Chuck Nessa

Heard Barry in person a few times in the last 5 years. He is at the top of his game.

I can see the bar has been lowered beyond my expectations.

I would be too.

LOL!!!!

Can't figure out whether the original was a deep groove pressing or not. No mention of that tidbit in any archived auctions. I hate the "deep groove" qualification. Depends on the plant and the press used in that plant. Silly shit.

Last night volume 2, tonight volume 1

...an original pressing? I'm no expert but it has a red label with the Studio 4 logo on it and a number of XCTV-97116/7. Is that an original? And no VSOP 1 indication anywhere? I have a VSOP facsimile reissue with the original Studio 4 cover art and red label and it says VSOP in several places on the cover and label, so no mistaking there. The numbers you indicate figure on my reissue too and seem to be the matrix numbers for side 1/2. But wouldn't these be uncommonly complicated matrix numbers for such tiny labels of that era? Were there several reissues, maybe? The Studio 4 originals were pressed by RCA's custom pressing arm. The "complicated matrix numbers" might have been assigned by RCA in their Indianapolis plant, though that number looks more like a Columbia matrix number to me.

Best I can recall it was on either Dubuque or Linn, south of Washington. It was on the west side of the street.

The band were all living in Cedar Rapids or Iowa City at the time. The original label was based in the Quad Cities. I knew all the participants well, with the exception of Gary Allen - only met him a couple of times. After his stay at the Tender Trap JR moved to Iowa City and played constantly at a beer hall called Little Bills. This lasted for at least a year. I learned a lot about the "jazz life" hanging out with JR at that time.

The reissue of In Action should say licensed from Bainbridge or its successors if legit, I would think.

Great. I wish I lived in a place with more interesting music.

I never had clue, money or time.

Then do it yourself. That's what friends are for. :-)

Jelly is out of town.

Nice post. Lots of connections - and we have some suet in the freezer.

Crap.

There certainly would have been conflicts of time.

I don't care. Put me "over there".

Gran Torino.

Mayor Bloomberg is a super rich fellow with his heart in the right place and nothing else but the power of his position and bank book.

Weed. What an amazing thought!

In 1939 Al Lion took his savings and made some recordings of a couple of artists he believed in. Now the corporate heirs of his work are asking "potential customers" for money in front. In a way I see this as pissing on Alfred Lion's work and dreams.

Really depressing and black mark on a favorite trade mark.