The Magnificent Goldberg

Indeed! MG

The Great Omani Harry Houdini Whodini

Bobby "Blue" Bland Wynonie "Mr Blues" Harris Marion "Blues Woman" Abernathy

Oh, that's OK then. They'll not be deleted for a few years. MG

Aha! A Richard Tee! MG

Oh, did you HAVE to bring us back to reality? MG

It's OK here. And daylight saving doesn't start until 30 March here. MG

Ashley Stephen and Andy Johnson seem to use the same typewriter... MG

it's WORKING!!!! thanks bill! Right - but you want to watch out for records like "Victims" A cheerful Lucky Dube compilation would be good. MG

Thanks for posting that. Bootsie used to have some CDs for sale on CD Baby, but they weren't there, last time I looked. MG

(See, I do read what you write, and take it in. And very charming the Frolics' record is, too.) So I know you understand this, Allen. I think the key point you made is critic-proof. What I think you're trying to do is apply criteria that are appropriate for some other kind of music (viz modern jazz) to this stuff, which ain't. Of course, I'm not saying there are NO criteria by which you can judge this music. But a lot of the appropriate criteria are things like, a) "how good is it to dance to?", b) "how receptive is the band to the needs of the audience?", and you can add in c) historical significance if you want to look at it that way. By either of a) or b), the Lou Donaldson band with L Smith, Earland or Spencer was THE stuff, and in historical terms, cutting edge. You mentioned Jimmy Smith and McGriff. At that time, neither was doing what Lou's band was doing - though Smith's "Respect" was beginning, uncertainly, to approach it. Gator Tail, who you also mentioned, never got to that point - though he ALWAYS gets an A+ for b) As for preferring to listen to James Brown, who could afford him; a little bar in Newark, NJ? Good luck. (Though that may, to some extent, explain the success of discos.) MG

It has a big Gospel section, doesn't it? MG I think it was bigger than the jazz section, anyway.... Yes - there was so much choice, I didn't buy any MG

Shit! I nearly deleted your post; then I nearly edited it. Well, OK, Debussy Pierre Louys Jean Mermoz

Since my last post in this thread, here's what I bought or was given. Abella, Paul - Mainstreamism Abercrombie, John and Joe Beck - Coincidence Barrett, Syd - Barrett Barrett, Syd - The Madcap Laughs Clarke, Stanley - Stanley Clarke Cline, Neils Singers - Instrumentals Crispell, Marilyn w/Mat Maneri, Joelle Leandre - the Stone Quartet Erskine, Peter - Transition Frisell, Bill - Ghost Town Frisell, Bill - Live Fullman, Ellen and Manique Buzzarte - Fluctuations Hancock, Herbie - Empyrean Isles Hancock, Herbie - Gershwin's World Hancock, Herbie - Maiden Voyage Hancock, Herbie - River: the Joni Letters Hancock, Herbie - The New Standard Hancock, Herbie - The Piano Hostfalt, Sten - Live at the Knitting Factory Jarrett, Keith - Always Let Me Go Jarrett, Keith - Bye Bye Blackbird Jarrett, Keith - La Scala Jarrett, Keith - Whisper Not Last Exit - Headfirst into the Flames Metheny, Pat - Day Trip Monk, Thelonious - It's Monk's Time Monk, Thelonious - Monk's Dream Monk, Thelonious - Underground Murail, Tristan - Gonwana, Desintegrations, Time and Again North Mississippi Allstars - Hernamdo Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd - Meddle Pink Floyd - More Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Plant, Robert and Allison Krause - Raising Sand Radulescu, Horatiu - Laotzu Sonatas Radulescu, Horatiu - Piano Concerto: the Quest Radulescu, Horatiu - String Qt. No.4, Opus 33 Raney, Jimmy - Complete Recordings 1954-1956 Riley, Terry - The Cusp of Magic Satie, Erik - The Early Piano Works Scelsi, Giacinto - The Works for Double Bass Shorter, Wayne - All Seeing Eye Shorter, Wayne - ETC Stravinsky, Igor - Works of Igor Stravinsky Sun Ra - Some Blues, But Not The Kind That's Blue Trower, Robin With Jack Bruce - Seven Moons Various Artists - Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics Weber, Eberhard - Yellow Fields Winter, Johnny - Saints and Sinners/John Dawson Winter III Xenakis, Iannis - Orchestral Works I Xenakis, Iannis - Orchestral Works II Xenakis, Iannis - Orchestral Works III Xenakis, Iannis - Orchestral Works IV Xenakis, Iannis - Oresteia Xenakis, Iannis - Percussion Works My buying was off, I wasn't working regularly. So, you didn't get the new ones by Les Amazones de Guinee or Magic System (shakes head in disbelief). MG

It has a big Gospel section, doesn't it? MG

J.A.W. Jaws Flipper

And Vol 3 of That Devilin' tune came this afternoon! MG

WRONGGGGGGGG!!!!!!! MG

Thanks to whoever it was who recommended this Been meaning to get it for a while. I see that one of the guys in the band, Ntemi Piliso, is someone I picked out blind a few weeks ago and ordered two of his 1975 albums from South Africa, which are still in the post. Now VERY MUCH looking forward to getting these two, and Linda Kekana's first album. They're cheap - cost about six quid each inc post. But the post takes forever from South Africa. MG

A wonderful album! Similar personnel to the band in the eighties, with a few changes. Mmah Sylla is still singing with them. But there are a few guests, including the great Aminata Kamissoko, one of my favourites. I suspect this may be the first time she's been heard on CD. The music is somewhat updated, but not too much, and the band is still playing great music! I also got Been meaning to get this for a while, following recommendations in the SA Jazz thread. Very nice stuff. And I see that one of the guys in the band, Ntemi Piliso, is someone I picked out blind a few weeks ago and ordered two of his 1975 albums from South Africa, which are still in the post. Now VERY MUCH looking forward to getting them. MG

While my PC was down, the postman brought me A wonderful album! Similar personnel to the band in the eighties, with a few changes. Mmah Sylla is still singing with them. But there are a few guests, including the great Aminata Kamissoko, one of my favourites. I suspect this may be the first time she's been heard on CD. The music is somewhat updated, but not too much, and the band is still playing great music! I also got Been meaning to get this for a while, following recommendations in the SA Jazz thread. Very nice stuff. And I see that one of the guys in the band, Ntemi Piliso, is someone I picked out blind a few weeks ago and ordered two of his 1975 albums from South Africa, which are still in the post. Now VERY MUCH looking forward to getting them. And I also got That Devilin' tune, vols 1, 2 and 4 - vol 3 still in the post. MG

I can't put it better than SoulStream has. This is one of Lou's classic albums that put what became known as Acid Jazz into top gear. They've all got their own character, so you might prefer one over others; no reason not to. My personal favourite is "Alligator bogaloo", which has ALWAYS done it for me. It's so perfectly cool and balanced. PS "The scorpion". MG

Oh - and football records from Africa Sekouba Bambino - CAN History (the latest of several he's done) Nanou Coul - Allez les Aigles Super Diamono - Joanne d'Arc Viviene - Tere nelaw Askia Modibo - Les Aigles du Mali Hadja Soumano - Les Aigles du Mali MG

Early Mbalax (late '70s/early '80s) - in particular Etoile 2000 - Boubou ngari Youssou Ndour & Etoile de Dakar - Xalis Thione Seck - Chauffeur bi and African Salsa - in particular Star Band no 1 - No 1 de No 1 Pape Fall & l'African Salsa - Ke jaraxam Gnonnas Pedro - Agbadja Africando - ANYTHING by Africando!!! MG

Don't miss out on the Anna King. One track was on my BFT. And the Big John Greer is a good buy, too, since it does concentrate on the up-tempo material. I'd rather get a GOOD sampler of people like Greer than pay big bux for a complete Bear Family with a lot of iffy material. MG