The Magnificent Goldberg

Didn't know that, Clem. Was that after he made all those Ska & Rock Steady records? Checked on "Give me my flowers". The Consoler's version was 1955. Apparently Peetie Wheatstraw did it in the thirties, however (it sez 'ere). The sleeve note writer (Chris Smith) thinks that it's probably proverbial in black culture. MG

When did you become English, Jim? MG

STRUTH!!!!! MG

Wasn't it established in another thread MG that it wasn't Big John Patton playing on that one but someone whose name really was Malcolm Base. Or have I remembered wrongly. Anyway it's all a moot point to me because I haven't heard it yet. Oh well gotta have something to look forward to hearing from the past. I don't think so. Malcolm Bass is the name on the sleeve but, when you listen to it, it's BJP, who was contracted to BN at the time. (Unless it's Larry Young ) Should have put it in the BFT. MG

I think it was Mr & Mrs Sullivan Pugh (aka The Consolers), though Lonesome Sundown also made an early version, I seem to remember (can't be asked to riffle through me records). How did you know it was his oldest daughter? Was she wearing a t-shirt with a note tied to her bum saying, "I'm the oldest daughter, so..." MG

It's been well known since the seventies that too much in the way of soft drinks is a prime cause of hyperactivity in kids. MG

At least they are supposed to have. Anyway I agree with you. Well, I agree, too, really. But quite probably not in relation to American policemen. MG

Many happy returns, Flurin - and many thanks, too. MG

Do you think the police know when not to use a gun? MG

Kid Ory - Mahogany Hall stomp - Quadromania discs 1-4 MG

The affluence of our society is based on the clock. Timekeeping is part of the payment for our standard of living; because it directly causes stress - in you who are forced to wait for someone late as much as in someone who's forced to rush too many things to meet a deadline - and stress kills people. Is the affluence worth the price? MG

Hope that this was issued a while after 1964. Michael Cuscuna was 16 in 1964 - doubt that he'd have had much of interest to write then. Yes - Just Sunshine was the label for which Stuff recorded in the late seventies; a WB subsidiary. My guess is that this is the album originally issued on Transatlantic called "Red hot from Alex" - it contains "Back at the Chicken Shack" and "Haitian fight song", as far as I can remember. MG Paul, I thought Cuscuna was older than that! I seem to recall his writing record reviews for Downbeat when I subscribed circa 1969. He produced George Freeman's "Birth sign" for Delmark in March 1969 (though it wasn't issued until 1972). I very much doubt he was only 18/19 then. It must have been a pre-1976 issue. Just Sunshine was definitely in the WB camp in 1977 - I have an original of "More Stuff", their 2nd LP. And their first, for the same label also WB, was 1976. MG

Why? It's perfectly rational. Let's start with how Rousseau's 'Social Contract' -- you relinquish certain rights in exchange for personal protection by the state -- is seriously flawed. Now dialing Blacksburg S. VA........ring, ring, ring.... No state undertakes that, Weizen. The arguments for and against gun control are almost certainly irrelevant in relation to an incident like this. Talk about gun control in relation to armed robbery or drive-by shootings. Britain has probably the most restrictive gun control regime in the world, but it doesn't stop incidents like those at Hungerford in 1987 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungerford_Massacre or Dunblane in 1996 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_Massacre Basically, in these cases, we're dealing with nutters, not rational people like criminals and gang members. MG

Yeah! Preach! Tell it, babe! I never liked Brian Ferret even more than I never liked Elton John or Rod Stewart. MG

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Frank Mitchell was a HONKER! In addition to what's been mentioned, he's also on Blakey's Limelight album "Hold on I'm coming", with Grant Green and a pseudonymous Big John Patton. He plays a solo Willis Jackson would have been proud of on "Walking my cat named dog". Yes in bloody deed! MG

Er - hey! I posted a reply this morning! Where's it gone? Oh well, here we go again. Right on both, John. What made you pick #5? There are two versions of that song on the CD, as it's a twofer. Were there samples? But politically not very safe. Yes, this was a refugee from the main disc, but I thought it sat better over here. MG

Sonny Knight! Is your Sonny a sealyham? MG

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I have his JAM LP, "Herman". I'll get it on tomorrow. Good player. RIP. MG

classy Has Chuck licensed you to use precisely appropriate laconic remarks? MG

Don't go to Africa. MG

If you're looking for Oliver Nelson material, I'm sure you can get much better than this (though I like this album very much and play it quite a bit). "Takin' care of business" is about my favourite of ON's small group albums - not that I've got a lot, y'know. If you're looking for Jimmy Forrest material, "Forrest fire" and "Sit down and relax with..." are absolutely brilliant. So too are the albums he made in the 70s with Al Grey and Shirley Scott. This isn't quite as good as any of those. If you're looking for King Curtis... Oh no - but the two Prestige albums he made "New scene of" and "Soul meeting" are both very good indeed. This is a very good album. But to my mind it does suffer from the "if A sells 10K of each album, B sells 10K and C sells 10K, then we can sell 30K of this one" syndrome. KC and JF did tend to move a bit in the same circles, but I don't think ON did, so this is just a bit artificial. But I like it. MG

I'm shocked SHOCKED! that you don't have all the original albums MG

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