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thanks for letting me know, Lon. Has anyone heard yet whether a replacement disc for One Step Beyond is available? I've been searching Blue Note's site and other various places on the internet every day for information on this. If anyone should hear about a replacement disc, please either post it here or on the breakout thread that I had created for this. Thanks!

Thanks so much for the info, Jazzbo. If anyone happens to hear anything more about this, please let us know! I'm sure it will all be resolved and I'll be a happy guy soon enough. Just out of curiosity....what exactly was wrong with the "Dialogue" RVG? Once this was corrected, was there any way of distinguishing a correct version vs. the glitch version in a record store?

Has anyone had an experience like this with Blue Note before? If so, how did it work itself out? I'm just wondering what the process will be for a return/exchange. I'm hoping that I can just send in my copy and get a replacement disc, but I'm not sure about that or where they will post information on how to get this done. The gentleman I spoke with on the phone yesterday did like my idea of Blue Note posting updated info to this forum, but who knows if they will actually do that. I would really prefer to not return my CD to where I purchased it. The thing that worries me about this most is if Blue Note fixes the problem, but doesn't indicate that this is "Version 2" or something on the back of the CD tray. If that was the case, I wouldn't know if the one I'm buying is another early copy with the error or not. You can imagine how upset I would be if I got the same disc again. I basically couldn't take a chance unless I knew 100% that this was the fixed "One Step Beyond". The point is that I didn't really feel a whole lot better when I called Blue Note. The receptionist (who answered "Hello, EMI") didn't have any idea what department to transfer me to. I guess they don't get a lot of complaints or mistakes on their CD's? Also, not that the receptionist needs to be a huge jazz fan or anything, but you would think that could may be helpful at times. When the lady asked me what the problem was and I explained that there was an issue with the new Jackie McLean RVG remaster -- her initial response was "Ohhh...is she on Blue Note...let me look her up". Ouch!

I just finished listening to the new RVG edition again. There is actually another error in the mastering that I didn't notice the first time. The sound briefly fades down and then back up during "Blue Rondo." HEY BLUE NOTE: if you're out there and reading this...please fix that too! With all this griping about the errors on the disc, I feel bad that I haven't talked about the music at all. It's really incredible and it all comes together for me on "Ghost Town". That's an amazing piece of music. Makes me want to buy the new Grachan Moncur III remasters. Well...can someone else be brave this time? Buy those discs and let me know if there are any errors on there!!! But, wow... with all the talk about the sound quality being poor, the sound on "Ghost Town" is AMAZING. I feel like maybe that song got the usual RVG treatment and the rest didn't make it to this disc? Cause this is so crystal clear. The vibes ring out beautifully and Tony Williams is so close, you can hear his drum pedal squeak at one point. Great stuff. Now that I'm in love with this album, I'm only fired up about getting after Blue Note to hook me up with a nice copy! I want to have a perfect copy to enjoy forever. Is that asking too much?

Yup, they definitely screwed up the brand new RVG as well. Pretty amazing, isn't it? The issue you mentioned with the 1987 remaster - "the final 54 seconds of the alternate are then banded at the beginning of Frankenstein" - seems to be EXACTLY what has happened again with the new RVG. I could start to wonder about BN not even really rematering this and just taking the 1987 version and tweaking things around (such as the alternate track being at the end of the disc), but I don't want to assume anything. The sounds quality leaves something to be desired and I wouldn't be shocked if this was the same as the '87 version, but I have no idea. All I do know is that someone got this very, very wrong. Of all the remastered titles, this was always one that people seemed to be BEGGING for. After all this time, it comes out with a mistake. Really a shame...

Hi Everyone, I've seen some discussion about this in another post and decided that it should have it's own thread. Also, I just spoke on the phone with some folks at Blue Note & Mosaic and they may post updated information on this Organissimo forum. They are very aware of the forum (and most importantly - the mistake!) and I suggested they post some replacement/refund info here. So, I just thought it also might make it easier for them to find if it, if it was it's own break out thread. I've never actually posted anything to this forum before, but am a big fan and read it daily. It's a shame that my first post has to be about something negative, but I wanted to just offer my 2 cents on the "One Step Beyond" RVG error, since I just purchased it last week and listened to it for the first time last night. I should also note that this is the first time I've EVER heard this album, so it was especially disappointing that there are problems with this disc. I've wanted this remaster for quite a long time. The first thing I noticed is that it is not simply an error in which track 2 was accidentally inserted during "Saturday and Sunday." Once that song ends, there is the usual 5 second countdown (silence) and then before "Frankenstein" comes on...there is approximately 55 seconds or so of either the original or bonus take of "Saturday and Sunday" (I'm not sure which). Once that 55 seconds of music ends, there is a little silence and then "Frankenstein" begins. It's not the end of the world, but it is frustrating. I also agree with some others that something seems strange with the sound quality. It's not quite as sharp and clear as other RVG remasters. Bobby Hutcherson's vibes sound so low and muddy on the opening track. It just doesn't seem up to their usual standards. I actually called Blue Note this morning and they had a hard time transferring me to anyone! They weren't sure who handles this kind of thing. I (sort of jokingly) asked for Michael Cuscuna and they attempted to transfer me to him! Alas, I did not get to speak with him. But they gave me another number and it ended up being Mosaic Records. I spoke with a nice man whose name I can't remember. He told me that the problem has been reported and they are working on it. He could offer no info on how the refund / replacement will work. He seemed confident that they would be fixing this, but couldn't tell me how the "next version" will be indicated or what we can expect. Lastly, I mentioned that certain "message boards" and internet chatter was happening with this. He directly mentioned the organissimo forum. I told him, since he knows this forum, if they could please post some information on how we can exchange our discs for new ones or what the situation is, that would be helpful. He thought that was a good idea. OK, Blue Note -- You're up! Please let us know what's going on. Thanks for reading this and keep up the good posts and such. I have a blast reading you at work (ooops...I mean at home!) every day.