The Magnificent Goldberg

MG

What is Spotify? MG

I'd contact Peter first. IIRC his prices were quite fair and he should have everything that is in print. Thanks for that Dan but being in the UK I'd have thought it would be better to find someone a bit nearer home. Anyone know who the Steeplechase UK distributor is? Must be a fence. MG

I agree with that I've joined and realised I wasn't up for the subscription and cancelled. You usually get a credit when you subscribe for the first time. I joined for a couple of things I couldn't find which I got with the free credits paid for another month and canceled. Daresay you can cancel before the first month is due... Thanks, I'll bear that in mind. MG

Thanks; I'm not sure about this. I think there's a poor match between subscriptions and how I like to buy music. I must do some more thinking. MG

Yes, you can buy them on the Big O website: http://www.big-o-records.com/zen-cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=23&zenid=7e2679ef2ef84f290d14e2a9f0281f8e Pattye Ludwig Thank you Pattye. I'm fasting at present, because I've bought so many albums in the last couple of months. WIll get this pretty soon. MG

So, what you're saying is that, were FLACs to become a regular alternative medium available by consumer choice from firms like iTunes or Amazon or whoever (I've recently seen a Spanish download firm with very interesting material, but only available to people on Spanish ISPs) there'd be an economic opportunity for someone to open up a business alongside iTunes & Amazon, flogging discographical info and the like to people purchasing downloads from the DL companies. Over to Mike Fitzgerald MG Oops--my ignorance is showing. Mike, do you do that?! gregmo I'm sure they don't now, and probably have 0 interest in doing this. I can't really imagine the labels they license material from would go for FLAC downloads rather than a physical product that theoretically can be kept to a limited offering. But they may go in this direction at the bitter end. It was a joke. MG

True. But if they ever start Amazon Local, like the UK arm, it'll get even worse. I'm waking up every day to 3 or 4 overnight emails offering me deals on nearby dentists or - no kidding - 'etiquette workshops' (The London School of Etiquette, £89, down from £110). They know their customers' needs, I'll give them that. MY GAWD!! I've never heard of Amazon Local. How do you get onto that by accident? I must be careful not to do it by accident. I shan't do it on purpose, anyway. MG

On paper it sounds like a good bet, as Tate's tone should mesh well with A.I.'s style. If you want to hear it now... eMusic It is a good'un. Got too many albums in the last 2 months (85) so I'm holding back, but that on is DEFINITELY on my list for October. The e-music web page looked as if I could just download it for £3.36 without subscribing - or is that a little ingenuous of me? I don't want to subscribe, even for this. MG

Never noticed before how valuable my Freddie Roach collection had become Sam Lazar stuff is quite expensive, too. Charles Williams stuff is also very expensive including the wonderfully titled 'Charusuwiriamusu' for a Japanese issue of his first Mainstream album - a snip at £46-06 ($74-15). MG

Putting this away in its box this morning, I noticed... MG

Is the music by Jimmy Smith? MG

I think "Dud" is the trumpet player, and the bassist is Wilbur Jr. I think... The senior Bascomb's brother was Paul, a tenor player in the Hawkins band, and the Bascomb credited on Tuxedo Junction. I think... I'm confused, too. I've got albums that describe each as 'Dud' and some that describe the bass player as 'Bad'. Both Paul and Wilbur were in the Hawkins band. MG I noticed another Jimmy Jones today. The producer and composer of some of the tracks on Syl Johnson's groundbreaking soul album 'Is it because I'm black' in 1969 - first political concept album in soul music. MG

I asked Amazon UK about this a couple of years ago - actually phoned them up! They said they could only do what the record companies allowed them to do. I said they ought to be proactive and push for this stuff when doing deals with the record companies. Maybe someone listened? MG

Thanks Ken. No download in Amazon UK but they have the CD coming out on Super Saver free delivery on 18 Sep. MG

Groove Holmes and Barney Rachabane - African encounter - Roots (South Africa) ROTC102 Rachabane is an very nice alto player who played with Abdullah Ibrahim on a few records and had a couple as a leader, too. No IDEA when the record was made, but I assume in South Africa. Another that piques my interest is Buddy Tate meets Dollar Brand on Chiaroscuro 165 (from 1977). DOn't imagine this is as hard to find as the Holmes/Rachabane. Another I want is Gene Ammons - Birdland - Chazzer 2044 a 1951 live gig. MG

So, what you're saying is that, were FLACs to become a regular alternative medium available by consumer choice from firms like iTunes or Amazon or whoever (I've recently seen a Spanish download firm with very interesting material, but only available to people on Spanish ISPs) there'd be an economic opportunity for someone to open up a business alongside iTunes & Amazon, flogging discographical info and the like to people purchasing downloads from the DL companies. Over to Mike Fitzgerald MG

Damn straight. The whole jazz snobbery thing is just so damn predictable...and diehard jazz fans wonder why outsiders see them as elitist pricks. Well, to be fair, it is a jazz board! Surely, John, you're not arguing that the fact that this is a jazz board is a half decent reason to be contemptuous of others who like other kinds of music? I don't imagine there are many people on this board for whom jazz is their sole musical diet. MG

Just got an e-mail from CD Universe to say that Lonnie's new album will be issued on 18 September. It's a live album on the Pilgrimage label, of which I've never heard. Anyone know who's on it with Lonnie? The names are too small for me to read. MG

Missed this before. Can I still get a copy, Jim? MG

This made me think of 'Melincourt' by Thomas Love Peacock, which deals with the adventures of an orang-utang who, because of the rotten boroughs system, becomes a Member of Parliament - Sir Oran Haut-ton - after rescuing the heroine from kidnappers (or something, 'tis 20 odd years since I read it). MG I think we've got a few of those in government at the moment. Same as in 1817. And at all times since. MG

You heard it here first But the sleeve note is actualy by Justin Morel, who wrote many Syliphone sleeve notes back in the day. MG

I think Grady was one of the leading jazz drummers of what eventually became known as Acid Jazz, along with Purdie, Idris Muhammad, Ray Lucas and Red Holt. Where he got it from I don't know. Purdie, Muhammad and Lucas all had experience in R&B but I've never heard that about Grady. Everybody was listening to the James Brown band and Booker T & the MGs and the Mar-Keys in those days, however. MG

Page appears to be under reconstruction. MG

This made me think of 'Melincourt' by Thomas Love Peacock, which deals with the adventures of an orang-utang who, because of the rotten boroughs system, becomes a Member of Parliament - Sir Oran Haut-ton - after rescuing the heroine from kidnappers (or something, 'tis 20 odd years since I read it). MG