The Magnificent Goldberg

Joe Turner - Shout rattle & roll - Proper Wunnerful! MG

The Sensational Nightingales is one group I never got around to, for no reason I can remember; just never bought any when I had the opportunity. Never even heard anything of theirs. This one is cheap on Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Sensational-N...9510&sr=1-1 What's it like, Jeff? I see it's Peacock material. There was also a lot of stuff on Nashboro and later on Malaco. How does that stuff compare? MG

Toots The Maytals Mayday

I did have an early sixties King Curtis once on Ember - "Soul serenade" - but this is from 1978. The other is from when "I wonder who's kissing her now" was a big hit - 1986 - and is some cheapo thing, apparently manufactured by Conifer. MG

Jackie Ivory James Ivory Ismail Merchant

My goodness! Sounds horrendous. Do keep looking after yourself Paps. MG

So much for the credit crunch. Actually, if you've got savings, you're not getting anything much for them no matter where you put them, so you might as well spend. 'Course, I wouldn't spend that dosh for a hard bop album :bwallace2: Or even the 1963 LP of Mamadou Doumbia, alias Percey - "Super bebe" on Philips MG

Too many Moggies have left lately. MG

Mayer Goldwyn Metro - no Nan Wynn

I'm not sure that's right - that ethics come into it. The person who spends $10 spends it the way he/she wants to in the light of circumstances. Same as the one who spends $100. And also the one who spends $1,000 and downloads $1,000; is that more ethical than spending $100? MG

Me too. The trio is my favourite Sonny Clark. MG

The Byrds The Hollies Buffalo Springfield

Little Milton - Little Milton - Checker (Chess France) Ray Charles - Ray Charles blues - Swingtime (Ember UK) Ray Charles - Ray Charles collection - Swingtime (Jazz Star UK) These LPs of early Ray sound wonderful! MG

He also made a very nice album in 1978 for Galaxy - "Drum song" - with Blue Mitchell, Slide Hampton, Harold Land, Charles Bowen, Cedar Walton & Marc Johnson. I think that was reissued on OJC. MG

The Sandpipers The Sandpipers The Sandpipers

Jane Tarzan Sheetah

Spiro Agnew Spy (v) Spy

Actually, according to Facebook, Conn's birthday isn't until Tuesday. I thought I was the only one around here to have multiple birthdays....... I sense scandal. I had purposely listed an incorrect birthday on facebook. Now we know what the password to your bank account is MG

See Ray, they didn't ask Sidewinder, BillF, Andy Bleaden, Bev, Clunky, me or anyone else from Britain on this board. And if they had... What do you think the average for the US is? (£77 = $130 approx) MG

The Larks The Orioles The Flamingoes

This sounds good - I wonder if it's possible to get a tax reduction in Britain? I'll phone the revenue tomorrow. MG

It's always been the case - they did surveys in the seventies which established that people who taped LPs off their friends or from a library spent a lot more on records than people who didn't. Surely this can't be a surprise to anyone? People who do this stuff are MUSIC fans. Them's the ones who fill their homes beyond capacity with records. MG

The Octopus who had the garden Osric Tentacles £36

It would have had to have been. The only passing trade in Looe is in mackeral. I remember going on holiday there as a very small kid. The thing that was impressed on my mind is rolling into town in the car and seeing an absolutely huge (thresher) shark hung up on a gibbet at the sea-front, just landed that day ! I'm in no doubt that if there are big thresher sharks off of Cornwall there must be the occasional great white too ! Not a patch on the other Jaws! MG

But it's a world market, Lon. Universal Japan have just put out some Prestige material - including Leon Spencer's "Bad walkin' woman" and Rusty Bryant's "Friday night funk" - that hadn't been issued in either the US or Japan before - the Spencer had never been on CD before, the Bryant only in the UK. They must think there are enough customers out there to make it worthwhile. (Oh, and Toshiba issued "Grant Green's "Visions".) If a Japanese firm can sell albums in suficient quantity, so can an American one - the same people are buying. Delmark must have felt there was a market for Red Holloway's "Go Red go" - a real surprise (to me) of a new issue. Yes, I know; Delmark has a different attitude to EMI and Universal Japan. Ditto Palmetto and Criss Cross Jazz for two Lonnie Smith releases this year. And Doodlin' Records, too. There's people out there wanting this stuff but the likes of EMI don't know how to get to them, by the looks of it. MG Allen, Japan has always had a different market and distributin strategy. Yes, it works for Japan. But the giants like EMI USA are totally different, with different strategies, needs and ambitions. Different than the smaller US labels, Delmark, etc. These little guys CAN find a way to do their releases I guess, can take the risk. EMI is probably going to just limp along like a tired dinosaur towards a download plan. Well, you may be right - I'm just glad they issued those albums last month! And I look forward to more. MG