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Illinois Jacquet, Milt Buckner & Jo Jones - Bottoms up - Black & Blue orig Buddy Banks Sextet - Happy home blues - Official - a wonderful West Coast R&B band of the '40s Bobby Bland - Woke up screamin' - Duke Ace comp of early material MG

Eh? Oh, I see, you're Swiss MG

Thanks Allen; I think I get that. MG

On one ofthe albums I had, there was a ten min version of "The man I love" played entirely with the left hand. Party trick. MG

I had NO idea he recorded for Vee-Jay. What on earth were the Carters thinking of? MG

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I REALLY used to like her when I was a lad. RIP MG

If it's legal in Europe, and it is, then Proper aren't pirates. It's merely illegal in the US. I really hate to say this to you, Paul, but when did America's laws start to apply throughout the world? I guess I had better think about getting the Classics after the 1944-46 that I've got. MG Proper and/or their distributors make Proper recordings available in the U.S. - http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6728925 - as an example. It may be legal in Great Britain, but it's not here. In the U.S., Proper is a pirate label. Some US importer is clearly acting against US law in importing this stuff into the US. But that doesn't make Proper a pirate; it makes the importer a criminal organisation of some kind. Of course, Proper knows what's happening, just as you and I do. But whether the firm can effectively do anymore than you or I is doubtful; only a tiny amount of "laundering" needs to be between Proper's wholesale department and the US firm(s) and the issue is beyond Proper's control. MG

Over breakfast Lionel Hampton disc 5 now Sonny Stitt discs 1, 2 & 3 MG

Do you mean that he concentrated more on inventing melodies rather than harmonic combinations? MG

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Believe me, he was that bad--no......worse! I think George Butler is the single most convincing argument against affirmative action. I DO wish Blue Note would issue the Lou Donaldson session in which there's a track called "Don't worry about it, George". MG

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I always enjoy listening to the occasional bit of Spike Jones. But I'd never want to buy an album, much less a 4CD set. Same goes for Slim Gaillard. But I do have one Slim album, and play it occasionally. MG

Are you forgetting that the label's "quality control" went way South at one point when it embraced shallow funk? Chris, are you calling Baby Face Willette, John Patton, Lou Donaldson, Freddie Roach, Lonnie Smith, Reuben Wilson, Grant Green, Jimmy Smith, Stan Turrentine & Don Wilkerson shallow funk? Or do you mean what happened after Francis Wolff died? I'd have to admit that, even with this line up, Blue Note wasn't as good as Prestige at this stuff but dismissing it doesn't seem anywhere near right. MG

I was thinking of joining and posting Albert Collins album sleeves. But I thought, "ah, what the hell..." MG

You get Sue and I'll get Sarah Let's call the whole thing off MG

Thanks folks! MG

Interesting. Guy posted something similar a few weeks ago. http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=37697 MG

There are places called "Too" "Much" "Sake" "Sayonara" "Blues" "Cherry" "Blossom" "Ah" "So"? Zowie Batman! Where's Ugetzu? MG

The BBC WAS pretty high quality broadcasting, even if there wasn't a lot of jazz. There were some riveting interviews - two that really glued me to the radio were long ones (and hour with virtually NO music, as I recollect): Sun Ra and Francis Wolff (not together ) Generally, except for "Jazz record requests", which I never usually bothered with, there was quite a bit of discussion which, even though I knew that eg Humphrey Lyttleton had his prejudices, was often interesting because, despite the prejudices, I knew that Humph could hear stuff a lot better than me. (And Humph LURVED long, slow, greasy blues! Whether they were by Coleman Hawkins or Jimmy McGriff.) Things have changed and I don't listen to the radio now, but in my view, quality definitely wins. MG

If it's legal in Europe, and it is, then Proper aren't pirates. It's merely illegal in the US. I really hate to say this to you, Paul, but when did America's laws start to apply throughout the world? I guess I had better think about getting the Classics after the 1944-46 that I've got. MG

Have you ever heard the lyrics? IIRC, it's a "Through the Looking Glass" - or maybe more of a sci-fi- kind of place... I have indeed - Joe Carroll's version with Grant Green and Conrad Lester on Charlie Parker records. I think it may be how you hear it. I can see what you mean, but I've always thought of the song in terms of 1001 Arabian Nights. And welcome Seeline! MG

I've only got one George Lewis - a live album on Storyville of some radio broadcasts from 1953. I like it quite a bit; definitely fun stuff. The guy who flogs me organic groceries in Ponty is a huge George Lewis fan. I asked him what he'd recommend, because they're all a bit expensive over here, and he said, "go around the charity shops and buy any you see." MG