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It seems that the music is still there but only for streaming. There must be some good software for transforming streams into digital files.

Yea, those were two fine artists who already cannot be replaced in the Blues.

Wow. Impressive.

The higher number Bird's Eyes were only available by mail order. They were kind of a mess, repeating a lot of the music contained on the earlier volumes as well as music available on CD elsewhere. I don't have any of the numbers beyond 28. But looking at the listed music, there is probably only a handful of tracks on the higher number Bird's Eyes that I don't have.

The question is what program to use for the database. If you write your own computer programs, that might work. I don't. So we download special software. But a third party needs to ensure that it remains compatible with new computer operating systems. That is the problem. There are programs like Excel that you can be pretty sure will always allow you to upgrade your files to a new operating system. But Excel is cumbersome for a full music database.

I just visited the Collectorz online service. Wow, does it suck! It is just a list of of albums and songs by artist like iTunes. All of the useful information from my database - musicians on albums, listening notes, etc. - vanished when I supposedly transferred by database there. Now I am stuck in a dilemma and stand to lose what I have built.

Yea, I am really pissed about that. I bought Music Collector for my Mac and invested a bit of time into it. Now they are saying that they will no longer update it. So when Apple changes its operating system, it will probably vanish. The online thing does not look great and there does not appear to be an easy way to transfer a lot of the info from my database there. This is deja vu. I had Cattrax and lost that when the company vanished.

Wow. Thanks. Somehow, I didn't find that page.

Yes, if anyone could help with contact information For Robert Randolph, that would be great. There is no contact information on his webpage.

Steve Black says that he did not copyright the song but registered it in 1978 with the Performing Rights Society in London. Would that account for anything in a legal battle? Thanks.

Thanks, Chuck. Does that mean it would be otherwise considered to be in the public domain? It seems a bit strange that Robert Randolph can legally take authorship of a song that came on record before he was even born.

I am looking for advice from some of you who know the music business a bit. When I was living in Nigeria, I became close friends with a musician named Steve Black. In the 1970s, Steve Black issued a record in Nigeria called Village Boogie. One of the songs on that album was called Band New Wayo. In 2013, Blue Note records released an album by Robert Randolph & the Family Band that contains this song. It is identical to the song written and recorded by Steve Black. They did not even change the name. The Robert Randolph album did quite well but Steve Black did not receive author attribution for the song or anything else. Steve Black is currently in Lagos, has extremely limited financial resources, and want to seek redress. Would someone happen to know who is the best person to contact in Blue Note Records for such a matter, or any other good advice that we might give Steve Black? Steve Black is a very good man and talented artist who deserves much more than life has given him. I would love to see him succeed in this.

Yes, the Hemphill box alone almost made 2021 a good year...almost

So let's pack up our CDs, LPs, Hi-Fi systems, multiple generators, gallons of fuel, and head out into those hills.

Exactly, and add to that the fact that most young people don't even store music anymore. They just stream. CDs were once a convenient medium for accessing digital music. But technology has moved on. Now most people without music collections per se can access all that they want, any time that they want, anywhere that they want,.

"Rhapsody" is a particularly nice item on Disc 1 - in good sound as well. It sounds to me like he is working with "I Can't Get Started" here but moves quite far from it in a very unique and beautiful manner.

EKE - Many thanks for all this information!!

RIP. The Louis Armstrong biography was very good.

Yes, that is the point. I don't believe that trio was otherwise recorded.

Yea, I was thinking that too.

I still stumbled on this very intriguing item in the Lord discography. I wonder if we will ever get to hear some of it? Tete Montoliu (p) Richard Davis (b) Elvin Jones (d) Live, "Village Gate", New York, April 21, 1967 Blues Impulse (unissued) Solar - I remember Clifford - Falling in love with love - Tune up - It could happen to you - Blues in F - Where are you ? - Unknown piano solo - Unknown title - 'Round midnight - Unknown original title - Unknown title - Falling in love with love - Don't blame me - [M9954.20] Add same pers. Live, "Village Gate", New York, April 22, 1967 Solar Impulse (unissued) Stella by starlight - I can't get started - Just friends - The things we did last summer - Blues - Whisper not - You've changed - Unknown title - Oleo - A night in Tunisia - Dia inolvidabli -

High Note released some other fine live recordings of this band from the same tour, although they took a promotional liberty to headline Woody Shaw's name instead of Junior Cook.

RIP. It is getting to the point that I dread looking at the Organissimo board in the morning. So many deaths.

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