Chuck Nessa

How many cutout holes can an album have before you have to give it away? (old bottom feeder's joke) Reminds me of a story from my retail days. I had opened a new store in Bloomington IN for a chain called Discount Records (this was 1968). I had given the local Capitol salesman the largest order ever placed with their local office (in Ohio). A month later he called to say his boss wanted to have dinner with me and could we meet. I said ok and we met on the appointed date and had a wonderful meal and suitable beverages. At the end of the meal the "boss" asked about the quality of service from the salesman and I said "He's great! I really like the advance copies he delivers, with the holes in the corner, so I can hang them on the peg-board behind the counter. I don't mind paying cash for these records since it gives me an advantage over the competition". Took these boys a while to regain their composure.

Elephants Gerald. B-)

Twice removed and thrice returned sounds like a Buddah release. (old record retail joke).

I see this whole event has had an unfortunate influence on your desires.

I was speaking of "old organs" seen by passing schoolkids. Geez.

In most neighborhoods someone would file a complaint and have the person arrested.

And his name is Ahmet.

In 1970 Pathe Marconi (EMI) sent me a set of films (printing negatives) for their cover design. I altered the front some and created a totally new back. Universal Sound used my cover. They paid me 100 cds for the right to do this! The Pathe cover included a photo of a couple in bed (lower right quadrant) and different type composition in the upper left.

I spent a couple of days on the net researching Paypal and discovered some (all?) the sites bitching about them ultimately led to companies wanting to service my MC/Visa charges. If my research is wrong, I'll welcome the info.

I love checks since no fees are involved, but want to make purchases easy for my customers.

Both the percentage and transaction fees are cheaper with PayPal (as I read the info on their site). The new bank card service has a monthly minimum (payment to them) of $15 and a $.50 fee per transaction charge on top of their percentage. It'd be a "no brainer" to try it but I certainly don't want to sign a 3 year contract. I have about 4 months a year without any transactions and that is $60 down the drain for me.

My label does a modest amount of business via Mastercard and Visa. My bank is changing "service providers" and the proposed fees seem to be more than I wish to pay. Not a huge problem 'cept they want me to sign a 3 year commitment. I'm considering dropping the service and using PayPal instead. I am looking for feedback about this choice. Thanks.

The green cover was available for the first 10 years and was replaced in 1977, mainly to get a better color scan of the painting.

Do a "Miles Davis" search and it shows up. Funny, this morning my queue had been completely emptied but right now all 9 titles are back.

Geez, I'm most attracted to very early and very late Evans. The rest gives me "heebie jeebies".

Oh, that context. B-)

I think I'd have to know your context for "incredibly important" and "major and important talent" to agree. They were very fine musicians but these words carry a weight I'm not willing to throw around so carelessly.

Just leave this loser alone. Let him die on the vine.

Red seems to be a fine musician in the shadow of others (as judged by his peers). Since he lived longer and "prospered" he is denigrated. There are positive and negative things to say, BUT as I said he was a fine musician and gave a bunch of (even better) guys gigs. No question he prospered by the death of Bix, but that wasn't his fault. The real "crime" is this disagreement ignores Louis and Jabbo and Bubber (not to mention the Henderson section guys). The "unspoken" deal is still looking for "white guys".

We'll decide.

Limiting myself to a single disc, I'd pick one of these depending on my whim (?) of the moment. They'd have to be compilations by the strict definition of the word.

If it's really that cheap they are not paying artist royalties (like all Euro PD labels) or music publishing royalties (as they should by EU standards). Nomatter the rules, these boys be stealin'.

Gimme some of what he's smokin' and tell everyone to ignore what I post!