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can we have periwinkle

that'd be William Claxton. there are several books collecting his work published by Taschen, most recently a very hefty (but also expensive) tome titled Jazz Life, discussed in this thread

okay, a google search for [beach music history] (hey, sue me. it worked!) gave some results on "white" beach clubs that played "black" music back in the days and on the East coast at that. From http://www.beachshag.com/ImagesSoundsResou.../BeachShag.html :

You got me on that one. Never heard of such a thing, but would like to know more! ← well, I read it somewhere some time and it does not seem to be Clarke (I just checked), so I will look and google some then.

wasn't there a whole scene of stylistically rather unrelated music played at beach parties or -clubs that came up somewhere towards the end of the 40s? One that really was only about having fun. So you had your jump and R&B and proto-R&R and whatnot; all of it as a predecessor of "true" surf music. I wouldn't bet on anything, but it seems there would be a good green to grow some similar lyrics on. Not terribly familiar with any of this, but I believe much took place on the other coast as well (?) and I wonder what all of this was like and how much was lost in the waves. So, I'm curious as well. Did Donald Clarke write any on this in his popular music book?

the text may be sunny, but there are way too few twangy geetarrs to add a white surf to the waves. Makes it all sound more cumbersome than reading the text alone would let you asume.

That email exchange took place in a whole other context and was indeed very friendly and went like that both ways. There is no need to twist and look for excuses for your crappy behaviour of days gone by. I was commenting on your obviously getting the idea that it really utterly sucks to get personal insults thrown at you for no apparant reason. You were an utter troll yourself in a not too distant past and so yes, one could say this is pretty ironic. I am not laughing though and I hope Clem deletes his crap like you deleted yours. Have a beer on me.

oh the irony...

van harte! or as we used to say back home: gefliesieteerd!

no listen yet, but disks arrived sound and round

Theo Schumann - S/T (Amiga 1981)

with evil Mr. UpTate in a supporting role...

The TOCJ has a 1998 © and is a 20bit remaster by Ron McMaster. Was this master never used for a US domestic release?

they get no money from illegal downloads of their music.

Would have to agree with Jim, It's all about the bottem line $$$$ ← I think you guys are misreading Ubu's remark. The way I read it, he has a problem with downloading because of the musicians as part of the equation; not with musicians because they are a bunch of copy protection promoters.

but them strings were arranged by André Hodeir right? I'd like to hear THAT!

hmm, ravens in rural Texas.

same on the TOCJ

click for the whole shebang

← don't choke in it! Breathe calmly, in and out. Here's a little bag to help you.

The Glass City, I think... (City of Glass?) ← yup and the little snippet sez: "...and one day later, Huib is underway as co-driver to Copenhagen" Don't know what that is all about, but it made me spray some coffee ← De Glazen Stad was a series on Dutch TV in 1968, about people working in Dutch glass-house horticulture. Van Hemert's tune was the theme song. ← proof once more that Hans is older than I am...

Jerry here, told you so...