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Yep. Watched it last night. I gotta get my Tom Netherton fix. YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS!!!!! MG I am serious. And no, Bob Ralston and his Thomas can go stuff it. Gimme some Jerry Burke on the Hammond!!! See previous post. MG

So I've got "Cherry" and "Goodbye" - is the other one "Sunflower"? MG One. The other is Olinga. Sunflower has the "dreaded" CTI production in full force, but for my money, it's one of, if not the tastiest/most musical example of it. Add to that the fact that everybody is playing at a very high level, and you got that somewhat rare bird - a "crossover" album chock full of top-shelf music. Olinga is the exact opposite in terms of production, but again, everybody plays outstandingly. Thanks Jim. MG

OK, seriously now, is it possible to explain the attraction? MG

Kenny Dorham, Virgil Jones- trumpet Jimmy Heath-tenor Tommy Flanagan- piano Ron Carter- bass Connie Kay-drums Invitation Too Close For Comfort Ruby, My Dear (2 takes) The Sealer Poom-A-Loom Stella By Starlight Ruby None Shall Wander (2 takes) An excellent side, IMHO. Aha! With Virgil Jones! Zowie! Thanks. MG

Thanks Peter. Is "Bags opus" a reissue of the material on BN BLP1509? I assume "The harem" isn't available, if it's on Musicmasters. I guess all the Pablo stuff is out on OJC - more OJCs for my list MG

But that's when Andorran intellectual property law enters the picture... I found an English translation of a draft for an Andorran copyright law which says there's a 50-year protection for recordings (this document from this page). However, I don't know if it has been put into effect. If I knew Catalan the answer could probably be found here. Ah yes! Andorra, I think, ALSO isn't part of the EU, so it doesn't have to incorporate EU law. MG That may be, but I don't believe there is any part of EU law that says if a CD is legal in Andorra but not in the EU, then you can import and sell it in the EU. This is a major bone of contention in the US, in that recordings that are legal only in the EU are freely sold in many stores and now can be downloaded on emusic. I'm not claiming any moral high ground here, but it is interesting that the majors in the US haven't found a way to stop this, where the law (unfair as I think it is) is clearly on their side. That's almost certainly correct. However, I suspect people gave up trying to control imports many decades ago. I remember a time when performers over here couldn't play/sing songs from Broadway musicals which hadn't had their London premieres yet; I can recall Liberace being extremely pissed off by this restriction when he couldn't do a medley from "My fair lady" on a TV show. He played "London Bridge is falling down" very sarcastically, instead. No country's customs service is geared up to examine all imports for copyright legality. QRT, in my view. Can't even keep the heroin and crack out; what are they going to do about this really important stuff? MG

There's nothing about "Invitation" on Amazon UK - just the sleeve. Who's on it? MG

Thanks Jim. MG

That's right - that WAS supposed to have issued this year, too. I guess the EMI problems are showing. MG

OP does put me off quite a lot of Milt's albums, I'm afraid. I can manage to avoid being bored on some occasions, but not as a rule. MG PS - did Milt make any other albums with Gene Harris?

So I've got "Cherry" and "Goodbye" - is the other one "Sunflower"? MG

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I never read a Heinlein's book, but mid-fifties is exactly the common age for wishing such wet-dreams. Of course normally you talk about it with friends at pub after a few pints, or with your psychiatrist, you don't write it in a serious book. Ah, but Heinlein's books AREN'T serious. That's why the right wing politics gets up my nose; because he just slips it in and people get it into their heads without really noticing. MG That FIEND!! MG

But that's when Andorran intellectual property law enters the picture... I found an English translation of a draft for an Andorran copyright law which says there's a 50-year protection for recordings (this document from this page). However, I don't know if it has been put into effect. If I knew Catalan the answer could probably be found here. Ah yes! Andorra, I think, ALSO isn't part of the EU, so it doesn't have to incorporate EU law. MG

Almost the first jazz albums I bought were by the MJQ. But I got bored by most of their stuff after a bit. That kind of put me off Milt Jackson. It took Ray Charles to bring me back to the realisation that Milt was a peculiar kind of bebopper - like Sonny Stitt, he made a lot of Soul Jazz style albums. But whereas it's easy enough to track down Sonny's excursions into Soul Jazz, it's not so easy with Milt. So I'm looking for a bit of help here. This is what I've got. (With Ray Charles) Soul brothers & Soul meeting (With Cannonball Adderley) Things are gettin' better (With Stanley Turrentine) Cherry (With Wes Montgomery) Bags & Wes (With Sonny Stitt) In the beginning by himself At the Kosei Nenkin & Centerpiece at the Kosei Nenkin Soul believer Milt Jackson (BN LP) Soul route Night mist Goodbye Plenty plenty soul Soul fusion Live at the Village Gate Plus, I've ordered "Milt Jackson and strings". OK, so what else is in the same vein, that I can get? (I can't get the Impulse albums he made with Teddy Edwards, but I would if I could. There was also one with Hawkins on Atlantic that I can't get.) Thanks folks. MG

Over my head, I'm afraid. MG

The Dave Bailey Epic albums were recorded in the early 1960s, so they're not 50 years old yet. MG

I like it, too, though not as much as I like his other Riverside albums. But, if you've got all the others, this is nicely different in sound and accent. MG

Yep. Watched it last night. I gotta get my Tom Netherton fix. YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS!!!!! MG

They're all good - that's the only one that hasn't come out on CD. Well, they're all great, really. MG

Had a Les McCann LP afternoon (still waiting for Mosaic PJ & Limelight boxed sets ) Pretty lady - PJ King Spanish onions - PJ Liberty orig mono Les McCann does the shampoo at the Village Gate - PJ Liberty stereo McCanna - PJ orig mono Beau J Pooboo - Limelight Stereo (Columbia Record Club issue, with wrong cat number) Live at Shelley's Manne hole - Mercury UK Stereo Live at Bohemian Caverns - Limelight orig mono Les McCann plays the hits - Limelight UK mono Bucket o' grease - Limelight orig mono Much Les - Atlantic orig stereo Second movement (with Eddie Harris) - Atlantic 1980s pressing MG

I thought this album was supposed to be reissued this year. Anyone know anything about it? MG

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Yes indeed! But even worse are the instructions that have no words, only indecipherable diagrams. And you have to keep them, in case you ever need to take them apart. MG

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