Christiern

Did someone say New York City was under code Orange Plus? I woke up to this today--thought I'd share it. That's the Triboro Bridge in the distance.

Based on my experiences, using an unedited performance was more common, and when edits were made, they usually consisted of replacing a flawed intro. I have seen a bad solo chorus removed or replaced (not always possible) in cases where the overall performance was simply too good to reject. Remember that the early years of tape allowed only two tracks, which meant that edits were physical (cut and splice), so complex manipulation was not possible. When multiple tracks became the norm, it was possible to make some rather amazing electronic modifications, seamlessly. I recall a Laura Nyro session where about 50% of her vocal was re-done without any changes to the instrumental tracks.

Oh, and here I thought this had something to do with Clarence "I love Long Dong" Thomas!

What did they expect? They were playing "When the Saints Go Marching In"

Chuck, those thighs have been retired.

First, the clues you all missed... This sister is not one of those sisters. Y'all should have gotten it the first time. C'mon now--you saw her face, now let's have her name. Now the right answer (and a little behind-the-photo bonus)... In the early-1970s, I sold a film option to Bessie to Porter Bibb, who was then the publisher of Rolling Stone and Associate Producer of Gimme Shelter, but has since made a name for himself in the financial world. Porter(and, presumably, still is) was a terrific guy, but I’m afraid he suffered the limits of most white Americans when it came to black people. No, I’m not talking about racism, or anything of the sort, but rather about their limited awareness of the black scene. That’s how Porter hired Melvin Van Peeples to write the script, based on my book--Melvin was still cashing in on his controversial film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, so his was a name white people knew. Porter also picked someone to play Bessie, a truly wonderful person who was very wrong for the part. In typical Peeples fashion, Melvin came up with a rather off-beat scenario wherein Bessie was the heavyweight champion of the world, between Jack Johnson and Joe Louis. An interesting idea, but it wasn’t going to work, and the screenplay draft was pretty dreadful. The result was that Melvin was taken off the project, and the screen writing chores given to Horton Foote. In an attempt to avert that change, Melvin took our star to a photo studio and had this picture of “The Champeen” taken. The lady is Roberta Flack ...who may never speak to me again

I think so..should I reveal and post the lowdown on the photo?

If I add ever....

Well, y'all are kinda slow today, so here are the two lines (from separate posts) that should have provided the correct answer: This sister is not one of those sisters. Y'all should have gotten it the first time. C'mon now--you saw her face, now let's have her name. Now, let's have it!

Posts on this thread? Fourth and Sixth, to be exact.

Not Norah (although I can see how you could be fooled, Catesta Not Lil, either. Like I said,a couple of my posts point to the correct answer. If 3 member tell me they give up, I'll post the name. However, you really should be getting it on your own. Lonson?

Thanks for the studio tour, B-3er. Kinda makes me wish I were still producing sessions.

Not Mahalia, but my posts should lead you to the correct answer.

No problem in the vocal department here--some of you might even have her in your collections. C'mon now--you saw her face, now let's have her name.

Nope! I have almost given you the answer.

This sister is not one of those sisters. Y'all should have gotten it the first time.

Sing? Yes, but none the above apply. Hint: The name will be very familiar to all here.

Keep trying!

Time has not been kind to this autographed photo of the Nat King Cole Trio, which Elmer Snowden (his pianist was, at one time, Duke) had taped to a wall.

Do you know who this is?

And, in case any of you never came across it, here's the good advice Louis used to hand out on a little card...

Here's Alberta Hunter on one of her many USO tours, which she led in two wars to Europe, India, Korea, etc. The soldier is unidentified, but that's actor Melvyn Douglas on the lower left.

I don't have the soundtrack album or film handy, but from the looks of the editing transcript (which I do have a carbon copy of) it looks like someone wanted to protect bop!

I'm glad that I was able to illustrate my point, I had forgotten that I have a file of such documents. Yes, I think some of the Miles Davis releases from that period reflected as much Teo's creativity as they did Miles'.

Here's another Columbia/Armstrong example. Note how choruses were extended by combining takes, how ending was inserted, and how solo were "reorganized."