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This thread prompted me to relisten to Spirits/Witches & Devils; great record, great playing from all concerned including Norman Howard. Would be v. interested in hearing more from him. Would also like to see S/W&D reissued with the spirituals and other material recorded the same day (w/out Howard) for a fuller picture of one of Ayler's best days in the studio.

Filled both vehicles (Studebaker & Mazda) for $2.63/gal recently, but saw a lot of $2.89 & 2.99 per gal of reg on the way to the beautiful Oregon coast yesterday. The trip cost about $20 in gas but was well worth it. Guess I should be glad I don't have that R#-engined Avanti I want, loosey milage and premium, but I'd make it all back racing suckers who don't know how fast a Stude can be...

sidewinder: Thanx, that's about what I figured. I have this on CD too so I guess I'll have to sell one or the other at the next Night Owl record sale here in puddletown, Oct 8th.

I just got an LP copy of Miles Dark Magus, dutch pressing v. nice shape (haven't played yet). Don't think this was ever on vinyl domestically, how rare?

Recently acquired LP of Jack McDuff, On Wth It! V. greasy with Joe Dukes, Harold Vick & Eddie Deihl. Not on CD? Recorde in '61 not issued til a decade later.

Lowriders with the back corner up always look like a dog pissing on a hydrant to me, esp'ly if the're next to a hydrant...

Impossible: Thanks, but acvtually we were thinking of not renting a car and taking taxis or whatever - is $20/person from the airport to downtown reasonable? Dana

Most of my younger library co-workers just give me blank looks when I kpoint out that the reason that the Dem's used to do better in National elections was that they used to own the south... (Lyndon Johson knew he was cutting his own party's throat when when he pushed the voting rights act through Congress, with a lot of Republican help, and took a perverse pride in doing it anyway). 1066 I knew immediately, but not some of the others. How about 1745 or 1885?

How long ago do Pat Boone do his In a Metal Mood? At least that was funny...

I drive a '59 Studebaker Lark with an automactic tranny, V-8 with a newly installed 4 barrel that needs some tuning so my mileage is nothing to write home about. But my wife drives a Mazda Protege which is what we take on trips and our child care arrangements allow me to catch a ride to and from work sometimes. If the long-promised library branch near my home ever gets built, I'll transfer, walk to work and save the Studebaker for fun. I understand the appeal of cars like my Studebaker (which gets good mpg compared to, say, a Packard, a supercharded Stude or a Hummer) but it's not 1959 anymore and maybe it never really was...

My wife and I are going, see seperate thread...

My wife won us a trip to the Newport jazz fest (I think she thought they meant Newport, OR but it's RI) this weekend. Airfare, tickets to the fest and Hotel included, ground transport, food, etc. not (so with tax on the whole thing it;s gonna be expensive in the end). If anyone is familar with Newport and can offer any advice on getting to and from theairport, venue, places to eat, etc. I'd appreciate it. Thanks muchly.

I hope he comes back so I can ask him for some Narvel Felts reccomendations...

The contents of the long-awaited (by some...) box set of The Band have been posted on the net at http://theband.hiof.no/albums/a_musical_history.html Looks good, with lots of rareties of various sorts, as well as big chunks of the essential regular stuff spread over 5 CDs and 1 DVD, including stuff with Ronnie Hawkins, Dylan and early singles on their own. Robertson was heavily involved, Hudson less so, Helm not...

Next to singers, drummers may be the most subjective of tastes, so these are some of my PERSONAL FAVORITES: Papa Jo Jones Roy Haynes Elvin Jones Billy Higgins Tony Williams (up through Capt Marvels anyway) Joe Chambers Odie Payne, Jr. Fred Below Sam Lay Al Jackson, Jr. Clyde Stubblefield John Starks Mitch Mitchel Micky Waller Bill Stewart Kenny Barron

John Bonham Buddy Rich Buddy Miles Are three thumpers I don't gen'ly care much for, but all have played on things I do like and not just in spite of... Most of the guys mentioned above I do like.

It was the Bar-Kays, not the Mar-Keys, who died with Otis. http://www.sl-prokeys.com/stax/stax-mclemore.htm is an interesting web site by a later session player at Stax, Sandy Kay as he was then known, who just hopped on a plane in May '69, showed up on McLenore Ave. and talked his way into a job playing keyboards! (he did notice that they kept his tracks well isolated at first...) I bought the first Stax box for roughly $60 when it was new, maybe the best money I ever spent. My fav's are the obscure things like "Yank Me Doodle" by a bunch of guys Packy Axton met at the bar that night...

Not a big fan of Swallow generally but I liked his work on the BN Sco/Friz thing. Gimme Duck Dunn or Tommy Cogbill any day; in fact I could name 'bout a dozen R&B players I'd take over jazz guys on electric...

I too remember that db review and Joe Z's (over) response to it. If I remember correctly, they gave it one star out of five; I thought it was 'bout twice that good! Seriously, it was the first, but sadly not the last, Weather Report album to disappoint me.

I've liked this ever since vinyl days, even though I had a shittly Liberty pressing. KD & JH had a thing going on and Tony Williams is a mean cowbellist.

I think Pepper and Byrd are v. good together and this is my fav of the albums they did for BN. Like seemingly everone else here I sep'ly like "Jeannine".

Got mine about a week ago but they won't play in the two players I've tried so far, oh well...

Is it too late for me to contribute $?

I was just checking the credits to the BB King, King of the Blues box and noticed that Fred jackson, Jr. is listed as playing on the King Size album in 1976 and Donald Wilkerson on the Blues N Jazz album in 1982. Would those be the most recent sightings for these two (both of whom I dig)?