mjzee

You should have been able to add attachments to posts on the old forum. Same thing goes for this one. Look for the "Attachments" section underneath the main post textbox. Browse for the file you want to attach and then make sure you click on "Attach This File". Right next to that button is a message telling you what your attachment limit is. Thanks, Jim. I was aware of that, but the old attachment limit was very small; was wondering whether it can now accept larger images. BTW, the forum looks fine on Safari (on a Mac).

Looks nice and is very speedy. Congrats. It's a nice holiday present for us board members! Will we be able to upload pictures and graphics, or will we still need to rely on web links?

Yes, the original Mahavishnu Orchestra were just amazing. If there were still an American record industry, they would deserve a boxed set retrospective, remastered, with unissued tracks and a booklet - like a Rhino deluxe package.

This is good news. Nice to have the legalities settled.

I've had my eye on the Johnny Smith too. Can anyone tell me: is it closer to the Joe Pass or Tal Farlow set? I really dig the Pass, not so much the Farlow. I haven't heard a lot of Johnny Smith (I have the Stan Getz date, "The New Johnny Smith Quartet" with vibes, and the Jeri Southern date which, sadly, is not included in the box), but I wouldn't characterize his style as like either Pass or Farlow. Smith's style is all about precision - he places his notes so cleanly and so accurately that you'd almost think he was a computer or a machine. So one of his allures is his technical proficiency. But his ideas are so musical that you're forced to concede their validity - that it's not solely about the technique. He also can play extremely pretty - so much so that, sometimes, you ask yourself whether this particular piece is really jazz. But then, it's such a lovely experience that you just give in. I know a lot of guitarists consider Smith a god, because that proficiency is something they're in awe of. I'm approaching the box for its musical value, and I believe I'll be satisfied.

I just placed an order for the Johnny Smith box and the Sidney Bechet Select.

I think the edited versions were punchier (wasn't Mingus Dynasty also edited?). I had them both on a two-fer called Better Get It In Your Soul, with a beautiful cover photo of Mingus.

Do you need special equipment to play an XRCD, or to hear the difference? It looks like this will be available from Amazon on 1/19/10 (I was wondering what these releases were): Soul Station

Amazon UK currently has new copies of this for £121.98 - converted, about $198.

I couldn't agree more. This set is a revelation. It's tricky to find these days at a reasonable price, but sets do pop up (Academy Records (the CD store) in NYC is a good place to find these sets). It's bizarre that Columbia's not offering the box set as a download.

Vinnie Coliauta's a pretty bad drummer (technically proficient, but overkill), but he was recently eviscerated in a different thread. I've always been disappointed with Robert Williams's work with Beefheart - he sounds so careful, as if he's reading off sheet music. Such a sad comparison with Drumbo, who just swings, drives the music. A great comparison is on Doc At The Radar Station - there's such a difference on the track Drumbo drums on ("Sheriff of Hong Kong"). I've always disliked the drumming on Blonde on Blonde - it's so placid. Again, a good comparison is the one track with The Hawks ("Sooner or Later One of Us Must Know") - I forget if that was Levon Helm or Bobby somebody, probably the latter.

You might also want to empty out the door pockets. It could be the bass notes are making some things in there vibrate.

You have to be of the time. Look for ARs or maybe Bose 901s. My first set of bookshelf speakers were Martins (the guitar company), and I bought my first stereo from Crazy Eddie himself, back when he had one store on Kings Highway in Brooklyn. Though to really replicate the time, your kid needs a changer (with an arm to steady the LP stack), and maybe a penny taped to the cartridge head. Ah, those were the days!

without the prestiges it can't be called complete. at least in my humble opinion. and i'm asking myself the same question than you: who would buy this? I've given my opinion on that a couple of pages before. But let me enumerate why I wouldn't buy it for myself: 1) I recently bought the 5-disc Original Album Classics set. That gave me (I think) the first 5 albums. 2) Already own Kind of Blue (who doesn't?). 3) Have Davis/Dameron in Paris (vinyl). 4) From mid-career, I have At Carnegie Hall (w/Gil Evans). Friday and Saturday Night at the Blackhawk. The Seven Steps to Heaven box set. The '65-'68 box set. Highlights from The Plugged Nickel. The In A Silent Way box. 5) From the electric era, have the Bitches Brew box, the Jack Johnson box, Live Evil, On The Corner, downloaded Go Ahead John from Big Fun (insane version not on the JJ box), It's About That Time, At Fillmore, "Call It Anything" from Isle of Wight (eMusic download), Philharmonic Hall, Dark Magus (Japanese vinyl), Agharta, Pangaea (Japanese vinyl). 6) While I'd really like We Want Miles, I have no use for The Man With The Horn, Star People or anything afterwards (sorry for the absolutes; I suppose there's a chance I'd love Aura if I ever heard it). I don't mean all this to be boasting. It is the result of years of contemplating, comparing, waiting for bargains, panicking when something's going out of print. I've lived with this stuff for years, y'know? And I think a lot of other jazz fans have too; maybe not all, but a lot. So, given what's in the box, is the remainder worth $300? Not, at least, for me.

That's a good way of putting it.

I think Granz said he lost money on most of the Pablos.

I've been a Palm user since they were introduced more than 10 years ago (my first was a Pilot 5000). I migrated to Handspring, and have used a Treo 755p for 2 years now. Sadly, I will not continue with Treo/Palm when this one dies, as I don't think the company will survive long-term. Just MHO. I've used it with Sprint, and I have to say I've never had a problem with them. Sprint doesn't seem to be high up on anybody's list, but coverage has always been OK, customer service is decent, and their pricing is good. So what to do going forward? I'm waiting and hoping that Apple's exclusive deal with AT&T will expire soon, and they'll open up the iPhone to other carriers.

I think he was entrepreneurially a populist - he was very conscious of what audiences liked. It is true that he would rather sign an established artist that connected with an audience and that he could grow further through his JATP concerts - think Stan Getz - than untested artists, but Oscar Peterson is the best example of a new artist he signed because Oscar fit right into this approach. As with any other theory, there are going to be exceptions. Hank Jones, Kenny Drew... Tal Farlow was a relative unknown, and he had a nice run of albums with Verve. And Verve could be adventurous with Lee Konitz and other third-stream purveyors.

I think what some here are calling "The Box" is the Original Album Classics 5-disc set mentioned at the beginning of the thread; it does come in a box-like sleeve. Others are comparing that to the '90's 6-CD box. The challenge with the Original Album Classics releases, based on my experience with the Miles and Monk sets, is that the individual discs are in mini-replicas of the original LP covers, but the discs themselves are the latest remastered versions, with alternate takes and additional songs included. There are no mention of these extras on the LP covers, but they are mentioned on the outer box. But those listings are, perhaps, sometimes not correct.

From a newsletter from Norton previously this year: • WATCH OUT FOR MUCK MUCK! Norton recently took a rocket ride into the vaults of El Saturn Research and arrived back on Earth with a motherlode of unissued early R&B, doo wop, soul and general weirdness featuring Sun Ra and his Arkestra backing a variety of artists. This series will be compiled on several Norton albums and singles including an entire disc by Yochanan (The Space Age Vocalist) backed by Sun Ra and his Arkestra featuring his demented Saturn 45 Muck Muck / Hot Skillet Mama and much more lunacy from yet another Norton turban headed star! These stupendous recordings include Yochanan-Rocket Ship Rock / Nu Sounds - The Second Stop Is Jupiter / Crystals - Honey In The Bee Box / Qualities - If I Only Hadn't Sinned / Ebah - I'm Gonna Unmask The Batman / Don (Dino) Dean - The Space Stroll / Sun Ra - I Am Strange / Cosmic Rays - Daddy's Gonna Tell You No Lie and many, many more. A pretty hot new single too! http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=r5c...%2Bra%2Bstrange This seems to duplicate a lot of the Evidence "The Singles" package. Is that now unavailable?

However, it looks like this set has four alternate takes missing on the Complete set (which I just recently bought for better or worse but haven't yet received): You Are My Lucky Star, I Could Write a Book, There Will Never Be Another You, and Yesterdays. All 4 of these are included in the RCA box (assuming the Yesterdays is the version with Coleman Hawkins). The box also has Don't Stop The Carnival and Jungoso.

Some of those Original Album Classics collections are pretty amazing for the cost. I picked up the Miles, which has Round About Midnight, Milestones, 1958 Sessions, Miles Ahead and Porgy & Bess, a few weeks ago for $9.50 or so: Miles I've been thinking about the George Benson for awhile (Bad Benson, The George Benson Cookbook, It's Uptown, Body Talk and Beyond The Blue Horizon for $9.69): http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Class...ref=pd_sim_m_12 The Ellington's also a great value at $9.55 (contains Ellington Uptown, Such Sweet Thunder, Black Brown & Beige, Anatomy Of A Murder and First Time): http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Class.../ref=pd_sim_m_8 And how about this Jeff Beck for $15.23 (Rough And Ready (1971), Jeff Beck Group (1972), Blow By Blow (1975), Wired (1976) and Jeff Beck Group With Jan Hammer Live (1977)): http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Class.../ref=pd_sim_m_4 Keep in mind that those titles in the series that are at higher prices will, based on experience, come down to these levels eventually.

I've just tried Audacity and do not like it. I don't find it intuitively designed or easy to use. I much prefer Amadeus Pro, which is available at the Apple online store for $40.

Some other great Burtons on ECM: Hotel Hello (with Steve Swallow), Live in Zurich (with Chick Corea), and, of course, Crystal Silence (also with Chick). I recently heard for the first time Matchbook (with Ralph Towner), and it makes me want to hear it again, which is a good sign. IMHO, his mid-'80's ECM albums began to sound more formulaic (Real Life Hits, Whiz Kids); then, once he moved to GRP, forget about it.