jazzbo

Sorry, lately Lon's vast financial holdings have been all tied up in hepharon supplies and other central venous catheter accessories for my wife! I'd love to have one of those guitars, though to be honest a man of my financial status really should have Tiger or Rosebud. . . .

I don't doubt that! It would be interesting to know about the rights. It was pretty unusual, I think, for artists to own their masters at that time. The movie "Ray" made a big deal out of Ray Charles owning his masters at ABC/Paramount. I haven't read any biographies of Charles, so I don't know how accurate the movie was about that. For all his legendary status, Tea wasn't exactly a chart-topper, so it seems to me like it would be unusual for him to be able to make that kind of deal, but you never know. Regardless, I'm definitely looking forward to hearing the music--Bobby Hackett with him on it too! I don't personally believe that Joe Teagarden has the rights to this Verve lp, but that he is just putting it out because he wanted to have a "prize" recording to offer and he's mad at how his dad's work has been stiffed by some majors and bootlegged all over the world.

I've got to agree with you Felser. . . that live side of "Last Exit" is indeed wonderful.

Wish I had the answer!

So you don't think there's 24 bit SBM? (Just a question, I thought there might be, don't know, that is what I assumed these were. SOMETHING has to be used to reduce the 24 bit master to a 16 bit format, SBM, DSD, some process).

I like it. She has a unique voice and style and the playing behind her is quite good. It's hard to describe, so I won't, but other than the sound of her voice I think it's what you would expect from the players and if it looks as if you'd like it, you probably will.

Maybe one day the dvd will be released separately (doubt it, but it's all I might be interested in). Two unreleased tracks in the box set. Little to get me to plop some money down.

that's ridiculous. shn/flac is just about as easy as Mp3s. There's only one additional step. Besides, why would you want lossy when you can have lossless ? To each their own young whippersnapper. My iBook and I just have problems with some things, and I understand limits on both my time, talents, and resources. You may understand that one day yourself!

I'm not even sure if they got the rights, or if Tea had the master as part of his arrangement for that lp, etc. . . . But you'll enjoy the cd.

I would say yes, the Vanguard date is pretty representative of the whole set, the set is pretty consistent in that manner. The material with Farrell on the Jones. . . most of it has been availalbe on separate cds, and who knows, that is the material I think would be most likely to be reissued in the future. . . .

Yes, but I don't do shn files, convert to wav. files etc; I just do what I can easily import into iTunes. I've limited time to mess with this type of thing and limited skills. So the official products released, the MP3 soundboards I have found, and the audience MP3 recordings are what I'm concentrating on, and really that's a huge amount right there.

Oh good gosh yes, continue to love the soundboards! I'm loving the ones that I have as well, indeed. And I really enjoy, REALLY ENJOY, those released as Dick's Picks, just great sound and good picks of shows. . . . The audience ones just have their own flavors, and I enjoy downloading them. I don't know what I would do if there were the soundboards AND the audience to download! Most likely get really bogged down trying to listen and evaluate and choose what to burn!

Good player, yes. Sounds very "reedy" a lot of the time, and is used sort of the way a synthesier would be for texture in a more electric setting.

I'm kindof glad they got rid of those soundboards availability wise. . . I'm enjoying the audience tapes in a different way. On the best of them you're really right there! Someone is shouting right behind you, around you, in front of you. . . I've had some really interesting moments walkinga bout with headphones! I'm really glad to have them. I'm up to 1972 now, and hope to polish off that year and then pause and savor. . . .

I've been listening to "Time Lines" lately and can honestly say the more I listen to this one, the more I like it. If I keep playing it, soon I'll love it!

Well Al, I wouldn't keep her waiting. . . someone else is going to write!

It just doesn't matter that much to me! I'm not consumed with audiophilic passion for this sort of thing. I personally would guess that Maureen and Rudy are handling these masters quite well, and wouldn't necessarily trust what Hoffman says otherwise.

Go ahead. I avoid that place like the plague. I'm not interested in 45rpm sets and minutiae of the process or pronouncements by the Hoffman demigod.

I too think there's exciting stories still to be told about the Acid Test years and the role of the Beat and Prankster figures in the shaping of the Dead, etc. I'm very interested in this . . . .

I don't believe MP3 encoding would cause all these image shifts though, Lon... I don't know what to believe about that, to be honest. Have to say that I really like the sound of those cds I've bought (Lockjaw, Etta, Monk, Hawk, Miles, KD). These dropout and image shift problems. . . probably master tape problems. . . . I guess the question is: do we want what there is on the master tape, seems to me that could be a goal of the series, to get what's on the master tape, and I'll personally accept what's on the master tape, I think, when encountered. No one is forcing us to buy these, and my plan I guess is to get those that I most want the upgrade to, next on my list is the Lateef.

Yup, I've read the Jackson bio, and am getting the same story. But, I'm so bored here in Houston, and it's entertaining me.

Any Shepp recording with Harris.

I'm reading the McNally "history." So far it isn't really telling me much I didn't know, but it's fun to read about the boys.

Listening to some sort of wierd compilation called "Pigpen Rides Again" Vol. 7. Wonder what label that one is on!

I'll be getting around to that one soon. . . .