The Magnificent Goldberg

Ah... Thanks folks. MG

I'm sure Jazzjet would prefer Tonyrefail MG

"Livin' it up" is not bad, but the usual recipe from Smith/Nelson. It was reissued a couple of years ago (coupled with "Blussmith") by a Russian firm. A GOOD coupling would have been "Bluessmith" and "Respect". MG

I took a look at the playlist. It's not what I'd listen to, but that's a pretty interesting oldies playlist, in the sense of someone having given the thing a bit of thought. I've highlighted some of what seem to me to be pretty unlikely picks. Here's the list for this morning. MG

Here's one. Lonnie Smith - org Melvin Sparks - g Alvin Queen - d Here's one they've already done MG

WTF!!!!??? Never heard of this one. Some more details would be terribly helpful, please. MG

I love the mystified homeless squirrels! MG

This evening's LPs Lou Donaldson - Sweey Poppa Lou - Muse (France) (with the One and Only Herman Foster) Perri Lee - A night at Count Basie's - Roulette (with Eddie Chamblee) Don Patterson - Mellow soul - Prestige (green label, Fantasy repress) (With Fathead) Lou Bennett - Amen - RCA France (Camden France) (with Klook) finishing the evening with Bobby Timmons & Johnny Lytle - Workin' out - Prestige (green label, Fantasy repress) (with Bobby's bass player (Keter Betts) and Johnny's drummer (Peppy Hinnant ) - works very well) MG

Hey, I like that! Thanks HBJ. MG

Rev Samuel Kelsey Deacon L Shinault Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux

The Ravens Mike Raven Screamng Lord Sutch

I'm with you 100% on this, Chris. I think it smells, too, though that's hardly conclusive MG

I suppose the metaphorical dirty laundry is sent to Le Monde or Paris Soir MG

Good question. Never tried. I tried to give up smoking once; couldn't be asked. MG

Is that a twofer? What's it like? MG

Actually, you've all reminded me of what was going on at the time, which I'd forgotten. First that CDs were much more expensive in the UK than LPs in those days; second about the bonus track thing - particularly for Blue Notes. I knew there was a shed full of unissued stuff, from the BN discography by Ruppli & Cuscuna, which came out in 1988 and which I bought immediately it became available here. I wrote out a list of still unissued stuff and waited for them to come out. MG

I was thinking about the first CDs I bought this evening and looked back through my purchases table. I find it hard to recollect my state of mind at that time terribly accurately, because the thing that occurred to me was - "What the hell can I have been thinking of?" I got my first CDs in October 1987. My wife had been urging (?!) me to get up to date and get a CD player for a little while, saying that everything was coming out on CD no. (Which it wasn't and stll hasn't, of course.) Eventually I capitulated and bought a Jimmy Smith Verve compilation - "Compact Jazz" - and "Go for whatcha know". Then in December, a Randy Crawford compilation. So I had a small collection But it didn't grow much in 1988/89 - I only bought 13 CDs in 1988; 30 in 1989. And 150 LPs and K7s. So, after more than two years of collecting, I had the grand total of 46 albums on CD. That's about 18 inches. It's true that a large propoertion of the music I was collecting at that time (a lot of gspel LPs) wasn't available on CD. But I can't really figure whether I wasn't taking CDs seriously or whether what was around on LP in the shops in London and Cardiff was simply overwhelmingly what I wanted to buy. MG

Really nice!! Early evening, after grandson left Ray Charles - Yes indeed - Atlantic (Germany) Ray Charles - What's I say - Atlantic (Polydor UK) now Big Jay McNeely - Deacon rides again - Imperial (Pathe Marconi) MG

Indeed! MG

For those interested in blaxploitation porn soundtracks - "Lialeh" is really nice. Wouldn't part with mine MG

Massaer Diagne Talla Diagne Fallou Dieng & le DLC

Happy Birthday!!!! MG

Still no sign of this session... MG

A few LPs before bed Candy Johnson - Candy's mood - Black & Blue Gene Russell - New direction - Black Jazz Gene Russell - Talk to my lady - Black Jazz MG

In the real early sixties, my best mate was heavily into Sinatra and I got to hear quite a lot. She reckoned "Only the lonely" was his best, with "No one cares" and the 10inch with him standing under a lamppost (can't remember if that was "In the wee small hours" or another) runners-up. I really preferred "Songs for swingin' lovers"; "Come dance with me"; "Come fly with me" and "A swingin' affair". She also had some Columbia material, which I didn't like at all. But later on, in his Reprise years, "The September of my years" grabbed me, particularly "It was a very good year". But also a 45 - "That's life" - with a kind of James Brown ballad type arrangement, which was curious, but I thought he brought it off. So, I think I'm ambivalent. Can I vote for both? MG