The Magnificent Goldberg

The Alexandra Dead End Kids Johnny Kidd & the Pirates The Soul Children

I bought their first single, 'Like long hair' back in the day. Well, was it their first? - first to come out here. A lot of bands were doing rock-classical instrumentals back then. Even junk music was interesting. RIP Paul Revere. MG

I think I should say YUKK! MG

Well, they had a Buddy Tate rekkid, specially for you: Oh, I didn't notice that one. Yes, indeed! Thanks for pointing it out. Is it the material from '54, previously available on Black & Blue? MG

Ford Prefect Marvin, the Paranoid Android Slartibartfast

Got Zero - didn't get the double or nothing. :shrug MG

Thanks everyone! We're having a kind of not quite conservatory/not quite porch but a bit of both built out the back at the moment, so it's pretty noisy with the cement mixer and stuff. They should finish foundations/brickwork tomorrow, so hopefully it won't be as noisy putting the glass bits up. It's been giving me a little bit of a headache. But at least the rain stopped at 9:30 AM. At the moment there's a large area of sand out the back door and the dog got onto it this afternoon, after the guys had left, and wouldn't come off - the only time he's never come for a biscuit. He wants a sand pit of his own, evidently. It's a nice day. In view of the noises off, I've been listening to Amos Milburn's Mosaic MG

I might go for the Lionel Hampton album with Milt Buckner. Nothing else is of interest to me. I always thought that the MPS label was a bit too much like jazz. MG

That sleeve looks just like a Savoy sleeve. Funny... MG

Quite right, too! MG

Milton Banana President Canaan Banana President Duh

Had a really nice day listening to old Muse organ group LPs Willis Jackson - Headed & gutted Sonny Phillips - My black flower (Promo) Richard 'Groove' Holmes - Shippin' out (WEA France) Charles Earland - Pleasant afternoon (one of the most evocative sleeves I've seen) Houston Person - Stolen sweets (promo) Charles Earland - In the pocket (promo) Willis Jackson & Von Freeman - Lockin' horns (Willis is on the LEFT ) Don Patterson - These are soulful days MG

Morris Williams & the Zodiacs Morris the Minor Jug

PS There were lots of Private Eye records. Here's a discography. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Eye_recordings Looking at the discog, I see I also had, but don't any more: 'I saw Daddy kissing Santa Claus' (Xmas 1964); 'BBC Gnome Service' (1966); and 'Hullo sailor' (1972). Stars included Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Barry Humphries, John Bird, John Wells, Eleanor Bron, William Rushton, Barry Fantoni and Richard Ingrams. You had to pay double for Private Eye that week - but they were free! MG

So glad you started this thread! I thought that the 1967 or 8 (I think) Private Eye Christmas record - "Dear Sir, Is this a record?" was the longest, but there's no timing on my copy, so I thought I'd play it to see how long it is. Haven't listened to it for well over 40 years. Listening now; nice... Well, it's six and a half minutes. Seems longer in retrospect. John Bird, Peter Cook and others featured. MG Just looked it up on Discogs - it was 1969. MG

I've ALWAYS LOVED that word!!! Never actually used it though - never needed to write or talk about someone being bunged out of a window. But I find the fact of its existence a truly wonderful reflection of humanity. MG

A few recent acquisitions today before dinner Earl Hines & Staphane Grapelli - The giants - Black Lion then Bennie Moten - 1923-25 - OkeH (Parlophone UK) now Earl Hines - Tea for two - Black Lion (US edition by Audio Fidelity) next Various artists - African sounds for Mandela - TSAfrica MG

Zoot Money Alvin Cash & the Registers Reg Varney

I'm surprised no one's mentioned this Jug was as great in the seventies as in the forties, fifties and sixties. MG

Thank you. MG

The Olympics The Olympic Runners Alvin Cash & the Crawlers

Doctor Feelgood Staff Nurse Dorothy Denton Matron

Just finished Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - Hey Lock! - Roost (Vogue UK) Twofer includes 'Goodies from Davis' the 10" LP with his first exploits as leader of an organ combo and what I think is the full session with Doc Bagby at Birdland in 1954 with Sonny Stitt guesting on quite a lot. Smashing stuff! MG

Just starting Les McCann Ltd - The truth - PJ (Vogue, with a somewhat tattier sleeve than the one illustrated - a previous owner seems to have taken a bite out of the left hand edge ) MG

Eddie Harris Barry Harris Harry Barris