The Magnificent Goldberg

Yes, the Jo Jones looks really very nice. MG

Time was when bands used to think the purpose of making records (hit records) was to publicise the live gigs where they made money. Live gigs are a lot more expensive nowadays than a few years ago. Maybe the balance is changing back. MG

Damn! Shoulda thought of Junior Mance - especially as I've got this album. It originally came out on Tuba, which was a short-lived label owned by Keepnews between Riverside and Milestone. The LP was titled 'The good life'. I think it was actually recorded in 1966, not '67, because Mance started recording for Atlantic in Sep '66. The only other LPs that Tuba issued (I think) were by Johnny Lytle - 'The loop' and 'New and groovy'. I've got the Sinny Stott, too, but didn't pick up what the tune was. Thanks Al. Nice stuff. MG

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No I don't. I remember seeing it back in the day but couldn't buy everything. Still can't MG

I was wondering that myself, but some of their latter releases were pretty obscure. Maybe they've run out of good material? MG

Funny no one's posted this MG

Vol 2 of the Rail Band set came this morning Rail Band - Belle epoque vol 2 - Syllart Then I zoomed into Cardiff and went into tthe Oxfam shop for the first time. A bit overpriced, but maybe not - original Beatles LPs for 40-50 quid, is that expensive? Anyway, I picked up this Great Wilson Pickett hits - Marble Arch. This is a reissue of his Double L album 'It's too late', which I bought back in the day, and has really fine stuff, including 'If you need me'. Sold when I was poor, and have never seen since, so I'm pretty glad to have got this. Looks in fine nick, too. No chance to play it yet though. MG

Funny how little commercial pull Patterson seems to have. Or perhaps it's the sidemen. Paul Weeden, Jerry Byrd, Vinnie Corrao arn't terribly well known. Pat Martino is, but Fantasy never released a twofer of the Timmons and Patterson 'Holiday soul' albums, which I think may not have been a mistake, though Mike Weil and I would have bought it Savoy Jazz doesn't seem to have done very much with the Muse catalogue anyway. 'Mellow soul' is a puzzle, though. MG

I must get that one. Thanks for the info. ALready have this and it's damn good! MG

So, it looks like the pic's never been used on an album, but I've seen the pic elsewhere and... Well, yes. MG

Most of them came out on two-fers. Was Mellow Soul amongst them? That one's got Fathead on it. And there's a whole Christmas album he did. That one make it out? There's also the Patterson Cadet side and his Muse albums...have they made it out as well? Pretty sure that The Return Of...has been, but the others? Yes, JIm's right. Mike Weil would be the best source on this, but I am pretty sure these didn't come out on CD Prestige Mellow soul Holiday soul (that's the Christmas album) Satisfaction Tune up (I think one track never issued on CD) Soul happenin' also Goin' down home (Cadet) These are soulful days (Muse Movin' up (Muse) Why not (Muse) MG

All three are in a two disc set on one of George Buck's labels. Well well... I thought wrongly! Never saw that set Thanks Chuck for setting me straight I want more Earl Hines. Thanks for this, folks. MG

There's an enormous degree of jazz influence in a lot of the Guinean and Malian big bands of the 70s/80s. That doesn't quite make it jazz, but it doesn't make it NOT jazz, either. I'm sure you've heard Momo 'Wandel' Soumah's version of 'Afro-blue'. That seems to have little Guinean influence. Compare it with his recording of 'Tam tam sax', on the Syliphone album 'Musique sans paroles', which is kind of half and half (Momo played with Keletigui & ses Tambourinis). Where South African music resembles black American music is in the ghettoisation of both communities in their respective countries and enabled all forms of black American music to form a template with which South African blacks could identify very clearly. This didn't happen in other parts of Africa to anything like the same extent because European colonisation didn't go so far elsewhere as in SA and create townships. But you can HEAR the difference between all kinds of American black music and any kind of SA black music quite clearly. To me, it's as big a difference as between the Malian/Guinean big bands and American jazz. But maybe I'm more hung up on the way music sounds than on what the musicians are doing to get them. MG

Sizzle. MG

Willis Jackson - Star bag - Prestige Willis Jackson - Gatorade - Prestige Jackie Ivory - Soul discovery - Atco Odell brown & the Organizers - Mellow yellow - Cadet Paul Bryant - Something's happening - Fantasy Gene Ammons - Night lights - Prestige (only half of this is on 'A stranger in town' CD) Gene Ammons - Free again - Prestige Clifford Scott & Les McCann - Out front - Pac Jazz George Freeman - Frantic diagnosis - BamBoo MG

Started snowing again at 10:30 but just stopped now (2:50) and turned to drizzle, so things are definitely looking up for tomorrow. Good job, I've only enough muesli left for the morning, then I have to get into Cardiff to Wally's for some more. MG

A sensational album One of my favourites of Pharoah. MG

I'm not sure. I think that the sleeve I've got in mind actually looks a lot like the 'Soul sisters' sleeve, as well as being the same girl. MG

Brilliant album! I got this a few weeks ago Probably recorded in the late 70s/early 80s. One track in which Soundioulou's wife, Maa Hawa Kouyate sings, the rest is all Soundioulou, some vocal, some not. Wonderful! Download from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Folklore-du-Senegal/dp/B003FBVP6Y/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359124080&sr=301-1 MG

Never noticed that! MG

You mean Monterey MG

Rail Band - Belle epoque vol 1 - Syllart Rail Band - Belle epoque vol 3 - Syllart Two of the three 2CD sets issued 6 years ago by Syllart. Vol 2 still stuck in the snow, by the looks of it. I don't know why I haven't bought these before now; Rail Band is one of the most important Malian bands and I like their stuff a lot. MG

Still snowed in. Gutter on the garage roof is a bit bent. Thaw is forecast tomorrow and Saturday. MG

Someone thought, on the sexiest covers thread, that there was an Ornette Coleman sleeve featuring this girl. When he mentioned it, I thought so too, but couldn't find it. So, it must be someone else's album. Anyone know which? MG