The Magnificent Goldberg

I never heard of this geezer before, but I quite like that article. If I never hear of him again, it won't make any difference. MG

I'm a GG completist, but I've got to say, that is right. But for $6? It's better than not having it. MG

Y'know, the first time I listened to Thinking Of Home I was struck by the sound, an unlikeable aura so different from his earlier BN's. Then it suddenly occured to me that the production was more in a 70's mould; ahhh, THAT explains it. It's far from Mobley's sprightliest playing, true...but I'm not sure I'd call it "torpid." I swing back and forth over the fence on this one; sometimes I actually get some pleasure out of it, other times it doesn't do a thing for me. Thinking of home is my favourite Mobley... MG

Don Wilkerson is God! MG

My wife has a beat up LP of their greatest hits or whatever. MG

My favourites are "Woofin' and tweetin'" - because I love the title and "Blue Gene", because of "Blue greens and beans", "Blue Gene", "Scamperin'" and "Hip tip" - all great Mal Waldron lines. MG

While there is obviously SOME price at which energy demand will be reduced - at a million pounds a kilowat/hour, no one would buy energy - energy demand seems to be very price-inelastic. So much so, that no one really has any idea of what prices energy (in its different forms) have to be in order to change our patterns of living. So that graphs like the one produced in the Economist are completely meaningless. All the economists I know agree that economics is a very poor means of handling cultural matters. MG

Building regulations here require all new houses to be fitted with at least 3 low energy bulbs, so people can compare them with the normal type. As Guy mentioned, they're not good to read by, so, as our bulbs burn out, we're replacing them with the old type in rooms where we do read. Our house is only two years old and one has gone already. So much for progress! MG

Yes yes - EVERYONE should have George Freeman's "New improved funk"!!!!!! MG PS - pity there's only one copy - still, I've got mine so I can leave y'all to fight over DG's sole copy.

Oh, and what about the MFin' MASTER? Pharoah Sanders!!!! Our roots began in Africa!!!!! Yes, yes, yes, with Bernie Worrell. And earlier, Pharoah Sanders Live - Theresa 116 with "You've got to have freedom" and "Blues for Santa Cruz" and "Pharomba". Hicks, piano, Booker, bass, Idris drums. Anyone here need funk lessons? And don't forget those funky Nigerian-type things on "Rejoice!" MG

The only cover of "People make the world go round" that's of any interest - and it's fucking wonderful! - is Johnny Lytle's, on Milestone, which hasn't been reissued in the Orrin Keepnews collection. MG

The only cover of "People make the world go round" that's of any interest - and it's fucking wonderful! - is Johnny Lytle's, on Milestone, which hasn't been reissued in the Orrin Keepnews collection. MG

The only cover of "People make the world go round" that's of any interest - and it's fucking winderful! - is Johnny Lytle's, on Milestone, which hasn't been reissued in the Orrin Keepnews collection. MG

Almost every morning these days, I seem to have Tennessee Ernie owing his soul to the company store in my brain. But I get over it by playing some music over breakfast. MG

Oh my! MG

Same dress, same photographer. Not same bird. MG

Good idea MG

Any of Karl Denson's work with Fred Wesley. But particularly "Swing and be funky". MG

I've only got the 3 part 45 of that. I assumed that the sax was played by Pee Wee Ellis. No sleeve notes on 45s, unfortunately. Learn summat every day. MG

Yes, it is - Harold Vick is always an enjoyable player. MG

Not originally. In the early '80s, British DJs discovered Soul Jazz was pretty good to dance to - particularly the recordings that were made following James Brown's development of Funk. At the time, the rave in normal dance music was Acid House, so the DJs started calling this stuff Acid Jazz. A number of compilations of favoured tracks started to appear with Acid Jazz in the title, and the name stuck (a bit). Fantasy jumped on the bandwagon by titling all their twofer Soul Jazz reissues for a period "Legends of Acid Jazz" regardless of whether the particular albums being reissued fitted into what was originally intended by the expression. Then, when they (or the public) got tired of the catchphrase, they dropped it and went back to giving the twofers proper titles. I've put a full list of the Soul Jazz twofers here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=31388 MG

Yes - they've been posted somewhere here, but I can't remember titles or whatever. MG

Bill has a new album on Doodlin' Records from CDBaby Playing piano. On my list for soon. MG

I'm sure he was truly thrilled to have the Dells doing backup vocals... :bwallace2: MG

Doh, I missed that. How come these weren't reissued before? 1. Few Words By Cannonball... And This Here, A 2. Spontaneous Combustion 3. Hi-Fly 4. You Got It! 5. Bohemia After Dark AKA Birdland After Dark 6. Straight, No Chaser - (bonus track) 7. There Here 8. You Got It! - (previously unreleased) I didn't realise there was new material on this either. MG