Kevin Bresnahan

Thanks for letting me know about this. I am backing him too. Kevin

Standard CD sampling rate is 44.1 kHz so any filter you use for that frequency is not going to affect any audible frequencies either.

I ordered mine! http://www.berkeleybreathed.com/new-products-1/qtskqlwsdj8475zk7ls8719skmtinr

This is very true. All of the artifacts that are generated during vinyl playback can be digitized. I have done it. The resulting CD-R plays back sounding like vinyl. I've A/B'ed the two and there really is no difference. Digital is quite capable of capturing the vinyl "warmth". Once you get past the "digital can't replicate vinyl's warmth" argument, you usually get the "Digital cuts off at 22,000 Hz" argument. It's true that digital can't capture anything above 22,000 Hz. This is usually where the craziness comes into the discussion. No one can hear 22,000 Hz, no matter what they say and any harmonics of the signals created up there (part 2 of the "those frequencies can be heard" argument) are so, so, so far down in relation to the signal that they're in the noise and very difficult to measure, much less hear. I'm sure there's a digital plug in that makes your audio sound like vinyl or sound like it's being played back through a single-ended tube amp (push-pull tube amps also generate even order harmonics). All it takes is analyzing the sound you want and working the knobs to get it.

Jim, WTF... what the hell has Rosie O'Donnell done that makes you feel she needs to share a room with a pedophile and a serial rapist? Really? She done got on my last good nerve, that's what. What did she do that twanged that last good nerve? Have her mentally ill 17 year old daughter run away? Get a lesbian divorce? Have a disagreement with Saint Hasselbeck? I just don't get the hatred for this woman at all even considering her equating the US invasion of Iraq to "terrorism" - which I don't even want to get into unless we move over to a political area, which I don't want to do here.

Jim, WTF... what the hell has Rosie O'Donnell done that makes you feel she needs to share a room with a pedophile and a serial rapist? Really?

Jim - thanks for validating my decision to skip a career as a recording engineer. I couldn't do this for a living. I'd never be happy with this many buttons to play with. There would always be some part that would need that last little tweek.

Over a year later, I took the plunge this weekend and got on the Harry's program. $15 every two months, free razor and shipping. It's less than $2 a blade so the price is much better, and lately Publix has been out of stock on those suckers anyway almost every time I need to hold my nose and buy more. Down to my last one though so the economy shipping better get the new ones here fast. I tried Harry's razors. I didn't like them. Two reasons: 1) I was not able to get as close as I could with my Gillette Sensor razor, especially around my nose and 2) The damn thing rusted after two shaves! So if you do try Harry's, make sure to blow dry the blade after you're done. I did that after the first shave, because I had read about their propensity to rust, but forgot after the second shave. I doubt that shaving with a rusted blade would be a fun time. I gave the kit (with the two remaining blades) to a friend at work to see if he likes them better. I warned him about the rust problem. I haven't heard back from him if he's liking it yet.

I have tickets to the Sept. 18th show at the Regattabar: http://www.getshowtix.com/regattabar/moreinfo.cgi?id=3416 Should be good.

"Unissued since original release, this unique jazz masterpiece now returns to the limelight". Hmmmm: http://www.ebay.com/itm/PAT-PATRICK-BARITONE-SAXOPHONE-RETINUE-JAPAN-MINI-LP-CD-Ltd-Ed-F04-/351421772997?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51d25eb4c5&nma=true&si=xOHUXcAb1AvZ2351cqjB%2F1Il778%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Spouse. She's been his assistant for many years.

Perhaps not the worst out there, but, I'm sorry to say, mostly among the worst out there. You don't need graphs or waveforms. I've never heard a vintage RVG Blue Note LP, and have my doubts over such samples. But put on any Yoshida mastered XRCD24 from Audio Wave followed by the corresponding RVG CD. That will show you the discrepancy between the beauty of what Rudy originally recorded and what he put out as 24bit remastered CD. But if you compare an XRCD24 disc to it's TOCJ counterpart, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference. They are nearly identical. Very interesting. So, as an hypothetical example, theSpanish blue cover version of Horace's "Further Explorations" I have, which is just the TOCJ repackaged, if that title was on XRCD24 or planned to be, there'd be very little difference, Kevin? That's been my experience. You'll have to compare yourself and see if you agree.

Perhaps not the worst out there, but, I'm sorry to say, mostly among the worst out there. You don't need graphs or waveforms. I've never heard a vintage RVG Blue Note LP, and have my doubts over such samples. But put on any Yoshida mastered XRCD24 from Audio Wave followed by the corresponding RVG CD. That will show you the discrepancy between the beauty of what Rudy originally recorded and what he put out as 24bit remastered CD. But if you compare an XRCD24 disc to it's TOCJ counterpart, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference. They are nearly identical.

In the case of Mode/V.S.O.P., it's most definitely the label. They have decided to use this manufacturing model moving forward. As a result, I've decided that I won't support that business model moving forward.

Dolo Coker - Dolo! (Xanadu). Killer lineup. Coker with Blue Mitchell and Harold Land in the front line. It's interesting to hear Frank Butler again after reading Jimmy Cobb's interview where he talks about telling Miles that Frank was the best drummer in CA.

George Coleman - Ronnie Scott's Presents George Coleman 'Live' (Pye). I've always wanted to get this on vinyl after reading the Penguin's comment on it and I finally found a beautiful mint copy at Stereo Jack's last week.

Art Farmer - You Make Me Smile (Soul Note). With Clifford Jordan. This is not as good as I thought it would be when I bought it, but I really can't put my finger on any reason why. Too tame maybe?

Ordered it. My first Mosaic pre-order. I had to do it as this has some of my favorite music that hasn't made it to CD. It will be nice get official digital versions. Some of my needle-drops are only so-so.

That does look interesting. It is. I don't think it's ever been on CD. Someone should try to get it out there.

The Paul Guerrero Quintet featuring Marchel Ivery & James Clay - Texas Tenors (Jazz Mark Records/Craig Recording). Nice date. Never heard of the rhythm section but those two tenor players' names certainly caught my attention.

If it's my estate sale, why would I care?

I just ordered 2,000 of the Bags Unlimited sleeves. I have run out of room and my wife and I are thinking of downsizing soon. These look like the best option.

My library doesn't use jewel cases any more. They switch all of their CDs into a plastic clamshell type case. I imagine they chuck the original jewel cases.

Jazz Loft may be gone, but the owner of the website kept the business going for their sleeves: http://www.spacesavingsleeves.com

I agree. I had no idea he was still alive. I hope his last years were comfortable. I've only seen a few 97 year old men whose life is still good at that age. RIP Mr. Rumsey - you made some great music and ran one of the best Jazz clubs in the world. Quite a legacy.