The Magnificent Goldberg

Did that one ever come out on CD? MG

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Welcome Jakusan! MG

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I tried Amazon UK again and found a most peculiar thing. When you search for Duke Ellington all star road band, it doesn't find anything. When you just search for all star road band, up they come! The Collectables issues. Mama just bought me a brand new choo choo toy! MG Try here MG. I'm guessing Vol. 1 is the one. You're up late, Paps! Thanks. MG

Is that a new one on Savant, Mike? MG It's Harper's most recent release as far as I know but it's not new. It was released in 2006 on Piadrum Records. Thanks - must look for that. Harper's band is always very interesting. MG

This is what I found at Amazon.com - are they these? TITLE : All Star Road Band Vol. 2 ARTIST : Duke Ellington FORMAT : Long Play Record (a two record set in a gatefold cover) LABEL : Doctor Jazz RECORD # : W2X40012 DATE : 1985 (recorded in 1964) NOTES: This two-LP set finds Duke Ellington's orchestra in surprisingly inspired form playing at a dance in Chicago. With solo highlights provided by trumpeters Cootie Williams and Cat Anderson, trombonists Lawrence Brown and Buster Cooper and the very stable saxophone section (Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves and Harry Carney), the all-star ensemble brings new life to the potentially tired repertoire, introduces some relatively new arrangements and seems to have a good time playing for an enthusiastic audience. Excellent music. (AMG) OUT OF PRINT. 1983 re-issue, CBS/Doctor Jazz # WGK 39137, made in USA. Originally released as a 2-LP set in 1957. Produced by Bob Thiele. 15 tracks: 1. Take the "A" Train 2. Take the "A" Train (vocal) 3. Such Sweet Thunder 4. Frustration 5. Cop Out 6. Perdido 7 Mood Indigo 8. Bassment 9. Sophisticated Lady 10. Stardust 11. Jeep's Blues 12. All of Me 13. Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue 14. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good15. On the Sunny Side of the Street I found refs to these on AMG This seems to be the same as vol 2, with two bonus tracks. And that's Collectables, as you say, Chuck. So is this one with this track list 1Mood Indigo Bigard, Ellington, Mills 6:50 2Satin Doll Ellington, Strayhorn 4:07 Composed by:Ellington, Strayhorn Performed by:Ray Nance, Ellington 3Happy Go Lucky Ellington, Ellington ... 8:10 Composed by:Ellington, Ellington, Strayhorn 4Medley: Things Ain't What They Used to Be/Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Ellington, Persons 5:25 5Guitar Amour Ellington 5:52 6Summertime Gershwin, Gershwin 2:17 7C-Jam Blues Ellington 4:38 8Silk Lace Ellington 3:47 9I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) Ellington, Webster 3:36 10Isfahan Ellington, Strayhorn ... 3:47 Composed by:Ellington, Strayhorn, T. Cohan 11Timon of Athens Ellington 2:52 12Tutti for Cootie Ellington, Hamilton 6:03 13Stomping at the Savoy Goodman, Razaf, Sampson, Webb 4:18 14Jeep's Blues Ellington, Hodges 5:05 15Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue Ellington 7:00 16Satin Doll Ellington, Mercer, Strayhorn 1:48 There's also a ref on AMG to a two LP set on Signature, which I assume is the original, but no track list. I guess I'm looking for the two Collectables CDs, - is that correct? and they aren't on either UK or US Amazon, which I find extraordinary. I can get them from Oldies.com, who charge an arm and two legs for postage to Europe. Is there some other source for this stuff? MG

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If you find two, please let me know MG

Is that a new one on Savant, Mike? MG

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The very best part of that album is that you can hear the band talking amongst themselves. At one point, one of the saxists asks another one if they can borrow a reed. Imagine that! I love the part in "All Star Road Band" near the end of "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue", where to my ears the band is playing together with wild abandon, almost coming apart in their enthusiasm but keeping together--very exciting. They are going beyond a rote rendition of the piece and playing all out, as one. Well, with everyone talking about this one, and what they're all saying, I thought I'd better get it. But Amazon UK have only got a used vinyl called "All star road band 2". This looks like the wrong one anyway. Is this album available somewhere, folks? MG

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Island started off as a Ska/R&B firm - gradually got into rock through Stevie Winwood/Spencer Davis Group and Chris Farlowe (posing as "Little Joe Cook") in 1965. Licensed use of the Sue name for UK in about 1963. Juggy Murray got very pissed off when he found out that Blackwell was issuing stuff from other US indies, as well as his own product, on Sue, so he quit and did a deal with London for UK distribution. But Island still had the Sue name over here. MG

Bill Hardman - Focus - Muse (promo) Charles Earland - Smokin' - Muse MG

Wow! Never heard of it before. Not really much wiser now, but thanks Lon. MG

For goodness sake! What's pre-emphasis? MG

Another of my order for kora players turned up this morning Mory Kante - Sabou This, unlike all his previous releases, is all acoustic. But the music is pretty similar to all his previous albums. There's more room for his kora playing, which is a good thing. I think this is going to become my favourite Mory Kante album. MG

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Thanks Chuck - my computer crashed while I was assembling pages (grrrr!). Here's some more stuff about John Steiner and Paramount. What happened to NYRL inventory? http://www.mainspringpress.com/nyrl.html Bob Koester's take http://www.delmark.com/rhythm.steiner.htm Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Records I think this story is dead interesting. MG

That's what the article's about, Chewy. WIRL is West Indian Records Ltd. I didn't know Chris Blackwell was involved. I see this issue is dated 18 July 1964, so the dates confuse me. Blackwell set up Island Records in Jamaica in 1959, then moved the firm to London in 1962. Was Island originally called West Indian Records Ltd? Did Blackwell give WIRL up when he moved to London? Or was he still involved, and using that firm as a source for British Ska issues? Island was issuing Kent/Modern material in Britain on the Sue label around that time - Ike & Tina, Lowell Fulson, Little Richard, but no B B King, that I can remember. I wonder if that was part of the same deal? MG

It is the same in the Ruppli/Cuscuna BN discography. No others. MG

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Thanks for all this stuff - even the ones I didn't like at all. James Booker and Bob Wills moving up on my list of people to get a lot more of. MG

I had a feeling it might be Tito, but I've only heard more recent stuff of his so far. In view of what you say about how fruestrating the sleeve notes are on this compilation, I'll try to find some other compilation from the same period MG