The Magnificent Goldberg

David Solomon Sheba

Michael Winner Winner records Mark Naftalin

I was looking on AMG earlier to check if Sonny Stitt's "My mother's eyes" had been issued on Cd and happened to notice that Etta Jones' album of the same name was available on CD. This was originally issued on Muse. AMG said it was out on Savoy Jazz, so I went onto the Savoy Jazz site. There's nowt there! According to CDUniverse, which has the album for sale (next order for me), it was reissued in 2003. When you look at the Savoy Jazz catalogue, it's dated 2002! If you do a search for Jones, you get loads of Joneses but not Etta. If you do a search for Vijay Iyer, you get nothing! (Not that I'm interested but you'd have thought that you could have turned up one of his albums on a search.) Savoy Jazz has all those lovely Muse/Cobblestone albums. And there seems to be no way of finding out which they've reissued, except by accident. Does anybody know a better way of finding out what's available through Savoy Jazz? MG

Hey - it says I've already voted in this poll. OK, but I put my check in against "Easy walker" and no one has voted for that! WTF? MG (I think the sleeve is so elegant and matches the music perfectly. And I love the album! Dunno what my fave BN sleeve of all would be - too many.)

Shelley Manne Columbus Mann Man Ray

There's a good deal I want to see out, from BN, PJ, Capitol & Roulette. First, some that have already been mentioned: Jimmy Smith's Club Baby Grand recordings Ron Jefferson - Love lifted me Kenny Burrell - Freedom Larry Young - Contrasts Leo Parker - Rollin' with Leo And a few that haven't been mentioned BNs Grant Green - Visions Jimmy McGriff - Black pearl - one of the great live Soul Jazz sessions - cold be combined with Junior Parker & McGriff - Chicken fried soul, which was on UA and I reckon was probably recorded at the same gig (McGriff's own club in Newark). Jimmy McGriff - Something to listen to PJs Clifford Scott & Les McCann - Out front Teddy Edwards & Les McCann - It's about time Les McCann & the Jazz Crusaders - Jazz waltz Sonny Stitt & Charles Kynard - My mother's eyes Charles Kynard - Where it's at Johnny Lytle - Does it again Johnny Lytle - Swingin' at the Gate Roulette Etta Jones sings Capitol 3 Milt Buckner albums: Rockin' with Milt Rockin' Hammond Milt Buckner MG

Guitar Crusher Guitar Slim Guitar Gable

Actually, John Major liked my pig tie. MG

There's nothing as great as a really conservative suit (which I used to wear at work) and a truly outrageous tie! My favourites for work were: Pink Panther playing a sax; a photo of an alto sax; large cartoons of genial pigs; and the HMV dog. No nudes. It really got up the politicians' noses but they couldn't say anything! MG

Carol Vordemann Joris-Karl Huysmans Georges Carpentier

Cleveland Gay Gloria Gaynor The Soul Survivors

The Meters Booker T & the MGs The Packers

Teddy Buckner Winnie the Pooh Winston Churchill

After over 3 years, that cover becomes a bit off. MG

Tammy Wynette Big Jim Wynne Wynton Kelly

Done it again, git!

No such thing as bad Patton; only BAAAAD Patton! MG

(My wife thinks he's wonderful ) Owen Money Max Boyce Harry Secombe

that fredddie mccoy album is THE after hour album - strange, cool and good - janis joplin is next around the corner ! now spinnng: (inspired by the mccoy album) - neal creque - s/t - cobblestone - hysear don walker - complete expressions I've had it for a very long time but last night it really got to me in a way it hasn't before. And I also wondered if the last track, the beautiful "Time for my children", had something to do with the fact that we never heard from Freddie again afterwards - did he actually retire from music to have a family life?. I'm going to be getting this out more frequently for a while, I think. MG

Larry Young Lawrence Olds Lawrence of Newark

That's a heartwarming article, Chris. Thanks. MG

I ordered the Stitt yesterday. It seems to be a bit cheaper - in terms of foreign exchange - to pay through Paypal than my credit card. First time using Paypal yesterday. Mistyped password three times! MG

Freddie McCoy - Gimme some - Cobblestone orig Houston Person - Get outta my way! - Westbound orig Etta Jones - My mother's eyes - Muse orig Jimmy Smith - It's necessary (live with H Land, T Edwards & B Mitchell) - Mercury orig MG

Billie Poole - Sermonette - Riverside 425 mono original. Taping a gospel music compilation off LPs. Checking it's OK. MG

Scarface La Face LaShun Pace