BillF

Problem at the moment with your "Play Episode" link, David - at least on my computer. Will listen when it's fixed.

First impressions only at this stage: 1) Can identify nothing 2) Everything very listenable So - more later!

Raoul Moat Canaletto eddie Locke

Lon Chaney The Wolf Man Alfred Lion

Vlad the Impaler Spike Hughes Albert Speer

Similar pattern with me. Some of the greatest music in my collection has been there for almost 50 years and has been played so many times that the essential "sound of surprise" is quite gone. Biggest loss in this respect are the Parker Savoys and Dials. One which has stood up surprisingly well to this process has been the Second Herd/Four Brothers band. Still blows my mind every time!

The Inheritors The Godfather Old Folks

I found exactly the same thing when I first came here fifty years ago. Now I've developed a native's thick skin and don't notice. A Which University? guide aimed at 18-year olds had this brief entry for Manchester in its "Are the Locals Friendly?" column: "At least there's safety in numbers", referring to Manchester's huge student population. It was, however, published before the year in which three students died in separate murders.

Group of Seven Walter Gropius Dr Feelgood

Albert Pierrepoint Killer Joe Murder, Inc

Octavius Caesar Julius Sneezer

The Ancient Mariner Dr Harold Shipman Alexei Sayle

Alfred Hitchcock Wim Kok Wick Fowler

Great cover! I always enjoy browsing in this site: http://www.birkajazz.com/archive/columbia.htm

Indeed! Very fond of The Elliot Lawrence Orchestra Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements.

Had that disc since the sixties and thought in my youth that Alexander was a big name. He certainly sounded like one! Then in the years that followed I never heard of him again.

"Black Vocal Harmony Groups of the 1930s and 1940s" on Night Lights from WFIU

Yes, for me Art Hodes means a much older sounding piano style than this. I wonder if in this his later career he took something from later blues-infused pianists like fellow-Chicagoan Junior Mance?

The Invisible Man The Man Who Wasn't There Albert R.N.

The deep-groove on both sides and significantly heavier vinyl will confirm whether or not it is the original, Bill. I have some significantly heavier vinyl discs (usually very old), but this isn't one of them.

Just finished listening to Jazz Record Requests on BBC Radio 3 Always like the Nestico Basies, so disappointed to find that "Have a Nice Day", played on the show, is unobtainable, as far as I can see.

Original or the 70s second pressing? How do you tell? I'm not sure never having seen an original, but most Dootones around are second pressings. They suddenly became available around the 70s/ early 80s. They look pretty authentic. I've actually got that Carl Perkins in a first and second pressing. The original has 'Dooto' on the label and is deep groove. The 2nd pressing (early 70s) has 'Dootone' I think and a slightly different colouration on label, no deep groove. Mine has Dooto on the label.

Very interesting Part 1 reveal! We skated all around them, but never got Mary Lou and Dorham. Ashamed to say I hadn't a clue about your two Chris McGregor tracks, even though I saw a quintet led by him in Leeds in the sixties with two diminutive African guys on trumpet and alto (you'll know their names). Sensationally intense music which brought Ornette and Cherry to mind as well as South Africa. The only other artist from your list whom I've seen is Teagarden (in 1957), but fortunately I didn't suffer the ignominy of failing to recognize him!

Lady Chatterley's Mother M F Horn Maynard the Fox

Original or the 70s second pressing? How do you tell?