The Magnificent Goldberg

Closing the day with a couple of moderately unsuccessful Harold Vick LPs Watch what happens - RCA Victor Dynagroove stereo There are some very nice things on this, and some very dull ones, too. After the dance - Wolf Oh well, Harold was no Grover Washington Jr. But despite the backings, Harold always plays HEAVY! MG

Nothing by Buddy Bolden then? MG

An afternoon (and probably evening) with Roy Eldridge now on disc 4 MG

Or taking advantage of the Government's free bus travel for the over sixties (Mrs T never thought of THAT as a way of providing an illegal subsidy to the bus companies.) MG

One struggles to imagine anything worse MG

Odell Brown - Odell Brown - Paula MG

Thanks very much. MG

Burt Bacharach (with Hal David and others) wrote some pretty ordinary songs in the fifties - "The story of my life" and "Magic moments" - not anything that would prepare you for what would come later. I first noticed the team's name on Chuck Jackson's "The breaking point" in 1961. Then Bacharach's (with Hilliard) on Etta James' "Waiting for Charile to come home", the B side of "Somethin's gotta hold on me". Apparently at the same time, they wrote a couple of B sides for the Drifters, but I can't remember them, though I expect I bought them at the time. But I was wondering how they made the transition from "Magic moments" to "I wake up crying" (an earlier Chuck Jackson single). And I found this interesting bit here. In particular, I was struck by the list of black singers who's recorded Bacharach/David songs in the fifties Johnny Mathis, Joe Williams, Gene McDaniels and Della Reese OK, a little research tells me that Mathis recorded "Heavenly" and "Faithfully" in 1959, the former of which was a big hit in the UK. But Joe Williams? Gene McDaniels? Della Reese? Well, I found a Joe Wiliams single That Kind of Woman - Joe Williams (Hal David-Burt Bacharach) Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Jones Roulette 4185 (1959) I've found a few more references to Mathis and Reese (from 1957) here http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TKJU6Ce...result#PPA21,M1 And more research recalled the B side of Gene McDaniels' 1962 single "Chip chip", which was a beautiful, jazzy ballad, "Another tear falls" and always my favourite Gene McDaniels cut. For some reason or other, I never noticed who had written the song. (But I can't trace any fifties McDaniels recordings of their songs.) Also in 1962, Jane Morgan, the most uncompromisingly STRAIGHT singer I've ever heard, made an album for Kapp "What now my love" which was arranged (and maybe produced?) by Burt Bacharach. I bought this purely on the strength of Bacharach's name. It was interesting. Jane really had the wrong kind of voice and approach for Bacharach/David songs. But she did do a decent version of "Waiting for Charile to come home" (not fair to compare Morgan with James) and the album as a whole was very interesting with (I think I remember) songs like "Here's that rainy day" and "It never entered my mind". I suspect the musicians on board might get a good bit more than I did out of this album. MG

My wife made lamb bobotie yesterday evening. She made too much, thank goodness! Wow! MG

I love Muse! Well, I love all of Joe's labels - Cobblestone, Muse, HighNote, Savant and Fedora. Adding them all up, I have 224 of them, and that must be somewhere between a quarter and a third of all the releases; it's nearly as many as I've got from the entire WB empire. And three more on order from Da Barstids MG

S E Rogie - Palm wine guitar music: the 60's sound - Rogiphone (Cookin' Vinyl, UK) With songs like "I wish I was a cowboy", "Man stupid being" and "Advice to schoolgirls", this is the most charming of all Rogie's stuff. MG

It could be ugly... I am inclined to think that unless you absolutely need to tap into your savings in the next decade, it's best just to grit your teeth and sit tight with a well-diversified portfolio. The worst thing to do at this point is to engage in some panic selling. Of course, I am just an economist, not an investment expert. Guy Maybe you're not, but it's pretty obvious that the only reason to sell at this point is to lock in your losses. On the other hand, if you are feeling frisky, you can go short in Yen and invest the proceeds in a basket of Rand, Lira, and Real and Kiwi Dollar. Guy My Missus bought a big load of Rand the other day at a very good rate - she's not going on holiday until February. She'll be gutted if the rand goes down more in the next few months. MG Randissimo! MG

It could be ugly... I am inclined to think that unless you absolutely need to tap into your savings in the next decade, it's best just to grit your teeth and sit tight with a well-diversified portfolio. The worst thing to do at this point is to engage in some panic selling. Of course, I am just an economist, not an investment expert. Guy Maybe you're not, but it's pretty obvious that the only reason to sell at this point is to lock in your losses. On the other hand, if you are feeling frisky, you can go short in Yen and invest the proceeds in a basket of Rand, Lira, and Real and Kiwi Dollar. Guy My Missus bought a big load of Rand the other day at a very good rate - she's not going on holiday until February. She'll be gutted if the rand goes down more in the next few months. MG

Thanks folks. How does Bartz' playing on these compare with what he was doing on Gene Ammons' "Goodbye"? MG

Back in South Africa Basil "Mannenberg" Coetzee - Sabenza - Mountain (Kijima UK) Barney Rachabane - Blow, Barney, blow - Jive Africa (UK) MG

Only ordered this on Thursday! Many thanks for all the recommendations on my next Hampton thread! MG

Off to South Africa Abdullah Ibrahim - African marketplace - Elektra Dudu Pukwana - In the townships - Caroline (still has the £1.49 price tag on it - oh for those days again - but today's earnings ) MG

Are you sure the source of the info is itunes? I thought there were numerous sources for track info on the web and itunes tapped into whichever one it could find something kinda relevant. at least they didn't call 'em "da barstids" MG

Sonny Criss - The joy of sax - Impulse Hank Mobley - Far away lands - BN PM MG

Glad I looked at this thread. Ordered a Della Griffin, a Cecil Brooks III and something by an ageing altoist called Keel of whom I've never heard, but he's got Jimmy Ponder and other good 'uns with him. MG

5 for me, too, and the same mistake on "Chocolate Delight" which is surely a slam dunk for a pornstar's name. This is one of those things where, since it doesn't exist, it has to be invented. (Of course, the people who give these names to toys are adults, aren't they? Hur hur.) MG

That cat is a very serious-looking individual indeed! MG

For some reason, I didn't see this thread when it started. I've got a couple of queries. UCCO 9462 Lawrence, Azar(ts,ss) / Bridge Into The New Age* 2300 UCCO 9463 Bartz, Gary(as) / I've Known Rivers And Other Bodies* 2300 UCCO 9464 Bartz, Gary(as) / Harlem Bush Music: Taifa* 2300 UCCO 9465 Bartz, Gary(as) / Harlem Bush Music: Uhuru* 2300 I've always been somewhat curious about these releases. But sometimes I like Bartz, sometimes I don't. Anyone like to chime in and say what kind of music is on them? VICJ 61547(SHM CD) Green, Benny(tb) / Benny Green With Sonny Rollins 3000 Never heard of this. Anyone know anything about it? Oh, and a big YEAHHHH! for Freddie McCoy's "Spider man"! MG

Some seventies funk Kool & the Gang - Wild & peaceful - DeLite (orig) Johnny Guitar Watson - Giant - DJM (UK) Freddie Robinson - Off the cuff - Enterprise (orig) MG

Yeah, I love this album, but not quite as much as I love "Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers". Dorham, Mobley, Silver, Watkins & Blakey were the Acme Jazz Company. The track on "Moanin'" that I REALLY go for is "Are you real". That song flies! (Whoever plays it.) It has such a Tadd Dameron feel to it. MG