Chuck Nessa

Kampen is dandy as are Reknes and Dragon.

any way to merge the relevant comments from both threads? I want to speak about the whole deal.

sounds a bit like some music from about 50 back.

please say hi for me.

now is the time to search for new Bradfords - there a bunch of good ones.

First time I met Sam (1966) he said something like "if you want to get noticed, find something nobody is writing about and produce a book. That's what I did."

That seems true. Delete if you want.

LOL. It was my album of the year back then. The full session issued in Japan is even better.

Wait and see. I am curious too. I want to remind folks they don't need to be Face Book members to access the Nessa Records page, and it has a bunch of "historic" photos mostly made by my wife Ann.

And that's exactly why he never had a record in the top 40.

Surprised to see no notice on this board. He was a fascinating and frustrating man, as are many good ones. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/arts/music/samuel-charters-foundational-scholar-of-the-blues-dies-at-85.html?_r=0

Thanks for the alert!

The Bible

Nice to see you back Jaffa.

Glad the news is finally out. It has been difficult to keep my enthusiasm from leaking into the interwebs.

trying to catch up with "the americans."

at least when it was vinyl or nothing, we could listen through stuff like that.

Just want to point out a silly claim by Mosaic - "Thanks to Mosaic's ability to bundle collections from numerous labels and archives..." - Universal/MCA/Decca own Commodore. It is one company, one license.

Move on folks, nothing to see here, just move on.

Hot Beans!! I bet he had a blast.

I will. I have a distinct memory of going there in the late 90s/early 00s and speaking with him. I remember him telling me about putting out a large slug of Mosaic boxes one day and and selling every one of them within hours. We are staying in Berkeley for one night, so this will definitely be a stop. I remember a night in the '70s pushing his car to get it started so we could make a beer run for a bunch of crazed, indie record folk. Please remind him of this.

always knew you didn't know anything. ;-)

Say hello to my old friend Rick Ballard when you visit.

Issued on Jass, a sub of Stash. The rest of it is pretty terrific as well. The "non-bird" material was issued on an IAJRC lp.

What the hell does "improvisation over content" mean? Do you favor tubes over valves? :-)