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Hazel Scott. . .nice pic!

Tammi! Sadness too. . .

A rebus definitely won't work for me! You have to know your woman. . . and a rebus definitely would NOT WORK for me!

I do the very expensive flowers bit every year by an award-winning flower shop. . . and I only do that because my wife really LOVES flowers and flower arrangements, she really appreciates it and makes me feel that I DID THE RIGHT THING. Also, no one else at her office gets flowers even vaguely resembling the flowers she gets, and that doesn't hurt my standing with her either! It puts the pinch on my finances every February, but it's really honestly appreciated and I always do it. So guess no answers from me. If your wife really has been enjoying the flowers, you may want to continue with that tradition. .. . If not, lots of options. We often also go to one of our favorite restaurants one evening either before, after or on Valentine's Day, usually the Clay Pit (fabulous Indian food) or Fonda San Miguel (fantastic Mexican food).

My dos pesos: http://www.decware.com/SACD/sacd.htm http://www.decware.com/zpage1.htm http://www.parkeraudio.net/95_signatures.htm I sound like a broken record in audio but that is because I have built a system around Decware audio components that is unlike any other system I've known. I'm so happy with the build, sound and customer service I won't stray. I'm recommending the modified Sony player (you'll have to supply the player I believe these days) and the basic amp, and a pair of speakers built by Parker Audio specifically for the amp. (The one drawback of the amp is that it needs carefuly matching to speakers, and this speaker is a wonderful match. If you want to spend more than 2000 dollars I'd recommend the Decware Integrated amplifer and the Radial speakers. The Radial speakers are AMAZING; the Integrated or the EL34 Monoblocks have the power to drive them to deafening levels.

Hey Greg, I think I know$ the answer$: A theory they may have that no alternate or additional material may lead to more $ale$ of more box $et$! I find Coleman and Shorter equally enjoyable, and equally annoying at times, in and out of Miles Quintets!

Hmmm. . . release date is aparently 2/14. . . wonder how they got 'em so fast! Anyway, they're really good lps and are going to make great cds from Water! I have mine (and the Leo Wright) on preorder from cduniverse.

Yeah, and don't some of you have "Four and More" Valentines?

I haven't really done a lot of direct comparison, and I may not for a while. I don't remember commenting on this specific album before, I may have! I think that the box set sounds incredibly good in so many ways. . . .There are aspects of the Japanese that are a little better, and I really like the minilp copies I have because I had those 12" albums for so long, it's sort of like a bit of personal history for me, and I'll probably be keeping these lp facimile Sony versions unless I really need money at some point. . . . I have found that Sony versions, even if there are Americans like Seth Foster and Mark Wilder credited, often have little things done to them that make them sound different from their American counterparts. .. . It can make you made dealing with all this. . . I don't know if I've been able to pull back before the damage was done!

I thought they were based in San Francisco?

Austin still has a number of Half Price Books. I used to like Record Exchange across the street from Dobie Mall . . . it was one of the only places I ever found jazz lps I didn't have. . . it's closed. In my opinion Austin is slm pickings for jazz vinyl til the Convention hits.

There's very little besides Waterloo Records on Lamar and Sixth St. to recommend, especially regarding vinyl and jazz. Almost every other store worth a hoot has closed. There is Cheap CDs on Lamar I guess. . . I never find any jazz I want there but then my needs may be different. . . ! For a number of reasons (one being I'm not fond of Waterloo, another that I don't have a car) 99% of my cds come in the mail.

Some chicken breast in mole sauce I baked last night, mashed potatos (yukon gold, going to be mashing them in about two hours) and green beans.

YUP. Wish some more of that Cannon stuff would be reissued.

I call it the Atlantic/Savoy because it is an Atlantic distributed and parent copy Savoy reissue. . . . Don't mistake me, the sound on this one is fine, I just happen to like the remastering of the Japanese Denon engineers a bit more than that of Paul Reid III for Atlantic/Savoy. . . .

Ron, yes I'm that Lon (that spent years 2 to 11 in Philly!) from the BN Board. What? All of us agree on the sound of a cd? Not bloody likely! I do confess that I MYSELF however prefer by an edge the sound of the Savoy Denon series to those by Atlantic/Savoy. Personal preferrences, system differences etc. make that just my choice.

Big Whell, I think that At the Organ Volume Three is a different session from about a year later than the A New Star volumes. . . .

Oblique, and Inventions and Dimensions I will be glad to have in that great RVG sound! Yeah!