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Yeah I’ve got it too. The sound really blew me away. It’s like the quartets right there in your living room. Hearing my Coltrane favorite Wise One this way really moved me.

Peru is one of the most beautiful countries I’ve ever visited but can’t remember much about the food.

She was great.

I am a high school teacher. The main subject I teach are social studies ( I thinks that's the English term for it). It's about politics, media, sociology and crime. This year we have started a philosophy pilot. I am one of the two teachers. Philosophy has always had my interest and I once followed a course but I really need to read stuff again to be capable to explain things clearly to my students. Kant is one of the philosophers that is treated a lot. It's fascinating stuff but also a difficult read. It's even more difficult to explain in an accesible way to my students. But I love it.

HutchFan, just when I thought I had a great hi-fi set, you are telling me I probably have not No it's true: I think I have great stuff: Denon reciever, old but fine B&W speakers and a Rega P2 turntable but it's not comparible to the sets some people own. I am definitely no audiophile and could not afford to be one either. With some of the folks on the Hoffman board I have a feeling that sound quality weighs more than the actual music. Some of them aren't really into jazz but blindly buy every Tone Poet, every Acoustic Sounds and every Sam release.... And their conclusion is that every record is a 5 star record, even the ones that really aren't that special.... You're definitely right on that. Yeah that really sucks. Lots of sellers are using the NM condition for everything: folds, cut-out holes, bend corners on the sleeve and scratched vinyl. Not to mention huge stickers. Very annoying. I sometimes sell some vinyl on the internet and almost never use NM as a condition description. As soon as I hear a crack or see a small fold in the cover it's not near mint to me. I once had it the other way around. I ordered some Waldron LP's from madpierrot trough Discogs. The guy had some negative feedback which is mostly for his lack of communication. But the vinyl was 10$ a record where other sellers we're asking 40$ or even more for the same record. Madpierrot rated both media and sleeve all as VG. The possibility for combined shipping of these rare items made me take the risk and order them. They arrived and were all almost nm records. I was so happy with that haul! I've ordered more from him since then and with slight exceptions, he seems to undergrade instead of overgrade the stuff he sells. I see what you mean. In that case I would not care about it either.

Yeah I am probably no audiophile either then. Of course audio quality matters and I really enjoy the HQ analogue series from last years but I haven’t had to return one. I’ve got 12 LP’s from the Blue Note Classic Series and had never an issue with them. But there are people on the Hoffman forums that return every reissue 2,3 or even 4 times. That’s a big difference and I could imagine I would return an LP if it sounds bad. But…. in my ears they sound great! That is after washing them one time, I must say. I’ve returned 2 LP’s for the sleeves were damaged. I just recently returned an LP for the vinyl itself for the first time. A Monk LP which came sealed but with a huge scratch. Part from that…. I tried to mention in a polite way one time that people might be overcritical but the did not like me saying that…. So I decided to just keep my mouth shut and enjoy my music with my probably bad ears. What do you mean with cosmetic Clifford? You mean it doesn’t bother you if the sleeve is damaged? Because I have to say: that is something that does matter to me.

I think you’ve got me wrong. I don’t return a lot of records as well.

I’m a little active on the Steve Hoffman forums and there’s one thing that keeps amazing me: it’s the amount of issues people are reporting with new vinyl. And I am not talking bout European PD labels but the Blue Note Classics Vinyl Series, the Tone Poet series and the Verve Acoustic Sound Series. All pretty expensive analogue series pressed by quality plants. Non-Fill, warping, off-centered and the obvious ticks and pops: it rains complaints about them. Some people have returned one lp 3 or 4 times…. The thing is: I never had a single issue with them. I always wash them upon arrival and that’s it. In general I haven’t got many issues with vinyl either and if so then it’s mostly the cover that is damaged (Amazon once shipped an LP in a paper bag, really guys?). Question is; are these guys making a lot of fuzz for nothing or am I not critical enough?

I forgot to mention Eddie Henderson. Wallace Roney would be a fine replacement!

Hard to go wrong with such a killer band: Joe Henderson, Kenny Garrett, Steve Nelson, Mulgrew Miller, Christian McBride. This album kicks ass

http://nobusinessrecords.com/sam-rivers-archive-series-volume-6-caldera.html Volume six up for pre-order. From the 80's into the 00's

More stuff from Jazzline. They did some terrific work with the Onkel Po's series. Not sure I am gonna get me a copy of this. I always found the trio with Sharpe and Hayes very boring. Maybe the Hub could convince me.

Doesn’t look like Miles…

my first and favorite Don Cherry record.

Yeah I could understand that!

65, see Chucks link. Thats an aweful thing and way too young. I also remember him as a fine contributor to the board!

The other P-Vine also isn’t hard find either. 20 copies for sale in Discogs

Yeah I saw him in 2018 in Leuven, Belgium. His piano was unamplified so everybody hold their breath for the 45 minutes he played. Such an intimate experience and every note he played sounded so sincere and beautiful. It’s still one of my most memorable concerts.

Lovely guy, beautiful music. He mostly sticks to the same tunes nowadays but who could blame him. Thanks for sharing