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I just received an email from Amazon.de saying that the shipment of the Mulligan set was delayed. In my many past orders from Amazon Germany, when I got this mail the order was always canceled in the end ("We are unable to get this item"). Maybe their deal on this set was too cheap. Or has anyone already received one from Amazon.de?

Well, one of them has learned that reducing his name even more doesn't work

Or today´s alternative: Making them pass on this 3CD set and download the rarities illegally from the web (if they don't care about CD sound) At least this set has an attractive price, so those who get it for CD3 alone must not feel screwed.

I have ordered a iRiver IHP-120 (20gb version of the IHP-100) a month ago but it is high in demand and I haven't received it yet. I chose the iRiver over the iPod because it needs no special software on the PC to transfer files to the player, supports the WMA and Ogg Vorbis formats, has the ability to record (digital and analog input) and a built-in radio. I travel a lot and used a Riovolt MP3-CD-Player with 3 full CD-RWs (20 hours of music) until it broke down recently. The iRiver will allow me to carry a much bigger music collection with me. With such a device one absolutely needs a Firewire or USB 2.0 interface on the PC. USB 1.0 works but is much too slow. USB 2.0 is now standard in PCs but rather recent. Older PCs can be upgraded by installing a $20 USB 2.0 PCI-card.

That's a good price. Elsewhere in Europe it is 80-90 Euro. I bought mine from CD Universe for $50, but had to pay VAT on it. Zweitausendeins usually has the lowest prices on box sets, but those are temporary offers and it is not sure if and when they get the Jack Johnson set.

Many CDs from the series are still in the bargain bins (6 Euro) of my local Auchan supermarket. Obviously not the right place to sell connoisseur jazz CDs.

Brilliant (as usual) John, but where is the cat? What I find amazing about your covers is that fact that with my limited knowledge in graphic manipulation I cannot guess how you did this. Like with a perfect magician.

McDonald's anger over McJob entry BBC News, Sunday, 9 November, 2003, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3255883.stm McDonald's has expressed its outrage over how the latest Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary describes job prospects at the US fast-food giant. In its latest edition, the dictionary defines the term McJob as "low-paying and dead-end work". McDonald's CEO Jim Cantalupo dismissed the term as "an inaccurate description of restaurant employment". He called it "a slap in the face to the 12 million" industry's staff, according to the Associated Press news agency. In an open letter to Merriam-Webster's, Mr Cantalupo said that "more than 1,000 of the men and women who own and operate McDonald's restaurants today got their start by serving customers behind the counter". The letter has been sent to media organisations, and it was also published in the latest edition of an industry trade organisation. McDonald's - the world's largest fast-food chain - has more than 30,000 restaurants and nearly 500,000 employees. The term McJob was coined by the American novelist Douglas Coupland in his 1991 novel Generation X to describe a "low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit, no-future job in the service sector".

The advantage of SACD is that you can ignore the surround gimmickry and choose to listen to the stereo layer only.

SACD is fully stereo-compatible. Those discs which have multichannel sound also have a stereo mix. Most current SACDs only have stereo sound, because surround recording is only used with classical recordings and high-budget pop productions. Some quadro recordings from the 70s have also been put on multichannel SACDs. And there is also the controversial method of remixing old stereo recordings to multichannel (Bob Dylan "Blonde on Blonde"). The SACD player can be connected to a stereo amplifier with a stereo RCA cable or to a surround amplifier with an analog 5.1 RCA cable.

Is Viagra on the doping list?

Mosaic and customs tax: I remember that Mosaic usually put a $5/disc price on the customs declaration sticker. This is why I never had to pay customs tax on the sets I bought from Mosaic. I haven't been as lucky with the sets I auctioned on Ebay.

There are two other Sonny Rollins 2CD sets released in october by BMG France: - Sonny meets Hawk / Our man in jazz - The Bridge / What's new "Our man in jazz" has bonus tracks. I don't know which remastering they have. Those albums had already recently been remastered in 24bit by BMG France. I had the "Bridge" reissue but wasn't very satisfied with the sound. It only sounded brighter than the early 90's CD, but not better. The Classic Records gold disc from the 90's is much better. There is now also a new 2003 US remastered version, made from the original three-track tapes.

Or Musicboy?

Deepdiscountcd.com has become less interesting lately. I always check the prices at several US online stores and usually end up at CD Universe. One big advantage are their sale prices on preorders. They also have more options on ordering (ship when available or ship complete, combine orders, cancel orders).

Do you have a scanner? B)

They played "Meditiations" (30 min) and "Fables Of Faubus" (faded out after 33:30). Could this be from these CDs/2LP set: a) Enja CD-3049-45 b) Enja R2 79612 (2LP) c) Enja CD 3077-38 April 27 Frankfurt, Germany no further details April 28 Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany A.T.F.W.Y.O.U.U.S.A.* 3:45/4:15 a,c Fables Of Faubus 40:07 a,c Sophisticated Lady 3:55/4:01 a,c Peggy's Blue Skylight 19:04 b Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress 16:00 b So Long Eric 29:16 b Meditations 28:12 b These Foolish Things 3:00 b

Damn, they faded the broadcast out at the end, because the radio presenter had talked to much in the middle

Maybe couw and AfricaBrass can animate some of Wolff's pictures Seriously, films from Blue Note sessions would be amazing. I love the excerpts from Monk's Columbia studio sessions in "Straight no chaser" But Dominik Benedikt's "Blue Note Story", the only Blue Note documentary movie I know had no movie clips, it only showed stills. And I'm sure that Blue Note itself would already have used every available movie, for promotion etc, like they use Wolff's photos.

Now recording .... I haven't heard the bootleg version, but this SWR tape sounds rather good. Mono, very clear, a bit thin and lacking dynamics. Typical vintage german radio sound

The only reason would be an improvement in sound. I haven't heard the new box, but the single album releases in the Verve Master Edition series sound better than the 10CD box, which has been remastered in 1988.

Now I understand why the US won't sign the Kyoto Protocol?

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