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Great read as usual JSngry. I broke out my copy of THERE IT IS for a proper soundtrack to your words.

Just placed my order! B) :rsmile:

Some women posters have posted pics of men in the "Babe Thread." Appropriate protest? We used to have loverofjazz/victor to balance it out with pics of body-building ladies. YIKES!

Bluenoter, FWIW I enjoy your posts (at JC) and hope you'll stick around over here despite the testosterone overload.

As I said before, I have had good luck with a generic brand called "Great Quality," especially the ones they've had recently that have no graphics on the CDR. They seem to be compatable with any player, from PCs to boom boxes to DVD players, and were $8 a 50-pack at Fry's.

Perhaps it was a fluke spindle...sure wish I'd kept that receipt. I wonder if it makes any difference with Mac as opposed to PC?

Avoid Sony CDRs. I had about 1/3 of a 50-pack fail to write (and stall my computer up every time in the process), whereas with other brands I have maybe had one in a 50-pack fail (more often none at all). I threw my receipt out with the packaging, or I would have returned them. Sony, too--I figured they would be superior to other CDRs. I've had the best luck with ones called "Great Quality." They have no graphics on the top which is cool, and once burned they will play in any CD player. Dark blue writable surface though...

Way too young! I used to love watching Three's Company as a kid. RIP.

New avatar in full effect!

It's a still from Bennie Hill, guess I'll have to change it to save my reputation!

50 Cent is an MTV/pop radio product, and has never represented anything else. Oughtta call him 2 Bits, even though he isn't worth that. Never liked Mary J. Blige either.

Will this make cds which are not copy-protected worth more?

You're right, I shouldn't knock it 'til I hear it.

Congratulations are definitely in order! :rsmile:

The whole "remix" thing is misdirected. For example, I was momentarily hyped when Madlib started doing the whole Yesterday's New Quintet instrumental stuff, but I came to realize the remixes sound flat and are not as satisfying as simply hearing the original song. So I did not buy Madlib's Blue Note effort, and generally avoid "remix" albums. I'd rather hear it raw. FWIW, I bought the Verve comp "Unmixed" for a nice clean version of Nina Simone's "Feeling Good." I won't buy this Charlie Parker thing either. I much prefer it when DJs combine oddball snippets to create original compositions, rather than merely reducing a complex work into hip hop measurements. The artistry of sampling is the chance taken in juxtapozing unrelated sounds; in searching for original sounds, intriguing drum loops, vocal samples, etc.; in creating unorthodox aural collages.

I'm definitely a fan of Criss' Prestige releases, and have THE BEAT GOES ON!, I'LL CATCH THE SUN, THIS IS CRISS!, UP UP & AWAY, SATURDAY MORNING, ROCKIN' IN RHYTHM, and SONNY'S DREAM. I think there may be something to what Barak Weiss said about "even non-jazz fans" liking Criss--his sound seems instantly accessable.

Almost the whole Pacific Jazz label is lp only, and $20 a shot at that. The only exception to this rule is all those crappy Bud Shank foo-foo lps he did. You can't give those away! Blue Note has released some Pacific stuff before. Do they have access to that material? If so, why the hold-out?

Looks like another good one couw. With that line-up I'd snap it up in a second. I'd like to see some Bennie Maupin records on cd, such as JEWEL IN THE LOTUS and SLOWER TRAFFIC TO THE RIGHT. Have there been any re-issues of those?

Now that looks cool Daniel A, and my kind of line-up to boot. Any chance it will make it to CD? I know I've picked up a few Cadet re-issues recently, namely Dorothy Ashby's AFRO-HARPING...

I am somewhat a fan, as I know TOP from a few records my friend Anthony has. There was a compelling discussion about them at Jazzcorner as well. If its funky and it grooves you know I'll dig it!

Now we're talkin'. Looks like there's a "vinyl discussion thread" after all.

Enough already! List some great vinyl-exclusive albums, please.

Funny thing Jim R, "mais" in Spanish means "corn," while "mas" means "more." I always translated "Mais Que Nada" to "Corn Like Nothing," which I couldn't really make sense of and love the tune too much to care. I did consider that in Portuguese the translation could be different, but when I read it my three years of Spanish automatically take over.

I wrote the answers down to accompany the cd in a jewel case. I suppose I have less of a reaction as I knew none of them, not even the JJ Johnson. However, I need to listen to the cd again cross-referencing it to my responses, everyone else's responses, the answers, AMG, etc. Definitely an on-going project! Thanks again, Tony and Dan!

Can there really be justice in raiding a 12-year-old's piggy bank?