The Magnificent Goldberg

Freddie McCoy - Listen here MG

I tried to order that the other day from CDUniverse - they told me this morning it was on back order and might never come in, so I changed it to the Garland/Davis Moodsville vol 1. MG

Just noticed this bit of your post. Have I missed some of Lonnie's albums? "Too damn hot" certainly wasn't pushed into the funk category - it covered all the sorts of things Lonnie likes to get into. "Boogaloo to Beck" was also not a standard funk outing, despite the title. In fact, looking through the LPs, I can't find a Lonnie Smith pure funk album more recent than "Gotcha". MG

I think you're getting the two albums mixed up SS. Lonnie's with Red & Frank. Gene L is with Red & Plas. MG

TruSound had a load of King Curtis LPs out; I should think they sold reasonably well, though it was before "Soul twist". I've bought a few of them. And there's a good 'un by Texas tenorman Jesse Powell, which I've also got. But the Latin Jazz Quintet's 2 LPs - one on New Jazz, the other on TruSound - were very rare items (at least in Britain, where they were being sold for unconsionable amounts of dosh). So I guess few were pressed. Rhoda Scott did 2 LPs for TruSound, as well - I've never seen either of them on LP. Got my copies on a Japanese CD. They were too good to sell well, is my verdict. Never seen any of their Gospel LPs, though there are a couple out now on CD on Specialty, that I must get round to buying. I think TruSound stuff, being quite R&B oriented, probably made its appearance in specialised dealers which jazz fans wouldn't neccessarily visit - which may be why you haven't seen them. I've seen lots of MV, SV and NJ LPs about in my time, so they weren't particularly rare. Dunno about the ethnic labels, hence calling on Chris. MG

Three George Braith albums arrived in the post from CDBaby this morning. Haven’t started to listen to them yet. MG

No - the guy was offside. If he'd kept still the goal would have been allowed. But he didn't. Tuff shit, but there we are. It showed, though, that the US COULD make goals and didn't need Italians to do it for them. MG

Actually, I thought the US could have won that the way they were playing - had no one been so duff as to have been sent off. 11-11 would have been the US game. Suicides in Rome tonight, I suspect. MG

A Fall 1963 Prestige order form I have lists the following labels: - Prestige - New Jazz - Moodsville - Swingville - Tru-Sound - Tru-Sound Latin American series - Tru-Sound Gospel series - Prestige Folklore - Prestige International - Prestige International/Documentary series - Bluesville - Irish - Lively Arts - Near East Would love to listen to the Lively Arts 30006 LP! It's 'James Mason Reads the Imp of the Perverse and Other Stories by Edgar Allen Poe'! Wonder if RVG recorded that one! I have one of those, too Prestige's subsidiaries have always been most interesting to me. Moodsville and Swingville are definitely different to Prestige, but only in terms of their general approach. Lots of musicians appeared on MV or SV as well as PR. TruSound was a great little label: R&B, Latin and Gospel. Bluesville was blues, of course. New Jazz eventually became the budget label and was used to introduce new players. Some of them were pressed on the Status (Prestige/Status) label - as were a few PR items. I always wondered about the Lively Arts material, too. One of them was Norman Mailer reading his own stuff. And another was Roddy McDowell reading H P Lovecraft. As for the "ethnic" labels, I always wondered how Bob Weinstock got into them; I'd imagine you needed a whole different set of customers to distribute those to their respective markets. It would be nice if Chris could throw some light on this. MG

Oddly, if you look at GG's discography at All Music, it shows this as a 2006 release - even has a catalog number. Bingo! http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?...D=5092246&BAB=L I put my order in to CD Universe using the link in Eric's post. Can Jim confirm that Organissimo will be paid or shall I cancel the order and do it again? MG You need to cancel and either wait for Jim to post a link, or else use the search box at the top of the page to find and order it. Looking at the link and comparing it to a link Jim posted for another album, its clear that Jim's posting contains code for Organissimo to get credit. Thank you, Dan. Will do. MG

Oddly, if you look at GG's discography at All Music, it shows this as a 2006 release - even has a catalog number. Bingo! http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?...D=5092246&BAB=L I put my order in to CD Universe using the link in Eric's post. Can Jim confirm that Organissimo will be paid or shall I cancel the order and do it again? MG

Wow! Fucking WOW! I only half believed Mosaic when they told me BN would be issuing this. Wonder if there's anything else coming out? MG

It is just before the England v Brazil match. Ronaldinho goes into the Brazilian changing room to find all his teammates looking a bit glum. "What's up?" he asks. "Well, we're having trouble getting motivated for this game. We know it's important but it's only England. They're sh*te and we can't be bothered." Ronaldinho looks at them and says, "Well, I reckon I can beat them by myself. You lads go down the pub." So Ronaldinho goes out to play England by himself and the rest of the Brazilian team go off for a few jars. After a few pints they wonder how the game is going, so they get the landlord to put the teletext on. A big cheer goes up as the screen reads " Brazil 1 - England 0 (Ronaldinho 10 minutes)". He is beating England all by himself! Anyway, a few pints later and the game is forgotten until someone remembers, "It must be full time now, let's see how he got on." They put the teletext on. "Result from the Stadium 'Brazil 1 (Ronaldinho 10 minutes) - England 1 (Lampard 89 minutes)." They can't believe it; he has single-handedly got a draw against England!! They rush back to the Stadium to congratulate Ronaldinho. They find him inthe dressing room, still in his gear, sitting with his head in his hands. He refuses to look at them. "I've let you down, I've let you down." "Don't be daft, you got a draw against England, all by yourself. And they only scored at the very, very end!" "No, no, I have, I've let you down. I got sent off after 12 minutes."

Maybe. It seems they're lost, however, so it's probably academic. MG

Hm, must compare prices & postage rates then. Thanks Bebop. MG

I'm tryin' but Disconforme is unhelpful. Offering the CD for 10.95 Euro then, when you hit checkout, you're redirected to Jazzmessengers.com, who are charging 11.95! The buggers! Are Jazzmessengers.com an American firm? If so, they'll hit me with big postage bills, too. MG No, jazzmessengers.com is a Spanish site I believe. . . it's European at least, not American. Thanks Lon, I'll have another go, then. MG

I'm tryin' but Disconforme is unhelpful. Offering the CD for 10.95 Euro then, when you hit checkout, you're redirected to Jazzmessengers.com, who are charging 11.95! The buggers! Are Jazzmessengers.com an American firm? If so, they'll hit me with big postage bills, too. MG

Sloppy research, I reckon, perhaps combined with ambiguous responses from Bernard. In the end, the guy who wrote the article COULD and SHOULD have checked his facts. If I were in Bernard's position, I'd have expected him to do his own homework. MG

Yes - is that another pinch of salt? I know hardly anything about Miles Davis' recordings. MG

Does the grimace on the back cover mean that side two is bad or just that Hank was constipated? He looks as if he's watching the owner of a 2CV nudge his car out of the way, in order to park. MG

"Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio" is a fine one. More Buddy Tate - "Groovin' with Tate" two SV LPs on one CD - "Tate's date" & "Grovin' with Buddy Tate". "Tiny in Swingville" by Tiny Grimes is another good 'un. The Al Casey was the first one I ever bought, though, a second hand copy with a crack all the way through - just held together by the label - and I've always had a particular affection for it. It was the King Curtis band of the time, with Rudy Powell instead of Curtis. MG

I'm with Paul on this; a whole shaker of salt. In particular, the ref to "Love is strange" is strange. That was recorded in 1956, when Bernard was still a country kid. On his own admission, he didn't get to NY until 1960. And he really doesn't need to exaggerate; what he HAS done is great. I met him at Brecon in 2000 and he was endlessly patient with me. A good guy and an impressive man, as well as a great drummer. Really sorry to hear he has arthritis. Total bummer for a drummer. MG

Another spurious claim... he is a great drummer, though. Not entirely spurious - he DID play on "It's a man's, man's, man's world". But that's not a groove item. MG

I like this album - not as much as I like others of Hank, but it's still a good 'un. There is indeed something of the feel of "Breakthrough" (which I slightly prefer) on it. But Hank sounds very happy to be doing it. MG

Right-oh! I've just ordered Barcelona blues Boptronics George braith & friends The fourth CD is still not on the CD Baby site. What's happened to it? MG