston so I can't see myself doing that in a blizzard. I've bought tickets to many winter shows over the years and was unable to go due to the snow. I ain't dying for a Jazz show.

Can I ask why you wouldn't rather go to the Black Art Jazz Collective the night before Roney's show? The Black Art Jazz Collective is a killer band: Jeremy Pelt - Trumpet Wayne Escoffrey - Tenor James Burton - Trombone Danny Grissett - Piano Vincente Archer - Bass Johnathan Blake - Drums I'm actually thinking about that one but I wait to see what the weather brings.

Alright, alright... I guess I have to buy it. Too many superlatives in this thread and for under $2/disc, why not give it a try?

Scullers rarely lists the band members. I've been asking them for this for quite a while. I've skipped a few shows only to find out that the backing band had some of my favorite players in it, so I should have gone. It can be frustrating. I saw Blanchard a few years back and he played a nice set. Nothing stands out in my memory of it being a "can't miss" show but I doubt you'd be disappointed. I see you found his current band. That sax player is only 18, so it's unlikely that you've seen him before.

If you've ever gone to lift the tonearm off the record, dropped it, heard that "wrrrrrrruurrrp" and then looked at an LP with a large scratch across several tracks, you'd know that a diamond stylus beats vinyl every time.

Steve will chime in shortly to disagree with you.

U-Turn Audio's Orbit Basic Turntable $179: https://uturnaudio.com/products/orbit-basic-turntable Although it gets a bit more expensive, add the $40 cue arm (https://uturnaudio.com/products/orbit-cue). No one should use a turntable without a cue arm. You're just looking for a scratched record.

I've had this item saved in my Amazon "Save For Later" list for several months. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000062VUO/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_2?smid=A2P0F4MQY62SCT&psc=1

I swear that they watch this place for these reissues. I often see their listing pop up within hours of someone here mentioning it.

CD Japan has not had these yet - at least this was true the last time I looked.

Sigh

Cambridge Soundworks used to make "great bang for the buck" speakers. They almost created the "sub/sat" speaker industry that sprang up in the early 90s. I used to highly recommend their Tower II speakers for people who wanted great sound on a budget. They were particularly good speakers if you wanted to crank it up a bit. Speaking of cheap audio, what are people recommending for PC speakers these days?

I have most of these already or else this would be a great way to acquire them.