The Magnificent Goldberg

Keef Hartley Sir William Pickles Hartley (founder of Hartley's Jam ) Wilfred Pickles

So, even though Rudy didn't get a credit on the sleeve of Grover's Bijou album, he still did the mastering? MG

Happy Birthday, Brad! MG

Tell me more, Aric. MG

Almost all my K7s come from Francophone Africa, so I just think of them that way. Thanks Chas. MG

Mt Pisgah Mssionary Baptist Church Choir - Mt Pisgah remembers Roberta Martin - Jewel Brooklyn All-Stars - Rise - Atlanta International nxt Paul Bryant - Something's happenin' - Fantasy (Vocalion UK) MG

PS Just to add, the recording credits on "Live at the Bijou" are live recording at Bijou Cafe, Philly, by Dale Ashby & Father Mixed at Electric Lady Studios David Palmer, Engineer Joel Cohn, Assistant Engineer Did any of these people have a connection with RVG that might have enabled them to access a Van Gelder stamp? MG

Grover Washington Jr's later Kudu albums were distributed by Motown. Then they signed him up, but he only made 2 LPs, before moving to Elektra. He produced his own albums at Motown & Elektra. The first one on Motown, "Reed seed" was not recorded by RVG, it was done in Philly. But RVG mastered it. And there's a Van Gelder stamp on my copy. The follow up, "Skylarking" had no involvement from RVG and I'd be surprised if originals had a Van Gelder stamp, but I don't know because I have a Spanish edition, issued by Discos Belter. The last album GWJ made at Kudu, "Live at the Bijou" had no RVG involvement either but, curiously, there is a very faint trace of a Van Gelder stamp on both sides of both discs - but so faint it looks as if there had been an attempt to rub it out. Now, if RVG had no input into that album, what are his stampers doing in the dead wax, looking like they're not supposed to be there? I conclude someone else must have been able to use those stampers, so that an error could be made. If one error, why not another? Why not many? MG

Halle Berry Bill Haley The Comets

Never seen the original sleeve before. A terrific LP. Thanks Cyril MG

There are two ways of looking at this. I thought I'd do a little query to see what the answer was for this year so far. CD - 64% MP3 - 16% LP - 13% K7 - 7% Which doesn't tell me very much except I've got a lot more CDs than anything else. So I looked at the average amount of plays per album on whatever medium. MP3 - 15 CD - 3.4 K7 - 1.8 LP - 1.7 Which also doesn't tell me much more than that I've acquired a lot of MP3s recently and, obviously, I want to listen to recent stuff more frequently than stuff I've had for years. The other way of looking at it is this. Basically, whatever medium I can get music on, I will, and I'll listen to it on that medium as much as I feel like it. There's a hierarchy of media though. K7 at the bottom, then LP, MP3, CD. So if I've got an album on K7 or LP and MP3, I'll play the MP3. MG

Does that set cover any of the material with Wild Bill Davis? MG

Hank Crawford Harold "Geezil" Minerve Nathaniel Leon Jones

Pedal Pushing Papa Motorcycle Michael Scooter

Or we could just structure the tenor poll... Coleman Hawkins Lester Young One of the guys who imitated Lester Young John Coltrane One of the guys who imitated John Coltrane That about covers it, eh? Or Gene Ammons One of the guys who imitated Gene Ammons Illinois Jacquet One of the guys who imitated Illinois Jacquet Dexter Johnson One of the guys who imitated - oops, no one imitated Dexter Johnson MG

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Not in very good nick, but a nice building This is better And, outside the same building as the Grand Commander, more Oriental Brothers This one looks like the offices of Nigerian Internet Scams Pty Nice flares MG

Bunker Hill Bunk Johnson Bunky Green

Spent the afternoon listening to this, which turned up in the post today. Really nice stuff, only some of which I already had. MG

Sonny Stitt - Stitt's bits - Prestige Been waiting for this box for a couple of weeks. I already have some of it, but not a great deal. So it was a great deal! MG

Mildred Clarke & the Melodyaires - Help me Jesus - Heat Mildred Clarke & the Melodyaires - Mildred Clarke & the Melodyaires - Peacock a couple of 45s of the same group Kansas City Melodyaires - I stepped in the water/Stand up and testify - Songbird Kansas City Melodyaires - My loving mother/God's gift to me - Songbird next Mildred Clarke & the Melodyaires - You've got to give an account - Savoy MG

Nice one! Also Screaming Jay Hawkins - I hear voices Screaming Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you Billy Ward & the Dominos (feat Clyde McPhatter) - The bells Right off the jazz scene Pete Seeger - The Bells of Rhymney - words by Idris Davies from "Gwalia deserta" O what can you give me? Say the sad bells of Rhymney. Is there hope for the future? Cry the brown bells of Merthyr. Who made the mineowner? Say the black bells of Rhondda. And who robbed the miner? Cry the grim bells of Blaina. They will plunder willy-nilly, Say the bells of Caerphilly. They have fangs, they have teeth! Shout the loud bells of Neath. To the south things are sullen, Say the pink bells of Brecon. Even God is uneasy, Say the moist bells of Swansea. Put the vandals in court! Cry the bells of Newport. All would be well if-if-if- Say the green bells of Cardiff. Why so worried, sisters, why? Sing the silver bells of Wye. MG

Have a real good one, Rod! And many more! MG

Joey Dee (& the Starliters) Joey DeFrancesco Papa John DeFrancesco