ilikemiles
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| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd Also agree that KOB is timeless, so is Birth of the Cool, and all the other Miles and Coltrane mentioned here. Since I expect all of you will be there and willing to share your single copies, I’ll add The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery. ... | |
| Voltage regulators and input impedance Thanks for the sharing of considerable expertise here. I will contact ARC and see what they say. | |
| Di I really need to clean my LP's? Brand new records have mold release compound residue on them from the pressing process; this attracts dust and dirt into the grooves over time. Over the years, dust gets deep into the grooves and adds surface noise. An initial cleaning and a follo... | |
| Vinyl Repair? I’m sure you saw this on some of the YouTube videos… the issue is to remove the little burrs that we’re caused by the scrape across the grooves and are positioned in the path of the stylus as it traces the groove. I have tried the sandpaper method... | |
| To clean or not to clean? When I started buying used records, I thought all the pops and clicks were just scratches. Then I got a VPI cleaning machine. Turns out, about 90% of that noise is JUST DIRT. If you are careful not to buy badly scratched old records, you can buy a... | |
| VPI Speed Controller I have an ADS on a classic with the outer ring clamp. Have never owned the SDS, but what I have noticed is that with either the ADS or the ring clamp alone, there is a significant improvement. With both, the improvement over either alone is very s... | |
| Black vs. Colored Vinyl back in the 60s, mono recordings on the fantasy label were pressed on red vinyl. I have a few, and they sound ok. | |
| Corona playlist- time to smile Two Tribes (carnage mix) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood When the Levee Breaks - Zeppelin | |
| John Coltrane's lost album ... I can’t wait! | |
| good jazz piano Lots of fabulous suggestions. I will add two that I did not see here....Billy Taylor - he’s my favorite. The only word I can use to describe his playing is, well, “happy”... “A Touch of Taylor” would be a good place to start.Mary Lou Williams ... ... | |
| Great musicians who should have been famous except.... Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Jack DeJohnette. There is one big difference...DeJohnette got paid very well.Sadly, yes. DeJohnette lived long enough. | |
| Great musicians who should have been famous except.... Elvin Jones, folks. Check out the lead-in to the third movement (Persuance) of Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”, then look at pix from the studio date and the modest size of Jones’ kit... stunning.Jack DeJohnette, too. Check out how he uses the tuning ... | |
| The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon I do not know this particular recording, but have others on original jazzland and prestige and the 1980s vintage “original jazz classics” (OJC) pressings. In general, the OJCs sound good, but when compared to an original, it’s no contest... sounds... | |
| Recommendations for Vintage Speakers ads L1290 or L1090 ... mid 80s vintage; I have a pair of the bookshelf speakers in this line in my bedroom and they sound grrrrreat! | |
| Record saver fluid Yup, it sounds like you are describing sound guard, which was a silicone-based product that coated the record and supposedly reduced friction, thereby reducing record wear. You were supposed to reapply it every 25 plays. My teenaged brother and I ... |