Big Al

1. "No terribly in tune:" I resemble that remark!!! 2. Thank you! Thank you! 3. Not Adderley, Axelrod, etc. But definitely an R&B tune played by a big band! 4. Me too! This one's too short! 5. Lytle yes, but none of the albums you mentioned (which has now become a shopping list for me!) 7. Bingo! 10. Well, you got the title right! 11. Can't believe this lovely little tune isn't getting more love! 12. REALLY can't believe this is getting more love than track 11 around here! Not bad for four white Americans more known for surf music than anything else! I shoulda used this track a long time ago! 16. It is Lionel Hampton, and don't call me Shirley! 17. Me too! 18. It is! 19. "Shiny Stockings!" It's not that, but I've been trying to figure out where I heard that line before! Thanks MG! 22. Now THAT was funny! 24. What gave it away? Glad you enjoyed it!

I know this is gonna sound corny & all, but without fail on every BFT I've ever put together, there has always been an aura of "I wonder if Sangrey has THIS record?" or "I wonder when was the last time Sangrey listened to THIS record, since he probly already has it?" It's always a pleasant surprise if Jim states that he doesn't have a record; then I feel like I've accomplished something! TRACK ONE - Can't wait to share the story of this come answer-time! TRACK TWO - I was wondering when/if someone would figure out what I did here! Another groovy nomination for a title to this track! TRACK THREE - Dizzy, of course! From the CD. Another groovy story I can't wait to tell y'all about! TRACK FOUR - This was left off the CD version? I used to have that and I forgot there were missing tracks. Makes me that much gladder I found the LP! TRACK FIVE - I'll has me some taste there, if'n you doesn't mine! TRACK SIX - I'm kinda suprised no one's figured this one out yet. Sangrey 2,187,620; Big Al 2! TRACK SEVEN - Oh yeah! Amazing how something that sounds so difficult is, in reality, a bitch to play. Yet they make it sound so easy! TRACK EIGHT - Sangrey 2,187,621; Big Al 3! TRACK TEN - RIP VEE TRACK ELEVEN - Ouch! Guess I won't go back to Half Price Books and get those Columbias I was lookin' at! TRACK TWELVE - Sweet Jesus, the ONE track I thought nobody would get and possibly start a riot and it's already been identified. TWICE!!!! Y'all never cease to amaze me! Which, I guess makes track 24 a little more prophetic than I'd planned! TRACK THIRTEEN - March 2010: I finally tricked Sangrey, with an Ellington track of all things! My money would've been on the Ventures track! TRACKS FOURTEEN AND FIFTEEN – “Sounds like Herbie Mann in spots,” [insert evil cackle here] TRACK SIXTEEN - I had no idea!!! See why I love it when you participate in the BFT's? All kindsa stuff I learn here! This track is on here because of the Little Timmy stuff. Can't wait to tell y'all that story. At this rate, the answers to this BFT are gonna have to be bound in book form! TRACK SEVENTEEN - Everybody gets the Ventures tune, but nobody's gotten this? Am I the only person who owns this record??? TRACK EIGHTEEN - Joe 'tis! TRACK TWENTY - Gimme till the end of March and I'll see if I can do for them what I did for the folks on track 2! hahahahahaha TRACK TWENTY-ONE - Oh yes it is! I'm disappointed that this one got so futzed cuz it was one of the first of the permanent choices for the BFT. TRACK TWENTY-FOUR - YES!!!! Truly amazing the fun one can have when one's son owns a Morley Wah Pedal and a Big Muff distortion pedal! To quote Herbie, "The pleasure is mine!" Oh it was! And is! At least that's what my legs are screaming at me right now after attempting to walk five flights of stairs. But that's another story for another time.....

And thank you all for your generosity concerning the first, second, and final tracks! Great stuff, thedwork! Loved your suggested titles for the first two tracks! Now that you know who's on track 10, you'll.... nah, I'm getting ahead of myself!

The link for track 21 has been sent. Let me know if there are problems with this one.

JIM!!!! What a pleasure to see you again!

I can almost guarantee that one member will ID this, if my memory serves me correctly. And if he doesn't ID it, I'm gonna give him SO much grief!

Sent!

I don't know which is more frightening: that the Ventures tune got ID'd so quickly.... or the fact that someone besides me would readily admit to KNOWING the Ventures track! Great guesses! You nailed each of those!

Links have been PM'd and discs will be mailed out tonight. 24 tracks in all, just shy of 90 minutes. Kinda like an old-fashioned double-LP, where each record was about 45 minutes long. With that in mind, I've come up with some titles for this Blindfold Test: The Whitebread AL-bum Big Al's Brew Al, and Other Assorted Silly Songs Ex-Lax on Al Street Goodbye Allo Brick Road Mellon Collie and the Infinite Al Chicago Transit Al Blonde on Al on Blonde Al Portrait QuadropheniAL Big Al Fever and on and on and on..... Enjoy!

Thanks Valerie, Jim-Al, Tim, and Chuck!

Groovy! Just a little more tweaking, set the order, fix the volume levels, and it's ready to go!

Thanks to all youse mugs! I'm sorry it's taken me two days to thank all of you! Old age slows a guy down, I guess! You guys are the best, and I love being a part of this community/funktionally-dysfunctional family! Thanks Ghost, but if you happen to talk to my favorite Commie, tell him I am hurt, HURT I tell you, that he wished Johnny E a happy birthday but not me! Yes I know I'm a dirty rotten conservative capitalist, but deep down I'm really a nice guy.

Hoping for more stragglers to sign-up and putting the finishing touches on the project. I promise, it will be worth the wait and is nothing like no other BFT that's come before. All kindsa fun, games, & groovy tunes for ya! I hope to have it ready by Friday, for download no later than Saturday. FOR THE FOLKS WHO WANT DISCS: At this point, the BFT runs slightly longer than 80 minutes. I've been trying for two days now to find that one song to remove, and I sure didn't help my case this morning when I remembered one more song that I *ABSOLUTELY* wanted to add and couldn't believe I'd forgotten about it until now. SO, assuming I leave everything as it is, would it be alright if I loaded the CDs with the mp3 files instead of the WAV files? Most players these days play mp3 CDs anyway and even if yours doesn't, you can always create your own regular CD from the mp3s.

What he said. What they said! Wait a minute..... (They're coming! No later than Friday, I promise. We got a long month ahead of us!)

WAIT A SECOND!!! Johnny can't be 40! He's only a day younger than me! And I'm only..... only.... ah, shit! Happy 40th, Johnny!!! :party:

Bump up for stragglers (*koff* mikeweil *koff*) and also cuz I ain't done yet. Almost, though!

I never noticed that before, but now that I think about it, you're right! Way cool!!! Thanks, Fel "Z"! I'm used to being in the minority when it comes to my boring tastes. So our dialogue concludes with the recognition that certain components of your initial post were made in error (though not the oblique condemnation of Joe Chambers' compositional abilities), most likely because of some possibly age-related mental happenings . HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!! My mind is a spiral now!

Hmmmm.... Steeeve....

Nine folks signed up so far: Thom Keith alex. Bright Moments jeffcrom Chas Bill Barton The Magnificent Goldberg Hot Ptah (note to self: make a disc) thedwork Come on all you BFT old-timers! Come celebrate with me! Well, if nothing else, you can use this in case you have trouble falling asleep at night!

Man, I'm all kinds of lost. Let me try this again: I made a disc consisting of the first four tracks of OBLIQUE and all but the last track of HAPPENINGS for a nice disc of Hutch/Herbie! I also did something in a similar vein with DIALOGUE and COMPONENTS, for a nice disc of Hutch in a more free-bop setting. That wasn't so hard, was it?

Of course you mean Components not Happenings , which I assume you like all of except for the last track . Correct on all counts. D'OH!!!

Completely agree!!!! Completely DISagree! Seriously, I think this is probably my favorite Webster album (a tough call for me, since I love 'em all) and it has everything to do with Jimmy Jones. And Les Spann. And Papa Jo! Maybe I've been mistaking frustration for sheer excitement, but I can live with my illusions if necessary.

:tup :tup But I'm gonna go out on a limb and very likely be in the minority with this: I reeeeeeeeeeally can't stand the Joe Chambers tracks. They just seem too noisy and outta place for my taste. So I take the first four tracks from OBLIQUE, combine it with the non-Chambers tracks from HAPPENINGS, and I have one helluva pleasurable listening experience!

One disc crammed with the usual swinging fun, silliness, and easy pickins to give your mind a break after a couple of enjoyably challenging BFTs. The fact that I'm being a selfish bastard and commandeering the month of March JUST BECAUSE I'm turning 40 WILL be worked into the theme of the BFT! :party: When you sign up, indicate if you want downloads or discs. Happy birthday to ME, dammit!!!

Yes! Is that the same moment when the bass player doesn't realize the chord has changed and is still playing the I? That's my favorite part of the song!