The Magnificent Goldberg

This morning, a nice 1963 Calypso LP Stan Seymour - Everybody loves Bermuda - Edmar (Complete with songs about Christine Keeler, the Cuban missile crisis and the Clay/Liston fight ) MG

Well, I've had a good butchers round Spotify and it's pretty poor stuff. I picked a few female vocalists to search for - not obscurities; singers with hits and long careers - Della Reese, Chris Connor and Dakota Staton. Della has actually got a whole album on there - Della cha cha cha - unsurprisingly, as 'Come on-a my house' is featured in a nice TV advert, a few tracks from several albums (one of them, astoundingly, from the 70s) and a compilation or two. Chris Connor has 3/4 of 'Witchcraft' on there, a few compilations, and a handful of tracks from a number of Atlantic albums. Apparently nothing more recent. Dakota has a whole album there - 'In the night', with George Shearing, a few compilations from her Capitol period and some odd cuts from various artists albums. Who on earth can think this is progress towards a time when, according to the boss, people will be able to listen to everything? On the plus side - yeah, there IS a plus side - there are a fair number of albums by Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey and Dr Orlando Owoh. But the Mali, Guinea and Senegal scenes are poorly represented. On the jazz side, there are a few albums by Fred Anderson (though not the Nessa one or the Thrill Jockeys, surprise surprise, which I've got anyway) as well. And about 2% of Sun Ra's recordings Oh well, it's free. I'd be really rather miffed if I had to pay for this. MG

Yes, just found that out. Their FAQ section addresses this but says they're all flagged. I didn't see any flags, but that was because the screen wasn't wide enough because of the adverts. Well, there we are... MG

Whoa! I've been doing some more searching on Spotify. It looks to me like they've somehow accessed my hard drive and got loads of material off it: a whole raft of Willis Jacksons: the two LPs Les McCann recorded with Teddy Edwards and Clifford Scott; the twofer I made up of Jimmy McGriff's 'Black pearl' and McGriff/Parker's 'Chicken fried soul'; and so on and so on. One very interesting thing they've got is a pair of sermons by Rev Johnny Lee 'Hurricane' Jones, which were recorded on 5 Nov 2011 and 3 Dec 2011 off the radio by Paul Secor, sent to JeffCrom, and thence to me. Again, I know it's my copy they've got because of the block capitals and the lengths included in the titles. The real clincher though is that I put together a Gene Ammons twofer of 'Night lights' (the LP with Wynton Kelly, only some of which has appeared on cd) and an album that never was issued, but which appeared on a number of different LPs and CDs, and which was his complete session with Mal Waldron - which I called 'THE MAL WALDRON SESSION - 36-40'. And they're both there on Spotify. I KNOW ABSOLUTELY THAT I'VE NEVER SENT THIS TO ANYONE. I just did it to be able to listen to all the tracks of these albums together. So, a couple of questions arise: 1 to whom do I complain? 2 Spotify say they pay people through the record companies, but these albums are not authorised by the record companies; they're mostly vinyl rips of stuff that never appeared on CD. Indeed, the Johnny Lee Jones is just a radio broadcast. MG

If "Seytane" is a track, the answer is yes. If it's an album, then the answer is no. "Seytane" is given as a track on Coumba Gawlo's album, Live in Dakar Vol 1. Six other albums by Coumba Gawlo are available. 'Seytane' is the title track of the album. It's the same song, but the original 1990 version of the live album done in 2004. So the answer is no. I managed to work out how to register without Facebook and I found something VERY disturbing. After a few searches of African artists, in which I found nothing I hadn't already got, I tried a search on Jackie Ivory. I suspected they wouldn't have his Atco LP 'Soul discovery'. However they did. THEY HAD THE COPY I RIPPED TO MY HARD DRIVE A FEW YEARS AGO!!!! I know it's mine because, quite eccentrically, I include the duration of the album in the album title - and always use block capitals for the titles. So how the fuck did they get that? I'm pretty certain I never sent it to anyone. Who would want it? MG

Sir Richard DImbleby Jonathan Dimbleby David Dimbleby

Chet Baker (played with the Mariachi Brass) Chet Faker Chet Atkins

Well, I thought, let's see if they've got one of Coumba Gawlo's early K7s - 'Seytane' on Spotify. So I got the website up, hit the 'Get Spotify' button and was invited to join Facebook. But the article said it didn't do that any more, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered to even do that. So, any of you Spotify types know if Coumba Gawlo's second K7 is on Spotify? MG

Chico O'Farrill Dizzy Gillespie Machito

The eaten an arrow race (courtesy of 'I'm sorry, I'll read that again') Robin Hood Boyz in the Hood

Interesting to look back almost two years and not the changes. This was my earlier list SONNY STITT JIMMY SMITH HOUSTON PERSON JUNIOR MANCE GRANT GREEN DAVID NEWMAN BROTHER JACK MCDUFF LES MCCANN DR LONNIE SMITH WILLIS 'GATOR TAIL' JACKSON GENE AMMONS STANLEY TURRENTINE CHARLES EARLAND NAT ADDERLEY JIMMY MCGRIFF SHIRLEY SCOTT EDDIE 'LOCKJAW' DAVIS RICHARD 'GROOVE' HOLMES LOU DONALDSON MILT JACKSON Now, it's SONNY STITT RAMSEY LEWIS AHMAD JAMAL GRANT GREEN GENE AMMONS JACK MCDUFF JIMMY MCGRIFF SHIRLEY SCOTT ILLINOIS JACQUET MILT BUCKNER LES MCCANN LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSTON PERSON NAT ADDERLEY JIMMY SMITH MILT JACKSON DR LONNIE SMITH EDDIE 'LOCKJAW' DAVIS STANLEY TURRENTINE JUNIOR MANCE Sonny Stitt is still #1, but there are definitely some different people in there. If I don't limit it to jazz, then Ray Charles, Youssou Ndour, Bembeya Jazz National and Chief Commander Ebeneezer Obey get in there. MG

It's a really nice album with people you don't quite expect on it - Jabo, Clyde, StClair (last recording before he died) - as well as the usual suspects. No recording date in the sleeve but late 1998/early 1999. Copyright date is 1999. My copy is a Euro issue by ZYX. MG

The Olympic Runners The Long Distance Runner who was lonely Newmarket Joggers

Mr Kelly Ella Fitzgerald F Scott Fitzgerald

Marlon Brando Johnny Burnette Sonny Hopson

Funnily enough, no Is this a solo piano album? MG Yes. It is one of two solo piano albums by Sun Ra released on the IAI label in the late 1970s. Well, I'll see what the reveal has to reveal. Thanks. MG

Many happy returns, Jeff. MG

The Parvenus (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3573762/Portrait-painter-to-the-parvenus.html) George Romney Lady Hamilton (No wonder...) MG

This is a nice P-vine album MG

La Grande Odalisque Le Bain Turc Don Ellis

Funnily enough, no Is this a solo piano album? MG

Simon of Cyrene Frankie Lymon The Teenagers

Have a happy birthday and a nice walk, Paul. Nice to see your walking lists. MG

Fuck me, it looks like a joke, but I'm sure it's not. MG

Wilson Pickett - It's too late - Double L (Marble Arch UK) MG