Finally the Blues

[papsrus]

Sure Allen! Really love it. Yesterday, I was comparing the Levitsch Tanzorchester version that you have of "I’ve Got a Cross Eyed Papa (But He Looks Straight to Me)" with others that were done about the same time from Valdemar Eiberg, Oliver Naylor and Marion Harris. Quite a silly popular song it was!

Just starting Disc 8 now...

Also, you may want to let the folks at this website know about these sets if you haven't already:

http://weeniecampbell.com/

Their Forum is here.

R~~

That weeniecampbell is a wonderful site. Thanks for linking. Just spent the last half hour or so listening to Craig Ventresco YouTube clips.

[jostber]

You also got the great Weenie Juke Radio:

http://weeniecampbell.com/juke/playing.php

Another goodie is Venerable Music Radio:

http://www.venerablemusic.com/samphpweb/playing.php

Great resources for hearing classic 78's.

Check out the Tags site too for a well of information on the early blues artists:

http://weeniecampbell.com/mambo/?option=com_smf&Itemid=114&action=tagsIndex

[papsrus]

You also got the great Weenie Juke Radio:

http://weeniecampbell.com/juke/playing.php

Another goodie is Venerable Music Radio:

http://www.venerablemusic.com/samphpweb/playing.php

Great resources for hearing classic 78's.

Check out the Tags site too for a well of information on the early blues artists:

http://weeniecampbell.com/mambo/?option=com_smf&Itemid=114&action=tagsIndex

A cornucopia! Checking out Weenie Juke Radio now. Great stuff! Thanks.

Edited April 18, 2010 by papsrus

[AllenLowe]

thanks, yes, I'm a member of that site, also Blindman's Blues Forum-

just got back; my new shipment, as I mentioned, will be here Tuesday and I'll fill the remaining orders-

[papsrus]

Disc 7 now. The two tracks Nos. 11 & 12, "Mississippi Jailhouse Groan" (Rube Lacy) and "Sawmill Moan" (Rambling Thomas) are described in the notes as having a "free-floating quality." Relatively simple guitar accompaniment but with absolutely astonishing singing that seems on both tracks to literally reach back in time and transport the listener there (at least this listener).

Another gem here: "I Must Have That Man" (Annette Hanshaw). The tune (or the chorus, at least) seems very similar to "A Good Man to Have Around" as performed by Libby Holman. Beautiful.

Having a blast exploring this.

Don't know how you feel Allen about how this stacks up against "That Devilin' Tune." Each stands on it's own, certainly. But maybe because I'm much less familiar with the music here, or maybe because it's reaching back to something much more basic and essential, this music is really resonating with me. ... Thank you.

[Ron S]

just got back; my new shipment, as I mentioned, will be here Tuesday and I'll fill the remaining orders-

You BETTER, asshole!

Jeeeeez, I get better service when I order antique yak harnesses from Tibet.*

*which I do quite frequently.

[AllenLowe]

try not to Yak on the blues set, Ron.

thanks, Paps, I actually had more fun doing this one than That Devilin' Tune - maybe because of the novelty, maybe because I was just so sick of jazz by the time I finished Devilin Tune, I'm not sure. But this new one is really, in many ways, American Pop Part 2, because it develops a lot of the threads that started in the first collection. Hopefully I'll never do another one of these. Boredom makes you do strange things....(ask Ron, whose goat mistress just made him a father again. Congrats, Ron!) -

Edited April 20, 2010 by AllenLowe

[AllenLowe]

well, the box actually showed up - now I gotta pack these damn things and lug 'em all the way to the post office -

hmmmm......don't really feel like going to all that trouble -

why don't you guys just come and pick them up? Why should I have to do all the work?

yeah, that'll work -

-Allen Lowe

The Bahamas

[Chuck Nessa]

I live off the tax deductions I can take for driving to the post office and the UPS drop off sites. The cds are almost secondary.

[AllenLowe]

good point - I think I'll head for a post office over in Idaho (let's see, I get a deduction of 55 cents per mile.....) -

[Tom Storer]

But this new one is really, in many ways, American Pop Part 2

I don't suppose there's any known source for that first American Pop collection? I didn't even find it on eBay.

[AllenLowe]

it's pretty much impossible to find - I don't think there are plans to reissue.

[Tom Storer]

If any board member owns that collection, please come to the white courtesy phone.

[AllenLowe]

If you want, I can burn you a set of the cds - send me an email at alowe5@maine.rr.com -

[John L]

Disc 7 now. The two tracks Nos. 11 & 12, "Mississippi Jailhouse Groan" (Rube Lacy) and "Sawmill Moan" (Rambling Thomas) are described in the notes as having a "free-floating quality." Relatively simple guitar accompaniment but with absolutely astonishing singing that seems on both tracks to literally reach back in time and transport the listener there (at least this listener).

Rube Lacy was an important artist. He only made a couple of sides before leaving the blues for the church, but he was apparently a strong influence on Son House.

[Big Beat Steve]

well, the box actually showed up - now I gotta pack these damn things and lug 'em all the way to the post office -

hmmmm......don't really feel like going to all that trouble -

why don't you guys just come and pick them up? Why should I have to do all the work?

yeah, that'll work -

-Allen Lowe

The Bahamas

So this means I did well in ordering my copy of this 9-CD set through amazon. :D

Saved you a lot of trouble, and anyway ... if I figure in the 19% VAT customs duty I would have been likely to pay on the price when collecting that shipment coming from the US (not even mentioning the time and fuel spent to got to the customs office), then the amazon rate is only marginally higher.

[AllenLowe]

that's fine - as a matter of fact I seem to recall that we had some problems with sending you Devilin Tune - package arrived, the first time, ripped open and removed, IIRC -

[Big Beat Steve]

Indeed, but that was not my motivation this time. I just did not fancy having to do a one-hour round trip to the customs office (and the risk is real that customs would step in, making me pay another 19% VAT on the purchase price plus shipping).

Edited April 21, 2010 by Big Beat Steve

[AllenLowe]

I actually learned a good lesson from that; all Euro shipments go by box now.

also, the domestic orders should go out this afternoon Priority - the one Euro package will probably be mailed tomorrow

[J.A.W.]

well, the box actually showed up - now I gotta pack these damn things and lug 'em all the way to the post office -

hmmmm......don't really feel like going to all that trouble -

why don't you guys just come and pick them up? Why should I have to do all the work?

yeah, that'll work -

-Allen Lowe

The Bahamas

So this means I did well in ordering my copy of this 9-CD set through amazon. :D

Saved you a lot of trouble, and anyway ... if I figure in the 19% VAT customs duty I would have been likely to pay on the price when collecting that shipment coming from the US (not even mentioning the time and fuel spent to got to the customs office), then the amazon rate is only marginally higher.

I take it you ordered it from one of the European Amazon sites; which one?

[Big Beat Steve]

@J.A.W.:

Amazon.de. 62.99 euros.

A bit more than the $66 charged by Allen (+ very likely 19% VAT charged by customs as it is above the duty-free limit of $50) but not THAT much more, really.

Edited April 21, 2010 by Big Beat Steve

[A Lark Ascending]

I've gone down the Amazon.co.uk route - £57.99. Again, more expensive but avoids all the tax possibilities. They are probably alreadey in the price.

[AllenLowe]

domestic orders went out this afternoon. The Euro (Urbina) will go out ASAP; sorry for the delay.

[Ron S]

I've gone down the Amazon.co.uk route - £57.99. Again, more expensive but avoids all the tax possibilities. They are probably alreadey in the price.

They are. They get deducted at check-out when we non-EU'ers place an order.

[AllenLowe]

too bad you guys aren't ordering from me - I try to put a large piece of metal in each box so the detectors go off, usually resulting in the arrest of whomever ordered the cds. As a matter of fact, here's Englewood after receiving HIS box:

Edited April 23, 2010 by AllenLowe