Claude

Chuck mentionned it in the other thread

I got the "Dynamic Sound Patterns of the Rod Levitt Orchestra" CD from Zweitausenseins (2.99 Euro OJC sale). I Highly recommend this very original session. One thing that struck me is that the CD is audibly dubbed from (very quiet) vinyl. The sound is very good though. The booklet doesn't mention this, it only states "Remastering 2003: Joe Tarrantino, Fantasy Studios". I think it's quite rare for an OJC CD to be sourced from vinyl. Edit: only the first half of the CD comes from vinyl

I ordered 20 CDs from 2001 last week, the shipment arrived today, but 2 CDs were not the ones I ordered. I called their hotline, they told me they would send the missing CDs immediately and that I can keep the two wrong CDs (a Wolf Bierman and a Bob Dylan disc).

No, but there is a photo made after the Christmas and New Year celebrations:

Amazing performance from Youzhny against Nadal. Only one game to go ...

Well, that number includes that european versions, that's why I think those will be around longer than the Mosaic version. Mosaic hasn't sold 7500 sets, but only their share of sets.

I don't know how the deal between Universal and Mosaic works, but it could be that the Mulligan set will still be around as the european (Universal) version for some time even when the Mosaic version is sold out.

I've also been buying more OJCs recently, many discounted ones (the non-remastered european editions) but also some normally priced discs that I wouldn't want to miss. I ordered them at CD Universe, for $9-13, as they are 15-18 Euro here. The OJC proportion of my CD collection has more than doubled in the recent months.

More information has been compiled on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin#Death

Bobby and Booby

Syd Barrett's house for sale: http://212.50.188.107/cgi-win/vebra.cgi?de...1/STMAR/40803/1

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?...=lk_organissimo

They are now (absolutedistribution.com redirects to freshsoundrecords.com): http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/catalogue...mp;label_id=140

Which Grand Slam tournament would be the greatest for you? My personal rating is: 1. US Open 2. French Open 3. Wimbledon 4. Australian Open - Australian Open: has gained a lot of status since hard courts replaced grass in 1988. But there are always some top players missing, others have just come out of their holidays and are not well prepared. The often extremely hot climate advantages the fittest over the best players. - French Open: All the top players are present and they have prepared the tournament in many clay court tournaments the weeks before. Slow clay courts guarantee long rallies, marathon matches and lots of drama. Serve and volley specialists have little chances of winning though. - Wimbledon. Much tradition and atmosphere, and the mainstream media still touts it as "the most important tournament in the world", but that's not how the professionals see it. Only a few players are well adapted to grass courts and capable of winning the tournament. Rallies are usually very short. Play is often suspended by rain. At the end of the tournament, the courts are in a horrible condition and the rebounce is unpredictable. Wimbledon also suffers from the fact that it's starts already two weeks after the Roland Garros final, so preparation time is short - US Open. The hard courts are medium-fast, this gives equal chances to players who like clay courts and those who prefer grass or indoor courts. Almost all the Top100 players are present, and have prepared during the US summer hard court season. These factors make the US Open the most important tournament for me.

It's not just a box of 50 films reissued by Criterion, it's a 50th anniversary celebration box of distributor Janus Films. I think this concept makes it a very interesting collector's item. The list price ($17 per DVD) is rather steep though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Films

Ray is right about the quality of the OJC mastering, but the K2 engineers have also done a very good remastering job, with superior equipment. I recently heard a japanese K2 CD of Steve Lacy's "Reflections", and it really blew the OJC away. There's nothing wrong with the OJC, it sounds neutral and clean, but the K2 has a lot more clarity, without sounding too bright. With other K2's, the difference is much more subtle though. But I've never been disappointed by any K2.

The Wilbur de Paris is a Collectables release, so it could be that the Jay and Kai has nothing to do with Kiesewetter's label as well http://www.oldies.com/product-view/64002.html

When I upgraded from the OJC to the K2, I thought it was worth it. Although I'm a SACD fan, I did not get the hi-rez version when it came out, because of my disappointing experience with many other Fantasy SACDs. I haven't heard it though.

I only have one Coltrane K2 (Burrell/Coltrane), but also other DCC, XRCD and SACD versions. The OJC remastering (which I suppose is identical to the box) is generally good, but sounds less dynamic and detailed, and more distant than the newer versions. So there is less "in your room" feeling.

I may have created that video file. I digitized my VHS jazz video collection a couple of years ago, including this Cannonball recording broadcasted on 3Sat, and shared it with friends. For B/W recordings I always chose to remove all colors in the DivX codec settings, that's why the text background appears in B/W. It could be that someone else taped the same broadcast, but other videos which are undoubtedly from my collection have also appeared on that website

Chet is probably the jazz musician whose recognition is most different in the States and the rest of the world. In Europe, he's considered a legend based on all of his recodings including the 1980's, while in the US only his 50's recordings were considered essential. In the Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide from 1979, none of his records were rated more than 3 stars (out of a maximum of 5). It's hard to understand why so many US critics dismissed his later career.

When was this released? Are you seriously thinking such a set would sell out within weeks? I expect a set of 10.000 to be around for a couple of years.

It looks like an incentive to buy the whole RVG batch. Royal Flush has some pages from the Cooker booklet, the Cooker CD has some tracks from the Tocatta session, etc

But if there were reasons to abandon CC for new releases, the same reasons would also be valid to re-press the old titles as non-CC discs, once the old stock is sold. My guess is that they abandonned CC because of the disastrous image of copyprotected discs after the Sony rootkit scandal. Whereas previously only purists ranted about CC, now all the music buyers are aware of it. Another reason could be the iPod boom. Many people refuse to buy CDs which cannot be copied to their iPod.