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This is one music book that marked my early collecting days in the 70s and taught me a lot about the Blues. (Yes, I realize this book is outdated in some way now, but I find it still is fine.) Later (in the 90s) I bought a secondhand copy at Mole Jazz in London (1969 edition by Barrie & Rockcliff, London - 1978 printing) . However, as discovered later, my copy has two pages missing (p. 107-108). Not that much reason to worry, I figured, because back in 1979 I had bought a German translation of that book (a paperback publication that alas includes only a small part of the photos of the original publication, but at least the missing text segment was there to refer to). But flipping through the book again now, it's high time at last to try to complete that book. So my question is: Is there a forumist who owns this book (preferably a late 60s/early 70s edition) and would be kind enough to mail me scans of the missing pages 107-108?  If so, please send me a PM. From what I have seen elsewhere and remember from the book I perused in the 70s, the pagination and layout remained the same through all or most of these early (US or UK) editions and printings from the late 60s and early 70s, and the total number of pages is 176. Just for orientation and in case there are doubts about the layout: Page 109 has one photo of Kokomo Arnold and two of Memphis Minnie, and the main text starts with "Perhaps it was there that he developed his use of the falsetto ..." Thank you very much in advance!    

February 17 Fred Frith - 1949

James Brandon Lewis Trio - Apple Cores   i don't normally like JBL very much but this is a much more energised record than his usual. It is still the same tenor playing 

Decided to start the day off with some Bird. I have not listened to a lot of later Bird this decade and decided to put the final disc of this box set into the transport. Charlie Parker “The Complete Verve Master Takes” disc 3   360×404 35.7 KB   Fully formed and mature Bird, powerful tone and as fluid and fascinating as a world class figure skater. No wonder he commanded so much respect and was so influential. That choir singing “Old Folks” always cracks me up. They get the vibe of the song and then Charlie just takes it somewhere else. I love Willard Robinson tunes.

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