couw

LUCKY YOU, COUW! Because I had a hot date last night (see my date's picture in the "Babe thread") I did not get around to actually opening any of the discs. So, the shrink wrap is currently in mint condition. Now, if you are willing to guarantee a purchase, I will buy a surgical scalpel today, and carefully remove the shrinkwrap with just one slim cut. I can let you have them at $8.35 for volume 1; $9.75 for volume 2; and $8.59 for volume three. (Prices are based on rarity). Or I can make you a deal, of $25 for all three as a set. Please let me know within 24 hours. I must congratulate Couw in opening up a whole new area of "Mosaic Madness!" Just think of all that valuable shrink wrap that has been discarded over the years. howzabout we trade a little, I send you *two* NM green customs stickers (XXX ON HOLD) and a NM+ customs declaration form and you hand me the shrinkwraps plus the air from four bubbles of the bubble wrap.

at least you have that "using the chicken to measure it" quote to throw out at random now.

BTW: the vinyl puts the CD to embarrassing shame

Side One Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme The Voice of Cheese Nine Types of Industrial Pollution (AKA 400 days of the year) Zolar Czakl Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague The Legend of the Golden Arches Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London) The Dog Breath Variations Side Two Sleeping in a Jar Our Bizarre Relationship The Uncle Meat Variations Electric Aunt Jemima Prelude to King Kong God Bless America A Pound for a Brown on the Bus Ian Underwood Whips It Out Side Three Mr. Green Genes We Can Shoot You If We'd All Been Living in California... The Air Project X Cruisin' for Burgers Side Four King Kong Itself King Kong II King Kong III King Kong IV King Kong V King Kong VI of course many albums were pressed for these stack-em-up type players and had side 1 paired with side 4 and 2 with 3.

this makes a similar impression as those Zorn/Naked City things, all over the place and schlepping a cartload of fun around. Not sure if I'd want to delve into this at the moment, it has been ages since I last played that NCity stuff. Some of these samples sound as if they are visiting territories my attention hasn't wandered off into for ages and I have no utter urge to visit there now. So curious yes, but maybe a little less than our friend with the copper fist.

interesting notion Monsieur Ubu

hah! so I see. The fold out sheet of the TOCJ has this Hootnan title. The booklet and tray list it as Hootman. So much for Japanese diligence...

you should check out some of Moebius drawing methinks.

going through a pile of 1950s Polish 10" LPs I picked up yesterday. Some excellent generic covers BTW. This one was new to me:

Action was among the first 10 jazz CDs I ever bought (TOCJ) and I have enjoyed the hell out of it ever since. If all else fails, pop it in & skip to Hootman and have a blast.

are you selling the shrinkwrap from the disks as well? I know it is much to ask, but I would be VERY interested in obtaining it. If it's not to badly torn of course. BTW, jumping on this riding car, I have some green customs slips to offer

you mean like Aspirin, the combustion engine, the Compact Disk...

Pity he went back inside. I would have prefered if he had stayed out there a bit more.

Lederhosen? in Andorra?

The Pit

happy birthday, Larry!

here are the liners of that 10" IANCI KÖRÖSSY - JAZZ RECITAL Although Ianci Körössy, the Rumanian pianist is still practically unknown to international audiences, he is, nevertheless the best European jazz pianist. He was born in 1926, the son of a professor at the Conservatoire and when four years old he began to play the violin which he later exchanged for the piano. Gifted with excellent musical memory, he began to play professionally, mostly Hungarian and Rumanian folk music, at the age of twelve. In 1946 he moved to Bucarest where his playing caught the attention of Teodor Kosma, the conductor of the best Rumanian dance orchestra who has signed him for his Electrecord Ensemble. With this eightpiece orchestra Körössy used to play various Bucarest cafés and has also made a number of recordings for both gramophone and the Rumanian radio. With the Electrecord Orchestra Körössy made two trips abroad: to Moscow where he won several awards for his jazz arrangements of Rumanian folk songs at the World Festival of Democratic Youth, and to Czechoslovakia, where he also made several recordings for the Prague Radio besides playing a number of concert engagements. Recently Körössy made himself independent in order to gain time for composing, whilst playing only occasionally with the Electrecord Orchestra as a solist. Apart from this he is a standing guest of the Rumanian Radio. In 1960, Körössy has again been invited to Czechoslovakia where he gave several successful concerts in collaboration of the Studio 5 Jazz Ensemble and made several recordings for the Supraphon Label which distinctly demonstrate his exceptional technique, art of improvisation and a highly personal pianistic style. Körössy has recorded mostly well-known jazz and dance tunes which he plays to the accompaniment of a rhythm group made up of foremost Prague musicians: Milan Pilar (bass), Karel Turnovský (drums) and Miroslav Kefurt (guitar). Sense of rhythm, so typical of all good jazzmen, outstanding technique and wide dynamic range are qualities which make Körössy's playing attractive. His seemingly inexhaustible capacity for improvisation as well as his sense of structure which gives the impression of a firmly organized piece of composition are especially worthy of attention. Stanislav Titzl - 1961.

hey cool! Always knew the guy had "balls!"

I sent in cardboard and there were no problems; Dan sent in (admittedly extra special nifty) cardboard, no problems; Alexander sent in cardboard, again no problems. Make the disks sit tight, prevent them from moving around too much by taping the rice paper sleeve to some paper or the envelope itself. The chances that something goes wrong are one in a whole lot and if something goes wrong, there's a whole web of people with a disk to copy, send, and catch someone who received a smashed one.

Seems to stem from our friends in the Andorra hide-out. Nothing on their site yet. Unlikely to stem from the Verve Birk's Works 2CD set as the 50 years are not up yet. The set Jim R mentions has been out on other "labels" as well, totalling 13 tracks and some 70 mins I think. Wait and see what pops up at the Disconforme site I say.

hey, I am in "that" stage of my life as well and I welcome some fun. For me "irony" is not the right word. These people do mean what they are playing, just that they like to mix them styles a lot. And then, I think most of the most ridiculous fun is to be found with Lurie (or Marvin Pontiac), and much less so with the Lizards. Their self titled debut is still a remarkable album. No need to place them in a crappy stuff confession thread I think.

In the continuing series: Stuff From The East That couw Buys At The Vinyl Shoppe, we are proud to present: Ianci Körössy. BTW: This is not the start of the "stupid music"-thread vol. 2 Unlike last time when I posted some sounds from the East, I know exactly what to think of this. Mr Körössy is a brilliant piano player from Cluj Napoka, Rumania. He was not allowed to play his jazz music in his own country, so in the 60s he moved to Germany and later on to the USA. He returned home some years ago and continues to play. There is a short bio here; google lists some additional sites of interest, but not many. Searching with alternative spelling brings us to Japan, where apparantly some of his music has been released on CD. A search for "Korossy" (US spelling?) at the usual CD outlets tells me there is one US release of 50s/60s material. If anyone happens to know it, please to post your comments. I hope to get this one soon myself. To the music. The cover posted above belongs to a 10" LP released on the Czech Supraphon label; judging from the catalogue number I'm guessing it must have been recorded around 1960/61. Körössy plays standards, varying from swing classics like Honeysuckle Rose to bop staples like Perdido. He is accompanied by Miroslav Kefurt on guitar (2 tracks only), Milan Pilar on bass, and Karel Turnovský on drums. His style is a swift boppish one with immaculate precision. The latter makes it sound like a classic concert virtuoso is at work and gives it all an awkward constrained touch. A live solo performance recorded 1961 in Warsaw (Jazz Jamboree) emphasises this virtuosic touch. I never really put any energy into finding out more about Ianci Körössy, but roaming the links google provides tells me he's someone who went through some darn interesting phases in his life and probably also his career. Not known to be overly drawn in by piano players, couw has to admit that this man's music does click with him. Now some samples for all of you to enjoy (right click and save): (links removed) Perdido The Man I Love Body and Soul all three taken from the above pictured 10" LP All The Things You Are solo performance taken from a Polish LP feat. some tunes from the Warsaw Jazz Jamboree 1961; even if you don't like the above three tracks and want to give up, I would suggest you still get this one, this is something else! I hope posting otherwise unavailable music as mp3s is not causing any problems; I will take these down in a week or so. I only wish this marvellous stuff out there and make Mr Körössy's name hum in the back of some heads.

that's a confession? why do you think the LLizards should be in this thread? Seriously, I'd be interested in the answer.

TMCM & CLIX (the happy computer!)