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I've always been puzzled by PD vendors' assertions of "Remastered", when they certainly don't have access to the source tapes, etc. On the other hand, I've seen claims here on the forum that some of Werner's (ezz-thetics) PD reissues really do have improved sonics. So perhaps wizardry can be performed from needle-drops or CD-drops.

I assumed the F got dropped from Fractals, and that seems to be correct. The actual album is Saxophone Colossus. https://www.isrbx.me/3138221225-sonny-rollins-fractals-of-blue-remastered-2025-hi-res.html

Mike Osborne (UK) is a favo(u)rite of mine. Just discovering this thread...had always assumed Strozier white. 😨

Two excellent finds!

Griot Galaxy Live at the DIA

Reissue of Aketa's Disk release. Despite the weird cover, it's fun listening and definitely interesting.

A few discs from this box set of electronica/musique concrete.

Not as radically microtonal as the Ben Johnston quartets. Very listenable. There is a more recent set by the eponymous Haba Quartet on Neos, but I only have this old one on Bayer.

CD's been repressed. I just went for it.

There are some interesting recordings on the Entropy Stereo label. I recently discovered Griot Galaxy / Faruq Z Bey, so much of the catalog got my attention. I noticed these on DG's website but ordered direct from the label, which has free shipping on CDs. Their website is worth perusing: https://entropystereo.com/catalog.html (Griot Galaxy Live at the DIA - 2 cd)

Hey, I'm warmed up. I spend time on a cryptic crossword forum that has competitions to write cryptic clues for a given word. Today's word was TAEKWONDO and I managed to work in WANKED [Wanked too vigorously for kicks (9)] before seeing this thread.

Long ago (late '80s-early '90s), I occasionally listened to a "Smooth Jazz" radio station, CD101.9 in NYC. Worked as background music. I got the impression that "Smooth Jazz" as a genre has been pretty much absorbed into the broader genre of "Adult Contemporary". Not sure what AC exactly is, though...seems to have overtones of background/bedroom music. I can see a book chapter or section on smooth jazz. I'd actually be interested (to a degree) in its history and development.

Some Feldman recordings I haven't listened to in a long time.

New archival releases:

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/robert-duvall-dies-at-95.html Too many great roles to list, but for some reason The Great Santini is always one of the first I think of.