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Bates Motel.

John, I have the entire series, can't remember if there are any other unreleased alternates in the series. . . Don't think so. E, I don't find the sound muffled, but "just right" for me, get plenty of clarity!

Well, that's not literally true because he referenced my interview with Michael Cuscuna twice and that was information that had not been out before at all easy to find, and not avaiable from "Blumenthal and the like" --and I believe there were a few other instances where there was information not often or easily accessed in Cook's book. But you're right in that there was little to no original research and it didn't offer much to a connoisseur of the label. I do think it serves well for a neophyte.

It's not the best, nor the worst book. Sometimes people tear things to shreds for personal reasons, jealousy perhaps.

There's this: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Note-Records-Richard-Cook/dp/1932112278/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398713675&sr=1-1&keywords=Blue+Note+Cook Not in print, but not hard to find. Not the greatest book, but not too bad. I have a copy because my interview with Cuscuna is referenced a few times.

Mono

Braff, Sutton, Hinton, Alexander

Boardwalk Empire Season 3

Damn, everything is sounding so good today. Right now Carmen is explaining how no matter how many times Thelonious Monk may be reincarnated he would never come back as a cowboy.

Rewatching the epsode of "Grimm" that my uncle (Jack Armstrong) is a supporting cast member in, after watching last night's Grimm.

Looks very interesting.

Many many more happy ones!

This two lp set sounds better than it probably ought to, the atmospheric sound is just perfect for tonight. I haven't ever quite decided whether Mingus' work at this time was a love letter to Duke Ellington or &^%$ YOU Duke Ellington. Just such amazing arrangements.

Many might not consider this a bargain, but I paid about this much for one and half seasons, and here are four for the price. Sons of Anarchy Blu-ray complete first four seasons. http://www.amazon.com/Sons-Anarchy-Blu-ray-Set-Complete/dp/B009R1LPKC/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_img_z

Yeah, I forgot about those. Most of those I've heard did little for me. I may have to revisit them one of these days. Right now: the excellent sound surprised me:

It's good, it's been out on US cd before.

When did Tony get too loud? He never strikes me as such when he was with Miles but the time we get to the 80s , finesse is out the window and he floods any set with playing too loud ( IMO). I think he got pretty loud at times with Miles, hard to say from recordings and I never saw them live. I bet loudness increased with Lifetime and beyond. I confess to never really liking Lifetime and others and really geting on the bus again only into the second Blue Note years.

Great Mike, you're going to be very happy. I've never heard this music sound better on digital. And it's GREAT music.