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The Magnificent Goldberg

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  1. I didn't need any schooling in being a smartass. It's just a gift I have Nah! Takes a lot of training to make an effective smartarse. When I was at work, one of my responsibilities was smartarse remarks. MG
  2. My first two, bought on the same day, were both by Jimmy Smiff. Go for whatcha know and Compact Jazz - because I missed "Walk on the wild side" so very much and "Bashin'" wasn't available. That was 1989, BTW. MG
  3. Just decided it's my turn to oder these. One has disappeared from CD Baby altogether and one is out of stock. I haven't decided whether to get the two that I can, or wait until they all are back. MG
  4. They haven't got enough hands to do even one... MG
  5. If it's a Dansette, it's more like a Ford Prefect... My claim to fame is that, in 1964, I bought Anne Nightingale's Dansette. MG
  6. That's proper stuff! Good thing it WAS hidden; it wouldn't be there now after decades of scuffing. MG
  7. WoW! What a floor! I can't do ANYTHING like that! MG
  8. I used to love their mis-spellings - Thimk - I still want to type it that way. And some of their surreal concept/phrases - one grunch but the egg-plant. Glad to be reminded of Spy vs Spy. Didn't know Don Martin did that Miles sleeve. MG
  9. Thanks, Mike. The best thing about doing it yourself is you can take your time and do it right. Most contractors are rushing to get to the next job. Unfortunately the floor, although in good shape for being 100 years old, has a lot of nail holes, dark spots, etc. that don't look so good. I think a good, relatively dark stain will hide some of those and still look great. Ah yes, there's only so much you can tell from a photo. Good luck, don't paint yourself into a corner - at least, not one that hasn't got an organ in it. MG
  10. Joe's WP recordings were full of stuff like that. By the way, I think your latest cartoon, the Lauren Hill one, is just a killer! Thanks for the laugh of the day! MG
  11. It looks great! The only thing my wife would say is "don't stain the floor - the colour looks beautifully soft." MG
  12. You've had a bit of a Blue Note mono afternoon What's the distinction between the DG and other BNs? Are the DG ones the very heavy ones? MG
  13. Herbie Mann – Do the bossa nova/My kinda groove Eddie Harris – Plug me in/High voltage Eddie Harris – At Newport/Instant death Including postage and customs, an average of £4GBP per album. WOW! MG
  14. Just arrived in the post: a bunch of albums ordered from the Collectables sale. Some I already had on LP, but couldn’t resist the price to convert to CD. The new sound of Ernestine Anderson Chris Kenner – I like it like that Ray Bryant – Soul Ray Bryant – Cold Turkey Jimmy McGriff – I got a woman Jimmy McGriff – One of mine Jimmy McGriff – Topkapi Joe Carroll – Man with a happy sound Continued on next post
  15. Thank you Steven - I haven't graduated to being able to do that sort of thing yet. MG
  16. I think Dance's taste, or at least his understanding, was a hell of a lot broader than he's given credit for. I just reread his sleeve notes for Grant Green's "Alive". Dance understood perfectly what was going on there, and conveyed it in words that are as effective and meaningful now as they were in 1970. He also produced some fine albums, including one of my favourites; Ram Ramirez' "Live in Harlem". This was another organ group (duo) recorded in another organ room, 10 years earlier. I definitely have no complaints about Dance. MG
  17. Have a good one, Jim. MG And a happy birthday, as well.
  18. New version of pt 1 posted - I forgot the single he did with Jimmy McGriff! MG
  19. Well, that seems to have worked. Here's part 2, which covers the period from 1975 (when he started recording for Mercury) to 1999. MG
  20. Charles was born on 24 May 1941. So I thought I'd try putting his discography on the forum, as a tribute. It's a bit big, so it has to go on in two parts. Part 1 covers the period from 1959 to 1974 (the last of his recordings for Prestige). (Yes, I do mean 1959.) MG New version posted 25 May 06
  21. Alright, as long as we're on that subject, something I've always wondered: is this Benny Green who wrote those liners the same Benny Green the piano player who put out an album called "These Are Soulful Days?" Or are there three different Benny Greens: one the trombone player, one the liner note writer, and one the piano player? These are three different Benny Greens. The Benny Green who wrote sleeve notes was a British jazz trombonist. He wasn't Bennie Green, the American jazz trombonist. Nor was he Benny Green, the American jazz pianist. MG
  22. It's also almost her only recording without a bass player. Shows she could do it. MG
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