neveronfriday

MySpace? You gotta be kidding me. Put your website elsewhere and use MySpace, if at all, for PR work only. Head over to Wordpress, set up an account and get rolling. And forget about that Blogger thing. What you'll get is a website, you can choose a skin (not much customizing possible when you are on the free service, but that doesn't matter I think), and everything will be set up for y<ou. The interface is simple, posting is simple. Read up on what you get with the free service and if it's good enough for you, go for it. Re my comment about blogger: Although there are a ton of really great sites on Blogger (also a free service), from my involvement with the 9rules Network and some other blog-centric outfits, I know that in the world of free blogging services, Wordpress is ranked much higher than Blogger. Still, you might want to check out the Blogger service as well. A member here (check my signature, "Keep Swinging") has a great website on Blogger. You might want to consult with him also. Questions? PM me.

Some people are just anally retentive about this European PD issue. All I can say is that if I wanted to live in the US, I would move there. I have anywhere around 3000 to 6000 legally purchased CDs from legit outfits (not counting the anywhere around 5000 to 8000 LPs I used to have) and I've paid a hell of a lot of money for many of them, always making sure I get legit versions. so I think I've done my share of supporting artists (although I'm quite sure that many of the so-called legit outfits screwed their artists over good as well). What I don't need is someone telling me what I think, should think or should do, thank you. I just want to know what the LoneHill sounds like. OK? Anyone?

Part of these sessions is only available on the LoneHill. That's why I'm considering it. I'd still like to hear from someone who has the disk.

Thanks guys, but I have the chance of either buying the two Kochs or the complete LoneHill. The two Kochs are readily available from my source. The good thing, as far as I've heard, about the LoneHill reissue is that it contains more than can be gotten singularly: - One Foot in the Gutter - Two Feet In The Gutter Sessions - "Brownie Speaks" (so far only available on a Columbia sampler LP) - Getting’ Into Somethin’ From my source I can get the Koch Gutter disks but not the rest. My problem: I've heard that these have great sound and I'm a bit skeptical about that being the case for the LoneHill reissue. I'd rather get the Kochs with great sound than a mediocre LoneHill with more material, if that should be the case. So, I'm still interested in hearing from anyone who has the LoneHill and can tell me sth about sound quality (is it above average/great?).

Hi, I was wondering how the 2006 Lonehill Complete CD Edition of Dave Bailey's "The Complete 1 + 2 Feet in the Gutter" compares sound-wise to the earlier releases on Koch Jazz (the latest from 2001?). Anyone who had a chance to compare the various (re)issues?

I've uploaded photos of the new batch INCLUDING (finally) a photo of the sampler that brownie sent me as a present. Thanks, Guy!

This being one of my absolute favorite CDs (the "Jazz Tribune" twofer), I'd love to find out if the Mosaic remastering has better sound. So whenever anyone has both, I'd love to hear from them if there is a noticeable difference - which I suspect there might be, although the sound quality on that RCA/BMG France release is pretty darn good.

DVD? It's a 9-CD box set (all seven Warner Bros. LPs plus some other stuff): Disc: 1 1. Super Nigger 2. Girls 3. Farting 4. Prison Play 5. T.V. Panel Show 6. Smells 7. Army Life 8. Frankenstein Disc: 2 1. I Hope I'm Funny 2. Nigger With Seizure 3. Have Your Ass Home by 11:00 4. Black and White Life Styles 5. Exorcist 6. Wino Dealing With Dracula 7. Flying Saucers 8. Back Down 9. Black Man/White Woman 10. Niggers Vs. The Police 11. Wino and Junkie Disc: 3 1. Eulogy 2. Shortage of White People 3. New Niggers 4. Cocaine 5. Just Us 6. Mudbone (Intro) 7. Mudbone: Little Feets 8. When Your Woman Leaves You 9. Goodnight Kiss 10. Women Are Beautiful 11. Our Text for Today 12. Ali Disc: 4 1. Hillybilly 2. Black and White Women 3. Our Gang 4. Bicentennial Prayer 5. Black Hollywood 6. Mudbone Goes to Hollywood 7. Chinese Restaurant 8. Acid 9. Bicentennial Nigger Disc: 5 1. New Year's Eve 2. White and Black People 3. Black Funerals 4. Discipline 5. Heart Attacks 6. Ali 7. Keeping in Shape 8. Leon Spinks Disc: 6 1. Dogs and Horses 2. Jim Brown 3. Monkeys 4. Kids 5. Nature 6. Things in the Woods 7. Deer Hunter 8. Chinese Food 9. Being Sensitive Disc: 7 1. Women 2. Prison 3. Africa 4. Mafia Club 5. Mudbone 6. Freebase 7. Hospital Disc: 8 1. Here and Now 2. Southern Hospitality 3. Slavery 4. Motherland 5. I Met the President 6. Fire Exit 7. Mudbone, Pt. 1 8. Mudbone, Pt. 2 9. Inebriated 10. One Night Stands 11. One Day at a Time 12. I Like Women 13. Being Famous 14. I Remember 15. Interview [#] Disc: 9 1. Introduction [#] - Tom Dreesen 2. Mudbone Goes to Hollywood [Alternate Version][#] 3. Fame, Pt. 1 [#] 4. Black Messiah [#] 5. Life [#] 6. Death [#] 7. My Funeral [#] 8. Acid [Alternate Version][#] 9. Patty Hearst [#] 10. Fighting [#] 11. Law [#] 12. History Lesson [#] 13. I Don't Give a Fuck [#] 14. Fame, Pt. 2 [#] 15. Therapy [#] 16. W.A.S.P.'s [#] 17. Getting Older [#] 18. God [#] 19. Dog [#] 20. M.S. [#]

Get it now. A steal at that price. Link

I've looked forever to find this one at a decent price. From what I know, a good copy will go for anywhere between $500 and $1200.

You could also look at it this way: Lately I've read a ton of articles popping up right and left that talk about the demise of the CD within 2 to 5 years. Already now, when I look around, it's clear that the CD is a format of the past and will - just like the LP - be relegated to its niche. The future is downloading, storing your files digitally, whatever. I'm not going to go along with another format change and I do not trust digital files (I've had too many expensive backup solutions fail over a comparatively short period of time). Soooo, I'm holding on to my CDs and once I'm gone, although it's not a nice thought, I don't really give a damn about what happens to my collection. Half of my collection was bought when I was still married and a larger part of that I probably won't be listening to again (or it was never my kind of music anyways), but I'll hold on to it for two reasons: a) Perhaps, I might enjoy some of it when I'm old and demented b) or the future CD niche market will cough up (much) better prices. Already now some hard-core collectors are paying premium prices for original CDs released in the 80s and early 90s, simply because they want to avoid the "loudness" problem of many more recenty or recently remastered CDs. I might be wrong, but quite a bit of the music - if it's from the time period above - will probably go for quite a bit more in a few years. Just my 2 or 3 cents.

[Old thread, but ... with recent activity. , so ... ] That's exactly the number that got me hooked. It was on an early Shaw compilation from 1988 (really crappy-sounding CD from the UK, "Diamond Series. Artie Shaw: 16 Top Tracks") and if it had had grooves, the CD would have been completely worn out in the "Special Delivery Stomp spot" (track 1) today. I have the Self-Portrait box, a cheapo 10-CD box (Membran) and the three "Jazz Tribune" (14, 37 and 67) twofers. There's quite a bit of duplication between these, but when I bought them, all of them were dirt-cheap. I'd love to buy and hear any spectacular remaster of his material.

Took some quick pics (in the dark) of the two "L'histoire du jazz vocal" boxed sets (Francis & Schwarz again), 1911-1940 and 1941-1953. Now I'm only missing the big band box. I paid much less for these sets, about Euro 10 (2nd set) and 20 (first set) via eBay and, as far as I recall, Amazon marketplace (Germany). http://www.flickr.com/photos/72483581@N00/

Yeah, unfortunately he's basically relegated to smaller venues and far from going on a larger tour. His guitar skills have deteriorated substantially, but his harmonica playing and his boom-like voice are better than ever. He had the place cooking in about a minute. Stage presence to boot, credibility and oodles of skill and, of course, experience.. I'm waiting for a sound board recording and might post a snippet here or there if I'm permitted.

Great, great musician. "Giant Steps" and "Lady Be Good ...For Ella" are played regularly here.

Sidney "Guitar Crusher" Selby tonight, on short notice at that. Glad I kept up with his more recent set list. Great fun. The guy still kicks ass at 75. Played a few Fats Domino and Muddy Water tunes, plus a slew of other favorites. Great fun. He'll be all over Europe these next weeks. Check him out if you find the time.

Parts of it are now functional. http://www.chantdumonde.com/fr/label/jazz.php

Yep. My pleasure.

No leg pulling going on. Will be swinging through for a short spell and are supposed to be meeting up with another party....but things are still in a state of flux. I'll drop ya a line if things work out. That would be fun. .....but only one or two? I do that before breakfast. Sounds good. Let me know. And don't tell me you can take more than a few .... and that before breakfast? Weened on Budweiser (Light) and a big mouth, to boot.

I'm afraid Chris doesn't see it that way (anymore)... Yeah, pity.

Mine's a three-fer.

I'm glad to hear your cow clock survived. I accidentally set fire to my wind-up pig the other day ... that I was given 25 years ago (still worked until it burned) for being an honorary member of the one-and-only worthwhile high school club, the MCPs (Male Chauvinist Pigs). I bought a new one. Smartass. I will post about that here when I get some other stuff done ... and once we figure out how to present that sessionography/discography stuff in a sensible way. How about this one: I used to live next to a brewery (two houses down the road) that gave me a free crate once a month, simply because I took every single person I knew there on a regular basis (when they closed up in the evening, there was always time to booze it up with the workers (for free). The brewery went bankrupt a few years ago (I wonder why), but when they were still around they made the best damn beer in Germany, "Landbier". It was an old recipe, a Weizen-like beer which was left unfiltered. Splendid stuff. And, yes, the good beers here are quite cheap. I pity the people who have to pay import prices. I've become a wine guy myself, living so close to France. Beer isn't happening all that often anymore. Err, the Pope is German? Since when? Time to check the news. Err, you got me on that one. No idea. But it would wear a funny hat. I'm sure of that. Good to be back, guys. Volkher

As you know, I'm a fan of the programme! I don't have the Hoagy C. one. I might check that out. I was enjoying the 3-CD "... plays Duke Ellington" (New World Records 1988/1998) once again today. Great stuff.

Does it have these tunes? 1. summertime 2. come sunday 3. django 4. afternoon in paris 5. i'll remember april 6. all the things you are 7. 2 degrees east 3 degrees west 8. sacha's march 9. marching

Note: nix grooving to ... [blush] The Singers Unlimited. The Complete A Capella Sessions. Universal/MPS 2006. [/blush] Great sound, great reissue. Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer (he of Saba and MPS fame) was perhaps the best sound engineer we ever had in Germany. I picked this double-CD up second-hand (as new) for 5 Euro.