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I've been listening to some Herbie Mann lately, since picking up really cheaply some of those Collectables twofers. Style-wise, they are all over the place, in a refreshing way. I liked xybert's formulation: "it pays to think of him as being his own weird thing rather than someone that was in competition with the jazz Blue Note/Prestige/etc scene of the 50s and 60s." It's also interesting listening to these twofers, since they're paired roughly chronologically by release date, so listening to two of these back to back and hearing such stylistic differences within the same year it's like WTF?!? Yesterday I listened to Our Mann Flute (cheery, poppy tunes backed by a large band, tracks recorded between 1960 and 1966, with material like "Good Lovin'," "Frere Jacques," "Down By The Riverside," "Monday Monday" and "Skip To My Lou"...seriously, a jazz version of "Skip To My Lou"???), paired with the album "Impressions Of The Middle East" (which contains, among other things, a Middle East-inflected version of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"!). These are fun to listen to. Another twofer I've listened to pairs "Today!" and "Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd." I have another one still to get to: "The Family of Mann"/"The Wailing Dervishes."

Listening now to this; has some great Art Farmer:

I really liked it.

Oh, another thing I loved: the titles and interstitials were reminiscent of the old World At War documentaries. Indeed, the use of color was very muted in the film - not quite black and white, but very close to it.

We saw "Darkest Hour" last night; both enjoyed it. Oldman is great, although he is constrained in his role by having to act with Churchill's mannerism and speech. Perhaps all the actors recreating the famous in this film had to do this, but it's doubtful that the public remembers how, say, Neville Chamberlain or the Earl of Halifax looked and spoke, so those actors had more freedom and leeway. And then, of course, there were the minor and fictional characters, as in the Underground scene that kinuta mentioned, but I think they were necessary to leaven the pace and add interest; without them, the movie would be a bunch of British politicians and the King pontificating at each other. I liked the Underground scene as it added a dose of humanity, and helped to show the character of the British populace. Also, for me, it had the ring of truth, as the British truly did show resolve and "a stiff upper lip" during this time of extreme crisis. Ben Mendelsohn was very good as King George VI, as were Kristin Scott Thomas and the other actors (I couldn't resist mentioning "The English Patient" to my wife when Thomas was on camera). We saw "The King's Speech" a few years before, and I loved how it helped me to understand the King's character in this film. And I loved how the movie, and indeed the course of history, were shaped by the King looking out upon London and saying (something like) "I've become aware of a feeling of anger within me." How British!

That's what I have too. I have an iMac with a "fusion drive," Apple's term for a 1 TB HD with a 128 GB Flash drive integrated with it. As Wikipedia puts it, "The operating system automatically manages the contents of the drive so the most frequently accessed files are stored on the faster flash storage, while infrequently used items move to or stay on the hard drive. For example, if spreadsheet software is used often, the software will be moved to the flash storage for faster user access. In software, this logical volume speeds up performance of the computer by performing both caching for faster writes and auto tiering for faster reads." I've had this iMac since 2013, and have been consistently impressed with its speed and reliability (I should knock some wood here).

Re: sped-up vocals: 1) "The half-speed master release is unique and different to all the other releases of this album. The recording runs approximately 2% slower than all the other pressings and has slightly longer track times. Dylan actually sped up the original album by two percent in the mastering. The vinyl "half-speed master" evidently used the pre-sped up tape, which is why it sounds so different." From: https://www.discogs.com/Bob-Dylan-Blood-On-The-Tracks/release/2233061 2) Discussion on the Hoffman boards: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/blood-on-the-tracks-mofi-reissue-is-this-the-correct-speed.366291/ 3) Discussion on Expecting Rain boards: http://www.expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=42949 4) and: http://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=87324

I was never a fan of BOTT. Too melodramatic, over-emotional and self-pitying. Agreed about the monotonous rhythm section. I also read (somewhere; at this point, who knows?) that his voice was sped up a little, which probably adds to the aura of unreality. I had also read that the tracks that were rejected/rerecorded were because Dylan's lyrics were originally too raw and identifiably against Sara. In lieu of BOTT, I'd much rather listen to Planet Waves, which was/is very underrated.

It's a good album; I had the LP back in the day. The band: Carlos Ward, alto sax and flute; Ricky Ford, tenor sax; Charles Davis, baritone sax; Dick Griffin, trombone; Abdullah Ibrahim, piano; Cecil McBee, bass; Ben Riley, drums. 11/17/83.

Leonard Cohen?

Thanks for posting this. Farmer was always one of my favorites. That tone! I had the pleasure of seeing him in concert at Columbia University late in his career (1993?). I’ll find the discography very useful.

Not sure it was a scam. Look at the seller's star rating - that'll tell you whether it's a reputable seller. Amazon will give you a range of delivery dates. If you don't get it by the end of the range, you can ask the seller for a refund, which they'll usually give you because they don't want to tick off Amazon. I had something like this happen to me recently. I bought a copy of the Keynote Collection from a seller in Japan via Amazon. It never arrived. I waited until the end of the range (actually a couple of days after that), then asked the seller for a refund, which they promptly gave. What happened to the package? Who knows; not my concern - all I know is that it didn't arrive. I didn't give the seller bad feedback, because I assume it wasn't their fault either.

Same here. I've found drives fail far more often than discs. These days, a perfect failsafe would be a solid state drive. Then you could burn new discs if any fail.

DAT, perhaps? Digital Audio Tape, which had a moment a couple of decades ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Tape

Here's a link to the download from Amazon. The price seems a bit steep for downloads. https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Maiden-Voyage-Concerts-Angeles/dp/B0752X1MDW/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1515097847&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=art+pepper+maiden+voyage+sessions But, whoa... iTunes has the Complete Galaxy Recordings box for $59.99. That's a good deal for 16 discs worth of music.

Just finished listening (again) to the whole set. Just beautiful, wonderful music. What Ubu said - Pepper, amazing Milcho Leviev, Tony Dumas, Carl Burnett - such empathy and strength. One of my best purchases of 2017.

It sounds like the drive is going, but not yet completely gone. I wouldn't burn any new discs on it, as the faulty drive might encode errors on them.

The disc drive in your computer may be going. Try an external CD drive for comparison. Amazon has some for around $25.

I recently contributed $50, and will probably continue to do so. But it seems a lot of the air has gone out of the board lately. Too few releases and reissues, members are dying, and I'm not sure how much is left to be said that hasn't already been said. Just looking down the road a couple of years... but for now, I'm still here.

She was a nice person and very passionate about the music. It seemed important to her that she approved of what I was buying. I’ll spin a Grant Stewart disc I bought there in her memory. RIP.

This one works for me:

Right, except the Easy Living you pictured (with the reclining model on the cover) does not contain ATTN. Only the 1990 issue with the watercolor cover has it.

Sorry to hear of your travails. I've always found TV sound to be inadequate. I recently bought a Yamaha soundbar for our Panasonic plasma TV. It's the ATS-1070, which Costco had on sale for $119. Besides the sound, I bought it for its form factor - it's very thin, so it doesn't block the remote receptors on the TV. The sound is great. One button on the remote is "clear voice," to emphasize dialog. You can also switch between "stereo" and "surround" (which is pretty cool coming from a single source). Soundbar or no soundbar, I strongly suggest you go into the audio settings on your TV. It's very possible your TV's output is set for a 5.1 or 7.1 system, which will sound terrible with any other audio setup. Play with all the various options there. It's also possible that some of those settings conflict with settings on your soundbar - you need to experiment with both in tandem. It's very possible you don't need to replace your soundbar. One more thing: if you're having trouble with audio from DVDs, you should also go into the audio settings on your DVD player.

It's at the end...just the same groove as you hear in the last 30 seconds of the GTBU version - it just chugs along for another minute.

Paul Desmond recorded All Through The Night on 9/16/64 (with Jim Hall, Eugene Wright and Connie Kay). As best I can tell, he only recorded it once for RCA. It appears as a bonus track on the "Glad To Be Unhappy" album, with a timing of 5:26. This also appears to be the version on the Desmond/Hall Mosaic. However, I also have this release of Desmond's "Easy Living" album from 1990: All Through The Night was also added here as a bonus track, but the timing here is 6:36! I've compared the two tracks and they are the same performance; the "Easy Living" version just goes on for a minute longer, with the same groove. Note that All Through The Night is not included in the current available version of "Easy Living;" it's only on the 1990 release with the above cover.