Royal Oak

William Hill Fred Done Stan James

Well, at least you gave it a try, and were not made ill from listening to it! I'll have to remember use the first 2 lines of your post for future BFT's! On the contrary, I liked some of it (only listened to disc 1 so far) - track 5 I enjoyed, as well as tracks 1 (especially) and 6. I thought track 13 sounded like it may fit in a Quentin Tarantino soundtrack. The "Tea For Two" reminds me of the theme tune from "Pot Black", a snooker programme of yesteryear. That isn't exactly a compliment BTW.

Try his mid- and later-sixties albums (The Turnaround, No Room For Squres, Dippin', A Caddy For Daddy, High Voltage, Far Away Lands), where he uses a harder tone (as well as more economical phrasing). Thanks for the recommendations Bill, I probably will.

Saxondale Alan Partridge Paul Calf

This was one of my first jazz albums. I remember having it on pretty heavy rotation with Joe Henderson's "Page One" and Dexter's "Our Man In Paris". I find Hank suffers a little in comparison with those two; I find his tone a little too woolly for extended listening (I have the same problem with Curtis Fuller on trombone). Having said that, I think Soul Staion is a classic album - "Remember" is a tune I really like, and I love Wynton and Blakey - Wynton especially on the title track. I bought "Workout" after this one, and thought it OK, but never explored Mobley any further.

SPLASH.........gurgle (Sound of man out of his depth) I've listened to disc 1 and have less than nothing! It's a real ear-opener, listening to all this - I think the oldest record in my collection is from 1947! The one thought I had was that track 5 puts me in mind of Monk's "Genius of Modern Music" records. (Sets disc to repeat)

David St Hubbins The Saint Greavsie

That was fast! Much faster than Newbury Comics and Caiman USA!

Conrad - disks arrived today, many thanks. Richard

Colonel Tom Parker Colonel Korn General Dreedle

Michael Vaughan Andrew Flintoff Andrew Strauss

Napoleon Murphy Brock Ray White Ike Willis

Lassie Old Shep The Littlest Hobo

Bernard Bresslaw Sid James Charles Hawtrey

Glyn Pardoe Alan Oakes Mike Doyle

Rex Hudler Spike Owen Fred "Crime dog" McGriff Andrew Flintoff Wasim Akram Clive Lloyd

Downtown Judy Uptown Judy Kinky Friedman

Prospero Macbeth Mark Anthony

Earl Scruggs Earl Hines Earl Strickland

Marion Jones Barry Bonds Floyd Landis

Two dirt-cheap Blue Notes courtesy of Amazon: Horace-Scope - Horace Silver Trio - Sonny Clark Trio

Danny Boy Pigeon Boy (apologies, I have young children) Lieutenant Pigeon

Joe Bugner Alan Minter John Conteh

Russell Harty Grace Jones Grace Slick

Hank Hill Harry Hill Prince Harry