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Well. . . that was a nice note.

A message from Bob Belden: www.ropeadope.com They are podcasting my FOUR SEASONS, the Deutsche Gramophon suppressed CD project that I did with Patrick Gallois, a French classical flutist. DG hated my adaptation so much that they refuse to license it to anyone. Spread the word...and it's FREE! bb ps ropeadope has more podcasts and videos as well....my internet label...

Hope you have many more!

Likewise the excellent Jamal has no copy protection and is still available.

The Shaw "Stepping Stones" does NOT have copy protection.

Yes, I love that Dylan. . . . My favorite is the Desolation Row with just Dylan, Kooper (on gibox) and Brooks.

I was listening to it when he was alive. Purple Haze came blaring out of the radio from the BBC when I was in boarding school in M'Babane. I was a fan from then on.

They were removed because Sony is recalling all the copy protected copies out there. . . and these titles were copy protected. Will yourmusic.com pick them up again when the replacements are out? We'll see. . . .

Wish the guy were still here!

Well, right on the spine of the inner back cover tray it shows the copy protection logo, and this is visible right from front (clear center trays).

Okay. I'll go via the 800 number I guess as I don't have a UPS store near me, pickup is a hassle I don't want to go through, and in general I think Brown sucks. Thanks. I'm just waiting to play through the Mulligan and Blakey yet to be sure they're okay.

Good advice I guess on the Shaw and Brookmeyer defective discs. . .but. . . these are both labeled that they were produced under license to BMG. . . .May not be the best way to exchange these.

Evan, that Uptown booklet is so thorough. . . I would be surprised if anyone here really could expand that significantly. From what I know about mental illness. . . a) that booklet rang true and b) knowing more may not be that great.

This is hardly my favorite Shaw, but it's a great reissue. . . I had the lp before this and I THINK the expanded version is great. . . MY COPY from yourmusic.com is defective though. . . the final two tracks don't cue up and play properly, it's going to have to go back. Problems also with the Brookmeyer, which I had never heard before and wish I didn't have to send it back, really am enjoying it.

No dogs here. I dare them to find my cat. Plenty of times I CAN'T. Ah. .. still laughing. . . because I need to!

No, I didn't misunderstand you sir, I just was stating my indifference to the thread subject prson. . . .And my hope that his doctor is one of the very best.

I'm laughing still!

I'm totally indifferent to the guy, and it's easy to get sick of the publicity about him here in Austin (though he's for the most part moved away now I hear). My one concern is that his oncologist was as good as one might think he was. .. as he has become my wife's doctor. . . .

Thanks, due to some really bad news last week, I really really needed that good big laugh!

I have a nice Harmon Kardon I think is a good machine. When I really have something I want to get the very best out of I borrow a trumpeter friend of mine's Nakamiche.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. .. . I don't agree with that assessment though!

I've listened to cassettes quite recently actually. I have about 100 at work I listen to on a Sony boom box that I keep on a bookcase behind me. I have about 100 of several bands I was in in the late eighties that I will probably tranfer to cdr or maybe even dvdr (lots of playing time available on some of the recording lengths) as back up in case I actually wanta to listen to these in twenty or thirty years. . . . With a good cassette deck fidelity on cassettes can be surprising. Better than early digital on a cheap cd player.

I'm thankful for A Love Supreme as well. It's a benchmark of passionate, sincere musical expression. It's a recording that has had a strong place in my listening world and that has made me THINK and FEEL in ways others haven't. Thanks JC! And Jim, thanks for running this board the way that you do! You're making perfect sense.

I have the Vogue digipak releases. Great sound quality!

Yes, that one looks intriguing. . . and another Ella Jukebox release!