The Magnificent Goldberg

See post #181. Thanks, Hans. That exchange is wonderful, viewed from Europe, I guess. It appears that Hans responded to Paul's question the day before he asked it MG

I wish they had more (a lot more) of the Esquire versions of Prestige sleeves. But such is life. MG

Olive Blakey Stan Butler

I had Triang - I thought Hornby Dublo engines and stock looked a bit tinny. When I was about nine, I had a friend whose father managed a shoe shop and lived over it. In the attic - about four floors up - he had a magnificent layout, all laid out at waist height (for his father, not us) and a control panel from which he could set points and flap signals. And the scenery! I was only invited there once. I wanted to get my daughter a train set, but my wife wouldn't let me. QRT, I guess. If I'd been collecting railways as well as records... MG

And later Groove Holmes & Jimmy McGriff - Come together - Groove Merchant Joe Thomas & Bill Elliott - Speak your piece - Sue Arnold Sterling - Here's Brother Sterling - JAM MG

How extremely nice to find someone in that way. MG

Wow! Which came first? MG

Jerry Moss Stirling Moss Ike The Lombard

Groove Holmes & Ernie Watts - Come together - Pacific Jazz MG

The sun died is a killer track... MG

Looks good, John. Loaded into my favourites for later study. Thanks mucho. MG

Maldoror Isidore Ducasse Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

Red Holloway is one who's not often thought of in this context. And don't miss Brother George! MG

With the great Donald Bailey, mitching off from JOS, laying down a jungle of percussion. One of my favourite bits of Braith. MG

Buddy Tate - The Texas twister - Master Jazz MG

Archie Moore Muhammad Ali Battling Siki

Its just a reminder that this place is one big sausage party. But seriously, that's a good suggestion and I took care of it. I think that would mess with people's heads even more than an old thread because it would appear that a thread that was, say, five years old was suddenly at the top of the heap. The way it seems to be working now is that, on an old thread, you hit the button for "go to last post unread" and go to the first post in the thread, even if it's one you posted on before. It's OK for the recently (post the new forum software) read threads, but it seems as if the new database doesn't know what we read bfore the changeover. Is this something that the database will eventually catch up with? MG

Not that I'm attributing this to anything but coincidence, but I woke up this morning with an urge to hear Fess's Atlantic recordings. Well, it WAS a coincidence that I was listening to them yesterday MG

Sylvia's Mother Dr Hook Medicine Head Root Doctor The Hudson River Rats The Rhythm Aces

Just in this morning... Duke Ellington - Road band vol 1 Vol 2 still in the post. Many thanks to Paul Secor, for starting the thread, and Jim, Jazzbo and Chuck for their comments on this. I haven't asked for any records for Christmas, so that'll be the lot for 2009. MG

Sonny Stitt - Sonny's back - Muse (with nice playing by Ricky Ford) MG

No, but I've heard that, too. Surely not Cab; some of his records are early bop - and Diz was in that band. MG

Blondie Red Holloway Big Black

Oh, I see. MG

Not another? Have a good one. And a good year. MG