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The Blues - Vols 3 and 5 - on Italian label, JOKER.

I only have these two volumes of the set of albums.

They end with Vol 6, which along with 1, 2 and 4 I don't have either.

Now, I could follow my second mentor's lead and become a completist, but the two I have are very nice. 

I could keep my eye out for the others, but unlike him I won't move heaven and earth. 

That's the sure road to insanity. :crazy:

Just curious - who's on those two records?

Thank you for asking.

On Vol 3:

Side 1

Armstrong & Hot Five - West End Blues

King Oliver - Aunt Hagar's Blues

Bix Beiderbecke with Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra - Singin' The Blues

Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band - Livery Stable Blues

Tommy Ladnier and Orchestra with S. Bechet, M. Mezzrow - Weary Blues

Lu Watters and The Yerba Buena Jazz Band -Beale Street Blues

Jack Teagarden, vocal wth Armstrong - I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

Side 2

Sidney Bechet with Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow and Tommyy Ladnier - Really The Blues

Milton Mezz" Mezzrow with Tommy Ladnier and Sidney de Paris - Revolutionary Blues

Earl Hines with Wallace Davenport and Orange Kellin - Tishomingo Blues

Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers with Johnny Dodds - Wild Man Blues

Joe Venutti and Eddie Lang - Stringin' The Blues

Fletcher Henderson and His Connie's Inn Orchestra - Blue Rhythm

Clarence Williams and Orchestra - New Down Home Blues

..............................

Vol 5

Side 1

Jimmie Lunceford - Blues In The Night

Count Basie - Swingin' The Blues

Harry James - Kingsize Blues

Glenn Miller - Farewell Blues

Woody Herman - Blues Upstairs

Louis Armstrong - Back O' Town Blues

Side 2

Duke Ellington - Memphis Blues

Erskine Hawkins - After Hours

Lionel Hampton - Three Minutes on 52nd Street

Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy's Blues

Jack Teagarden - Prelude To The Blues

Les Brown - Sobbin' Blues

.......................

So, you can see why I'm tempted to look for the other records in this series. Marvelous stuff. :wub:

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I've always liked the theme from "Shaft", so, when I saw "Isaac Hayes Truck Turner" I snapped it up.

Apparently it's the sound track from an action film, which I haven't seen.

The cover has a picture of Hayes stripped to the waist, except for a gun harness.

OK, OK, I'm susceptable to a well-turned ankle. :blush:

Usually I avoid anything resembling a blaxploitation film like the plague.

HOWEVER, am I ever glad I've made an exception for soundtracks, especially in this case!

The album, 4 sides, was recorded at Hot Buttered Soul in Memphis Tenn. and is very interesting. No list of personnel. Pity. The pacing though is excellent and I'm enjoying this. :tup

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Paul, I love that "Fat Girl" Fats Navarro collection. I don't have it on vinyl, but a friend in CA cut me a

CD copy of his. Magical!!

Feeling a little blue this evening so I'm spinning a compilation called "The Love Album".

It has stuff like Sea Of Love by the Honeydrippers, Winner Take All by Abba, Key Largo by Bertie Higgins, Total Eclipse Of The Heart by Bonnie Tyler, How Am I Supposed To Live Without You by Laura Branigan and I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner..........like that. I listen to this about once a year. That's enough for me. :blush: Then I move on with my life.

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Sarah Vaughan - Linger Awhile - on Columbia

Sarah Vaughan - In A Romantic Mood - on Mercury

And a rather interesting album, the soundtrack from an old Dirk Bogarde film about Franz Liszt called "Song Without End".

The film was not that good, but the music, played for the film by Eric Silver on both piano and organ is excellent. It also features the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lejos Kevehazy. Worthwhile.

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Woods/Quill: Phil Talks With Quill..(Classic Records reissue) If only BN's had this undistorted, true to timbre sound...oh well.

Hendrix: Band Of Gypsys (Classic Records reissue) From all accounts the best sounding version, period. Still available for $15, I believe.

The Shins: Oh, Inverted World(Sub Pop) I like their 2nd a bit better, but still a keeper.

Prokofieff: Symphony No. 7/Overture Russe/Martinon/ Paris CO (RCA Living stereo/Classic Records reissue, 45 rpm 4 disc set) Could listen to this endlessly if I didn't have to get up so often. :)

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The Singing Trumpet - Rafael Mendez - on Decca

Trumpet Extraordinary - Rafael Mendez - on Decca

Trumpet Spectacular - Rafael Mendez - also on Decca

Then for a change of pace:

The Montagu Three - a Calypso band recorded at the Montagu Beach hotel in Nassau in the Bahamas on the CARIB label. Reminds me of Harry Belefonte's early recordings. From the same era in the fifties. Pleasant.

My copy is autographed by the trio, so I can only assume that whoever orignally bought it was at the hotel that the trio was playing.

Wolff, your comments about 45s reminds me of how scratched most old 45s are. I think that, unlike you who play them one at a time, most stacked them on those chubby changers, which were common in the fifties and sixties. At my house, growing up, it was illegal to play them any way except one at a time.;)

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