The Magnificent Goldberg

Amazing what you learn on Organissimo! I didn't know 'Deck the halls' was a traditional Welsh carol. MG

Not the Goons, however MG

I think I'd just like to know what MC did in relation to this. Perhaps the tracks are all Mosaic's remasters from the T-Bone set or something. MG

Joe Houston - Doin' the twist - Crown As scuffed and hissy as only a Crown LP can be Rollicking band behind Joe, despite the stiff twist rhythm. Maxwell Davis? MG

Thanks Jim. I've never liked Sarah Vaughn much but the way she sings the song, it does make sense as a song, rather than as an original Jug head MG

Hampton Hawes - The sermon - Contemporary (Sorry the drummer's name looks like Sian HMV - it's Stan Levy) MG

This one is surprising. because it was the first massive pop hit on an indie label (17 weeks at #1). If ever there was a milestone record, it was that one. MG

OK, I've got the Jug now. It's 'You're not the kind', on Chess, recorded Chicago 1951, with unkown p, b & d. I see the tune was written by Hudson/Mills, and had been recorded by Fats Waller, no doubt among others. Still sounds like an original Jug head to me. MG

No. I'd almost finished and was sure it wasn't going to be either of the last 2 tracks, but it was! MG

Gene Ammons - Early visions - Chess (PRT UK) Well, I can confirm that #10 of BFT105 isn't on this one Damn! I know I've got it somewhere. MG

Bad news - but not the first time music has been under attack out there. In the eighties, Gadafi banned all western instruments. Idrissa Sissoko, who recorded for Oubien in Mali, had his guitar bust by the Libyan army. Music is a soft touch for dictatorial nutters, but survives. MG

I recall, from reading Michel RUppli's Savoy discography about thirty years ago, that World Wide was also a budget label that LUbinsky used to reissue Russian classical records. But it was a long time ago I read it so I can't be certain. I didn't buy the book because the coverage of gospel music was crap. MG I've got the Savoy discography, and I can't find anything like that, or any explanation of what the label was. There's a listing of World Wide LP releases on page 427; it's an odd assortment. There's a few jazz albums, some Latin records, a couple by the Charleston Club Orchestra, but only one classical record - a Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto perform by Emil Krauss and the "Regent Symphony Orchestra." I agree that the coverage of Savoy's massive gospel output is pretty poor. Well, I'm certainly remembering it wrong. Thanks for keeping me in line, Jeff MG

Me too. Don't ever hesitate to ask. MG

Roald Dahl used to live in the same place as I did (but earlier ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radyr The block of flats I lived in from '74 until I moved here 6 years ago was built on the site of Ty-mynydd (Mountain House) and you could still see parts of the garden terraces and steps in the neighbours' gardens, if you looked over the fences. One of the oldest and biggest redwood trees in Britain is still there. MG

I recall, from reading Michel RUppli's Savoy discography about thirty years ago, that World Wide was also a budget label that LUbinsky used to reissue Russian classical records. But it was a long time ago I read it so I can't be certain. I didn't buy the book because the coverage of gospel music was crap. MG

One of my favourite Jugs - I like it even better than my Spillers Records/Blue Note mug MG

Freddie Roach - Mo' greens please - BN Liberty stereo Van Gelder MG

Illinois Jacquet - Midnight slows vol 8 - Black & Blue now Jimmy McGriff - Electric funk - Blue Note (UK 80s reissue) MG

I dunno who the 'now-renowned Jimmy Douglass' is, but the Jimmy Douglass I seem to remember produced poor disco records by jazz musicians. MG

Just playing this MG

James Brown plays James Brown today and yesterday - Smash (Philips UK mono) MG

Struth! Another I didn't know was available. Well, one for next year, I think. MG

I don't think I've heard Kay Starr since the fifties so, that I can recognise her voice at this temporal distance says something about the talent and persona;l distinctiveness that she (and others of the time, who for all their crappy records, could SING) had, as opposed to the songwriters. (Of course, the fact that I've got Dinah's version of 'Wheel of fortune' and play it regularly, could account for Kay Starr being kept in the back of my mind all these years.) MG

NOw I'm REALLY embarassed. 'Cos I've got this version, too. Daft cretin MG

Oh well, I'd beter find the Les McCann discography. MG