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Getting back to the new Concert By The Sea package, I'm thinking the cover model was Photoshopped in.

Eugen Jochum - Complete Orchestral Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon, Vol. 1 - $71.61 for 42 CDs. Itzhak Perlman - The Complete Warner Recordings - $132.99 for 77 CDs.

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 100 Great Recordings - $111.66 for 100 CDs. Archiv Produktion - Analogue Recordings 1959 - 1981 - $69.98 + shipping from an Amazon reseller for 50 CDs. Vivarte Collection Vol. 2, $61.80 + shipping from an Amazon reseller for 60 CDs. Bach - The Complete Bach Edition - $134.03 for 153 CDs. Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas - Stephen Kovacevich - $14.95 for 9 CDs. Baroque Masterpieces - $83.99 for 60 CDs. Herbert von Karajan - Official Remastered Edition - $120.21 for 101 CDs. Mstislav Rostropovich - Cellist of the Century - The Complete Warner Recordings - $81.99 for 40 CDs + 3 DVDs + 200-page book.

Yes, and I wonder whether we can include certain classical performers in that mix. I've been intrigued by this Oscar Levant box currently available. Not sure I'm ready to pay $80 when I've never even heard him. But consider this: "At the height of his popularity, pianist Oscar Levant was the highest-paid concert artist in America. He outdrew Horowitz and Rubinstein, with whom he shared the distinction of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He performed under conductors including Toscanini, Beecham, Mitropoulos, Reiner and Ormandy, and was the definitive interpreter of his friend George Gershwin. Levant's 1945 recording of Rhapsody in Blue remained one of Columbia Records' best-selling albums for decades."

I was considering the Fresh Sound release, but then found, to my surprise, that I had most of it already.

Just finished listening to the original concert (discs 1 and 2). It's been a long time since I've been impressed the way I was here. All the more surprising because the original album, for some reason, never held my attention. Was it the sound quality, the edits, the rechanneled stereo? But the new edition was like being at the concert; I was simply not prepared for what I heard. Garner was the consummate musician/entertainer, in a way that really doesn't exist anymore. His improvisations were logical, organized, surprising and delightful. I was captivated; none of his studio recordings that I've heard made the point so well. BTW, it's still available from Amazon Prime for $5.39. Snap it up if you haven't already!

The plastic used in CD cases has definitely gotten lighter. I think they’ve also shaved some millimeters off the dimensions of the cases. Try fitting the back cover (underneath the CD tray) from a newer CD into an older case - you can barely read the spine.

The US Postal Service has issued a commemorative stamp honoring Sarah Vaughan. They're sold in sheets that look like a 45 sleeve:

I'm reaching the end of the Dial box, listening to the last disc today. It's poignant to see that Ross Russell only recorded one session after the last Bird session; I guess he lost interest after he lost Bird to Norman Granz.

Alfred Brendel: The Complete Vanguard Classics Recordings, $3.99 on Amazon.

Sviatoslav Richter: Complete Album Collection. $39.49 prime from Amazon for 18 CDs. Evgeny Kissin - The Complete RCA & Sony Classical Album Collection. $64.20 prime from Amazon for 25 CDs. Archiv Produktion - Analogue Recordings 1959-1981: $75.88 + shipping from an Amazon reseller for 50 CDs. Itzhak Perlman - The Complete Warner Recordings: $132.99 prime from Amazon for 77 CDs. Martha Argerich - The Warner Classics Recordings: $28.69 + shipping from an Amazon reseller for 20 CDs.

A favorite track:

From an email I received today from Frog Records: This coming Friday 23rd Nov 2018 - Sun 25th Buy two or more items and get 15% Off Last year's sale was so successful, we are having another BLACK FRIDAY SALE. Now is the time to check you have all from our catalogue that you want. All the income will be ploughed back into our next two projects (which get more expensive to produce year-on-year). So the rally cry is "buy and help the cause". And please spread the word. Only the Blues Calendars are not included in the sale - as they haven't arrived yet. At Checkout enter the discount code BF2018

I saw Green Book tonight with my wife and some friends. We all enjoyed it. Heartwarming, tough-minded, great acting (Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali gave excellent performances), and in some ways a Christmas movie to boot. A good date movie.

I think it’s the money that matters. I always start with the “Show Unread Content” page, so I never even see that donor stuff.

The article's premise is that workers will be in short supply, hence the desire to hire older workers. That's over and above the available younger workers. At the end of the article, it touches on older workers as "a potential part of the solution to the social system crisis," not that workers will be short on savings (although that might very well be true).

There's nothing wrong with work. One of my favorite anecdotes involved George Burns. After Gracie died, George decided to retire. He had enough money. So he played golf every day, and got exceedingly bored and anxious. He went back to work. He said, I realized it's not enough to do things you want to do; it's also important to do things you don't want to do.

So true.

Today, artwork loads just fine. I cannot tell you why.

The reality is, it takes money to run this place. All of us here love music, which means we pay for it in one way or another. Forego buying a CD or two, and put that money here instead. Jim A. doesn't give it a hard sell, but if you love this place, put some skin in the game.

I agree. I'm hoping my issue will be fixed in a future update.

Done. Thanks again for hosting this site, Jim.

Intriguing. I'm looking at a track now that lost its artwork, and its id3 tag is v2.3. Others are v2.2. (None are v1.1) You might be onto something with the idea that the upgrade lost some of the Album Artwork files. I still have an "Album Artwork" folder, but perhaps the upgrade erased some of its subfolders. But that doesn't explain why iTunes is not allowing me to add artwork to some of these albums. What could be preventing that from happening? Because it does allow artwork to be added to other albums. I'm going to look at the tag editor that Kevin mentioned above. BTW, thanks to y'all for helping me along with this mystery!