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Carbohydrates and fat (olive oil is fine - no problem for us, as we usually cook with olive oil anyway... but no butter and no bread, except "vollkorn", no pasta, no rice... pretty tough! No pataters, but that I have no problem with, either... and after a few months all of that is allowed again occasionally.

As far as waists are concerned, I already lost 3 more kg since that Sunday, just in case... no beer and in fact no alcohol for two weeks now! I'm quite astonished myself that it works so easily!

no sir - I can't use good speakers in our flat anyway... the house might collapse

Thanks Claude and (BB) - yes, I connected a cd-player to the phono-input when I got that distortion. Thanks also for the pre-amp explanation. No money for speakers at the moment, but at least I have an amplifier now...

I have been listening with my amp now all morning, sounds pretty good to my ears! (No idea if the speakers I use are any good...) Anyway, all inputs work alright except the phono one is loud and the music sounds distorted - is that as it should be and need I connect an lp player to check that input, or is this some kind of flaw? (Sorry, I'm clueless... would I need a phono pre-amp? and what's a phono pre-amp for, actually?) Thanks in advance for your patience and for sharing your knowledge!

So I did ask some questions, and it seems they guarded it like their eyeball... been in use until 2-3 months back, regularly dusted even afterwards, never stored in a cellar or anywhere damp. Will pick it up tonight!

Thanks Mike! I guess I'm sold if I'm not told any weird stories about where it stood around in the last years...

Happy Birthday! hypocrite!

Thanks for your input! I'll ask the seller a couple of questions then, Bill... I don't know the seller but it's offered inside the company I'm working at, I assume people don't rip-off others too badly there... Anyway, I'm almost sold!

I think these Snapper 2CD sets are legit, some kind license deal, not a rip-off. I have that Mel Tormé and it's great, just about as much late/Concord Tormé as I need (I love his early stuff on Bethlehem and Verve)!

I am clueless as far as hifi stuff goes, but I might have a chance to get this one used (in superb condition) for roughly 60 or 65 euro. Good deal? I have no especially great speakers, nor do I have a good CD player... I have some Denon midi thing that always was alright for me, but the CD player broke down (too old to replace or fix...) and now I assume it might be smarter to start anew... not that I need to do that right now, but I thought I'd ask for opinions here to see what people think of this, to check if this might indeed be a great opportunity or not.

One of my favourite Wilen albums, I think! Very very good one! Also a great companion to the "hors série" Distel JiP release!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Nikolaus! It's a pleasure having met you here, so keep posting your uninformed posts! Sorry to be late for celebrations but I'll only have my own computer back tomorrow evening... and last night I was listening to Mikail Aslan's band with board members mikeweil and Mr. Bassman on drums and you-guess-it. Photo should follow if the old men (he he, I'll be the youngest on the photo, of course) can handle all the technical stuff (I couldn't, of course )

It's also mentioned in the "Fearless Leader" notes that the labels had fixed weekly days.

ever heard of seedless grapes?

Oh yes! I have heard an LP full of that date, great music! Also the Sonet never mentioned is terrific! Forgot to mention that I had that one as well.

Thanks, F & Steve - unlikely I'll find that 6LP box, so it might indeed be good to get these discs! What about the big band? Nothing currently around?

but can I at least blame the girl for my own getting fat?

so it's us who is to blame, really...

Can you give some specific recommendations regarding RCA - big band or small group? I have none of it and never saw anything in local CD shops... The only Hamp I have, besides the Paris stuff (all of it, also the ones in the JiP series) and the Tatum date is the 2CD Decca set, so I'd definitely be interested in getting more (mainly earlier stuff, meaning RCA rather than the OP/Verve albums)!

Played the first three dates of the Hill Mosaic again over the last few days (plus "Spiral") - great music! Looking forward to continue with "Point of Departure" tonight!

on this one, too:

not that bad a cover, I think (but certainly not one of the best...) Regarding Landslide, it's sort of a patchwork with a few good moments, but not at all a good album... Tommy Turrentine, whom I like quite a bit, is pretty weak on his date, and there's hardly a weirder rhythm section on any DG date than Sir Charles Thompson, Al Lucas and Willie Bobo... The date with Dave Burns isn't closely as successful as the soon-to-follow quartet dates with pee-pee Warren replacing Ron Carter. But then again, I like the whole Dexter Gordon box quite a lot and there's nothing *really* bad in it, in my opinion (my favourites are "Doin' Alright" and "Our Man in Paris").