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But one of the big problems with these Real Gone titles is that they look respectable and legit. A jazz consumer who's not in the know (who, say, doesn't read this BB) could reason that Amazon is selling these, I see them in Half Price Books and other stores, so they're probably OK (similar to those Doxy LPs). Someone who does BitTorrent knows exactly what he's doing and why it's wrong. A good comparison would be those Applause LPs from the '80's that reissued some Blue Note titles. They were cheap and they looked like boots, so the average consumer wouldn't know they were actually licensed from BN. They were in record stores, so the average consumer figured they're probably legit. In the case of Applause, they'd be correct; in the case of Real Gone or Doxy, not so. To the average consumer, I'll bet these look a lot alike:

Halftime at the Dylan concert. Good stuff. Tangled Up In Blue: "She lit a burner on the stove And brushed off the dust 'You look like someone I used to know Someone I thought I could trust'" And "We always did feel the same Depending on your point of view" Now I'm home. Second half wasn't as good; too dependent on weak material.

I'm in.

Went to the Meet Up at the Movies last night. Wonderful, as usual. Very high energy, driving performance; you really got a sense of Jerry enjoying being a rock star. The video feed seemed different than the other concerts of that era featured in the View From The Vault series. The stage was very dark, with generally only the singer being spot-lit. Surprisingly, the video feed did not include any of the trippy video effects so common in the VFTV concerts. Phil did Box of Rain to open the second set (this is the version included in "Fallout From The Phil Zone"). Sound quality was great, in a "stadium show" kind of way - a very different listening experience than listening at home. Makes me wish they do one of the Chicago shows as a broadcast to theaters. One thing that was apparent was how much Jerry enjoyed Brent's playing. All in all, a very strong show.

But how does it sound - better than a regular turntable? Is it able to play a worn LP with greater fidelity and less noise? Because that's the claim.

Actually the copyright laws in the US are now amongst the most restrictive in the world. Even under the old copyright laws very few recordings have gone into teh public domain in the US. Almost none of these reissues are from the US and even their sale here is problematic. If Amazon can sell them pretty blatantly, it's hard to say that their sale is problematic. In fact, I think Amazon is a big part of the problem: record labels are in a weakened position, and don't have the heart to challenge the dominant music retailer in the U.S.

Mostly, we consider it a momentary weakness of character to buy these. While tempting, we know no money flows to the copyright holders. We're also uncertain about the source of the masters, confident that they don't have access to the master tapes, and as such, are not the best-sounding copies around. Finally, if one wants an ongoing jazz industry (with continuing archival releases), we recognize that desire as not being compatible with buying these. Mind you, we understand the temptation (and have bought some on occasion), but recommend passing them by.

Yes!

Has anyone here heard this? The EIP Laser Turntable plays records without touching them - Decoded Magazine

Got it today. The bonus disc has tracks from 3/27/72 and 3/21/72. On a different note, WSJ reported that there will be pay per view broadcasts of the final gigs; details to follow.

We had that album. I still think about it sometimes. He's about to go onstage to open for Richie Havens. The crowd is chanting "Richie! Richie!" The guard looks at Brooks, who's in the wings. "Your name Richie?" "No." "They're gonna kill you."

Do you know about Live At Birdland 1957? It's a limited edition, but Eastward seems to still have it in stock: http://www.eastwindimport.com/product-info.asp?CategoryName=Marshmallow+Records&ProductID=2138

Does anyone here remember the Hardly-Worthit Players? They had a few records that were minor hits on AM radio: take-offs of Robert Kennedy and Senator Everett Dirksen doing pop hits. Pretty funny stuff. RFK's assassination put an end to that band.

We should mention all those Redd Foxx albums on Laff...y'know, the ones in the back of the record store, with the header card stating the section was for "adults only." They all had the same cover, just different colors. The first Redd Foxx album I actually heard was the Atlantic album: And has anyone here heard this? A comedy album!:

Interview with Bill Kreutzmann in today's WSJ.

Nina Simone documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? released a first trailer Wednesday. The film is directed by Liz Garbus, and will premiere on Netflix and in select theaters June 26. You can see the trailer here: http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2015/04/30/Nina-Simone-documentary-releases-first-trailer/5791430400673/

I think I was at the 7/1/75 concert. It was billed as "The Midnight Miles" because the concert began at midnight. It was a great concert. I don't know why only one track is being included here; the entire concert was available on one of those download sites.

Ubu, thanks to your recommendation, I've finally decided to buy the Archiv Baroque Box (@ $77.31). I also went for the Seon box (@ $117.65) since I'm so enjoying the Vivarte box.

I think about this thread from time to time. I found another candidate, but managed to solve it myself. Still, it's interesting: "Dead cats on the line." Lyrics https://youtu.be/Hbr0YcZxk2Y Explanation Still not clear how this phrase came about.

Good to know. I've been thinking of buying the Gould Bach box, which has recently dropped in price. Better to wait for this (to drop in price).

I'm not understanding why the Japanese would use older masterings when they have newer ones in their possession. There's no cost savings to doing so.

There's a cool screen saver on Macs that's a tile representation of the covers in your iTunes library. That goes a little way towards showing people what you have.

Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya?!? Wow! Lotsa good stuff there.

I wonder if Sonny is or will be writing his memoir.