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is that pillar and flame stuff a reference to FZ's Joe's Garage? that shit with the white zone and the soapbars? wrong question right?

or the other way around of course. I think the logo you got is very strong and recognisable, so I would stick to it.

watch the circles long enough and they appear like magic...

that would be a logo for the front and a big blue/orange/white target/circle goes on the back. something like this:

here's some inspiration for master Jeff: (very quick, very dirty)

fegh, dessofunnee! Uuunga! Auurgh! Waah!

http://www.despecial.de/honks/ click the pic and keep clicking it

Have a good time up there Mr Charles.

(...deafening silence...)

there's a copy up at half.com for 12$

totally audacious but not a big success? it would indeed be really interesting to know about the impact of this one when it was first released.

Eddie Smith seems... distracted?

strange then that it doesn't seem to register with people like that. I never realised this was his debut either....

well chris, thanks for posting anyhow seriously, I do enjoy looking at this stuff.

as volume 1, "Chicago Calling," only shows its title on the backcover, it is usually listed as "Introducing Johnny Griffin." Cover: The best thing is that AMG lists both titles with a different rating... Great date BTW, it has been issued as a JRVG and would make a nice domestic RVG if a next batch of those could concentrate on more of the 1500 series gems again.

I have always wanted to pick up the "books," but never got around to it. Found the Blues Book in a bin some time ago, a good one. Maybe this thread can convince me to keep my eyes open even wider, but I am recovering from an overkill of new music and will want to take it easy. So please make an impression that lasts a bit longer than a week when you want me to pick this one up some time in the future.

ejp, you're supposed to tap a shoulder. Just send some kind fellow boardmember a nice PM and ask her/him to step up on the AotW stage. of course if anyone wants to step up, that's okay too, but usually the volunteers need a little prod. FWIW: I'm out as my time is scarce enough without calling an AotW, but catesta seems a bit bored off late and it's almost a year since he did the honours....

thanks for the feedback; we'll work on those names a bit then. They'll do fine as working names if we get rid of the label names. We referred to the war as radio days as there was a record ban and most if not all of the stuff from the discography is related to broadcasts (and v-discs). Indeed typo, or rather too sharp a shortcut. We all agree there was a period where it all settled down to explode into Atomic proportions during New Testament times right? Now to put some concrete years with the eras...

Might want to break these down/up some more, because there was another post-Roulette stint at Verve that kinda ran parallel to the Reprise years, and then that kind broke down into the Dot years (two albums w/The Mills Brothers here, btw, in addition to the instrumental ones), which kinda ran parallel to the years spent doing one(or two)-offs for various medium (ABC Command, for example)-to-smaller (Flying Dutchman, Groove Merchant, MPS, etc)-to-smallest labels (Happy Tiger!), both with and without various singers such as Bing Crosby, Kay Starr, and Jackie Wilson. The Pablo years were defintiely a return to stability as far as label affiliation goes, and it had been a long stretch in between. Seeing as how those years found the band sorta wandering in the desert labelwise, maybe you could call them the Blazing Saddle Years. the idea is just to get a handle on the years, not necessarily the labels. The first installment of the new testament band is what came after the war simply. The Roulette Years era would then be sort of the high point of that particular band, maybe the "Atomic Age" would be a better label. After that came the popular "Reprise" times that are often a bit looked down upon.

Thanks for taking some work of my tired back mike! I have been meaning to update the booklets I swear, but stuff popped up all over the planet that needed attention first. Anyhow, I'll send you my MSWord file that includes all the titles up to BFT7 (except for BFT4 disk 2) and all personnel and release info. You'll need to shove it around a bit, but it should help I think...

there's some pics I'm not interested in, you can have those.

did anyone tell you yet you need to get that complete village vanguard box?

so long my friend and take good care of yourself and your family. all the best with your new home and job. if you can't take it any longer or need advice on how to spend your money, just drop by here, we'll have some ideas for you. have a cold one on me.