Kevin Bresnahan

The Blue Hills Bank Pavilion is not my favorite concert venue and I wonder how Jarre's music would fare in that place. It's a big outdoor tent and May 16th is a bit early in the season. Might be a bit cool.

There are times when I think I'm missing something when all these recommendations start coming in for certain players who play a bit on the "outside". Then I play one like this: .. and I realize that I am not missing much. I really don't get this at all and I'm now at an age where I'm beginning to realize that I probably never will. Weirdly, I had a flashback at around the 6:50 mark. It sounds very similar to when our long-deceased golden retriever Abigail got caught in a barbed wire fence when we lived in Pennsylvania.

I'll be laid up and unable to travel for a few weeks so I'm out. Let me know the next time you'll be in Boston. Although I live in Maine now, it's not that far.

Damn, I wish I could go. I miss seeing this band at the Regattabar back in the 90s. Fun times for sure.

This tie: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/e/d/7/12e4d356630b4ef5049a238881cb3.jpg

From Dusty: Dear Kevin, Thanks for the heads up! We haven't seen a solicitation from our distributor yet, but it sounds like something we'd like to carry. We'll keep an eye out for it. We don't have a waiting list system, but check back on our 'Coming Soon' section.

I just E-mailed Da Bastids (Dusty Groove) to ask them if they're going to carry it. I would rather order it from them if only to save on the exorbitant shipping that HMV Japan is charging.

They want $17 to ship a $17.80 CD to Maine! Ouch. I may have to wait for Da Bastids to get this. Why can't I select PayPal as a payment option?

I gotta get this one. I haven't used HMV Japan in a long time. Should I pre-order or wait? Hmmmmm.

I always liked reading Sandi's stories. Now that the All About Jazz forum is dead, are her little stories gone too? Did anyone ever back them up off of the forum?

I've read that Mark Wilder digitized all of Brubeck's Columbia/Sony catalog and that there were plans to issue all of it in the form of those 5 CD "Original Album Classics" box sets that they started in 2010. The fact that they stopped after 2 boxes would seem to indicate that the money wasn't there. Then when they issued that "The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection" box set, I was thinking a "The Complete Columbia Live Albums Collection" was next. I just think the CD market is on its way out.

I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but I used to post there regularly until I got into a major disagreement with Mike Ricci over what I felt was a joke done in very poor taste. His attitude was "If you don't like it, leave". So I left and never went back.

On top of this, this title may be one of the ones where the newer OJC pressing sounds better than the original. I've found a few like that.

I do too but i will add that the S3 version (the last version B&W issued) included the improved Nautilus tweeter and should be the version you get.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bowers-and-Wilkins-B-W-DM601-S3-Speakers-/112269191414?hash=item1a23c3e8f6:g:gPUAAOSwt5hYenwO Wait until after the auction and offer $350 including shipping?

Depending on the age, old Snells will probably need re-foamed woofers. Worst case, they may need re-foamed *and* new capacitors in the crossover. My friend had some old B&W speakers that improved tremendously when he re-capped them. BTW, that might be what happened to your old Cambridge Soundworks speakers, You can re-foam them too but the grill has to be pried off with a screwdriver. I did it without damaging the speaker but it was tricky.

What a killer band! It's shows like this that make me wish I lived a lot closer to NYC.

Dusty's price on the Mobley was $24.99, which is why I ordered from them instead of CD Japan, who have much higher shipping prices.

I ordered it to hear it in real sound. The cassette I had sounded so poor that I could barely listen to it. While I was at it, I ordered a new (to me) Tubby Hayes CD called "Interlude For Music": https://www.dustygroove.com/item/805241/Tubby-Hayes:Interlude-For-Music-Japanese-paper-sleeve-edition

Is this the same stuff: https://www.dustygroove.com/item/719825? If it is, the samples i listened to sounded a lot better than the old cassette I have. I wonder if I have another date on cassette? Kevin

Single cup of coffee? Why go the Keurig route? Aeropress yourself a cup of real coffee:

I hate it too and it's why I boycott all of them. It's a terrible trend in the audiophile world. On top of that, I picked up most of the Music Matters 33 rpm Blue Note discs and they sound phenomenal so all the talk about the sonic benefits of 45 rpm went out the window. It was really just a way for the sellers to double their profit.

My bet would be that the three TOCJ CDs will sound very similar to the XRCD. The XRCD will beat all the others.

Debating the hell out of of the word "timeless" - so fucking lame. In case you didn't notice, the thread is titled "Yes" - as in the rock band Yes. Timeless or not - this debate has nothing to do with the discussion of the band, Sometimes. this group derails honest discussion in the stupidest of ways.