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Happy Huppy Rod!

I'm starting to think the same. Ubu needs a rest! ← Just to set the record straight: check this thread, or rather read the posts following this post.

You're most probably right, but: I put the disc into a player at the shop and caught a few minutes, and was somehow displeased with the sound. Sounded not particularly good at all, just ok.

Ok ok, I wanted to post again myself yesterday, but wasn't online at all. Two new Verve/Universal series seem to have just been started over here: "VERVE ORIGINALS" (nice price, prob. 10-13 €) - Satchmo meets O.Peterson (earlier on VME) - Sonny Side Up (earlier on VME) - Quincy Bossa (earlier on VBR) - Ellington/Hodges "Back to Back (..VME) - Szabo "Spellbinder" - Michael White - Hawk encounters Ben (...VME) - Pres w/OP (... VME) - Nina Simone "High Priestess" - JOS "The Cat" (...VME) - D. Krall "All for You" - Gato Chapter 4 "Live in NY" - Joe Hendersons "Lush Life" - Benny Carter "Further Definitions" - Pharoah "Elevation" "VERVE CLASSICS" (full prize, prob. 16-19 €) - Ella Meets Louis (...VME?) - A. C. Jobim ... The Composer (...VME?) - Love Supreme (yet another version...) - Getz/Gilberto (...VME) - Dinah "What Diff'rence a Day Makes" (...VME) - Basie "April in Paris" (VME) These are a few of the discs I saw when I went back to that store. Saw also the Lateef, of course, and in another store "Here's to Life", the Horn w/Strings discs. What I guess from this is: we will no longer get regular VMEs and LPRs here. What I am confused about is that there is no remastering info on the Originals discs (I have not opened any of the classics, which come in digipacks, looking - from the outside - similar to the Universal France Anniversay ones, which are nicer than the VMEs were they saved carboard on the front... never understood why). The missing remastering info let me stay away from getting the Lateef. So if anyone knows that these discs *only* use remasterings already done elsewhere (for the LPR series, for the VME series), I would appreciate if that anyone would share this here! How about the discs like that Shirley Horn or the Joe Henderson? Do they really need a new remastering already? I am aware that the French Anniversary series did offer remasterings of mostly recent (was it 20 yrs they were celebrating, or 25?) discs, but I haven't had a chance to compare any.

Ok ok fellas, I'm a madman, I confess! And this post makes me run to that store after work, yessir! EDIT: Let me, dear friends, post my current signature here, five times (obviously), for future reference:

Don't know if that tells anything, but German Amazon has not tagged this as an LPR: link Same for El Gato

Happy Birthday, Mr. Bill! And apologies for not taking part in the discussion of your BFT! Have been in the army for most of September, and work and other obligations are piling up...

So what's going on here? Ubu tells us he saw the Lateef (same batch, right?) in jewel case packaging. ← Maybe I got crazy from looking at my signature? Or could that be another Verve/Universal series that is releasing this and the Gato Chapter 4? Or am I just completely out of my mind? Or is there another new reissue of Brother Yusef's? Won't be able to check back at the store this week, and once they've sold it they won't restock, I guess... (they had two of the recent Sony/Legacy reissue... how's that?)

Red: you can find her playing organ (and singing on one cut) on this fine Ray Anderson disc, if I'm not mistaken:

So next time I burn some for you I should burn at 2.4X?

Brooks just got into the thread because of the saw solos, not because anyone thought he was on this disc. Freddie Waits is a terrific drummer! I wish he was on more sixties BN releases! Love his playig wherever he pops up! A favourite: Bobby Jones' "Hill Country Suite" album on Enja. Oh, and: Hi Mike! Long time no see!

Now my glass is emptily full. I guess it's also a question of time. I mean, I'm still young, but at the same time I have enough things I want to do to realize that there are many other (possibly great) things that I will most likely never come around doing. Like, I could probably read twenty times as many books that I'd love to read than fit into one lifetime... same applies to music. There's a few thousand discs around, and I am constantly having huge piles of stuff I'd love to listen right now and right here... so why spend my time listening to stuff I don't really get much from? That, indeed has nothing to do with being open-minded or not.

I use Sony, mostly. Never had a bad burn on many a hundred CDRs. Before that I used to have TDK, but they don't always have them anymore at the stores I frequent. Prize: 20 Franks (roughly 15$) for a 50 spindle. As for Japanese stuff: never saw any here, and I reckon prize would be *at least* twice as much as the Sonys (remember, this is Switzerland...) I had extracting problems with Maxells (received in trades - extractions taking up to 4 hours, some I didn't have enough patience to complete... when the remaining time went up to 20 hrs with EAC on "secure"-settings... gets pretty frustrating). With Memorex (I got 100 of those when I bought blanks for the first time) I had 10+% gone bad while burning, so I stopped using them... Burning speed: 8X. The Sonys I buy say 48X, but maximum speed I could choose usually is 24X. How about burning speed for DVDs? I use Verbatim +Rs at 8X.

my can of beer is three quarters empty again, already...

To go off topic again: there's some Mingus boots around from the seventies with that Brooks guy (sorry, I always mix them up, but I do remember that one's called Billy and the other Roy...) playing some saw.

if it's not too late (it's never too late, isn't it?): YES!

This is what does *suck* about this series. Even more so since by now these reissues have turned into regular, jewel-case-packed, releases. The digipacks were nice and easier to handle than the mini LPs (which I keep in those plastic bags, so it's a drag to get the out...), which saved shelf-space, though. But now... even the Verve by Request series included the occasional alternate (the Blossom Dearie Oh-la-la comes to mind immediately), so why not these here... really escapes me why they produce regular CDs and still maintain the original album fetishism now that they don't pack them like LPs anymore.

alright alright... we all know brownie is... uhm, ancient? ← Ancient? I'm like old wine! Just need a new bottle ←

alright alright... we all know brownie is... uhm, ancient?

Ok, I see a little bit clearer now, thanks! I will definitely add the Brown to the list! Thanks to you and to Brownie for relating all the memories to the young ones like me!

what did this look like then? The mini-LP replicas have been abandoned for a couple of batches already in favour of digipacs with a foldout in the cover. The LPR series seems to have some interesting people at the helm, some have cool stoopid tastes, others are more interested in the classics and yet others like the whacky bits. Of course it's a pity there are no alternate takes, left-overs and the lot on these disks, but other than that, it works for me. No doubt this particular album will pop up at a more friendly price if you wait a bit. I'll keep my eyes open as I will want to replace my vinyl dub myself. ← Normal Jewel Box packaging. Like several other new Verve releases I saw. more than a dozen - they included a Shirley Horn (the one with Miles I think), a Satchmo (available as a VME already, I think), Gato Chapter 4 and many more, some good to see, some weird. I think also a Pres (the one with OP maybe?)...

← you dear Sirs are slightly whackier than me... no, I didn't buy it (even if prized at 19.50 Franks - you won't get a new disc cheaper in a regular shop - it's too expensive, I assume... and I should cut back, as you, Mr. couw, are aware...) but now: is this the way the releases that once were LPRs look now? Or is this a new series of Verve reissues?

The Vonski is very nice! I also heard (but don't own) the Shepp one - ok, I'd say (but then I'm cautious of any post... say '77 Shepp). The others I don't know. Just browsed through the recordings... quite a few! I dimly remember reading about four or five of them in some Penguin (4th ed?) - I think they did not get such favourable reviews there... and some of the covers are pretty tasteless...

Is the Gato "Chapter 4 - Live in NY"? If so: it's out, in a jewel pack edition... same as the Lateef and several other new and old titles (Satchmo, Shirley Horn... can't remember, saw a dozen or more in a store yesterday, and they're not labelled as LPRs but as some new series - forgot how it's called. Prize is cheap, and funny enough at least one of the releases is at the same time available in the expensive VME edition... I don't understand Verve...)