Big Al

There are three certainties in life: 1. Death 2. Taxes 3. Whenever the Rangers play the Red Sox, Dan starts off a post to me with the words, "No offense." All this time I thought he was merely commenting on my team's current lack of run production; turns out he just doesn't want to hurt my feelings! I think? Man, I've been a Ranger fan for close to my whole life. If I'm not used to losing now, there's no hope left! I wouldn't be surprised if the Sox run roughshod over my guys, but then I certainly didn't expect them to take two in a row from Toronto after having been swept by that same team back here in Texas last weekend. Anything's possible, but the only thing that would surprise me anymore is a World Series title for the Rangers. That won't happen as long as Tom Hicks owns the team.

Rangers win two in a row. As Duke Pearson would say, "Wahoo!"

Where is this magical record shop you're visiting, man? If it's the big HPB, I need to make a trip there SOON!

Music to Listen to Barney Kessel By Contemporary mono LP

Great set! If I could change anything on it, I would've combined the 'Bout Soul tracks on the same disc as Some Other Stuff, leaving the Hipnosis tracks with Evolution. The feel of those sessions complement each other well and feel out of place on their current discs. That and the fact that 'Bout Soul is noise to my ears and Some Other Stuff puts me to sleep every time I hear it.

Apple Jam is an amazingly swinging session. Always knew Wardell could do it, but Getz's playing here is a revelation! Hear! Hear! I love the picture of the studio from that session, with a shirtless bass player (name escapes me, and I don't have the box in front of me). Looks like those guys were SERIOUSLY burnin' the place up!

Get the Mongo Santamaria Rhino comp called SKIN ON SKIN. Let your muse take you from there!

Don't know.... I never owned the Bill Evans Verve box, so I couldn't tell ya.

Nope; you have everything. This would be what some might refer to as "typical Verve packaging."

Sorry I forgot to answer your question! Yes, the whole album is in that type of groove! Whenever I get to Texas, I wanna hear you play bongos in church! You got it!

Sinatra at the Sands Got it for 50-cents last week. Not a bad deal!

:rsmile: Not me... I get _less_ work done when the board is down. It messes up my "flow"... :rsly: You & me both. Most people drink coffee; I check the O-Board. Yeah, those storms were pretty fierce. They're still cleaning up down here, major roads are still closed. The server's in Hurst/Euless/Bedford, right? Hell, next time there's a storm, I'll go down there and make sure everything's OK!

I've yet to have a bad one, really. They've all been pleasant between me and buyers/sellers. Probably the best experience was finding a copy of the HOPE AND GLORY soundtrack for my sister some years back. The weirdest one was when I bought a Wii when they first came out. It didn't cost an arm and a leg (which was surprising given how much more they were going for at the time). But the seller and I had been having a great correspondence all the way up to the day I received it. Everything was as advertised, and I promptly left him positive feedback. I also sent him an e-mail telling him how everything arrived and how happy I was with the transaction. That was two Christmases ago, and not only have I not heard back from him, but he never left any feedback. I have yet, unfortunately, to receive any chocolate!

Yeah, can I just say how awestruck I am that Jack knew so many of these? Wow!

Gave it a brief listen this afternoon and once again, like disc one, I have no clue as to any of these. But I love me some big-band swingin' from the 30's & 40's, so this is ALL good!

Look out!!! They are airborn! :lol:

Well, now I've seen, heard and READ everything! And after THAT little listening experience, I feel like I've also seen, heard, and read everything as well!

Well, it's not like they want us to buy anything anyway....

Would you believe that I, Mr. hardbop-no-noise-boring-conservative-no-patience-for-anything-outside-of-my-comfort-zone, am listening to Ascension? And that I'm finding it oddly relaxing?

It's not Earl Hines, but I will be interested in hearing if you have this exact track on that set, or if Earl Hines recorded this track, and the band I put on the set ripped Hines off! Holy shit! Stereojack NAILED this one! Yes, this is the track from the Reader's Digest box I was referring to. If you ever find that "flabbergasted" emoticon, let me know! Way to go, Jack! How'd you know this one? For that matter, Berigan, how the heck do YOU know about it? Zurke was the pianist in Bob Crosby's band in the late 30's. This is a band I've known and enjoyed for decades. I recognized Zurke's style. I do have the recordings he made with his own band as well, but I don't know them well enough to recognize the track. Pity he didn't live long enough to enjoy much of a career: dead at 34 in 1944. Based on his piano playing on this track, he has a very nice, distinctive sound.

That method gets my vote. Believe me, the benefits outweigh the costs. Does she have the driver discs that came with the computers?

It's not Earl Hines, but I will be interested in hearing if you have this exact track on that set, or if Earl Hines recorded this track, and the band I put on the set ripped Hines off! Holy shit! Stereojack NAILED this one! Yes, this is the track from the Reader's Digest box I was referring to. If you ever find that "flabbergasted" emoticon, let me know! Way to go, Jack! How'd you know this one? For that matter, Berigan, how the heck do YOU know about it?

I love big bands and music from this era, but I can't identify any except one that I know for sure and another I've heard but am kicking myself for not being able to identify: Track 1 sounds like Lionel Hampton with Charlie Christian from the BG days Track 8 is, I believe, Earl Hines & His Orchestra doing "Tea for Two." I've got this on one of those Readers Digest 6-LP sets called The Swing Years, with the big orange cover and the picture of Glenn Miller on the cover. Once I was able to transfer LPs to CDs, this was one of the first to be converted, and I fell in love with this song all over again! Anyway, I'll know who the pianist is when I get home tonight! Track 11 is Glenn Miller's "The Spirit is Willing." Wow, two Glenn Miller tracks within a span of 3 BFT's! What is this world coming to, I tell ya? I first heard this on the 3-CD set called The Popular Recordings, and the bulk of the songs on disc three (of which this song is a part) take me back to the days when my wife and I were just starting dating! A very enjoyable disc all around, Berigan. Can't wait to find out which track has Bunny on it!

Hey hey! The Rangers won a series from the Angels. I can't remember the last time THAT happened. Padilla wins and the bats come alive! A harbinger of things to come? I can only hope!

Mavs outscore the Suns 27-9 in the fourth. Yikes! Thrilled as I am, and happy that they've scraped together 2 of 3 victories in a row against better-than-.500 teams, and as much admiration I have for Dirk for playing on 100% sheer guts & determination, well..... I'm not letting myself get set up for another heartbreak again. Just glad things are going well for them at this point. And I hope it lasts.