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Ooooh....and presented by the yummy Annie Nightingale. That takes me back...

That took some guts to post. I guess it's good that he seems to have at least one friend left

Thanks for the heads-up, JETman. I'm tempted

Me too. It's been on my player all week

These arrived from DustyGroove today: Dick Morissey Re-Issues and they're really good! One of them, 'Have You Heard' was originally released on vinyl by Doug Dobell's 77 Records in 1963 and as far as I know has never had a CD reissue. The other two are live recordings from 1966-ish. They are very nicely put together with decent liner notes and the recording quality is decent too. Obviously not 'Hi' Fi but more than adequate, considering the age of the recordings. There are no details as to where the recordings came from and I guess 'Have You Heard' must be a needle drop, although that's not obvious to me from the quality of the sound. The other albums appear to come from taped recordings and their sound quality is not quite as good. Anyway, the music itself is terrific and if you're a fan of Dick Morrissey, which I am, then you'll know what to expect. The CDs seem to originate from Taiwan and were remastered by Jazzhus Disk which has a Brooklyn address. Anyone know anything about this outfit?

Thanks for the tip, jazzbo. I've just ordered two from Amazon.co.uk...I only wish they cost the same in £ as you can get them for in $!!!!

Thanks for the PDF's, chuck

Pity they haven't released the companion to this, "Late Spot at Scott's" as well. They were both recorded at the same time and include some of his best live music. They're the ones I go back to most often. Update: I see that they're both available, used from Amazon, at very reasonable prices.

Put me down for the Roscoe Mitchell I have the Von Freeman release on Bomba and can thoroughly recommend it

Looking at the discography I'm astonished that so little of it has been re-issued on CD in the US and Europe. Even the Japanese re-issues are difficult to get hold of. Does anyone know why this is? Who owns the re-issue rights? BTW I've heard nothing back from Ace re my query about possible future releases by them.

What a great article. Thanks very much for posting it, Porcy.

When I were a lad in the 1960s, Imhoff's was THE place to go for imported American LPs. The whole of the window in New Oxford Street used to be covered with the latest imports: Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley et al. You could then ask to hear them in the listening booths before buying (or not!). I remember many a happy Saturday morning spent listening to music there with my friends. Strangely, I don't recall using the HMV shop in Bond Street. Perhaps they didn't stock American imports. At that time I bought 'standard' releases at my local record shop (remember those?) in east London. For jazz & folk I used to visit Collet's which was just a short distance from Imhoff's along New Oxford Street. Folk was on the ground floor and jazz was in a tiny basement overseen by the (in)famous Ray Smith. The final port of call was then Dobell's in Charing Cross Road where you could again listen to the latest jazz & blues releases through tiny speakers in their booths.

Of all his albums the one I go back to the most is "Small Talk". I've no idea how it may have influenced Miles but it's a great album anyway. It's part of an essential boxset called "The Collection" which came out a few years ago. It has seven of his albums remastered with extra tracks and great notes. There's currently a used copy at Amazon for a not unreasonable price: Sly Stone - The Collection

I thought it was going to include "Hard Blues" as a bonus track

I came across this compilation from Ace records (UK) which contains tracks by various artists from the Mainstream roster: Mainstream Jazz Compilation There's also one containing tracks by soul and jazz artists: Mainstream Soul/Jazz Compilation Both look tasty! I've e-mailed Ace to ask whether they intend re-issuing any complete jazz and/or soul albums from the Mainstream catalogue.

Since these are/were all recordings on the Liberty label I wonder whether they were ever re-issued by EMI when they bought Liberty in the 1980s? I can't recall ever seeing a Howard Rumsey recording on EMI.

Thanks for that, Late. Shame about the castanets on "Celt" Update: All three Dick Morrissey CDs are now available from DustyGroove: Dick Morrissey CDs

according to Wikipedia his discography is: 10 Inch Records Volume 2 - Sunday Jazz A La Lighthouse (Contemporary 2501) Volume 3 (Contemporary 2506) Volume 4 - Oboe/Flute (Contemporary 2510) Volume 5 - In The Solo Spotlight (Contemporary 2515) 12 Inch Records Volume 1 - Sunday Jazz A La Lighthouse (Contemporary 3501) Volume 6 (Contemporary 3504) Volume 3 (Contemporary 3508) Lighthouse At Laguna (Contemporary 3509) In The Solo Spotlight (Contemporary 3517) Volume 4 - Oboe/Flute (Contemporary 3520) Music For Lighthousekeeping (Contemporary 3528) I suspect there will be some overlap between the 10" & 12" releases.

According to Wikipidia the Mainstream Records back catalogue was sold to Legacy Records (part of Sony)in 1993. There are some tasty looking albums in the catalogue: Mainstream Records Discography some, (or all?) of which have appeared as Japanese reissues on P-Vine. Does anyone know whether any of them ever came out as domestic releases on Legacy/Sony or if there are plans to release them as such in the future?

Thanks for the recommendation, sidewinder. I've just ordered a copy from Amazon.

The Buddy Terry Mainstrean albums are pretty wonderful. I'm surprised. Admittedly I've only heard one (Lean On Him) but that one was pretty dispensable.

I wasn't sure what to expect when I ordered this but having listened to Disc 1 I'm VERY impressed. Great charts and great soloing. Has anyone seen this band live?

Another fan of Kullhammar here. Here's one of my favourites by him:

No, not yet.

Thanks for the offer of help, I did the same thing myself earlier today. Let's hope it was worth the wait!