The Magnificent Goldberg

Dig for Victory! Happy Birthday Aggie! MG

Just doing a search on Amazon.com for albums by Slim Harpo. At the bottom of the list, the sponsored links suggested: 5 tips on how to lose belly fat. Very left-handed algorhythm, that MG

It's digital signal processing that searches an audio file, finds the highest peak and then raises it to "0". By using the peak value search it doesn't effect the dynamics of the original track, it just makes the track as loud as possible without clipping. Most recordings these days are mastered using digital limiting which compresses everything and removes the dynamic range. Thanks Shawn. I can't do that on my machine, but I can set the record level to take account of how loud different things are. Sounds like the same thing, only a manual job (mops sweating brow). MG

It would be pretty nice here, were it not for the icy nor-east wind blasting through! Summer's here MG

You must be awfully tall, Chris. I can only reach twelve shelves high. You've got 16 shelves - though there isn't as much space between the shelves as I have. Do you use a chair to get at the stuff on the top shelves? Here's most of my African music K7s and CDs And the main CD rack And here's a detail showing how it's fixed and supported - my wife wouldn't put up with saggy shelves. I don't have as many albums as others, but I specialise MG

I got one of my neighbours to meke me some LP racks, back in the early eighties, when he was on the dole. This is the main rack - (first try to post from Photobucket) Here's the rack supoprting the lo-fi As you see, it does for all kinds of other stuff, including 78s. Now, did that work? Yes, but my hand must have been shaky when I took the second pic MG

Yes - hardboard is perfectly adequate - you're not going to BASH those LPs back into the racks, are you? However, the front and rear edges of the shelves are not quite flush with the frame of the unit; they're about a sixteenth of an inch shorter at front and back. This probably won't make any difference if you use hardboard. MG

Here's the page of Jimmy's website with the address. http://www.jimmymcgriff.com/mcgriff_s_calendar He refers to a CD having been recorded at Smoke - did it ever come out? Not that I'm aware of. I'd sooner get it from his wife anyway. MG

Spillers of Cardiff was in a similar position last year. A TV documentary about the shop a couple of weeks ago showed that Nick was trying to sell the business because it's an asset in his divorce while the new landlords were offering him an 80% rent increase. There were some offers but they went away when the rent hike came along. Apparently, the industry got behind Spillers with people like Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen writing to the landlords, and the rent increase has gone away So Spillers remains the world's oldest record shop! MG

It's hard to tell, but those hard drives look quite big. Mine's only about 7"x4"x1"and a bit; 500g. MG

Thanks for that. I need an extra set of shelves for 'deep storage' of stuff, this looks as if it will do the job. Looks like Ikea have a 21% off sale in the UK this Saturday so I'll call by. The UK site also mixes up the dimensions. I have a double sized one of those for books. Not as hard for my mate and I to put together as some Ikea stuff. For records, I'd prefer one with a back to it. MG

Fabulous! Why don't you also write to Mosaic and demand the release of a McCann PJ box? MG

Lionel Hampton disc 3 MG

Have a great one, Flurin - best wishes. MG

Yes - on my keyboard £ is shift 3, where you keep # - which is why I thought it might come out on US browsers as #. Well, I was also told this in the early days of the internet. Thanks folks. Mg

I love most Stanley Turrentine albums, even the shitty ones. Stanley always played himself, no matter the circumstances. But if you're a hard bop man, then I can quite see that much of it may not appeal greatly. As has been said before in this thread, the stuff with Parlan is among the best for that taste. Also, what never seems to get mentioned, "Z T's blues", with Tommy Flanagan and Grant Green. "More than you know" is sublimely melodic. This 1961 session wasn't issued until the mid eighties. Yes, I'd better dig it out, I haven't played it for a few months. MG

Harlem River Drive Afro Blues Quintet + 1 Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers Africando Luisito Quintero MG

Hur hur... MG

Us Brits keep on posting that we got such and such for £2.99 or whatever and I just wondered how it comes out in other parts of the world... I have a sneaking suspicion that it comes out as a hash - # - but if so, what does a hash on my keyboard look like elsewhere? MG

Bumped up, because I'm interested in this also. Pretty poxy site - won't let you listen unless you're a suit. There's little doubt in my mind that this is all tremendously authentic stuff. If you want authentic traditional music from a bunch of places and cultures in Africa, looks to be the right thing. Not mine, however. MG

Yes - great music. The Kosei Nenkin CDs (two double length CDs from one or two nights in Tokyo) are also sensational - Milt, Teddy, Cedar, Ray Brown, Higgins. And all on top form! Phew! MG

Andre 3000 E40 Kankawa 622

I heard a couple of those in the sixties, courtesy of Derek Stuart-Baxter, who ran the local record shop, and who raved about them. I got a very strong impression that they were too relaxed for their own good. MG

Actually, they're not thick at all. My neighbour has one. Very nice chap, if blind in one eye - the dog, that is. I think the thick ones are the Border Collies - no better sense than to do what some human tells them. MG

There's some Roulette and Enrica albums - don't know who owns Enrica masters. Great musicians both! And no Mosaic boxes. But none of these are modernists MG