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Len, thanks for posting that link; I had looked to be helpful, but not found anything like this in my search.

I agree with Conn that you bring your mood and interior life into a listening and the result is deeply influenced by what you bring. And like others here I listen to a multitude of styles of jazz in rotation, or sometimes in a fixated sequence, and also to Hendrix, Dead, brazilian music, etc. and that helps me stay interested. And when things are really bad Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller and Nat Cole are what I reach for and they WORK.

I agree that the lps can sound very different from the cds! I don't know Claude, I certainly, on my system, wouldn't call the difference in polarity positions "subtle." As I understand it, one way the speaker is moving in one direction, the other way the other direction, and this does not make a subtle difference to me. I agree that it doesn't make a "bad" recording "good"---but it does make a more than subtle difference in overall tonal balance, center fill, and soundstaging, to me, in my main system. Maybe it's because my amplifier has so few parts within? I almost always notice clear differences between brands and types of tubes, interconnects, wire, footers, AC conditioning, etc. The difference is less apparent on my other system (B&O receiver based) but after a lot of listening to my main system a lot in both polarity signatures I've learned to tell the difference better in that system as well. It's not a big deal perhaps, but when the correct polarity (in my estimation for most JRVGs it is inverted) is applied the recordings sounds more "natural". . . whatever that means. Stereo impressions are so subjective it's hardly worth talking about them . . . .

I ordered some speaker cables. . . guess that's neither here nor there, but it's going to mean fewer cds til after the holidays!

And it says here. . . "Some people would rather see babies than babes. What's up with that?"

I like most every one that I've heard. I've sortof pledged myself to not get too involved with remastering and sonic issues etc. My system now seems to let me enjoy earlier remasterings more than previous incarnations have and I just sort of have fallen out of the habit of keeping track of what is great and what isn't and I honestly don't want to backpedal my way back there!

Good point I guess, and it definitely wouldn't be a runaway hit if it were smarter and more creative than it is. . . . I still wish it were though.

That's what I find so fascinating about the JRVG and to an extent the RVG series. . .. I really LIKE the Night in Tunisia! And a number of others that get panned, and some of those I like least are sometimes touted as sonic spectaculars! Ah, the subjective world of audio reproduction!

Okay, the short version: on a board in a galaxy far away (called the Blue Note bulletin board in the galaxy of We Can't Get No Respect) it was revealed by a poster who has a decided audophile bent (and a pugnacious nature) that by reversing the polarity of the playback of most JRVGs (that is changing the + and - leads at just one end of the speaker cables, either the amp or speaker but not both) yields a more natural sound. I have been doing this for years now when playing back most every JRVG and in fact some of the early domestic RVG cds, and I agree with this. Others have expressed scorn, ambivalence, and other emotional responses.

What? I didn't start anything!

You're not the only one! I like this series a lot. . . I have quite a few. I enjoy the sound and the packaging.

I guess I want the edginess it doesn't have. . . well I could keep watching to see if it develops. . . there are a few reasons to watch. . . .

Well, Steal Your Face I enjoy. . . color me weird. It's not the best, but there's something to it that is cool. . . . I bought it when it first came out within my first few years of Dead record buying, and recently bought the cds (which don't sound that great). I'm looking forward to the new "soundtrack."

I haven't heard any of her music. I'm out of it when it comes to contemporary R&B. But she has a nice website, she's a very beautiful woman and seems like a NICE person, not the usual "nasty" R&B image that seems promoted. With such solid recommendation, I should look into her music!

I ALMOST like this show. I gave it a chance, but. . . . It's just got a layer of chezzwhizziness I can't get beyond. It needs a bit more grit or depth. I watched it for three weeks and I'm letting it go. . .despite it's OBVIOUS charms.

Well, today the two dvd "Movie" is released, as well as the five cd version of the "soundtrack." Yes, I invited fiscal peril again and ordered the combo pack on the website! Won't have the package til the weekend however if past instances are a guide. . . . I saw the movie probably nearly twenty years ago! It's fondly remembered. I'm more looking forward to the cds I think. I have more time to LISTEN than I do to watch.

Yes, they really did. . . it was a repeat, as I saw this show moons ago. . . . I believe the track played was from the famous pairing with Tatum. . . (?)

Many happy returns!

Okay, I'm old enough to have bought that Illuminations lp back in the day. I really like it. IF you like Alice's harp playing and IF you like her writing and arranging for an orchestra, this will be enjoyable. I like the Laswell recreation as well, but Illuminations deserves to be reissued with additional material. I have a British cd now that is good. . . but doesn't stack up to the Santana reissues from the U. S. of the past four years.

The tube doesn't do her justice!

You know, I haven't ever watched the original three but one time in the theaters when first released. I don't personally consider them timeless classics. They were fun. I actually have enjoyed I and II MORE than these . . . .(Yes, I know I am different, even weird!) Visually they are better and I like the undercurrents within them of politics and philosphy, love and loyalty. And to be honest I really enjoyed having Natalie Portman in the films. . . . I think she's so beautiful.

Last night I saw Tammy Pescatelli and John Hefron at the Paramount Theater here in Austin (my favorite place to see acts). They were so so so so much funnier than they were on tv! And Tammy is quite cute in person.

WAY TOO MUCH. But it's part of what makes me an American! I didn't watch tv when I lived outside the States and I paid the cultural price with alienation and depression. Now at least I can talk to people I meet and have frequent contact with about what was on the tube! One show I won't give up watching as long as they run it: "Now" on PBS.

Some of the bonus material on Shakedown Street makes me wonder: think Lowell George may have been an inspiration for Bob to start learning the slide?