The Magnificent Goldberg

Thanks Spontooneous - here's the first part And part 2 MG

Sad Lovers and Giants The Clash REM

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Ah yes - "Virgo vibes". MG

January - Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight. February - Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels... Helllloooo!! ! Bottles won't fit in typewriter!! ! March - Got really excited! Finished jigsaw puzzle in 6 months ... box said "2-4 years!" April - Trapped on escalator for hours ... power went out!! May - Tried to make Kool-Aid ... wrong instructions on packet ... 8 cups of water won't fit into those little packets!! June - Tried to go water skiing ... Bummer ... couldn't find a lake with a slope. July - Lost breast stroke swimming competition ... learned later, the other swimmers cheated, they used their arms! August - Got locked out of my car in rain storm ... car swamped because soft-top was open. September - The capital of California is "C".....isn't it?? October - Hate M &M's .... they are so hard to peel. November - Burned turkey. Baked it for 4 1/2 days. Instructions said 1 hour per pound and I weigh 108! December - Couldn't call 911 ..."duh" ... like there's no "eleven" button on the stupid phone!!! What a year!! Hope it's a better year next year.......

Jerry Lee Lewis Fats Domino The Coasters

With your hand shaking as you lift it to your lips... MG

It's looking a bit better this morning here. How are our continental European friends doing? MG

Joe Fields has always filled the Prestige niche, where he worked before he started Cobblestone Records; then Muse; then HighNote/Savant/Fedora. Joe is my hero. In a couple of years, I'll probably have more albums on his labels than on Blue Note. MG

Much though I respect your views, Soulstream - and I really DO - that is a bleeding terrible thing to say about a musician one admires. What you're saying is, "he wasn't good enough to communicate with the whole world". Well I don't believe it. MG

Eskimo Nell Dame Nellie Melba Melba Moore

So, did you find any music when you got the wrapping off? MG

I think my vote goes to Clem's post/poem Clark Terry fucked my mother And lots of other words to that effect. But I can't remember what thread it was in. MG

Yaya is a Mandinke name. I have a couple of albums by Yaya Bangoura (aka El Bango). And don't forget, one of the tracks on "Memphis to New York Spirit" is "The Mandingo". I didn't know about John being called Yaya before, but I can see it makes sense. MG

Well, it's been very unpleasant here today, but nowhere near as bad as you folks. I feel for you. MG

Pharcyde Bootie Brown Bootsie Brown

I wonder if the reason "Got a good thing goin'" came out before "Let 'em roll" was BN being bounced into it, because they were told that Patton and Green had recorded "The yodel" for Atlantic a few weeks earlier, with Grassella Oliphant. Ironically, Atlantic didn't issue "The grass is greener" until early 1968. MG

Very short. "Got a good thing goin'" came out 10/66, only 8 months before "Let 'em roll". Maybe it didn't sell well. Soul stream would be better able to answer that, but I think the difference between "Let 'em roll" and "Certain feeling" is quite huge and indicates a lot of work on John Patton's part. There was a complete break with his former colleagues (partly because GG was out of it) and a radically different approach. Looking through the BN discography, there doesn't seem to be any notable hiatus between the two recording dates, except for about 5 weeks in late summer of 1967, when Alfred Lion actually retired. So I think it was down to John, feeling ready to record. MG

Wow, I've never heard that!? These are the Blue Notes that were issued with the new mono/stereo sleeve design (post Liberty acquisition), before the issue of the 1967/68 BN illustrated catalogue. 4237 12/66 Unit structures 4240 12/66 Rough n tumble 4222 3/67 Cornbread 4248 3/67 Vibrations 4228 4/67 Bring it home to me 4250 4/67 Jody grind 4239 6/67 Let em roll 4246 6/67 Empty foxhole 4252 6/67 Sweet honey bee 4245 10/67 Like someone in love 4247 10/67 Symphony for improvisers 4253 10/67 Street of dreams 4255 10/67 I’m movin on 4263 10/67 Alligator bogaloo 4251 4/68 Easterly winds 4206 ? Contours BN also delayed the issue of "Street of dreams", which had been recorded before "I want to hold your hand" (released 7/66). MG

Crikey! Where the hell ARE you? MG

Doesn't seem to be here. MG

Indeed! MG

That's another for which there's no release date in Schwann. Schwann only used to quote release dates if the company provided a track listing - the date is technically a reference to the date on which the track listing appeared in earlier editions of the catalogue. Looks like there was a period when Prestige staff couldn't be asked to provide listings. MG

I think Peterson was a bit earlier than the mid-eighties. That scene was definitely in heat in 1983 - when Pathe Marconi began to issue Blue Notes like Don Wilkerson's "Preach brother" - they were the first branch of EMI to decide that BN was commercial. Althugh I can't swear that I remember his name from that period, I'm sure he was one of the pioneers of the "Don Wilkerson is God" movement. And the scene was as eclectic then as now - I first heard of the Truthettes - a female gospel quartet - through that network. In those days, the scene was championed by the magazine "Blues & Soul", which gave great reviews to Soul Jazz albums by the likes of Ponder and McDuff. Trouble was, living in Cardiff, there was nothing like that scene here, so I never got a first hand taste of it. MG

I've got a few R&B Proper boxes and they're nice. Sometimes they're complete - Dinah Washington and Wynonie "Mr Blues" Harris - sometimes they're nearly complete - Joe Turner. It doesn't REALLY matter. Going to get the Roy Brown later this year. MG