Claude

So where is the basic pulse is coming from?

http://www.auldworks.com/articles/dtrans2.htm

I can't tell this out of my head, but you could easily check it on amazon.de, by searching for a title of each relevant batch and seeing if it is marked as "kopiergeschützt".

It should work like that with Firefox as well. I never had a problem with updating Firefox, on several computers.

You must be kidding

Thanks for giving this disc it's 15 minutes of fame

Here are the tracklists and session info of the two different "Jammin'" releases, and Donyld Byrd's "Out of this world". It looks like the Collectables is in fact "Out of this world" (or alternate takes from the session), but the other "Jammin'" is a different 1961 session. Collectables: http://www.oldies.com/product-view/61342.html http://www.nndb.com/music/808/000119451/ http://www.jazzdisco.org/byrd/cat/a/#610100

Flurin, Could it be that "Option --> Preferences --> General Preferences --> Playlist --> Manual playlist advance" is checked?

The Everest is nice indeed: For worst cover art selection, I nominate the Lennie reissue with a painting by the Prince of Wales

The 33rpm LPs have different mastering. Sometimes it is dramitically different. For "Way out west", Steve Hoffman mastered the 45rpm release, and Dough Sax the 33rpm LP and the SACD. Sax added some reverb during the mastering, while the Hoffman mastering sounds completely dry and therefore much more realistic. So it's the mastering that makes the 45rpm superior, and not so much the higher speed. I personally would prefer to hear those albums with Steve Hoffman's mastering on SACD (which would also be considerably cheaper), but it's very difficult for audiophile labels to license these titles for SACD release.

Many of the 45rpm 2LP sets are the best sounding currently available releases of these classic albums, in any format. The editions are limited to 1000 copies of each title, and they sell fast. So they are actually a good investment, especially if you own a decent turntable

Craft's Koch and Musicmasters recordings of Stravinsky works are currently available on Naxos. The Sacre recorded in 1995 for Koch is with the London Symphony: http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.557501#

So are these new reissues, or old pressings that Acoustic Sounds got hold of?

No problem here, with Opera 9. I didn't know what the ignore function does, so I need to try that out. Don't be offended, it's nothing personal

Thanks Flurin, that's very interesting. Is this basically the Dan Kurdilla Surman discography, with radio broadcasts added? http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8f4kf/surman.htm

4 stars is the maximum rating, apart from the crown which is reserved for a few dozen masterpieces (or in some cases personal favorites of the reviewers) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/notes/pjazz-crown.php

Congrats, Phil. You have a better * average than Miles and Diz

I've heard about a dozen Sacres, and the Boulez/Cleveland on DG is my favourite. On Stravinsky's own 1960's recording (Sony), the orchestra is not as good. The recent recordings by Rattle and Salonen (I've listened to them because I wanted a version on SACD) didn't convince me either. Not that they are bad, but I always prefer the Boulez, with it's perfect balance of precision and wildness.

On my european RVG pressing as well, the reproduction of the original liner notes is incomplete. It ends in the description of the title track, with the sentense "Even though the rhythm section breaks the time up, there is a basic pulse coming from" . So the description of the last track and a conclusion is missing.

Is that from the "Mr Bean goes shopping" episode?

It's just a sampler from the dutch Blue Note division. Verve used to release a sampler every year for the North Sea Jazz festival.

Last week it was very warm (up to 18 °C), now we have the first snow of the year

Mosaic Contemporary is being discussed here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=32320

It's strange to open a thread with such an alarming subject when there is no sign whatsoever of Mosaic being in trouble.