Kevin Bresnahan

You should pick up "The New Miles Davis Quintet", the first recording this group released. BTW, if you can find them for a reasonable price, the DCC gold CD versions of these dates sound phenomenal. You should be able to pick up "The New Miles Davis Quintet" on a DCC gold CD for less than $25 these days. Somebody on the Hoffman forums has a copy for $22 right now. Later, Kevin

I was in a local Victory dealer for my end-of-year oil change and I got to talking with them about the new 2010 Victory Cross Country, Victory's answer to the Harley Street Glide. I came very close to buying a Street Glide when I bought my Kingpin last year, mainly because I wanted a radio and hard bags. Well, I talked with the owner for quite a while and it turned out I had ridden with him on a couple of group rides this summer. Small world. Then he said, "Let's sit down and see what kind of numbers we can work out". Well, I am pretty positive I'm going to be riding a Cross Country next summer. The deal is too good to pass up. Also, I really want to support this American motorcycle company and try to keep them afloat. I hope my purchase helps. I'm a little worried because I just love riding my 2008 Kingpin. But at least I'll have hard bags and a radio again. Kevin This is a black Cross Country - mine will be in "Solid Midnight Cherry"

Jim - As I noted on your Facebook page, it's a bit like the Tor Lundval LPs I've been spinning lately, so I ordered a copy. The PayPal page adds shipping. No biggie for me (leave it on there for my order) but I thought you'd like to know. Looking forward to hearing it. Kevin

Guess this is another joke, since Louis Hayes is the drummer on that record. Well I'll be a... great catch. Why all these years I've thought it was Arthur is beyond me. But Louis must've been borrowing Art's kit, because the squeak is the same as on "Candy". The thing about the squeak is that until you hear it, it's not there. Once you hear it, you can't stop hearing it! Later, Kevin

Those two Eric Alexander dates are hard to find and if Eric has his way, they'll stay that way. I asked him about these two dates at a show and according to him, he was never paid for making them and has never received a dime in royalties from the label. Given that, I wonder why he just doesn't reissue them himself? It's not like Pony Canyon would have a leg to stand on in court. Later, Kevin

Jim - you lucky dog! Congrats. I had two girls and the doctors told me & my wife that we couldn't have any more. I love having daughters. I do miss the guy things like playing catch in the backyard (and I know girls can do that too, but not my two) but my girls are the greatest. No complaints from me. Kevin

I don't believe the original poster was talking about surround sound and I certainly was not. There are stereo situations where too much dynamic range is a problem. Most old Deutsche Grammophon CDs are pretty bad. But even though your post does not seem related to the topic, I'll bite: I have heard surround done well and surround done poorly. In most cases, the situations where I've heard it done poorly were the result of improper level settings in the listening area. And BTW, I disagree with you that surround sound is "crap". I happen to think it can provide a phenomenal listening experience, particularly for movies and even some music. Until you've heard Aerosmith's "Toys In The Attic" in 5.1, you don't know what you're missing (please do me a favor and ignore the fact that you hate Aerosmith, Allen ). Kevin

DBX made a CD player that had variable dynamic range. If it wasn't such a piece of junk from a quality point of view, I probably would've bought one. I have a few classical CDs that are barely listenable without an active remote finger. Way too much dynamic range. From "what the hell was that noise" to "turn it DOWN TURN IT DOWN" sometimes in a matter of seconds.

Funny you should bring Leroy up. He's playing at the Marblehead Jazz Festival this Saturday evening (10/10) and I'm thinking about going. It's been a while since I've seen Leroy but the last time I did, I thought he was channeling Armstrong pretty strongly. If he's still singing, he emulated Louis's rasp pretty good too. Kevin

Well, on the plus side, Sony can't screw up the sound any worse that Experience Hendrix already has. Their current CDs of "Are You Experienced" and "Electric Ladyland" are so maximized, they are fatiguing with headphones. Listening to them with headphones is like letting someone take a drill to your eardrum.

This morning I was driving in Boston-area rush hour traffic. Going between 45 mph and 0 mph - in other words stop & go traffic. At one point, I look over at the car next to me and the guy has a Dell laptop computer opened on his center console and he's surfing the web! What a moron! He was definitely looking at the screen because he had it angled toward the passenger door (in my direction). Suddenly, the car in front of him stopped and I was saying to myself, "Don't look up, don't look up". Damn. He looked up at the last second and locked up his brakes to avoid rear-ending it. I was so hoping for it. Surfing the web while driving? What is this world coming to?

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I just picked up a Horace Silver "Song For My Father" that's like this. Unfortunately, the LP was well played so there's some rice crispies on the lead-in, but otherwise it sounds decent.

What is this? I can't find anything about it in any discography. Boot? Later, Kevin

I looked into helping get a stone for Larry Young's gravesite and I was told that Young and by extension, his family, did not want one. In Young's case, it might have something to do with his Muslim faith.

I've yet to find a copy of Tiny's Muse LP. It looks interesting.

I am pretty sure Mosaic had to let Anne go a few years back. They cut back to just Cindy, with Scott taking over when she goes on break.

I am almost positive that the CD masters have to be stored in a clean environment - what's known in clean room circles as a "dry box". These dry box storage units are expensive to buy and keep "dry" (you have to plumb them with dry air, usually Nitrogen). When I worked in a clean room at Raytheon, we were constantly trying to figure out what we could clear out of the dry boxes so that we could put new stuff into 'em. I imagine the same thing happened here. As to why they chucked the artwork... ? Got me. I'm sure no one involved in the decision was too worried. After all, everyone knows that Jazz doesn't sell. Why keep the masters around?

The "masters" that were destroyed were the glass masters used to press the CDs. It was NOT the master tapes used to make that CD master. As I understand it, the "components" are the printed CD artwork i.e. the booklets and backers. Kevin

My order: Qty Description 1 Mosaic Select: Curtis Amy (MS-007) Item :MS-007 Price : $44.00 1 Mosaic Select: John Patton (MS-006) Item :MS-006 Price : $44.00 1 Mosaic Select: Pacific Jazz Piano Trios (MS-019) Item :MS-019 Price : $44.00 1 Mosaic Select: Bud Shank/Bob Cooper (MS-010) Item :MS-010 Price : $44.00 I have been thinking about these 4 sets for years but never got around to ordering them. Can't wait any more! Kevin

Given that all of these titles are Capitol/EMI licensed, I would imagine that very shortly, there's going to be a massive Blue Note deletions list showing up in our in box.

Neither were any of the other artists on Vol. 4.... until February 22, 1985, when they were all recorded for this release.

If you are feeding your LCD TV with an HDMI cable, there is a handshake between the cable box and TV where the TV tells it "stereo". If you use a coax or optical digital output from the cable box simultaneously with the HDMI, the handshake can (with some boxes) cause problems with a 5.1 broadcasts.

I've recently learned that almost all vinyl distributors are refusing returns. Any resurgence won't last long with lousy $50 pressings and a "no return" policy.

A black Can-Am? Does it look like ths?