J.A.W.

And I wonder where the seller got it from...

Yes, we agreed a price and the seller will mail the disc to an American friend of mine. Thanks again!

He mentioned those two in his post (second paragraph)

Amen to that. Both the teams had myriad chances but not one guy who could finish. Alexi Lalas said this game was like putting lipstick on a pig. That's a pretty accurate description. Nonetheless, congrats to the Spanish side. Ugly or not, a World Cup is still a World Cup. I was referring to the whole tournament There were only a few teams that played attractive football, though not always.

A final WC 2010 post from me: I didn't see the final, and I just heard that Spain won 1-0 after extra time and that the only things the Dutch team won were yellow and red cards. Shame on them and many congratulations to Spain, they had the best team. I hope the Dutch team will now return to the kind of football they played in the 1974, 1978, 1988 (Euro 88) and 1998 tournaments, which I loved them for. Quality-wise this has been a very disappointing World Cup.

Thanks. I've contacted the seller.

This doesn't answer your question, but it's nevertheless interesting: The Story of Everest Records (wikipedia, for what it's worth)

That would be fine, too.

I am looking for the original 1987 CD issue of Wayne Shorter's album Odyssey of Iska in excellent or better condition. Please note: I don't want the later on-demand-only Blue Note CD-R! PayPal is my only payment option. Please PM me if you're selling it or know where I can get one.

I merged the threads about the Black Saint/Soul Note box sets to keep all info and opinions in one place.

Well, not this time. Congratulations to Spain, their win is deserved.

Well, the Germans always win in the last few seconds of a game, so...

Anyone else having these problems? Everything's still OK here.

On Wikipedia and All Music Guide Fuqua is not credited as (co-)author of "Dance with Me Henry".

Couldn't agree more. The Moonglows were one of the great doo-wop groups.

Harvey Fuqua, founder of doo-wop group the Moonglows and Motown executive, has died. He was 80. obit obit

No problem here, with either Firefox 3.6.6 or IE8.

If I'm not mistaken it will be a (very expensive) 45RPM LP-set on the Music Matters label. It's not available yet. It'll probably also be released as an XRCD (playable on regular CD-players) on the Audio Wave label. Joe Harley, the author of the post that was quoted in the first post of this thread, is involved in both projects.

We'll see

Semi-finals: Tuesday, July 6: Netherlands v Uruguay Wednesday, July 7: Germany v Spain

Yeah, it's another dreadful game... As I've said earlier, this World Cup has seen very few exciting or even good games so far. Ugh.

They have such a rule in ice hockey. If the puck is going towards an open goal and a player stops it by throwing a club, it will count as a goal, even though the puck never actually entered the goal. Football should have a rule like that too in a case like this. It would have been a goal if Suarez hadn't stopped it with his hands and Uruguay would have been out. Now Suarez has become some sort of hero for taking Uruguay to the semifinal by stopping the ball with his hands. It is laughable to see the red card as a punishment in this case. "Almost behind the line" does not count, the whole ball has to be over the line. Stopping a ball in the penalty area by handling it like Suárez did will be punished by a red card and a penalty kick. Those are the rules in football/soccer, whether you like it or not. The fact that Ghana missed the penalty is not Uruguay's fault. These things happen. By the way, I'm not a Uruguay fan, on the contrary

One of the leading Dutch newspapers reviewed Cohen's Ellington bio and Teachout's Armstrong bio. The Ellington bio was rated good, the Armstrong bio just OK. Any more opinions here on the Ellington?

Germany increase their lead to 4-0!

It's all over now, Germany lead 3-0.