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Etta Baker One-Dime Blues Rounder, CD 2112, 1991 I saw Etta in 1991 at the National Folk Festival in Johnstown, Pa.

Pittsburgh’s WESA 90.5 Rhythm Sweet & Hot followed by Saturday Night Jazz Tuner: Sherwood S-3000

Pittsburgh WWWS 94.5 Christmas music Sherwood S-3000

Thanks for posting the link. Jim

I used a IIX just like that one from approximately 1998 through 2002, except mine had a Shure V15 IV. I paid $300 for it and never experienced even a twinge of buyer’s remorse. I’d say, yes, it’s worth $400.

I forgot to congratulate you on the new speakers. I hope they work out for you. I’ve read a lot about the MP301, and it seems like a cool amp. Jim

How long have you owned the MP301? I have been intrigued by that amp for a while. (I use a restored Scott 299.) What phono stage do you use? Jim

In the late 1990s, Arnold Steinhardt, the first violinist of the Guarneri Quartet, published a book, “ Indivisible by Four,” which I thought was a very good read. I used a Harman Kardon 330c four three or four years in the early 2000s, and I liked it very much.

Congratulations on the new cartridge! What are your initial impressions? Jim

Thanks! Jim

Thanks for sharing. It is a handsome turntable. Jim

Which pressing is this? Thanks, Jim

I just purchased this LP, but haven’t yet opened it. I ought to get to it!

Great record! Jim

Thank you, Jose and Stuart, for the updates. The praying for Marc and his family (and for you two) continues. Jim

Thank you for the update, Jose. Jim

Peirce’s definition of metaphor (Note 2), taken from The Essential Peirce: Selected Philosophical Writings, leaves my head spinning like a 78 rpm record: “He defines metaphor as ‘those which represent the representative character of a representamen by representing a parallelism in something...

Very nice. Thank you for sharing your work. Jim

Shostakovich 1. Symphony No. 12 in F major, Op. 102 2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, Op. 141 (Martin Roscoe, piano) 3. Suite from the Gadfly (Extracts) BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky, conductor BBC Music Magazine CD 2006

Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36 Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Op. 60 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda, director BBC Music Magazine CD 2004

Stravinsky 1. Song of the Nightingale 2. Symphony in C 3. Symphony in Three Movements BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov, conductor BBC Music Magazine CD Vol. 13, No. 3 2004

From an interview with Frank Zappa on Wikipedia: John Diliberto: How did you first find out about Edgar Varèse? That's a very simple story. I read an article in Look magazine in the early '50s which was a feature saying what a great guy Sam Goody was because he was such an exciting merchandiser...

Stuart, A sobering update, but I thank you for it. I will continue to keep Marc and his family — and you and Jose — in my prayers. Jim

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Boston Symphony Orchestra Pierre Monteux, conductor RCA LM-2239 Mono LP “shaded dog” label 1958