The Magnificent Goldberg

Rain yesterday, dry today, rain tomorrow, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. MG

So long as we're not all "patronising bastards", I'm cool to be ranked with George II, if O is cool to be ranked with Handel MG

The Red Menace Dennis the Menace The Bash Street Kids

Perhaps you could persuade him to play an Ornette Coleperson tune Have a good time with him. And let us know how it went. MG

Part 2 The only company Tampa took over in the fifties was Mode (end 1958). Rave was owned by Jemo Recording Ent and started up in about April 1957. It was still making records in mid 1959, so I guess it must have been taken over some time in the sixties. I don't know who was behind Jemo. MG

Skylark was owned by Robert Scherman. Was in existence from about 1950 to late 1954. Tampa was owned by Robert Scherman & Irving Shorten. First record issued Jan 1955. more later - Tesco delivering MG

The Brothers Four The Four Brothers Woody Herman

Hm, I would automatically distrust any "fact sheet" issued on this topic by the nuclear industry, just as I would any "facts" adduced by the tobacco industry intended to minimise the impact on consumers of independent health research into the damage caused by smoking. That said, human life depends on energy and getting it and converting it to usable forms has always been a source of environmental pollution. When the earth's population was small, it didn't matter. As population grew, it mattered more, but the west was able to hold things together for a couple of hundred years by developing a system in which the have nots were denied full access to energy. Those days are over. The line can't be held any longer. But everyone can't have access to energy on the scale we've been able to enjoy it in the west. So, billions must die or our demands for energy must be reduced (greatly) and access to energy arranged more equitably. How? Dunno. But it is not rational to think that any increase in demand for energy must be met by whatever means available. MG

Ah yes, thanks Mike. Now I see it and I did post onto it. MG

Last year I was tremendously pleased to find in the Virgin Barbes a copy of Rhoda Scott's "Very saxy", which is deleted, at a not too bad price. The Barbes branch seemed a good place to go for Antillean music. MG

Well, you may well have a point there. I don't know who Harvey brooks is, but I'm far from sure I care. MG

Sir Robert Armstrong Sir Humphrey Appleby Nigel Hawthorne

I think there WAS one; I think I posted onto it. I certainly wrote something, 'cos it's on my hard drive here. I think it's simply older than 30 days or whatever and doesn't show up when you look at the BFT forum. I don't know how to get at those old threads except for doing a search on the titles. MG Just tried that - it didn't work; didn't even find THIS thread

I'll get your coat. MG

Very nice indeed, thanks TTK. And revelatory for me on the Joe Cuba and Les Baxter fronts. So there's another pair of thanks. MG

I'm afraid so. MG

Belford Hendricks did loads of stuff for Brook Benton which, in its day, was sometimes more than excellent; though I can't say I often wish to listen to it now. In fact, can't remember the last time I DID wish to listen to it. But at the time... MG

Very interesting. MG

My God, those are really fucking awful! MG

You'll be real expert on the bonus disc! I'm surprised some info came through on track 3 - I thought I'd cleaned everything up. Anyway, you know - I'm certain - the title of #4. Get yourself half a point at least MG Ok, half a point then! I thought it sounded Ellingtonish...then I heard the end and was sure...but forgot to mention that! (Perhaps that is when it sounded like someone was in our garage, that kinda distracted me! ) Then I couldn't think of the tune....knew Adelaide Hall was involved...been awhile since I heard this tune, for some reason! Yessir half a point. And half a point for the nice version! This post dedicated to Humphrey Lyttleton. MG

Joey Dee (& the Starlighters) Joey DeFrancesco Pal Joey

The price of real estate in NYC has been out of control for a while. Yeah, I think the new owners made it pretty clear what their plans for the stores were. They never intended to be on the retail record business. Plus, didn't it say sales at this location were up 12%? So it wasn't about making it work. Looks like it - from the original article - Looks like the buyers got some kind of real-estate bargain and a record shop isn't going to help them cash in on it. MG

Well, I thought it was comic fiction from the start, but I was mystified at Google for putting it out Too naive. MG

Flipper Moby Dick Moby Grape

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