The Magnificent Goldberg

Both of those splendid Earlands (I mentioned "Livin' black" earlier) have been issued differently in Britain and America. That's the British twofer you've illustrated. "Livin' black" has two long extra tracks on the US issue This edition is highly recommended. "Live at the Lighthouse" was issued as part of a twofer in the US with "Kharma", a Montreux job - but three and a half minutes was chopped off "Morgan" to get both LPs onto one CD. I hate it when they do that, but "Kharma" is, honestly, a bit weak anyway. Both of these CDs are still available from Concord. But the British BGP twofer was deleted soon after Concord took Fantasy over. MG

But a McDonald's sundae is forever. Straw's evidently blocked. MG

Yer sick bugger!

If it's all the same to you, Chris, I'd welcome more pix of record producers. MG

Better at what? Lee couldn't make a piece of Township Jazz like "Stimela". Wouldn't because he didn't have the cultural background out of which it comes. But it's as emotionally effective as anything Lee - or any other jazz musician (with the probable exception of Lester Young) - has done. Bicycles are better than Big Macs. MG

I always imagined Taylor as very fat. Just goes to show. MG

Interesting person. Ever read about him? "Love, the Mystery Of" on one of Blakey's drum albums is by Guy Warren. Randy Weston recorded it, as well, live at, I think, Montreux (but I can't get at it - there's a pile of LPs that I'm too idle to put back in the shelves in front of it at the moment). Never read anything about him, though. This evening, playing a bit of Chicago bloooose Jimmy Johnson Band - North//south - Delmark Buddy Guy - Chicago golden years double album 6 - Chess (Vogue) Otis Rush - So many roads - Delmark MG

Owen Money Sterling McGee Billy Liar

Ah, as a Nat Adderley fan, it seems I've been remiss in not ever hearing this one. MG

Wasn't a very big hit. Spent 3 weeks on the chart and reached 190. I don't have the complete chart for each week since 1955, chewy, just the Whitburn Pop and R&B chart books. They're in artist order, so I put the "jazz" albums in a spreadsheet so I can sort them by label or chronologically. But, to satisfy your morbid curiosity, I can tell you that Les McCann's "Much Les" and Pete Fountain's "Those were the days" were a bit above "Caramba" at the same period (March 1969) and Hugh Masekela's "Masekela" was a bit below it. I bet you're pleased about that, aren't you? MG

Morty Craft Ahmet Ertegun Eli Oberstein

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I'd certainly agree ... and I can still enjoy it because of that Turrentine "sound". I agree, too and I'm sure I could enjoy it, too... if I'd ever bought it. I do have the twofer with a few cuts on it. MG

Yes - some of his Fantasy albums didn't miss that opportunity. (Yes, some of them did, too.) MG

Chas McDevitt Charles Mingus Chas

So THAT'S why the stuff has been getting so expensive on e-bay! MG

I'll bet the dance floors cleared pretty fast when track 2 'Suicide City' came on Don't think I ever heard anything more than the title track. I accept what you say without necessarily cracking up over it. You've made me wonder how people used to listen to these albums back in the mid sixties. I mean, I was a jazz fan anyway, but these albums sold to a much wider range of people than jazz fans. So, if you're seventeen or whatever and get an album because it's got one of those hip dance "Sidewinder" type riff numbers at the start, what the hell do you do about the other tracks? MG

Bobby Bryant - Big band blues - Vee-Jay MG

"What the hell am I doin' here?" Love that one Chris! MG

Indeed! It sounds as if BN isn't involved in this enterprise at all. MG

Joe Beck Jeff Beck Beck

Well, for me the Brazilian guitar player Bola Sete was a great discovery. I saw him playing on the DVD with the Jazz Casual program for the very first time and became fascinated by his guitar playing, which sounded fresh and modern to me. That same feelings, impressions, although I know some of you find it too modern, too technical, I have with the Brazilian bandolim player Hamilton de Holanda. So, not Vince was the reason for me to insert his track, but Bola Sete. Keep swinging Durium Ah, I see. MG

Well, for me the Brazilian guitar player Bola Sete was a great discovery. I saw him playing on the DVD with the Jazz Casual program for the very first time and became fascinated by his guitar playing, which sounded fresh and modern to me. That same feelings, impressions, although I know some of you find it too modern, too technical, I have with the Brazilian bandolim player Hamilton de Holanda. So, not Vince was the reason for me to insert his track, but Bola Sete. Keep swinging Durium Ah, I see. MG

As I recollect, "Caramba" had a pretty danceable title cut and also a pretty girl on the cover. What more do you want for a hit album? A Ray Charles vocal? More amazing to me are "Search for the new land" and "Cape Verdean blues". MG