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Anyone got a "Best of" jazz CDs for 2007?
Mosiac Select #26 / Bobby Hutcherson. Three CD's of material culled from 5 albums that never sold because jazz was entrenched in the Creed Taylor/Don Sebesky era along with the disco jazz fusion that was prevelent of this time period. Not a clunke... 
Beatles Session Musicians Who?
I will tell you this George Harrison played the lead in guitar on Cheech and Chong's "Basketball Jones." yup it's true. 
Who is your favorite blues guitarist
My favorite which doesn't make him the best is the albino from Texas Johnny Winter. 
Led Zeppelin-newly remastered
IMS the early stuff is a little bass shy but from ZOSO on the bass is more pronounced. I can difintely hear more in the highs though on all material. 
Can anyone wean me off of Sublime?
Sublime is a classic,Nuff said. Try SOUP by Blind Melon. 
Anyone got a "Best of" jazz CDs for 2007?
I don't know if it was released in 2007 but last year i purchased a CD I keep coming back to Jimmy Smith/ Music for Lovers. Blue Note put out a series of CD's which were called "music 4 lovers" which featured artists from there stable doing smokey... 
Duran Duran plumb new lows in Volume Wars
Maybe the engineers of today have suffered hearing loss but for what its worth I too enjoyed Notorious and my favorite Duran Duran was Big. 
What's your favorite remake of a song
Larryi,"Ready for Love" by Mott the Hoople kicks crap all over the more popular Bad Company version. 
Help me with my movie selections
AmelieThe Host 
It's Hammond B3 Organ Day
I just recieved Root Down / Jimmy Smith . It's like Smith merged with Shaft but with obvious influences from a band that was very big at the time it was recorded WAR. It's live and it is real good. 
Freak Me Out
Try. The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid / The Real Tuesday Weld. You can sample it at Amazon were there are copies dirt cheap.  
Manley vs VTL??
Ncarv,Thanks for the correction,its been a while since I have read a VTL review. 
Frank Sinatra CD's with Great Sound?
Try The Duets series which were recorded toward the end of his run. He sings with some of the luminaries of today on this series. 
Manley vs VTL??
The early VTL equipment was built or designed by Luke Manley The father of David. The early VTL equipment came with transferable lifetime warranties. Their early stuff were built like tanks. David I believe started designing VTL equipment in 87 or... 
What's your favorite remake of a song
Mott The Hoople's cover of The Velvet Undergrounds Sweet Jane.