couw

and one more again! I did some googling on track 1, and found it. Looks like an interesting album.

that track fooled me! I was sure this was the guy you originally pointed to. Seems you are right with this guess. Track 1 of that album the online sample tells me.

me again! Track 9: I was looking at that list of conns a while ago and did some background fun-browsing on the ones I didn't have. The combination of piano and vibes struck me. The track included fits with the album title and that's how I got there. I see I am not alone in my guess and found an online sample that sez

We all understand the hardship you are going through now that you have imposed upon yourself never to buy a Mosaic set again. You can take it out on us. We can handle it.

famous pic from another 45th birthday. happy birthday.... to you. happy birthday.... to you. happy... brith... day! Misssster Go-od! happy birthday... to youou!

Forgot to add: THANK YOU JIM for a very nice disk. The above critique may look harsh at times, but I really did enjoy playing this one very much.

Track 1. Nice bass clarinet vamp, very Dolphy-esque in its intonation. Come to think of it, is this Iron Man? Sure sounds like it. The overall sound of this reminds me of the Dutch group SFeQ. This is mainly because they also featue nice, fat beats, bass clarinet, and their alto player (Bart Suer) plays not unlike the clarinet on this track. This is a bit more out though. Trombone must be Ray Anderson, I guess this is easily found out using google knowing that. I rather like this, but some of it seems a bit too tight at times. I'm curious to find out what this is and what the rest of it is like. Track 2. There is something very familiar in the tone of this saxplayer and there are some very familiar licks as well. Piano has some Monkisms. Overall this is *very* uptight, like the alto player needs to go peepee. Too uptight maybe. Track 3. This must be Larry Young. It's not Unity and it's not Mothership. The tenor has a very nice buttery tone, e-a-e-a-e-a-s-y-y-y, even on the faster parts, very nice. I would need to check with my collection to pin this down mo' better. Trumpet has a Morganite quality. This may even be Lee, although the tone is a bit too much on the dark side. Not something I'd associate with Woody either, another likely candidate. I do not have the Young mosaic box and there are some albums I have never heard. Love and Peace maybe? Track 4. Electric piano sounds like it may be Chick Corea, add guitar and you may have RTF. I have never warmed up to RTF, but this is enjoyable enough. The chanting is a nice touch. Some phrases and sounds in the chant make me think this is a portugese or brazilian singer. Cool for lounging and sipping Martini's! Track 5. Now things are really getting interesting (for me). I LOVE the intro (is that bass saxophone?), it has a European folk-tune touch. The mad Derwish lines that follow add spice to the hot brooding bottom. This reminds me of Abou Kahlil, but the obvious lack of his instrument of choice tells me this is unlikely to be him. The alto player's tone reminds me of Threadgill. I would not want to put too much money on him here though. Track 6. Bad sound! Woody Shaw? I have no idea what and who this may be besides that guess. Number 7. 'nuff said! Marvellous stuff! Of course the tenor is fabulous, but my love for this trumpet has grown and grown. The guy did an AWESOME version of I Remember Clifford with this very same band, that's just that: AWESOME. I hope the rest of the leader's Impulse albums finally see the day of light on shiny CDs. A Golden whistle has blown and a start has been made. Track 8. Woa, who bought a soundblaster with extra heavy-duty bass-reflex supadupalow blow here?! Sure sounds very modern. This track only makes clear that there is a lot out there I don't know nothing about. I like this alto quite a bit. The setting is a bit 'unsettling' for me. It all sounds a bit 'overproduced' and that doesn't fit with the hard working, tough tone of the alto one bit IMO. Very nice alto, so-so setting. Track 9. This starts off a bit too far on the light side of things for me, so it might as well be Tyner. But it's not. This does get more interesting during the solo passage, but the memory of the all too cute intro spoils a lot for me. Those very very ring ring ringing doorbells, sound like it may be Ayers, if this is indeed him, I'd take a wild, wild guess and go for that Wilson album on BN, Something Personal sure is a title that fits with this. Never heard the album. Track 10. That's more like it! This is FUN! DANCE! Reminds me a lot of later era Rahsaan. Very agile player, I like this a lot, but haven't got a clue who's playing (sadly so...). Track 11. Nature Boy. Is this Abbey Lincoln? The setting of the mood is very nicely done. The insecure flute chirps add a nice touch to the song, which is usually brought in a more in your face way. It is also rather fairy tale like, which is in coherence with the lyrics of course. Track 12. McCoy Tyner. I have this somewhere on LP, but that is not this particular version I believe. Nice, a bit too bombastic at times, but that's Tyner for ya; a bit off during the solos (the flute is a real relaxing treat after the tenor, phew!). Not great, but nice and not something I am in the mood for at every time of the day nor every day of the year. I have found Tyner's music to be rather tiring at times (it's okay now though).

I guess that will not buy you one with a Celeron or similar chip. Those save a lot of energy: your machine doesn't get as warm and the battery last much much longer.

isn't the guy called Phil Sch AA p, with double-A, and not Scha PP, with double P? SchAAp means sheep in Dutch. This may help you to remember how to write his name correctly. BêêêêêêH!

you know where to look if you want an LP cover scan... DOTS! DOTS! DOTS all over it!

nice avatar you have there mr. golden arm

rock, no didn't see that. The funny voice is only funny when the guy himself does it. He has some weird non-linear logic when to use it and when not. I have known people who do it as well, awful. The guy himself is really full of surprises but a good musician too and he knows how to tear down a house. A have seen him play Monk tunes at the piano with help of his elbows and heels, and damn if those dead funny things aren't musically perfect as well. Like Monk he will suddenly interrupt his playing, mumble something like "dance!" and start dancing around only to return to his instrument at the exact right moment. Extraordinary guy.

Quantrale from Vol. 3 I only have a TOCJ of Vol. 3. Maybe one day, the others will come my way.

didn't know that one was OOP. And "for years" at that! I picked this one up way back when. One of my first Mingus disks. The version of Summertime is Something Else! HELLYEAH!

you can send it to me Dan, I'll hand-paint it for you. That should increase its level of rarity.

yes! this one ain't too shabby either

- download the programme I described above, install & open - make a directory where you want to save your pics, e.g. [gokudo] - open the wizard (click the icon with the Blitz) - select the [search wesite for files of a certain type] option; click [OK] - enter one of the following URLs: http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/WVocal1/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/WVocal2/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/SPRec/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/10inRec/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/SRollins/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/CBaker/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote1/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote2/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote3/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote4/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote5/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/12in1/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/12in2/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/12in3/index.htm http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/12in4/index.htm - enter [1] where it is asked how deep you want to explore; click [OK] - click [add] and select [Graphics]; click [OK] - read the instructions and click [done] - browse to the appropriate directory and enter a filename, this will create a subdirectory; e.g. entering SPRec, saves a project of that name and creates [./gokudo/SPRec]; click [save] - now click the blue [play] arrow in the programme and download will start. - when you're done, you can download the index.htm from the website (follow the above links and save in the appropriate directory where you have stored the pics). If you are using MSIE, Make sure you select to ONLY save the .html file, otherwise you will end up with a load of doubles for the thumbnails. you can now browse to the directory and open the index.htm file there (double click). This opens the page from your hard disk (look at the address bar to make sure). As all links are saved relative and not as absolutes, you can click a thumbnail and you will be directed to a file on your harddisk (again check the address bar). Hope it works. It does for me. (PS. The programme allows for only 500 files to be downloaded in one project. I have noticed that almost all of the above linked pages contain less than that. There is one that has a little over 500, but only some buttons and background pics are not downloaded, nothing of importance to us I think)

44 already... with love from maren & couw

damn brownie, we could have used TWO threads! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUYS!!!

Just found out that there is an easy way to make browsable pages on your harddisk. Will update my above post.

Oh, and good thing you posted this Garth! I see our Japanese friend has added a lot of new material!

I took them all down by hand at the time. There are of course programmes out there to do this automatically. Try teleport pro, the freeware version is limited to a certain amount of files per download project, but I believe this is not a problem in this case. But you will need some playing around. The programme works as follows: you enter a webaddress and the number of links the programme should work down the tree from there on. Note that if you say TWO, it will download ALL links on any page linked from the one you entered. This means that when you enter the URL of the first BN cover collection into the programme, not only the second BN cover collection main page (with all the thumbnails) will also be downloaded (first link) but all the large images one click down from the thumnails on that second BN cover collection page as well (and likewise all other collections). Sounds as if that is exactly what you need, but you can imagine the number of files exploding in this way, and you will reach the file limit. To get around the limitation, you will have to download ONLY pictures and ONLY one link down from the web address you enter. You then enter each of the URLs of the single cover collection pages in seperate projects. The wizard will help you set things up (the button with the lightning on it). Let the programme search only ONE link down (those will be the large pictures), then tell it to ONLY look for picture files. This makes sure that it doesn't end up downloading all the other collections. If you want a browsable collection on your harddisk, you simply download the index.htm file of each collection into the directory with the respective pics. To do that, go to the page and select [file]->[save as..] (DO NOT opt for "save with pictures" when downloading the index.htm page). You won't have the menu on the top, but I think that is only a minor inconvenience.

shall I start another one then? It's good for the post count you know...