Stereojack

I'll accept Chris' offer to answer this one. Alberta Hunter had been a star in the 1920's and 1930's. When Chris produced her for Riverside in 1962 she had long since left music. Her Columbia debut came 15 years later in 1977. I don't think one can blame John Hammond or Columbia for "ripping her away" 15 years later! I imagine that she enjoyed the major label attention at that late date in her life. Sometimes it's possible to look the wrong way through the telescope. One time years ago I devoted a program to paying tribute to Norman Granz, and all of the great records he had produced. I got an indignant call from a listener who questioned why I would pay tribute to someone who had "all this power", as if he was a bad guy ripping off the musicians. I tried to explain to her that it was because of Granz that many great musicians were given opportunities to work and record that might not have happened without his efforts.

Ozzie Cadena was an employee, not a partner. Produced many fine jazz sessions in the late 50's.

The Audiophile LP was a reunion of sorts. He and his brother recorded six sides for Bluebird as the Emilio Caceres Trio in 1937. Great musician!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-EuyEsYTE

My memory is pretty good about these things, but I have to say I can't recall attending that show.

My apologies also for not responding. I listened to it through twice and had every intention of posting my responses, but life got in the way. I also recognized track 1, but the others were all unfamiliar to me, and I have to confess that a number of them were just a little too "out" for my comfort zone. Still, Thom, you put a fair amount of work into it, and you deserved a better turnout.

Dave was one of my favorites. A tremendous musician - knew more tunes than just about anybody! Here's a nice tribute: http://www.aahome.com:80/dave

What they all said....... -_- Happy birthday, Chris!

Big loss - great voice! We listened to several Four Tops albums in the store today, in remembrance, and the Motown stuff is just classic!

I saw Eager in Florida around 1987. Big disappointment - sounded sorta like very late Pres, in the worst sense. I was thrilled to see a legend, but there wasn't much left by this time.

As long as you are sure that you were polite and respectful up to the time that she began to demean you, chances are that you have encountered an asshole who uses race as a crutch to excuse her own disrespectful behavior. Clearly this woman has a chip on her shoulder, and her son will probably have a lot to work out within himself when he gets older.

The original version is by Richard Barrett on Atlantic.

I can't say (don't know) which ones were actually last. I've seen "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley (spring 1957). Can't recall ever seeing any RCA 78's later than that.

The latest US 78 I've seen is "Fannie Mae", by Buster Brown, released in early 1960 on the Fire label. Major labels such as RCA & Columbia ceased pressing 78's around 1957.

I think Linda Gray is a very good guess. She'd be the right age (25 in 1965) and did work as a photographer's model in the 1960's. Also was married to art director / album cover designer Ed Thrasher from 1962.

Some of these are from a George Wallington session, originally issued on Mode as "Leonard Feather Presents Bop", Recorded 1957 Idrees Sulieman (tp), Phil Woods (as), George Wallington (p), Curley Russell (b), Denzil Best (d) Little Benny Be Bop Lemon Drop Ornithology Anthropology Thad Jones (tp), Phil Woods (as), George Wallington (p), Curley Russell (b), Art Taylor (d) Salt Peanuts Groovin' High Shaw 'Nuff Billie's Bounce Hot House & 52nd Street Theme

Might these have originated from Jerry Newman, a pioneer in location recording? I see the initials JN, and I know that Schlitten did issue several volumes of Newman recordings on Muse and Xanadu.

I seem to be in the majority, having selected North by Northwest. Not only is it my favorite Hitchcock movie, it's my favorite movie period. I have no idea how many times I've seen it, theatrically and on home video. Also very fond of Notorious, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, and Rebecca.

I ignored (or tried to) all this shit when it was out - years later I finally "heard" it. Bacharach was a genius, and Warwick was the perfect singer for his unique songs. "A House Is Not a Home" and "Reach Out For Me" are two of my favorites, anf I never get tired of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" (by anybody!)

Amen to that!!!

I have a CDR that somebody burned for me a few years ago. Haven't listened in a while, but my recollection is that the date is a little more "out" that what we can usually expect from Reece. This is one of the handful of sessions featuring Gilmore away from Sun Ra, which makes it worthwhile for that reason alone.

My thoughts are with you. Hope you'll be feeling better real soon!

This is true for when the labels were founded in the early 1960's, but by the mid 60's both labels were designated as budget-priced labels.

The selling point of albums such as "Kenton in Hi Fi" (High Fidelity) was that these were new versions of the hits in superior sound. Actually Capitol made a whole series of such records, including Harry James, Glen Gray, Guy Lombardo, etc. When stereo was introduced around 1958, it was felt that the term "monaural" or "mono" might be a little too down-beat, so mono was sold as "regular hi-fi". For years afterward many people mistakenly referred to the two formats as "hi-fi" and "stereo". Actually, all stereo records are also hi fi.

Probably my favorite Hawes album, although he has many other good ones!