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Felser's gonna be so jealous... http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/79742-lf-billy-harper-knowledge-of-self/

My first was one of these:

But purchasing is still temporarily unavailable. Sad to see they're no longer offering the Europe 72 complete box.

The PDF booklet is oddly designed. At first glance, it appears to be something you could print out and fit in a CD case (along with the disc you've burned). But because the pages are presented sequentially, you simply cannot do that. And yet, if it's not meant for printing, why present the pages with these dimensions? They really should have given two versions: one to view on screen, and one to print out and assemble.

Dead.net was up yesterday. They've said they're installing a new sales platform, so it might be down for that.

How would you characterize the sound on the Dial set, compared to, say, the Bird material on the Dial/Savoy package? How does the difference sound?

Excellent. Can't wait for it to come out.

Stairs to elevated subway station:

Bob Dylan yanks Nobel Prize mention from website Bob Dylan's silence on Nobel Prize win is 'arrogant' See Wikipedia's Alfred Nobel page for the following: Known for inventing dynamite, Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. Nobel held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous. In other words, Nobel was the original "Master of War." Could this be the source of Dylan's non-reaction to winning the prize?

That sounds interesting; I never heard of the concept before. But there are no VU meters; how would you know if the music's distorting - just rely on your ears? Or is it that "clip signal" light? Also, your turntable would need to be near your computer. Still, this is a really flexible concept.

Great book.

Have you tried Siri?

It looks like the recording you have is November 15, 1980. The stretch of concerts I'm referring to are from 1979. Setlist 11/1/79 Setlist 11/15/80 - Bloomfield sat in on "Like A Rolling Stone."

Paul Williams, in his book "Dylan - What Happened?", wrote at length about the two weeks of concerts Dylan and his gospel band did at the Warfield in San Francisco, around the time of the release of "Slow Train Coming." In a sense, these were his "coming out of the closet" concerts, and a lot of the audience was unprepared. Supposedly very harsh, unyielding stuff, with none of his earlier, "secular" songs interspersed. I would very much like to hear this, although I'm guessing I'll be very uncomfortable with a lot of it. It's interesting that one song that Dylan, as best I know, never put on any album or compilation is "Trouble In Mind," the flip of the "Gotta Serve Somebody" 45. If he was never comfortable bringing that song to the attention of a wider audience, I wonder why he would put out an entire box of this music now. Lyrics to Trouble In Mind.

Amazon also had the David Murray for the same release date, but didn't have a cover.

Release date November 11. From the description on Amazon: The great tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon moved to Europe in 1962. Ten years later he was living in Copenhagen when he went on the road with a Dutch rhythm section consisting of pianist Rein de Graaff, double bassist Henk Haverhoek and drummer Eric Ineke. This was quite unusual, as Dexter mostly toured as a solo artist working with local musicians in each town. By the time their performance at the Societiet Progress in Heemskerk was recorded for broadcast by VPRO, the quartet had been playing together regularly for two months. Dexter and his "Dutch band" had developed a deep rapport and understanding that's clearly evident on the three extended tracks on this record. These are two of his signature compositions, "The Panther" and "Fried Bananas", plus the iconic Coleman Hawkins classic "Body and Soul". With sleeve notes by Dexter's wife Maxine Gordon that include reminiscences and insights from drummer Eric Ineke and pianist Rein de Graaff, Fried Bananas is an important new addition to the recorded legacy of Dexter Gordon's fourteen years in Europe. Cut on Haeco Scully lathe with Westrex RA1700 series amps, Westrex 3DIIA cutting head and Telefunken U73B tube limiter; Maselec master control and equalisation.

Release date December 16:

Release date November 10:

Thanks for the recommendation. I found a used copy on Amazon for 49 cents + shipping, and it's on it's way to me.

All props to the man. RIP.

http://bobdylan.com/books/the-lyrics-1961-2012/

At last, Bob Dylan acknowledges winning the Nobel Prize.

Or Apple Lossless (.m4a), which Apple says is a lossless format. Per the Wikipedia page on Apple Lossless (aka ALAC), "However, Apple Lossless is not a variant of AAC (which is a lossy format), but rather a distinct lossless format that uses linear prediction similar to other lossless codecs. These other lossless codecs, such as FLAC and Shorten, are not natively supported by Apple's iTunes software (either the Mac OS or Windows versions) or by iOS devices, so users of iTunes software who want to use a lossless format which allows the addition of metadata (unlike WAV/AIFF or other PCM-type formats, where metadata is usually ignored) have to use ALAC.[2] All current iOS devices can play ALAC–encoded files." "According to Apple, audio files compressed with its lossless codec will use up "about half the storage space" that the uncompressed data would require. Testers using a selection of music have found that compressed files are about 40% to 60% the size of the originals depending on the kind of music, which is similar to other lossless formats.[3][4] Furthermore, compared to some other formats, it is not as difficult to decode, making it practical for a limited-power device, such as older iOS devices."

My booklet is 22 pages.