Big Al

Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack!!! HELLLOOOOOO????????

Hey Jim, I sent you a couple of PM's with addresses for the radio stations around here. Let me know if I can assist in distributing the discs to the radio stations for you!

35, for a few more months anyway....

RIP indeed. A 56-year marriage..... how wonderful is that?

Aw HECK yeah, my friend!!! :rsmile: If you tell me which five you're using, I'd be more than happy to send a copy to KNTU (Denton jazz radio) and KTCU (Fort Worth radio that plays jazz every afternoon 2-4 pm).

FWIW, I tried to program the tunes into an order that would make it sound like an actual Christmas LP. To that extent, I like the way the songs flow into each other in this order: SIDE ONE (19:18) O Christmas Tree God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Funky Drummer Boy A Child is Born SIDE TWO (17:41) Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree* The Christmas Song Christmas Time is Here *I wish this version would get played in the malls instead of the Amy Grant version!!! I imagine being a little kid again, watching the organssimo Christmas record (especially the record label) spin around, cold weather outside, anxiously awaiting Christmas! Yes, thankfully, I never outgrew that part of life. Thanks again, guys. And happy listening!

Well, now I know what a Christmas album by Larry Young, Grant Green, and Elvin Jones would sound like. WOW!!!! Thanks guys, and Merry Christmas to all of you. (And on a more anal note, thanks also for updating the tags on the previous years' tunes. )

You wanna copy? I'll trade you one for a copy of your BFT!

PM your mailing address to me. I'll gladly make a copy for you.

Was cleaning out the desk tonight and came upon these discs, which I never listened to when I received the BFT package. Wow, this band is SMOKIN'!!!! What a killer show. Or like Peter Johnson said earlier, this show is just SICK!!!

Up for more fun! Who knows? Not everyone got to guess, and maybe some have forgotten since I posted the answers. No peekin' now!

Actually, I dug it out last night too! You guys are alright!!!

I felt the same way when they tore down old Arlington Stadium.

Just did a search and didn't find the answer to these questions: was "It All Comes Back to You" recorded at the VV along with the other tracks on the original LP? Were the three bonus tracks recorded at the VV? Do the liner notes in the CD say anything about that, beyond the "commercial appeal" of "IACBTY"?

The ones in bold are no longer available. Wonder why?

Ahhhhh, at long last: MOSAIC!!!! Didn’t think that would ever get the upgrade! And GIGOLO!!!! How long have we been waiting for this one???? Man, this batch is gonna break me for sure! The two Dexters (and now I can finally get GO!), the two Silvers, and the aforementioned two...... ahhhhhhhh!!!!

I think it took me about four hours. I didn’t have a set list of songs I was going to use, I just started grabbing CDs off the shelf in no particular order and started copying and cutting. The only criteria I had was based on a 90-minute tape that I made about ten years ago, which also is nothing but short clips of songs. The original tape starts with a Styx clip (Skid’s gotta be laughing his ass off at that! ), and ends with the REM “I Don’t Sleep, I Dream” cutoff-ending. (A lot of the clips on that tape ended up on the SAS-BFT, BTW) Believe it or not, I’d been planning some kind of SAS CD for years, but never thought I’d be able to replicate the spirit of the original tape. I mean, when I made that tape, I was sitting around on a Saturday morning and thought, “Wonder how it would sound if.....” and I was off. That was a very spur-of-the-moment thing that I managed to stretch out over two sides of a 90-minute tape; I didn’t think that spontaneity could be recaptured. I guess the wait was worth it, as I rather enjoy this collection. However, I still prefer that tape over the CD, because some of the clips on that tape came from LPs that I never upgraded to CD. Hopefully, someday I’ll transfer that tape to a CD, but it’s a matter of what to leave out in order to squeeze it onto an 80-minute CD. I think I may be ready for a second volume, if you can believe that!

I gotta stop being so curious......

Bump it up cuz I recently found this at the library, checked it out, and fell in love with it! Bought my own copy, too; that's how much I dig it. When listening to it, it puts me in mind of two of my favorite albums: Jobim's TERRA BRASILIS and Hubert Laws' IN THE BEGINNING. There's something very atmospheric about this album, makes me long for long autumn sunsets and changing colors of the leaves. Plus, my wife likes it, which is always a plus. Extraordinarily beautiful music!

Speaking of 2-fers, I wonder if Verve will ever release Ben's Complete Emarcy Recordings on CD?

For the three or four people who requested the disc when I did my BFT, I finally got around to putting together the answers. I hope to one day add commentary and turn it into a rambling commentary on life as we know it, thereby writing the Great American Novel in the process. For now, though, the answers will just have to do. Each track is listed by artist, song, and source (for this particular track). 1. James Brown, Coldblooded, The Big Payback (anthology) 2. Bob Dylan, She Belongs to Me, Bringing it All Back Home 3. Beatles, Fixing a Hole, Sgt. Pepper 4. Beatles, If I Needed Someone, Rubber Soul 5. Beatles, I'll Be Back, Hard Day's Night 6. Beatles, It's All Too Much, Yellow Submarine 7. Beatles, Strawberry Fields Forever, Anthology, Volume 2 8. Talking Heads, Found a Job, More Songs About Buildings and Food 9. Phil Keaggy, World of Mine, Crimson and Blue 10. Byrds, Bells of Rhymney, Mr. Tambourine Man 11. Byrds, Everybody's Been Burned, Younger than Yesterday (CD) 12. Byrds, It Happens Each Day, Younger than Yesterday (CD) 13. Rolling Stones, Jigsaw Puzzle, Beggar's Banquet 14. Monkees, Don't Call on Me, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones Ltd. 15. Fleetwood Mac, Over and Over, Tusk 16. Fleetwood Mac, That's Enough for Me, Tusk 17. Fleetwood Mac, Brown Eyes, Tusk 18. Creedence Clearwater Revival, Rude Awakening #2, Pendulum 19. Creedence Clearwater Revival, It's Just a Thought, Pendulum 20. Creedence Clearwater Revival, (Wish I Could) Hideaway, Pendulum 21. Fleetwood Mac, That's All for Everyone, Tusk 22. Beach Boys, Bluebirds Over the Mountain, 20/20 23. Beach Boys, Please Let Me Wonder, Today! 24. Talking Heads, Found a Job, Stop Making Sense 25. Talking Heads, Sax and Violins, Once in a Lifetime (anthology) 26. AC/DC, Rocker, Bonfire (box) 27. AC/DC, Down Payment Blues, Powerage 28. Ten Years After, I'm Goin' Home, Woodstock 29. Broadcast, Come On Let's Go, The Noise Made by People 30. Julian Lennon, Too Late for Goodbyes, Valotte 31. Blondie, Heart of Glass, Best of Blondie 32. Bryan Duncan, After This Day is Done, WOW Hits 1997 33. Stevie Wonder, You've Got it Bad, Girl, Talking Book 34. Motels, Suddenly Last Summer, (downloaded from Napster before they went under) 35. Motels, Only the Lonely, (downloaded from Napster before they went under) 36. Jackson Browne, In the Shape of a Heart, The Next Voice You Hear (anthology) 37. Hall & Oates, I Can't Go for That (No Can Do), The Very Best of Hall & Oates 38. Hall & Oates, One on One, The Very Best of Hall & Oates 39. Hall & Oates, Method of Modern Love, The Very Best of Hall & Oates 40. Hall & Oates, Some Things are Better Left Unsaid, The Very Best of Hall & Oates 41. Monkees, Someday Man, Music Box (anthology) 42. Monkees, Long Title: Do I have to do this all over again?, Head 43. Rolling Stones, Stray Cat Blues, Beggar's Banquet 44. Genesis, Fly on a Windshield, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 45. Genesis, In the Cage, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 46. Genesis, Lilywhite Lilith, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 47. Genesis, The Supernatural Anaesthetist, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 48. Ace Frehley, Snow Blind, Ace Frehley 49. Ace Frehley, Ozone, Ace Frehley 50. Ace Frehley, I'm in Need of Love, Ace Frehley 51. Rolling Stones, Talkin' Bout You, December's Children (and Everybody's) 52. ZZ Top, I Wanna Drive You Home, Chrome, Smoke, & BBQ (anthology) 53. Phil Keaggy, Chase the Bad Away, Phil Keaggy 54. Velvet Underground, Sister Ray, White Light White Heat 55. Velvet Underground, What Goes On, Peel Slowly and See (anthology) 56. XTC, That is the Way, Drums and Wires 57. XTC, No Language in Our Lungs, Black Sea 58. XTC, Travels in Nihilon, Black Sea 59. XTC, Senses Working Overtime, English Settlement 60. XTC, All of a Sudden (It's Too Late), English Settlement 61. XTC, Wonderland, Mummer 62. Bill Evans, Elsa, Know What I Mean? 63. George Winston, Great Pumpkin Waltz, Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi 64. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ligia, Urubu 65. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dindi, Terra Brasilis 66. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars, Terra Brasilis 67. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Marina, Terra Brasilis 68. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Someone to Light Up My Life, Terra Brasilis 69. Jack Wilson, Frank's Tune, Easterly Winds 70. Cal Tjader, Reza, Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof 71. Cal Tjader, The Prophet, Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof 72. Cal Tjader, Mongorama, Los Ritmos Calientes 73. Elvis Costello, 5ive Gears in Reverse, Get Happy!!! 74. Terry Gibbs Dream Band, The Big Cat, The Big Cat 75. Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tombstone Shadow, Green River 76. Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows, Revolver 77. Russell Malone, Sweet Little Smile, Sweet Georgia Peach 78. Paul Desmond, Bossa Antigua, Bossa Antigua 79. Joe Jackson, Breaking Us in Two, Stepping Out: The Very Best of 80. Benny Goodman, Fascinating Rhythm, Vol. 3: All the Cats Join In 81. Wes Montgomery, Four on Six, Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides 82. Joe Jackson, Friday, Stepping Out: The Very Best of 83. Grant Green, I Concentrate On You, The Complete Quartets w/Sonny Clark 84. Antonio Carlos Jobim, Triste, Wave 85. Daniel Amos, When Everyone Wore Hats, Songs of the Heart 86. Ramsey Lewis, The In Crowd, Hit Jazz (32Jazz) 87. Phil Keaggy, Like an Island, Time, Volume 1 88. Duke Ellington, Stompy Jones, Side by Side 89. Sonic Youth, Peace Attack, Nurse 90. REM, untitled segueway, Monster 91. REM, I Don't Sleep, I Dream, Monster

That and 'Shoulda Been Home' are essential greeeazy Al Green-style soul! The funk don't get much funkier than those two!

So it WAS a Wurlitzer after all......

Now that's one I'd consider for "greatest ever" status! Do we have a dedicated thread for it here? ← Yes and yes!!! Although to be honest, I've never cared for CYE. A little Larry goes a long way with me. Arrested Development, OTOH, is (besides "Scrubs") my favorite show not on TV right now. Thank God for the DVDs, since Fox keeps moving it around and I never get a chance to watch it.

Meanwhile, Joey continues to be shown and renewed.....