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She really is a sweetheart... One in a million!!! B) Say, King Ubu: (or anyone) What is your impression of Hamilton...as a leader? I can't get any real clear indication from the notes as to what made him a LEADER of this band, like Art Blakey was with his groups. As I'm so unfamiliar with this music, it hasn't revealed itself to me just by listening... P.S. I think I am the very worst when it comes to derailing threads...even my own.

I do have the Chico Hamilton set. I picked it up a month and a half ago as I was worried of missing out on it. Like it a lot, but it is much more "sober" than stuff from the East Coast of the same era. And I really dig the sound done by Malcolm Addey, who also did the Tristano box. Tristano was really making waves, eh?

Hi guys, My wonderful wife gave me a Mosaic gift certificate for my birthday last week. I'm torn between a couple items... Trying to decide between the two latest Selects (Green & Weston) + a single disc or book from True Blue, or the Tristano/Konitz/Marshe. These would be my first exposure to any of these guys. All of these sets seem to receive quite a bit of praise from posters here. I'm kinda leaning towards the Selects, but as AE is such a Warne fan, it's kinda got me intrigued as well. Ah, such problems to have...

Hmmm, having PCM in the chain would maybe explain a lot. Like Rudy didn't quite "start from scratch". That's seems a shame if true. I sure love the ALS by Rudy though! One of the best. (except for that chopped ending) I'll give it some more spins; haven't given it as many as you have yet. Agree that Getz/Gilberto is incredible in it's presence. A favorite. Must also spin the Sonny Clark Trio more as that one has yet to really make an impression on me. Okay, resume thread...

I disagree. IMO, it's , way up!

Cool...then I believe Hans saved $7.00

Chuck: I'm pretty sure it was January of '59. But that's probably picking a nit...

Howdy Greg, nice to see you found your way here... To just slightly derail this topic: If you really believe in your statement, how in the holy hell can you defend the Blue Train SACD? It possesses exactly the undesirable characteristics you've just described...

Hans, Does Acoustic Sounds not ship to the Netherlands? Cuz they have it new for $22. Sorry to be a kill-joy...

Jan, If the London Calling disc has the good sound of the new "Essential Clash" 2 disc set I picked up, you are in for a rockin' good time! This set POUNDS!!! Surely they're the same Vic Anesini remasters... Enjoy. B)

That's "X-tina"!!!

Well, that's scary. Is your place in danger? Last year was Hell up here in Colorado as far as fires go. Don't wish that on anyone...

Did you guys catch what Jimmy Fallon had to say about this on SNL's Weekend Update a few weeks ago? 05.10.03 "The fifth Harry Potter book, which goes on sale in July, will have a record printing of 8.5 million copies. Which explains why the sixth book is being called Harry Potter and the End of Trees." Jimmy Fallon on SNL

I may keep an eye out for one of those MFSL discs. Does anyone have a nice, clean mono lp? And, if so, could that person please dub me a copy onto cdr? I would love to hear this session, and believe that it can sound good!

Greg is now posting over at the Steve Hoffman forum. He is listed as GregM. He seems to be behaving himself there, as there are a ton of guys there who would rip him a new one if he went off on one of his tirades.

Thanks, gents!

Jeff, I haven't listened to that mix yet. I'll try it and will post my findings, unless someone beats me to it. I'd be willing to bet that it's gonna be great as well, as the original cd had great sound from the start... Oh, and BTW, I do like the "A Love Supreme" SACD Rudy did. I don't have a real grudge against his work; some of his remasters are good, some are less than perfect. I can try to ignore these things; I was able to enjoy the Blue Train SACD whilst not giving it total concentrated listening. Ya know, while puttering around the house, etc... Oh, and I have relistened to the MCH mix of "Come Away With Me" and there's some things happening toward the rear channels. Like Norah's piano seems to hang somewhere in between front and rear, probably a little more to the rear. And there are guitars in the rear channels as well. The mix sounds great, it's just a really mellow recording. It does have quite an ambience...lot's of air...but it's soooo melloooow. It's good music for headin' to bed. Sleepy-time time...

Whilst on this subject, can some please explain the need for a headphone amp (and while at it, how about a phono stage as well). What's wrong with using the headphone jack that is available on most players; or on your receiver? I'll admit I'm not an audiophile as far as equipment is concerned; never been able to justify thousands and thousands of dollars on equipment (maybe someday-I should start to play the Lotto). I can discern the difference between older masterings and 20/24 bit cds and SACDs on my system (I ususally use the analog bypass), and I have no turntable. Is this only necessary on super high-end systems? Any help in understanding this would be greatly appreciated.

What's freeway rock?

I've got it and surprise!...it sound like RVG up to no good again! Still way, way too much treble. And I've come to the conclusion...THIS IS JUST A CRAPPY RECORDING!!! Not only the trebly sound, but there is just something WRONG with the reverb added to ALL of the horns, especially the trumpet and trombone. It is most evident, to me, on the title track (both takes). I was really hoping that DSD, as it is not PCM but PSM rather, would be able to do something about this as I was hoping it was not in the original recording but some type of digital artifact in the PCM chain. Now, I'M CONVINCED that this just is a bad RVG, that he was having reverb problems that day. The text available on the disc reads "The Ultimate Blue Train". But I don't believe it contains any multimedia, and has no reference to a web-link offering such. So, to me, it's just "Blue Train" with two alternate takes. I really wish my display on my SACD player read just "Blue Train", instead of just "The Ultimate" after it has finished scrolling... So, the people who don't like RVGs and JRVGs, you've been warned: You will find much to not like here. (Hans, this means you! ). Conversely, I also picked up Black Dahlia & Come Away With Me, both of which are top drawer. Especially Black Dahlia. Someone's comment on another thread about someone at Blue Note saying that the SACD of Norah's is no big improvement over the regular CD may not be too off mark. Don't get me wrong; it's sounds marvelous. But it's very spare instrumentation was represented well on the regular CD. The multichannel mix isn't that big of a deal. But Black Dahlia is a tour-de-force!!! I like this set, as it seems like a movie score without the movie! The sound is sumptuous (sp?)!!! This multichannel mix really makes use of the entire surround setup. That's all for now...hope I helped. B)

Oh My God!!! Just got mine yesterday, and WOWEE!!! I've really only listened to the unreleased stuff so far and it's incredible. TWO BASS HIT!!! Hank tears it up on this one; have I ever heard him get down like this? Really enjoyed this version of Someday My Prince too. Schwingin'!!! Ah, but alas, it is just as I thought...no horns on Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise. -_- (It's probably just as well; no one could ever touch that Coltrane version!) I believe this release will really open me up to this set, as it's never really caught on with me. But this unreleased stuff sure is! And this is such an awesome period for Miles. On this set and the one from Carnegie Hall recorded a couple weeks later, he burns so hard with those super-high screams. I believe he was being the wild-fire catalyst in this band, a role he used to leave to Coltrane. Now, it was up to him to light it up, so to speak. This has been suggested to me in things I've read, but when you listen to the audio "evidence", it's certainly true. Thumbs way up on this one so far. Oh, and the packaging is perfect. The box just looks so classy... B)

I've got that cd. I recall diggin' it and also that it seemed a lot of the songs were structures that ended up being tunes on the "Union" reunion album, fleshed out with lyrics, etc.

The DVD-A of Fragile is awesome!!! Great sound, and you can access multi-ch and stereo mixes of the tunes on any dvd player which isn't possible with earlier releases (i.e. F Mac-Rumours, N Merchant-Tigerlily,...). Since this is a prog-rock thread, our prior discussions of Genesis had led me to thinking something: As their Seconds Out album was really my first introduction to the Gabriel-era songs, I've always kind of preferred the way Phil sings them to Peter. And it led me to thinking it's because Phil actually sings them, whereas, to me, Peter Gabriel doesn't really sing. He more talk-sings. It's his great voice...he can project and of course he came up with those great melodies. But I think Phil wrung a lot more from them. This talk-singing Peter does, I think this could be said of his entire career. He has a wonderful voice; he is not a wonderful singer. I don't think he actually sings, like most singers do. Just something that occurred to me recently...

Rolling on the floor, laughing my ass off!!! This was worthy of not being abbreviated!

I think Buhaina was just funnin'.