Chuck Nessa

Mutt Carey Harry Carey Harry Houdini

July in Michigan has been amazingly cool. Mid 60s-mid 70s so far. Ann pulled the comforter up around 5 this morning.

Not if you want to take a crap.

Still no mention of the various versions of quad lps (there was a battle of formats - SQ and QS) or quad 8s. FWIW, initially 8 tracks (quarter inch tape) were superior in audio quality to cassettes but the lousy mechanics of the tape container ultimately killed it. The life of the 8 track was prolonged by the quantity of units installed in trucks. You could still find racks of 8 tracks in roadside diners a few years ago. Reel to reel tapes were championed by audiophiles when they were introduced (classical fans were the biggest supporters and the earliest stereo recordings were issued in that format) but this was sabotaged by the "industry" when they tried to save money by reducing the speed from 7.5 ips to 3.75 ips. Hardware improvements and new tape formulations (along with the introduction of Dolby) let the cassette prevail, but this was mostly a pop music format. The folks caring about sound stayed with vinyl.

Chuck, would you be so kind a post the list of these 18 releases, please? Just so we youngsters know what to hunt for... I am aware of: Roots Earthy Outskirts of Town and I own: Olio but I think that's all... (or I forgot some or file some under one particular artist, who knows... All Night Long and All Day Long are under Burrell and/or Byrd in my shelves, for instance) I include: Just Wailin' 3 Trumpets 2 Trumpets 2 Guitars All Day Long All Night Long Tenor Conclave Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors After Hours Wheelin' and Dealin' Cattin' Very Saxy Dakar The Cats Coolin' and you could add a couple of Swingville dates.

Prisoner of Zenda Zelda Fitzgerald Old Fitzgerald

Byrdie Green Hill Green Green Hornet

Hal Singer Hal Russell Russell Stover

WALL-E Bambi Tinkerbell

Stayed up to hear Soriano hit a grand slam last night. This kept the Cubs in first place - weak division or not. It was thrilling. 13 innings is enough for me.

Nice personal post TTK. Thanks. No time to elaborate but I have fond memories of sitting at a table in a ballroom of the Blackstone Hotel (Chicago) with George Russell and Abdullah Buhaina as they swapped "poverty" stories of their youth. It was an elevated version of "the dozens".

All of mine connect. That's good. No voodoo for me.

been on that bus.

and with all that info you have everything when you download flac files from some blog. nice.

Don't be hasty.

Bob Shoffner Bob Koester Greg Roberts (who knows the connection?)

Are trombone babes as good as porn?

Sell the crap! Problem solved.

Bill Black Scotty Moore Floyd Cramer

Me too.

Dr Pepper Pepper Spray Annie Sprinkle

And loud.

Pretty boring stuff without really good dope.

I just think it is not very interesting. So much other stuff going on at the time. Digging it as nostalgia isn't in my sights.