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I saw a bit of this shit on SNL last week. To me it was not funny at all, not even close.

How could I forget the DC5? When I was a kis I thought it was the coolest thing that they toured in their own MacDonald Dougls DC5 Airplane. My fav was "Catch Us If You Can", the rest was a nice clatterly racquet, v. 1964. Weren't they the only big Brit Invasion group with a sax player as a regular part of the band?

I'm surprised nobody's posted here to complain, er comment, on the recently announced nominees for induction in 2007. Let's see if I can remember - Van Halen, REM, the Stooges, the Ronettes, Chic, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and Joe Tex. Funny thing about most of the comments I've seen on the web, just goes to show their taste is even worser than the Hall's... If it were my Hall the only ones from that list who'd make it would be Joe Tex and the Ronettes, maybe.

Chas, Thanks for the link, I knew I'd forgotten something - "I Thought I'd Let You Know" from McCoy's Expansions would make the proposed CD 78+ minutes, still doable. "These Are Soulful Days" from Benny Green would put us onto a second CD... An unlikely project for BN in any case, unless some of their current roster were interested in doing some of Cal's tunes.

First, I'd like to thank The Rep for making this album of the week. I pulled it out (can't believe I said that...) last night and enjoyed the playing even more than I remembered, even Cals' quoting "Nobody Knows the Trouble..." in two different songs. Of course, the writing is lovely. I've long thought that BN could do a nice CD of various artists' versions of Massey's tunes- These Are Soulful Days Leeway Nakatini Suite Leeway A Pilgrim's Funny Farm The Rajah Taru, What's Wrong With You Taru A Baby's Smile Carumba! The Cry of My People Sixth Sense Toyland Demons Dance Message From Trane Demons Dance Father & Son Here to Stay Asunta Here to Stay Taht would 72+ minutes. Have I forgotten anything? But since they'd probably sell dozens, I can understand that they probably won't do it. Pity.

I can't believe I read this whole thing, much less understood most of it...

I like it too. I'm esp'ly fond of the way Hank phrases the bridge to "Going Out of My Head". Peoples that hear the two pop/R&B hits on here as 'straight'/'commercial' just aren't listening v. carefully, IMHO.

It's Blues TO Coltrane.

Lonnie Smith will be at Jimmy Maks Nov. 4th. I plan to attend. See you there?

Ask the Ages is my fav Sanders, fav Sharrock too. I suspect Laswell is a big part of that, his production here is fairly unobtrusive (for him) but it's definitely there... What I've Heard of the Impulses (Tahud, Karma & Thembi all the way through, bits and pieces of others) always seeems unfocussed to me - grand entrances, stirring moments seperated by lots of tedium...

Nice article, thanks.

I enjoyed pretty much all of the EJ Mosaic, but since I already owned a big chunk I didn't buy it...

If I get tired of hearing new versions, it ain't really a standard to me.. but then I can listen to Smokestack Lightening variations for ever so I geuss I'm just easy to please...

I think, for once, Clem got to the crux of the matter, i.e. disinterest masquerading as analysis isbogus and anyone who does it deserves to be called on it, preferably politely, but if not too bad... Mr. Yanow ain't the only one, some of our regulars do it too, I know I have, but in the end it's BOGUS period (no elipses)

Listened to the clips, made me want to listen to the Jr W I already own, and maybe buy more of that, but did not make me want to buy this new CD. It lacks the commitment of the originals, lessinteresting than Brit invasion bands playing R&B (bought some early Sm Faces today at Tower, "You Need Love" anyone?). Oh, and I generally like Don B even if I agree that the ideas are often more interesting than the outcome...

So the Sound Sunday Pleasure gig went away after the smegma members left and I played a couple of gigs with the Rump Parliment (an analogy, but a great name for a band if G. Clinton wouldn't object, maybe you could call it the Rump Congress/Senate/House?). So I haven't played out in ages, not much for hustling up gigs am I, and I see that Smagma is making one of their rare home town appearances last Wed. I don't really expect to be asked, but last time I saw Perry R. he did ask me, so I take one of my horns just in case...so evryone is nice at the gig and Jackie says "why don't you play during the horn blowout" (I think that's how she put it) so I stand off to the side of the stage and wait for the high sign and join in... Probably looked like I was just horning in to the audience, nice bit of theater eh? Never played with Smegma proper before, had a nice talk at the bar with a lady from local band Rollerball, I enjoy this so much it actually be worth talking to bar owners so I can do it more often...

Is it this version of "In a Silent Way" that's on the new Weather Report box? I heard this album years ago, don't know that I remember it well enuff to comment...

For those of you in or around Portland, OR I will have a table at the Music Expo at the Airport Holiday Inn convention center on Columbia Blvd. this Sunday, early entry 8:300AM, reg 10am. Jazz and other stuffs. see u there? Dana

After reading this thread my normally sweet natured 4 yr old had a total meltdown the vnext morning, that'll learn me...

I've certasinly heard Cream, Yardbirds and Hendrix about as much on oldies as I remember hearing them on air back in the day, still too little and only the obvious cuts. And no shortage of Motown either in the two weeks my Studebaker's radio has worked out of the last year and a half (What else than oldies are you gonna play on an AM radio?). But I haven't listened enough to notice any change in formnat, I always wish they'd play more doo wop...

I absolutely love Five Live, dodgey sound and all, it's the best document of what club bands of that era sounded like plus I like Relf's harmonica, and agree that you want to get Roger in mono (or mono and stereo). I'm less fond of Page era stuf (although the two cuts with Beck and Page are spectacular), still prefer to Led Zep tho', but certainly wish I'd bought Cumular Limit when it was available at sane prices. Had the Live at the Anderson Theater LP, sold it for too little $, interesting but not spectacular. If you get tired of howlin' Relf's inadequate vocals there's always Them...

Guy, Of course, you're right. I could claim a typo, but it was just a brain fart. On a not quite wholey unrelated subject, I heard a swinging instrumental of "The Night Before" in a restaurant a while back, anyone have any idea who it might have been? Don't Let Me Down, Dana

"Go Now" is nice period Brit pop, and I love that the're named after a Slim Harpo instrumental...but they definitely took a wrong turn for me and epitimize everything I dislike about semi-prog classic rock or whatever you wanna call their thing...

"Rain" is, as I'm sure most of you know, available of the current odds 'n ends album, Past Masters I. I am somewhat surprised that "Rain", which I remember as a double A-side receiving plenty o' airplay, would be considered at all abscure, or any other Beatles recording given official release. But then I'm 52 so I've been hearing them as long as I've been interested in music... I think that there are lots of great covers, as well as even more pointless ones, jazz and otherwise, and we're discussing them because some of us like to get (our minds, at least) out of the jazz ghetto now & again. All you need is love, Dana

Well, I clicked and there's music that's perfectly dancable and there's people dancin' but it don't really look to me like the're actually dancin' to that particular music, or is the sync just a little off...