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Dutroux ... Fourniret ... Letourneau

Previously it was reported on jazzmatazz that the following albums would be reissued: - Chet Baker Big Band - Chet Baker Ensemble - Chet Baker Sextet - Chet Baker Sings and Plays Maybe they will be included in a 3CD set? A "Best of Chet" box set ("The Pacific Jazz Years", 4CDs) was already released in the mid 90's, so this seems more unlikely.

I have some experience with high quality noise removal software. For vinyl popping noise it is very good, but for constant groove noise and tape hiss removal the usage is very limited, as far as music recordings are concerned. Removing hiss effectively changes the music too much, treble sounds unnatural. I usually remove loud pops manually, be cutting it out of the soundwave (zooming in the relevant proportion) and keep the rest of the noise, in order to preserve the quality of the sound.

Is the price $1/track, like other music on iTunes? (I can't access iTunes from my office PC)

You can be sure that if it was about Disney movies, the US would already have introduced such a protection. An interesting article on the subject can be found here (check the "COPYRIGHT IN REMASTERED SOUND RECORDINGS" section): http://www.btinternet.com/~tony.kent/soundrec.htm

Not only on this board ... SCD-1 + Ultra Khan 2 (his new $4500 power cord)

Depends ... I have a dozen VMEs, 3 or 4 were upgrades. Some sound much better ("Back to back"), on others the improvement over the first CD version was minor (Mingus). I didn't have the possibility to compare the Bill Evans discs.

Bastards! Thanks Alfred for the tip

I have been able to convince almost all german Ebay sellers to ship to my Luxembourg address. Of course I asked before bidding. Writing in german certainly helped. The only thing the seller has to do is look up the shipping cost, which he can do online. As far as "german style bank transfers" are concerned, it's true that german banks still use the old system of german bank account number and Bankleitzahl (BLZ). If the seller can't find his IBAN number and BIC/SWIFT code, you can look them up yourself. The IBAN number can be calculated online: http://www.ibanrechner.de/index.php?id=1&L=2 The BIC code can usually be found on the website of the bank. You will eventually need the code which belongs to the right agency. Being outside the Eurozone, you will have to pay higher transfer fees (8-10 Euro).

Drumfusion (Columbia, 1962) is brilliant too. It has the best Charles Lloyd I have ever heard on record. http://www.mp3.com/albums/107403/summary.html The album has been reissued on LP in the 90's and is not hard to find.

Atom, Do you know when this is supposed to come out? In this discussion on the german Analog Forum it is said that the book has been delayed and that it would cost 100 Euro because of the expensive color print.

It's the "Vinyl Lexikon" by Frank Wonneberg http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3896022261/ It contains several pages with label reproductions (in B/W)

Not the most essential Giuffre period, but a good session nevertheless. Much more easy listening than Free Fall.

Those russian sites even sell music from today's pop charts. They claim to have licensed the music, but in fact they only have agreements with the local russian right holders organisation, which is not sufficient to sell music around the world. (That is also the reason why it took so long to have music download stores in Europe. They needed agreements with all national organisations)

No, the copyright has only expired on the recorded performance, not the other copyrighted works (compositions, artwork, text), where the duration is longer (same as for all artistic and literary works)

This concert (released by Henry Kaiser himself) is great stuff. Very good sound too. If you are not familiar with SHN files: - Get the Winamp plugin to listen to the files on your PC: http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=ShnAmp - Get the Softsound converter to make WAV files, that can then be burned to audio CDs or compressed to MP3: http://www.softsound.com/Shorten.html

Non-porn movies have this too We're still lucky not to have FBI warning jingles at the start of every music CD.

Amazing ! Thanks, John

Have you tried Peter Losin's database? http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/query.asp

They have recently reissued "Poem for Malcolm" by Archie Shepp, a BYG Actuel session which is also available from other labels. I have also seen a Wayne Shorter VeeJay album. Both don't have the original artwork.

I have it. It's a departure from the Miles-pastiche of their first CD, which is also titled "Yo Miles". I prefer the first album for it's straightforward rhythms and the intense solos. http://www.mp3.com/albums/319940/summary.html http://www.mp3.com/albums/633203/summary.html

AAC is a proprietary Apple format, that's why no portable player except the iPod support it. There is no way to play those files on the iRiver. You will need to convert the existing AAC files to MP3 or OGG (with a slight loss of quality due to recompression) or rip the CDs again and choose MP3 or OGG instead of AAC. There is software for Windows that can mass-convert files, but I don't know much about Apple software. Convert AAC to WAVE or MP3 format

Giuffre's name is not listed on this page: http://www.jazzdisco.org/trane/dis/c/

The RVG sounds great and is a HUGE improvement over the Mosaic, which sounds distant and veiled in comparision. The bass notes are also much better audible on the new remaster. As usual with RVGs, the high treble (cymbals) is a bit overemphasised, but it doesn't affect the other instruments.