The Magnificent Goldberg

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080111...-6323e80_4.html MG

I don't think so (oh, but yes, it's smokin! - my introduction to the jazz organ, this single). The personnel I have for this 45 is Mack Johnson (tp) David "Bubba" Brooks (ts) Cornell Muldrow (org) Phil Upchurch (g,el-b) Joe Hadrick (d) I don't know who Cornell Muldrow is but I don't think he's James Booker. (Hadrick, by the way, went on to become Willis Jackson's drummer and stayed with him until Gator's death. He was called Yusef Ali, on later Gator LPs.) MG

Whoahh !! Ah! I remember going into the Pret-a-manger in Victoria Street, London, some years ago and hearing "Hard times" by Fathead with Ray. I was late for the meeting in the office upstairs Well, some things are REALLY important... MG Sometimes, one has to get the priorities right in this life.. Not sometimes... Travelling up to London for meetings would ALWAYS involve a little side trip from Westminster to Kings X, to visit Mole and, a nice walk up Euston Road, Sterns African music shop. Just as travelling to Brussels always involved a trip to Musicanova in the African quarter. Come on, this is what you pay taxes for! MG

Whoahh !! Ah! I remember going into the Pret-a-manger in Victoria Street, London, some years ago and hearing "Hard times" by Fathead with Ray. I was late for the meeting in the office upstairs Well, some things are REALLY important... MG

Louis Opal Nations' notes state that "Little Axe" "was in in fact a man living as a woman". I've read elsewhere that it was just the opposite - "Little Axe" was a woman who lived as a man. Whatever the case, Willmer "Little Axe" Broadnax was a great singer - that's all that matters. Looking at the photo, they all have mustaches, except for the one in glasses in the top photo and without glasses in the bottom photo. Is that "Little Axe"? I went to high school with a Broadnax, whose father is a jazz musician, but there's no resemblance that I can discern. Yet it can't be a very common name, can it? There's nothing in the sleeve notes to indicate who's who in either photo. I have a small pic with names in the illustrated history of black gospel, but it's from 1939 and Broadnax wasn't in the group then. Not too many of them had mustaches (though some had one ) MG

Incandescent! Fluorescent sucks! MG

What a nice thread! MG

Greatest record store in the US, in Beantown. Cambridge, actually. And that's where Stereojack gets his name from... All is clear, now, since he's from that area. MG I believe he is the proprietor, if I'm not mistaken. Oh! MG

Greatest record store in the US, in Beantown. Cambridge, actually. And that's where Stereojack gets his name from... All is clear, now, since he's from that area. MG

Is Stereo Jack the name of a shop, then? MG

Very interesting. Thanks for posting this Berigan. MG

Nah... they probably did a vinyl drop of a DG mono... MG

Enjoye the Spirit of Memphis so much that I've gone for some Gospel LPs The Ward Singers - Surely God is able - Savoy, Savgos reissue Rev Oris Mays - Tomorrow's help today - Songbird ABC orig Swanee Quintet - 27th anniversary - Creed orig Slim & the Supreme Angels - Old favourites - Nashboro orig MG

Aha! We were on at the same time! Moving this to artists. MG

I only have one 45 of his, so I'd be interested in any replies you get. Come in, Paul Secor!!!! MG

Absolutely - but very strange that there are two exactly contradictory stories on this. MG

1 moderator to excise duplicate posts of identical smileys... MG

Are you 7/5 now? Even if you're not, have a great one! MG

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Today's delivery was A 2CD set containing all the Spirit of Memphis recordings for King and the first dozen for Peacock, between them covering 1949-1954. Amazing! Been looking for an album of these recordings for years! Amazing! Fantastic! And the sleeve notes say that one of the main lead singers - Wilmer "Little Axe" Broadnax - lived as a transvestite. Bet the churches the group appeared in didn't know that! MG

honing an edge on one of these babies does the trick. plus they come in various sizes! Oh! Made my blood run cold! MG

Essential when listening to Dr Lonnie 7/4 MG

True. But how many bands are there that have been together nearly forty years and still have that same SPARK that made them great? (And how many marriages?) An individual musician may heep his work fresh by placing himself in different circumstances from time to time - like Hawk. But a band can't do that. MG

I don't know about its rarity, but the Ward Singers on Savoy is some damn good music. Absolutely. That LP, and its predecessor, "Surely God is able" Savoy 14001, were reissued on a twofer - "The best of the Ward Singers" Savoy 7015, which was available on LP, K7 and CD. It's out of print now but copies of the twofer wouldn't be hard to find. So, if someone wants this music, they probably wouldn't pay a lot for an original. MG

Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Lovely town - the pearls and twinset blue-rinse/'disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' brigade rule the place but it would appear that they collect Hank Mobley CDs. As well as the music, breakfast was interesting. The electric bulb over my table was set at about 5W so I had to use the light from the Abbey frontage to read the paper. I know we have an energy crisis going on but what the hell ! Bring back 1974, the 3-day week and power cuts (well - as long as I can power the turntable. Hamster power?) Nice part of the country. Spa town. They're all the same. My mother and stepfather managed a hotel in Cheltenham in the early sixties; there was a record player there, feeding a quiet PA system, with some interesting items - as well as the Frank Sinatra stuff you'd expect, there was a Temperance Seven LP, Ahmad Jamal, Erroll Garner. Nothing to frighten people away, but interesting. Oh, and nothing to do with me, either - I was living in London. MG