Kevin Bresnahan

I hope you enjoy your VPI better than I did mine... I hated that tonearm. I dreaded setting the needle down on the record, as I could see it wobble back and forth for a few seconds as the tonearm pivot settled. In theory, a needle is the optimal tonearm pivot. In practice, I just didn't like it. I also could never get the anti-skate set right. They tell you to twist the wires for anti-skate, but that was too course. I will say this, to make your life easier in setting the VTF and azimuth, get one of these: https://www.musicdirect.com/analog-accessories/soundsmith-counter-intuitive-for-vpi-tonearms It helped my sanity. And please don't get me wrong - VPI is a highly respected turntable and I would never tell anyone that it's not a great turntable. I just didn't like it at all... and I really, really wanted to.

If you have Volumes 1 & 2 on the US CD releases, you have all of the music that's on Volume 3 from Japan. Edit - If what you saw was the TOCJ-1603 CD, it's somewhat hard to find, so $15 is a pretty good price for it. But as I said, no need to get it if you already have the music on other CDs.

You must be thinking of the Debut record label, which had already folded by the time of Mingus' first Columbia recordings. EDIT: I meant to type Debut there!

Fans of 70s rock will like Hancock's "Headhunters". There are several Pat Metheny or Mike Stern records that would fit the bill here. I've also found that they dig bombastic Blakey like "Free For All" or "Indestructible".

I doubt that leaving it on caused this failure. At the least, it shouldn't have caused this failure. Most circuits fail at start up, when initial surges stress components. But like many things today, most modern electronics are very cheaply made. Inside the glossy exterior, you'll often find the lowest cost components on too-thin circuit boards often designed with minimal protective circuits. Every circuit component costs money. There's a reason today's electronics don't last like they used to - most are designed that way.

From your description of the problem, it sounds like a thermal issue, which is usually related to a failing component or failing solder joint (more likely) on the power supply board. Not worth the money to try and fix it or get it fixed. Just opening these monitors up to get to the circuit boards can be a nightmare with all of the shielding in the way/ I tried opening one of these up and I ended up with screws all over the floor. Then I found that the board itself was "wave soldered" which made it practically impossible to re-work without lifting all of the circuit board traces. These days, I'd just buy a new one myself.

Try a different input as well. If you're using VGA, try DVI or HDMI if you can. VGA cables can go bad. Rarely the way you're seeing, but they do fail.

What a difference 13 years makes. Went to Christini's last night. Excellent food again and I can still highly recommend it IF you have the budget. This place got tres expensive! From the food to the wine, everything was big bucks. $60 for a (retail $20) bottle of Conundrum White? And that was one of the cheapest bottles on the wine list. Ouch. BTW, they never did move. It's still tucked into a strip mall but the strip mall has grown quite a bit since our last visit. It's now in a strip mall with a huge Publix next to it. We're going to try Trader Sam's Monday or Tuesday. Any drink you particularly recommend?

The one I have appears to be a 1962 reissue with liner notes by Joe Goldberg. This is the best I could find: It does mention Sonny's 1961 sabbatical, so I think I have the right date. This ebay listing has a nicer shot of the back cover that allows zoom: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SONNY-ROLLINS-MAX-ROACH-RAY-BRYANT-WORKTIME-1962-PRESTIGE-7246-DG-RVG-NM-VINYL/352288771671?hash=item52060c0e57:g:q50AAOSw3sJaj4kX

Eastern Rebellion (Timeless/Muse). What a great record. I play the Impulse CD version of this quite often.

Sonny Rollins - worktime (Prestige). Although it's a later pressing where the title became one word instead of two, it still has Van Gelder in the deadwax. Whoever owned this before me either played the hell out of it or he/she had one of those old-fashioned ceramic cartridges. The vinyl surface is almost white - lots of surface noise. I had to wet clean it to clear some of it. One of my favorite Sonny records. Wow, what a difference between Side 1 & Side 2. Side 2 is mint... looks unplayed. Clearly the previous owner only liked Side 1.

If you're talking about the original Applause LPs, you're right that they were legitimately licensed LPs from an "all but dead" Blue Note. I heard from someone that the whole deal was an accident. Before the mistake was discovered, the LPs were out there. The person answering the phone at the time probably thought, "Hey, some sucker wants to give us money for this stuff? Ha ha ha ha". And Applause seemed to just sling them out there using as little money as they could. They were pretty much an embarrassment to everyone involved. The CDs were another thing entirely. Someone from the old Applause label found the licensing contract and said, "Hey, look, there's no expiration date on this. We can still issue these titles." They shopped this contract around to a few labels before they found a sucker willing to test the legality of it. My friend was working at One Way Records at the time and saw the contract. He laughed them out of the place. There was no way it was valid. He knew it and they knew it. Whoever made these CDs for them certainly had no access to a master tape because they didn't have a valid licensing deal in place.

When I see all of the shows I'm missing in NYC on a regular basis, like George Coleman this weekend at Smoke, I get very jealous.

Considering the international flavor of the posters to this forum, expecting many of us to show up in New York City for a particular show, on a Tuesday night no less, seems to be asking a bit much of us. I have a tough enough time making shows in Boston on a Tuesday night!

Absolute shit sound on those though. It's like they digittized a well-worn Dolby cassette tape. I'll take the LP or a needle drop CD over these crappy bootlegs any day.

Sonny has made it through 87 years. He's already in the "best case scenario" in that regard.

Van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag! Happy birthday Hans.

$10 from CD Japan: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/CDSOL-6324

I kinda need an address to send this too. Can you PM me your details? Kevin

Happy 82nd birthday Victor! It's been a long while since we've heard from you. I hope you're doing well.

With all the weirdness that's been going on, I wonder if people missed my offer here... No takers?

The whole problem here is that there was an oral agreement in place. As this article states, oral agreements are very difficult to get out of: https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverherzfeld/2017/10/19/thelonious-monk-and-the-perils-of-oral-agreements/#5a0b8d21305e

Bobby Hutcherson - Four Seasons. Nice date. Killer band too - Hutcherson with George Cables, Herbie Lewis & Philly Joe Jones.

TS has done several things to earn some animosity. I prefer the beer to TS Monk as well.

So after looking around, the Jazz scene in Orlando is deader than Boston's jazz scene. At least Boston has a couple of clubs that bring in some good shows. Nothing down there that I could find. So I'll go back to Christini's one night but no Jazz in Orlando. Again.