spinlps Posted December 19, 2004 Report Posted December 19, 2004 (edited) Clearly, they just tossed the downloads on there without any thought to quality control. I've no problem buying individual tracks, but if this is what downloaded CDs are like, I'm not getting any more. Any idea who or how these cuts were remastered? Are they just straight "rips" from the CD reissues / issues? And another thing... Rhino / Scorpio just released Mo' Rock on an LP reissue so I guess it's not technically out of print. Edit: The Dusty Bastards list both the LP reissue and a Japanese CD reissue. Edited December 19, 2004 by spinlps Quote
Brad Posted December 20, 2004 Report Posted December 20, 2004 I was just looking the Verve downloads and they've got some albums like the Charlie Barnet Harlem album which was quite available until recently. I was hoping they'd put out some real unavailable items. There's also Listen to Art Farmer, which is at least available on the Mosaic. There's not a lot of nuggets there from the vault. Quote
Late Posted December 20, 2004 Report Posted December 20, 2004 There's not a lot of nuggets there from the vault. This one looks like a nugget ... Was it ever available as tangible product? Quote
couw Posted December 20, 2004 Report Posted December 20, 2004 There's not a lot of nuggets there from the vault. This one looks like a nugget ... Was it ever available as tangible product? yes. shiny and black, biggish, with orange circle pasted onto it, and with a hole in the centre. very nice quartet album with some "out" playing. Yusef Lateef's Impulse! output needs a Mosaic box. Quote
jazzbo Posted December 20, 2004 Report Posted December 20, 2004 Yeah Laton, it was out from Japan. It's an interesting---humorously intended to my ears, not really essential---Teefski session. Quote
jazzbo Posted December 20, 2004 Report Posted December 20, 2004 The way I see the download album Verve situation: we're unlikely to see these sessions AS cds, so I'm glad they found a way to make them available. I don't have a lot of time either, but I make time for things like this if I want the material. . . . I'll probably be working on these when I have the right equipment next year. And personally I like making covers etc, it's a fun creative diversion. For instance I made several hundred sets of artwork last year for over 100 Hendrix titles that I received without art and almost more than that even cdrs of live broadcast material. I developed a sort of house style for both projects and had fun! Quote
DrJ Posted December 20, 2004 Report Posted December 20, 2004 Yes, I don't begrudge them for doing it, for reasons you indicate, but would just prefer the "lazy man's" way - Verve Elites! Man, I dig 1984 - and all the Impulse! Lateefs...they do cry out for a Mosaic, but I've never gotten a nibble from them on this when I've e-mailed the suggestion. I would say they are all essential, I like his Savoys in a different way but these just seem so masterful and as Lon indicates infused with a healthy dose of humor a la the best of Roland Kirk's stuff from around the same era. Quote
Alexander Posted December 20, 2004 Report Posted December 20, 2004 For the Russell, however, I don't see a solution, because I think the six tracks were created with the abrupt halt between 'Chromatic Universe I' and 'Dimensions' (there is a second or two of 'Universe' at the beginning of 'Dimensions'). I burned it to a CD, and the break is still there. The only thing I can think of is to import the tracks from the CD I made, using the join while importing, then make a new CD. But I would have to risk wasting a second blank disk, plus I don't really want to risk over-writing the tracks I actually bought. If you burned the disc through iTunes (the only way I think you *can* burn it), there is an option to remove the 2 second gap between tracks. It took me a while, but I figured it out. I believe it's in under "preferences" or such like. I was able to burn an uninterrupted copy of Brad Mehldau's "Live In Tokyo." Quote
JSngry Posted December 20, 2004 Report Posted December 20, 2004 WHEN MY INDEPENDENT RELEASE, A BABY-FACE SUPREME: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BABYFACE WILLETTE IS RELEASED, I WILL MAKE PARTICULAR NOTE TO DISCREDIT VERVE RECORDS I'll buy it just for the title! Quote
Late Posted December 20, 2004 Report Posted December 20, 2004 Was it ever available as tangible product? Yes. shiny and black, biggish, with orange circle pasted onto it, and with a hole in the centre. What on earth are you talking about? "Shiny and black"? "Orange circle"? Some kind of cookie? No, wait — pizza? Could you eat it? Why would you eat music? You've got me stumped. Still would like to eat ... hear it though. Quote
JSngry Posted December 20, 2004 Report Posted December 20, 2004 Why would you eat music? To shit eighth notes? Quote
Brad Posted December 21, 2004 Report Posted December 21, 2004 To stop drinking those (flatted) fifths! Quote
DrJ Posted December 21, 2004 Report Posted December 21, 2004 JSngry Posted on Dec 20 2004, 06:35 PM QUOTE (Late @ Dec 20 2004, 02:02 PM) Why would you eat music? To shit eighth notes? Thank you for that lovely picture, Jim, really...next time I read some reviewer gushing about a player "eating up the changes," I won't be able to get that image of the "downstream" effect out of my head! Quote
Daniel A Posted March 22, 2005 Report Posted March 22, 2005 Does anyone know what kind of compression rates and -formats itunes are offering? I couldn't find sufficient information on their website. Quote
sheldonm Posted March 22, 2005 Report Posted March 22, 2005 Does anyone know what kind of compression rates and -formats itunes are offering? I couldn't find sufficient information on their website. ...I don't even know what that means! Quote
Daniel A Posted March 22, 2005 Report Posted March 22, 2005 OK, in short: what format are these downloads in? Quote
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