Stefan Wood

So, packaging aside, how does this compare to the Ayler tree material soundwise?

You'll be having a good time with those. They are very fine sets with great music.

Bought it. It is a very NICE cd. I don't understand why anyone is making comparisons between old and new. It is a complete work, now. BTW, I always disliked the Beach Boys, for their cheesy music and songs. I never could understand why they were placed up there with the Beatles. But then in the end, it is all pop music.

Dewey Redman - The Struggle Continues (ECM) $6 Hard to find, and considering that this will not be reissued on cd any time soon, a great find!

You should hear the new SACD Living Stereo reissues. Beats the classic shaded dog vinyl easily. The sound is fantastic -- outstanding remastering work.

I don't understand. It's all about 0s and 1s, not like vinyl, where you can have varying degrees of thickness, "virgin" material, etc. I thought the gold layer was to ensure more archival preservation. How can it produce a "warmer" sound?

Pulled the trigger on these.

I may pass on buying this set. If I can find the laserdiscs, and transfer them to dvd, then that would be fine. I don't like the updated CGI and added scenes that were done. And maybe there's a part of me that says, it ain't all that great. Seeing them in theaters was the best experience, but to tell the truth they really seem dated, groundbreaking as they were.

Too damn much, and more coming in. 5k +

I have found in some cases that the original vinyl sound quality just isn't that good. Nothing wrong with the vinyl, just bad recording or mastering. I prefer the Mingus box done by Rhino.

I'm looking for the following albums: Walter Bishop: Speak Low, Bish Bash Coral Keys Valley Land Soul Village Cubicle Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High 1976 Deer Wan Around 6 Widow in the Window Preferrably cdrs, unless they are readily available on cd. Please PM.

I love it. Somebody probably stumbled over this reissue in progress, took the credit for it, and is now digging the sand out of his beach house in the Virgin Islands, having been dumped by hurricaine Ivan. I wonder what exactly scared JB away from making an album with CMB?

African Head Charge. Nuff said!

I have heard Come on In. This is better. I'll check out Bobby Rush -- thanks for the info! For what it's worth, I think Burnside's "Mr Wizard" is one of the best blues albums of the past 30 years.

Picked this one up recently. One thing I have to say about Burnside -- he never rests on his laurels, never relies on the Mississippi Delta Blues sounds that formed his and many generations of other blues artists' music. He just flat out boogies till the cows come home! John Lee Hooker, while not as experimental, had that mastery of rhythm and drive that makes his music so funky. On this cd, Burnside has samples, mixes it up with DJs, guest artists (Kid Rock, whom I dislike), as well as acoustic solo guitar. What is fine about all this is that he never compromises his music -- the groove is always there, never hidden, his vocals are strong and vibrant, and it's always about the blues. He is clearly having a lot of fun, now in his 70's and better than ever. Will he be seen as the last great Delta Blues artist? Who knows, but he is clearly pushing the boundaries and making a case for a new, contemporary sound of the blues, without having it so bound to the sounds of the past. Not really a review, I know, but I can't get past track 6 -- it it sooooo funky!

As for the Gil Melle sessions, anyone who is looking for it please PM me. I bought one (Blue Note Connoisseur Edition) for a fellow board member (still shrinkwrapped) and I know the store I bought it from has a few more.

I thought there was recently a 2 cds set of Staus Quo's "As and Bs singles" set, that covered their material up to the early 70's. I think I saw it online; I have never heard their music.

Bought the book at Daedalus -- marginal research at best. I found more interesting things about Blue Note from the Grant Breen bio, which isn't saying much. BTW, they seem to have been getting OOP Muse cds, so they may come up on their website. But more often than not, it is only available in the store. I have found a lot of good things from going there.

The way that you were able to transfer the lps to cd, should be the same for tape. If you have your recorder "ready," that is it is receiving an input signal from your source, then you can record anything that is connected to your amp. Radio, for instance. All your amp needs to be is set to what you want to play. In this case, your cassette deck. Have the amp set to that, then fire up the recorder. This, of course, assumes that you have your cassete deck output jacks (connected to play) linking to your amp (connected to tape in, aux, or whatever).

If only that album they did on A&M would be rereleased. That was a killer lp!

Who is rereleasing this? It isn't a bad date at all.

I have the Ballet Mechanique, which is available on Naxos, and is fantasic to listen to -- yes, in the vein of Satie or Varese, but very much his own.

Another big thumbs up for the Faces box set. The Zombies as well. But another one should be mentioned -- Black Sabbath! Hell yeah!!!!

Duane Tatro's Music for Moderns - 1st pressing Contemporary mono VG $20

I'm more excited by the dvd releases. Power of Three? Manhattan Project? YEAH!!!!! Stefan