The Magnificent Goldberg

I got 'Rippin' & runnin'' when it came out and was disappointed in it. I played my rather battered copy this afternoon and really enjoyed it. I can see/hear how some aspects might not be your thing, like Freddie Waits' drumming. You oculd be right, there, Jeff, though I don't usually have a problem with Waits. But, as I recollect, the time seemed all wrong. This morning Earl Bostic & his alto sax no 2 - King (Parlophone UK 10") A bit small that image, so here's a bigger one of the first one Gene Ludwig - Now's the time - Muse Now Jimmy Forrest, King Curtis & Oliver Nelson - Soul battle - Prestige (Ace UK) Fabulous session I never get tired of! MG

Oh, he does complain about sermons, though I've got very few not on vinyl, which he never hears, because he's not allowed upstairs and can't climb them by himself. It's the congregations that get on his nerves, I think, not the preachers themselves. MG

Henry doesn't complain about Paroah Sanders. He doesn't complain about Miles Davis, either - I haven't got any MG

My dog (20 months) gets very grumpy when he hears Sun Ra or King Sunny Ade. I think it's the occasional whistles, steel guitar whoops and other somewhat extranaeous noises. Will he get over it or should I try to persuade my missus to get a refund on the dog? He likes Soul Jazz, however What about your pets reactions to music? MG

I've been playing a lot more vinyl since I got my new turntable and am enjoying it a lot. However, one problem has arisen. When I clean a disc with my Parostatik disc preener, it builds up static which, a lot of the time, causes the turntable mat to stick to the underside of the lp. It's hard to get it off. You can't lift it off putting your fingernail under the mat, because it's a sure-fire recipe for scratching a record one day and kicking yourself forever. I tried pulling it off using my fingernail on the mat itself and was horrified to feel the grooves through the mat. So I think I need a different mat, though advice to the contrary will be interesting. Do any of the British members have a recommendation for a mat that won't give a toss for how much static the record has? MG

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Some more classics I used to have RVW - On Wenlock Edge - Ian Partridge - HMV Concert Classics Delius - PIano concerto - Jean-Rodollph Kars - Decca Delius - Requiem - Heather Harper & John Shirley-Quirk - HMV MG MG

Pinched from the vinyl plays thread MG

I didn't know Dan Dare went back to 1950. I think it was '53 or '54 when I started reading Eagle. MG

I was. Looking at Chuck's post of one of his albums in another thread, I was struck by the way it reminded me of the cleverness and thoughtfulness of the LT sleeves. But what went on in my mind after that was... Who decided on the titles of those albums? Wasn't it Michael Cuscuna? Did he have something in mind already? Because I think Chuck did. MG

Nice! It's kind of like the Blue Note LT sleeves. Bill's comment put me in mind of this lovely LP, that I used to have back in the days when I thought I could afford black music and white music. MG

Here's another. This is a real good 'un. My copy of this has a note on the back cover from Nat Dixon. "To Kenny You have been a good friend for years. I'm really honoured to have known you! Tel XXX-XXXX Nat Dixon" Kenny was such a good friend, he didn't keep this LP. MG

Another Larkin LP of mine was previously owned by a very insecure person indeed. He used red highlighter to illuminate is favourite (or unfavourite) tracks. This dates it, because I don't remember highlight pens being available in the mid sixties. He also wrote his name, Henry Taylor, in felt tip pen, but was evidently so worried that someone might steal the LP and erase his name that he stuck one of those labels that come out, in a strip, of a little machine with a wheel of letters on it (forget what they were called now) over his felt tip name. MG

My copy of this LP (which I got from Dan Gould, but who, I'm sure, was not the author)) has the word 'RED' written on the front and back, in ornamental 3D block capitals. Is it the name of a former owner, or a comment on the sleeve? This one: has the word 'Pamm' (in red) on the back and front covers, as well as some incomprehensible gradings (I assume) for several of the tracks, viz: Don't mess with Bill M6 Playboy theme M-5 Tarantula S-4 Goin' out of my head M-4 Willow weep for me M- Ain't that a groove M7 What can one make of this? MG

Treen, not green MG

I was looking at this LP, just now and thought that there were rather few album sleeves like this one, just a landscape. But I expect you'll all show me I'm wrong. MG

Well, there certainly is a likeness! Decidedly; I think it was Private Eye that noticed it first and dubbbed him 'The Mekon' and their cartoonists made great caricatures. MG Didn't The Mekon turn out to be a goodie, in the end? Where are the Dan Dare experts? MG Can't imagine him as a goodie. Wikipedia suggests he came to a nasty end: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mekon Interesting. There must have been some good Treens, then, and I'm getting confused. I used to lap up Dad Dare when I was ten or eleven. MG

Interesting. I knew Saul/Paul was a Farisee and proud of it; and a member of the ruling classes; and a Roman Citizen not above pulling rank when accused of sedition. All that stuff in his writings about 'being a new creature' was hype, because you can see that he remained what he was; someone who really thought that the Government should be obeyed, that slaves should obey their masters, and hadn't much conception of what people (even now) had/have to do to get by. MG

Well, there certainly is a likeness! Decidedly; I think it was Private Eye that noticed it first and dubbbed him 'The Mekon' and their cartoonists made great caricatures. MG Didn't The Mekon turn out to be a goodie, in the end? Where are the Dan Dare experts? MG

Spurred by the Carl Davis thread, just interrupted Milt at the end of side 1 to play Tyrone Davis - A woman needs to be loved - Dakar (Atlantic UK) Not sure if my memory's playing tricks, but I feel sure that I was prompted to buy this, early in '69, when Charlie Gillette reviewed Davis' first 45, 'Can I change my mind', in his regular R&B column in the Record Mirror, giving it a decent review, then raved about the B side, saying it was an all time Soul classic. It STILL is. I never bought another Tyrone Davis single (or an LP) because, when a guy starts off and has one of the best records of its type as the B side of an A side that spends 3 weeks at #1 on the R&B chart, all he can do is go down. This is POWERHOUSE soul singing! MG

Carl Davis might not have had anything to do with that song and that record except greenlighting it. But that's enough. Good song, though I always preferred the B side, 'A woman needs to be loved'. I never realised that Carl Davis started Dakar Records. MG Yes, yes. Now playing 'A woman needs to be loved' - if you added James Carr to Bobby Bland, you still couldn't get this.

I don't know what's happened to him. I saw him at ROnnie's in Londinium a few years ago. He was playing, though he told me he'd lost most of the movement in his right hand/arm. Dunno how he did it. But he was VERY overweight and had some knee or leg problem, to make matters worse. MG

I've never had any problem with them. However you can never be sure that the item you're ordering is in stock until the order is confirmed - usually the day after your initial input. Therefore if you're ordering multiple items don't forget to let them know whether you want the order held until all the items are in stock or whether you're happy to have them sent individually. All the information you need for this is on their ordering page. Got quite a bit from them and nary a problem. MG