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Not sure why I like this theme so much. Hearing Grusin's take on it last night made it a pleasant ear worm. Soooooooo, I thought I would play the original...

Grusin and The Rippingtons: Two of my fave GRP artists.

Its a Grusin kind of night...

Gotta throw on some Orzabel and Smith - and a little bit of Street Life (The Crusaders)...

Two can play this game... 😁 This entire album is a masterpiece!

Thanks Daddyjt. I will simply avoid the seller who posts info about adding a tariff tax on their store front.

A bit of a rant here (stop me if you have had enough of that in general). I heard a new big band - WDR Big Band from Cologne, Germany (Thank you Jazz London and KCSM). So i thought I would take a look at what they had available from the discography. First stop - discogs (big mistake. HUGE!). For whatever reason, recordings, be they vinyl or CD format, the price to ship from Europe is at/near $100 per recording! I damn near keeled over! Next stop - Amazon. It was a little better, $18-$20/recording, but then they get you with a 'tariff' tax! *sighs* It would almost be cheaper to take a flight to Cologne, grab what I can and fly back, hiding the music in the false bottom of my luggage to avoid the damn 'Duty Tax'. Who knew people would consider smuggling recorded music in this day an age?

TFF - Elemental

@Charlie The MoFi version of Benson's LP is outstanding! My fave of his has got to be White Rabbit.

Damn Bob, That Phillips looks nice!

Eumir Deodato...

@Kurt - Discogs is simply bloated. Kevin Lewandoski (who i used to work with at Intel) had a great idea, initially, but then he made the tool a 'once size fits all' tool. Can find a recording, ok, create the entry yourself - but DON'T insert Bonnie Rait under 'Folk' music! Don't create multiple releases because YOUR copy doesnt match that of another entry that utilizes THE EXACT SAME INFO other than the genre or order of performers. There is a lot of chaff that goes with discogs: Too many genres for one recording. Infighting among submitters/moderators with no guidance on how to avoid hiccups. Sellers who are shady, buyers who want the world for nothing (yes, I know, it is no different than eBay). All-in-all what started out as method to curate ones collection has become a black hole of useless information. Even the Forums have become polluted with politics, in-fighting, and other facets that you find on facebook. I keep discogs around for one reason: Insurance purposes. If something were to happen to my collection (fire, storm damage, burglary), then I have an idea as to replacement value. But I WILL NOT buy or sell from the site.

If my memory serves, you can look at PartsExpress for a comparable part. I don't know/cant recall if that is a National Semiconductor, Motorola or Hitachi part. Worst case, ask chatgpt or geminiAI for a compstible replacement part.

Like a little kid with a new toy, I am streaming Jazz24 via my WiiM.

@AndrewJohn I cant say I have ever seen/considered such an add-on. I am still trying to wrap my 2 brain cells around integrating a new transport into my existing 3200! 😝🤣