The Magnificent Goldberg

There's Philip Harper (Winard's brother) but I don't know what he's been doing lately. I like Patrick Rickman, Winard's current trumpeter. He's on all Winard's Savant albums. Hugh Ragin has a very wide variety of music under his belt, from free to Fred (Wesleeeeee). I don't know much about his work away from Frfed (naturally) but he sure plays with Fred. MG

Knut Brian K Nutter Thomas Crapper

Thanks Chuck and Jack. What I've never really GOT is, granted the licensee bears the risk, but there seems to be money in it. So why don't the majors go for themselves rather than allow these small firms to issue the material? Or am I wrong? Perhaps these little firms are all owned by eccentric millionaires who don't mind losing money on their hobby (and taking a tax loss). MG

Well, I got 2 in Cardiff on Tuesday. I would have got the Griffin, but they sold out of it on Monday. MG

Thanks,I'll try and follow that through. Seems a bit like Koch reissues of Columbia material, which say Sony Music Special Products, though. MG

Norman Pride Dickie Pride Biggus Dickus

On the AAJ board, we've had two recent, more or less parallel, discussions about: jazz composers, trying to tease out the distinction between a tune and a composition; and Duke Ellington General thread http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=16088 Duke thread http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=16116 MG

Bill Doggett Billy Butler Clifford Scott And I can't stop watching your avatar... MG

Never heard of Mighty Quinn records. Do they have a website? Googling for a name like this is likely to be unprofitable. MG

Stagger Lee The signifyin' monkey Two-time Slim

Are you thinking of "American classic", in which Grover Washington plays soprano? MG

Damn! MG

My mate has, buried somewhere in his house, a great 45 on Aura (a PJ subsidiary) by the Sonny Knight Combo () - "Let's get it on" pts 1 & 2. This was recorded many years before Marvin Gaye wrote an entirely different tune by the same name. It's a rocking, surging, jazz organ instrumental, rather along the lines of Billy Larkin & the Delegates, who also recorded for Aura. MG

Private Eye - a satirical British magazine that's been around since about 1962, and now concentrates on exposing corruption - used to issue Christmas and other occasional records on those flexi discs, featuring Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, William Rushton (then editor), John Cleese and a swathe of British comedians. I had one or two - "Dear Sir, is this a record" and a rather rude Christmas thing. I wish they'd bring those back on CD. MG

No politics, but otherwise it's good. MG

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Ivy Benson & her Burners Charles Earland Bernard McKinney

"Scratch" is one of my favorites as well. I'd agree that "Images" is definitely one to avoid. Way, way back when when I still had/played LPs I owned both "Rhapsody and Blues" as well as "Street Life". I remember nothing about "Rhapsody and Blues" which basically speaks for itself. "Street Life" makes my skin crawl and represents the ultimate in sell out in my opinion. As far as I'm concerned, the Crusaders ceased to be the Crusaders when Wayne Henderson left the group. Another big sign of their decline was when they started adding vocalists. Maybe I stand alone because I know a lot of people really dig "Street Life" which is totally beyond me. I just loathe it. I guess it's one of those "to each his own" kind of things. You're right about the changing sound after Wayne left. It changed even more after Stix left. You're also right about to each his own. I like commercial jazz albums quite a lot; at least partly because they're popular. MG

Oh yeah, both the blue and the yellow versions looked great. Just unsuitable for the purpose. And my wife would have moaned something rotten, because they were for a friend of hers. MG

Actually, in due course - quite a long time horizon actually - there's a good argument for putting all of Lou's '60s material into a big box. Well, 1961-1970, since his 2 1960 albums are in the first box and 1970 includes 3 good 'uns. That's 22 LPs plus unissued stuff. But there's not a dud album in the lot. And Lou was as important and influential a musician in Soul Jazz as Blakey was in Hard Bop. Of course, a lot of the BN material is out on CD, so it means waiting for those to go. MG

I'd forgotten about the unissued material. Yes, one would expect that to be included; unless it's not realistic because of technical problems with the masters. The unissued BNs look interesting. One or two look like mistakes - not commercial enough for George Butler. And I've always wanted to hear that track called "Don't worry about it George". MG

I expect it was fairly infrequent, but perhaps not negligible. Certainly ESP artists would have had a determining role. And I find it hard to believe that people like Mingus, Trane, MJQ, Ellington and Monk wouldn't have had a view which they would not have been shy about putting forward - and producers who would listen. How would BN or PR have got on with albums like "Blue & sentimental", "Heavy soul", and all those Moodsvilles? Black & Blue's "Midnight Slows", as well? I don't understand the technical issue here, I must say. Maybe, though it isn't the case if the CD is one's first encounter with an album, which it is for me in many cases, and I expect quite a lot of people younger than me. MG

That Lighthouse album is the best Crusaders I've ever heard. One of the GREAT live performances. MG

Richard Nixon Don Nix Leon Russell

Speaking of Donaldson and Argo albums, I also suggested a Lou Donaldson Select for the future. I don't know how the big box is doing so far and it'd probably be overkill to have both available at the same time but a Select seems like a good way to release all of those Argo albums of Lou's on CD in one go. I don't have exact running times for those LPs (except one) but I imagine they could fit all six of those on three Select CDs - I'd buy that immediately! There were 8 Lou Donaldson Argo/Cadets: Signifyin' - 724 (7/1963) Possum head - 734 (1/1964) Coleslaw - 747 (6/1964) Musty Rusty - 759 (6/1965) Rough house blues - 768 (12/1964) Blowin' in the wind - 789 (8/1966) At his best - 815 (8/1966) (this isn't a compilation, though you wouldn't know it from the title) Fried buzzard - 842 (8/1965) I think "Possum head" is about the longest - 40:26. Many are quite short, however. I reckon, though I haven't added them up, that you could get all 7 of the studio LPs into 3 CDs. That would exclude "Fried buzzard". I'd rather like that as a Select. MG