Simon Weil Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, The Magnificent Goldberg said: Thank you. Well, I've heard of one now. I see his grandfather came from up Cumbria, which is practically in Scotland. He was born in London and educated in Ambleside (Cumbria). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Diplomat was one of the "supermarket labels", labels for places that "sold records" but not "real records", if you know what I mean. Don't know the situation over there, but back in the day here, you could find records in a LOT of places, dime stores, grocery stores, furniture stores, tire stores (sic), general goods stores, drug stores, a lot of different places. And only some carried current hits and/or major labels. Those who didn't, omg, that's where you got Crown, Diplomat, Design, Grand Prix, labels like that. And don't get me going on the places that sold cutout 45s in plastic bags for, like, 39 cents or 3/$1. I keep saying this, but/and it's true - records used to be, almost literally, everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 2 hours ago, JSngry said: Diplomat was one of the "supermarket labels", labels for places that "sold records" but not "real records", if you know what I mean. Don't know the situation over there, but back in the day here, you could find records in a LOT of places, dime stores, grocery stores, furniture stores, tire stores (sic), general goods stores, drug stores, a lot of different places. And only some carried current hits and/or major labels. Those who didn't, omg, that's where you got Crown, Diplomat, Design, Grand Prix, labels like that. And don't get me going on the places that sold cutout 45s in plastic bags for, like, 39 cents or 3/$1. I keep saying this, but/and it's true - records used to be, almost literally, everywhere. I used to buy 45s at the "corner store" which was a combination pharmacy/soda fountain/candy store/newstand. Hartman's Pharmacy. Those were the days. I especially remember being around 9 or 10 and coming home with a 45 of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love", playing it on the record player and singing "Gonna give you every inch of my love" and wondering why my mother came screeching into the room, ripped it off the player and telling me, "This is going back". I had no idea what was going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 2 hours ago, JSngry said: Diplomat was one of the "supermarket labels", labels for places that "sold records" but not "real records", if you know what I mean. Don't know the situation over there, but back in the day here, you could find records in a LOT of places, dime stores, grocery stores, furniture stores, tire stores (sic), general goods stores, drug stores, a lot of different places. And only some carried current hits and/or major labels. Those who didn't, omg, that's where you got Crown, Diplomat, Design, Grand Prix, labels like that. And don't get me going on the places that sold cutout 45s in plastic bags for, like, 39 cents or 3/$1. I keep saying this, but/and it's true - records used to be, almost literally, everywhere. Yeah, it was similar over here but it was mainly majors who made 'em. A few indies like ARC and the Czech label Supraphon were in there, too, but not many. And some of their stuff was wonderful. I've never heard a recording of Debussy's string quartet I liked better than the one by the Vlach Quartet on Supraphon - and I kick myself weekly for having flogged it! MG . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Over the last few years, as I've gotten into some committed classical listening, Supraphon has pretty much become a "buy on sight" label for me. I'm sure they did some lesser product, but so far, everything I've found on them has been excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 I have their Clark/Boland Big Band release - will dig it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said: I used to buy 45s at the "corner store" which was a combination pharmacy/soda fountain/candy store/newstand. Hartman's Pharmacy. Those were the days. I especially remember being around 9 or 10 and coming home with a 45 of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love", playing it on the record player and singing "Gonna give you every inch of my love" and wondering why my mother came screeching into the room, ripped it off the player and telling me, "This is going back". I had no idea what was going on. Dude, I grew up in a town with a population of around 6,000. We had a drugstore, Jobe Drug, that had a little 3-wide/2 deep LP bin that kept the current releases in rock, Pop, Easy Listening, and Country, as well as a 45 rack right above it that always had the Top 20 hits. But dig this - they didn't use the Billboard Top 20, they used the Top 40 list provided by the rack jobber. This was no secret, there was always, like, 5-10 copies of this list hanging by the records, help yourself, and the jobbers name address and phone # was prominently displayed. The Shreveport Times (the then-"big city" newspaper for our area used to print the Billboard Top 20 every Sunday, so it was fun for a geek kid like me to contrast and compare, It was almost always the same songs but often in different order. thus the notion of "regional hit" became planted in my mind, which confirmed why and how I could hear different songs on different Top 40 station across the country (to the extent that post-sundown AM radio stations could be heard where I lived, which was well enough, all things considered). Jobe Drug also carried a selection of pulp "detective" magazines that told sordid stories about the illicit side of life, always one story about prostitution, and at some point those pages would have on topless photo, nothing splashy, just...there. None of us had the nerve to go to the town's newsstand and actually look at a Playboy, but in Jobe Drug, those detective mags were at the front of the store, the opposite side of where anybody worked, and were mixed in with the sports and outdoors and car and all the other mags, so, you know...word got around among us 13 year olds. Here's the obit of the guy who ran it: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=106116639 There's this little tidbit, which I never knew: Always the progressive thinker, Jobe joined with Tom Perryman to sponsor Elvis Presley's singing debut in 1955 while associated with the Gladewater Junior Chamber of Commerce. Yes, Elvis played Gladewater in 1955, that I knew, it's still a point of local pride (sic). But I never knew that Mr. Jobe was involved. That makes a lot of things fall into place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 59 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said: I used to buy 45s at the "corner store" which was a combination pharmacy/soda fountain/candy store/newstand. Hartman's Pharmacy. Those were the days. I especially remember being around 9 or 10 and coming home with a 45 of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love", playing it on the record player and singing "Gonna give you every inch of my love" and wondering why my mother came screeching into the room, ripped it off the player and telling me, "This is going back". I had no idea what was going on. Classic ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 John Jackson: Deep in the Bottom (Rounder) With my friend Bill Morrison playing bass on some tracks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 2 hours ago, paul secor said: John Jackson: Deep in the Bottom (Rounder) With my friend Bill Morrison playing bass on some tracks Good one .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 11 hours ago, JSngry said: Over the last few years, as I've gotten into some committed classical listening, Supraphon has pretty much become a "buy on sight" label for me. I'm sure they did some lesser product, but so far, everything I've found on them has been excellent! Do you have the Debussy/Ravel quartets LP? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 12 hours ago, The Magnificent Goldberg said: I've never heard a recording of Debussy's string quartet I liked better than the one by the Vlach Quartet on Supraphon - and I kick myself weekly for having flogged it! MG The Vlach Quartet Debussy Ravel is excellent .... saw also release as CD via the "Supraphon Archives" series .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 3 hours ago, The Magnificent Goldberg said: Do you have the Debussy/Ravel quartets LP? MG Possibly, not sure. I've been building a stockpile of things to get now, explore in full later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 5 hours ago, soulpope said: The Vlach Quartet Debussy Ravel is excellent .... saw also release as CD via the "Supraphon Archives" series .... Thank you. Never even thought it would have been reissued. MG PS Downloading it now from Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Complete Sidney Bechet Volumes 1/2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Träden -- s/t -- (Subliminal Sounds, SWE) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjazzg Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Alan Braufman - Valley Of Search [Valley Of Search] been listening to this on Spotify since release and finally purchased the LP. A great record and very fine reissue edition. Notes are mighty fine too...I'd actually like them longer CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 1 hour ago, mjazzg said: Alan Braufman - Valley Of Search [Valley Of Search] been listening to this on Spotify since release and finally purchased the LP. A great record and very fine reissue edition. Notes are mighty fine too...I'd actually like them longer CT One of the few albums that makes me wish I still had a turntable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 35 minutes ago, jlhoots said: One of the few albums that makes me wish I still had a turntable. $9 and burn your own CD? https://alanbraufman.bandcamp.com/album/valley-of-search-reissue Cecil McBee - Mutima [Strata East] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 2 hours ago, mjazzg said: Alan Braufman - Valley Of Search [Valley Of Search] been listening to this on Spotify since release and finally purchased the LP. A great record and very fine reissue edition. Notes are mighty fine too...I'd actually like them longer CT yeah, had a max word count so that's about the best I could do given the space. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) 14 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said: yeah, had a max word count so that's about the best I could do given the space. Thanks! You did very nicely too Now... Edited October 12, 2018 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 16 minutes ago, mjazzg said: You did very nicely too Now... That one I do have on CD - Sunspots 552 - back cover says 2003, issued under license from Charly Licensing Aps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 1 hour ago, mjazzg said: Cecil McBee - Mutima [Strata East] Good one .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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