Tom Storer Posted October 3, 2003 Report Posted October 3, 2003 Houston Person's Savant albums are well worth the download, as are the Etta Jones albums on High Note. Weizen mentioned Xanadu, and I second his recommendation, even though the sound is pretty bad. "Heavy Love," a duo of Al Cohn and Jimmy Rowles, is indispensable. In fact there's loads of great Zoot stuff and Al stuff on various labels (not much of them together). Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 7, 2003 Report Posted October 7, 2003 should i d/l the box set or the single cds on mr. monk? my monk collection is still weak. also what do you do with all the cdrs after they've been burned? do you have a big stack of them? i bought the avery cd label kit and still haven't been able to make a cd case yet. do you store them with your real cds? ss1 what are some 5 star stuff on the classical side? Quote
RDK Posted October 7, 2003 Report Posted October 7, 2003 When i first started downloading albums (first from Napster, then legally with emusic ) I would make labels and design cases for all of them.... But then it got much too time-consuming. So now I just write on the CDRs with a black or red sharpie and file them away in those white paper CD sleeves. I know I should organize the discs together with my "real" CDs, but I just can't bring myself to do that. Part of it's because I'm still a CD-CDR snob, but it's also due to the fact that I know what I downloaded from emusic and where to find it... so I generally keep the CDRs separate. (Not unlike how I keep my Mosaic discs separate from the rest of my collection.) Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 7, 2003 Report Posted October 7, 2003 do you write all the songs/players on the disc? ss1 Quote
Noj Posted October 7, 2003 Report Posted October 7, 2003 I keep all my cdrs on a separate shelving unit from my purchased cds. I labelled them with a black Sharpee, and have hand-written all the song titles on accompanying slips of paper for more than 300 cdrs--something to do while each cdr burns. Quote
GA Russell Posted October 9, 2003 Report Posted October 9, 2003 That's too bad, BFrank. I saw your post just the other day of Wayne Shorter material they have available. That was very helpful. I plan to sign up as soon as I get broadband, which is not available here yet (I'm in the country.). November is next month, so it won't be too long for them. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 10, 2003 Report Posted October 10, 2003 the first of many any sun ra i should d/l before the changes happen. i have no sun ra at all ss1 Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 14, 2003 Report Posted October 14, 2003 i can't d/l anything now, not even a song. Quote
Uncle Skid Posted October 14, 2003 Report Posted October 14, 2003 Things have been pretty bad here today, too. But, I did manage to get the three Gigi Gryce CD's this morning: Gigi Gryce And The Lab Quintet, The Hap'nin's, and The Rat Race Blues. Excellent stuff. I've found that when the DLM just sits there for a long time, saying "Connecting to Peer", or "Requesting File", cancelling that track, and then resuming it will sometimes get things going again. I'm attempting to get Sonny Stitt's "Soul Classic" now.... Quote
Jazzdog Posted October 14, 2003 Report Posted October 14, 2003 I find it dl'ing really poorly during the day lately. seems to back off after around 8 PM (PST) or so, thats when I get most of mine done. Someone was having trouble with the Monk Blackhawk date, but it took about 5 passes but I finally got it all! Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 23, 2003 Report Posted October 23, 2003 I just wanted to pay one last visit to "All things emusic" - my subscription ended today. Yesterday, I was scrambling to finish my Art Pepper downloads. It was fun while it lasted. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 23, 2003 Report Posted October 23, 2003 My last download was Art Pepper's THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD. I'm just curious how many of you have cancelled your subscription as a result of their new policies, and if you have, what was your last download? :rsmile: Quote
Jazzdog Posted October 24, 2003 Report Posted October 24, 2003 I am probably going to give it 30 more days after the subscription plan changes over on Nov 8th. I want to see if there are going to be any more decent labels added and also to finish all the stuff I have lined up in my stash!!! Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 24, 2003 Report Posted October 24, 2003 I am probably going to give it 30 more days after the subscription plan changes over on Nov 8th. I want to see if there are going to be any more decent labels added and also to finish all the stuff I have lined up in my stash!!! That's cool. I thought about doing the same thing since the download speeds are back up. Good luck on getting your whole stash. Quote
Noj Posted October 24, 2003 Report Posted October 24, 2003 I'm on the fence about whether I'm staying on emusic or not. If their quality of mp3s doesn't return to normal soon, I'm outta there. I'm sick of my computer freezing due to error tracks. The last thing I tried to get was Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreax--the fourth track froze my computer twice and I haven't been back in about a week. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 24, 2003 Report Posted October 24, 2003 That's a drag, Noj! I haven't had that problem. My biggest problem is getting all the tracks of an album to download. Quote
Jazzdog Posted October 24, 2003 Report Posted October 24, 2003 That's cool. I thought about doing the same thing since the download speeds are back up. Good luck on getting your whole stash. They are? could have fooled me. it's taking me forever to get all of Woody Shaw's Blackstone Legacy! Man is that date a smoker. I am getting into the whole early 70's Soul Jazz thing...GOOD stuff, not like BN was putting out, but the Prestige stuff of that same era. And Stax...dl'ed Booker T's McLemore Avenue last night! WOW!!! Think I am aiming to get the whole MG's catalog while I can! Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 24, 2003 Report Posted October 24, 2003 And Stax...dl'ed Booker T's McLemore Avenue last night! WOW!!! Think I am aiming to get the whole MG's catalog while I can! That's a great record. I love to listen to the Beatles ABBEY ROAD and then throw on Booker T's McLEMORE AVENUE after it. I could listen to Steve Cropper all day. Regarding Stax, if you haven't checked out Isaac Hayes, make sure you pick some of his stuff up. I'd start with HOT BUTTERED SOUL or SHAFT. I guess I've been lucky with download speeds. I was able to get good pretty good downloads yesterday and today. Last week, I couldn't get anything. Quote
mikeb Posted October 24, 2003 Report Posted October 24, 2003 I'm planning to stick around for awhile longer ... I'm trying to finish up the Fantasy and Concord catalogs. I've found that, for the most part, the downloads are painfully slow. Last night, for instance, I dl'd an Elliott Lawrence session that was pretty lengthy (15 or so tracks, ~ 77 minutes) ... even with cancelling and restarting a handful of tracks, the whole thing took over three hours! The problem I have is that the "requesting file" part takes so #$%&$#^ long -- once it starts downloading, it might be even faster than ever before for my PC. So the Lawrence took three hours ... and then I downloaded Chuck Mangione's Recuerdo in literally 90 seconds!!! It's like playing golf or fishing -- 90% of the experience could suck, but you hit that one good shot or catch that one decent-sized fish (or have a dl in 90 seconds), and you'll be back ... Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 24, 2003 Report Posted October 24, 2003 stuff i've d/led this morning jimmy smith fourmost and return of the fourmost mjq echos and the mjq + mjq ss1 Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 is morgan on any of the blakey stuff @ emusic? thanks ss1 Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 thanks bfrank i'll d/l that next. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 what dizzy is a must have @ emusic, i only have 1 dizzy cd. i'm gonna d/l the dizzy and machito, what else is 4/5 star? thanks ss1 Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 ss1, If you don't have this yet, get it! It's Dizzy with Chano Pozo from 1948 "Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band in Concert" Quote
Uncle Skid Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 I hope my account holds on long enough to get those Blakey and Dizzy discs. Just a few days ago, I got the emusic nastygram -- my account "has been identified as having download activity that far exceeds that of the overwhelming majority of subscribers". I was in no particular hurry to download massive amounts of stuff until the changes were announced. I've read that the "limit" of what was advertised as "unlimited" downloads is 2,000 per month. It looks like this is actually 2,000 in any 30-day period, as I never got close to that many in my first few months as a subscriber, including last month. It's great recommendations like these that remind me how truly sad it will be when things change in November. I'll probably quit before Nov 8th, unless they kick me off first. Then, I'll back up my entire collection on to 2 DVD+R's, and have enough music to keep me busy for a *long* time. Quote
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