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With some exceptions, I find alternate takes to be a producer's filler, all too often. There is usually a good reason why these takes were not released in the first place. I would be very upset if a publisher got a hold of, and printed, written pages that I had discarded and replaced. Besides, artists usually have not been paid for the unreleased material, so they or their estates become double victims.

More Armstrong session notes coming up. In the meantime, bet you didn't know that Ruth Etting died at the age of 8! Amazing how grownup she sounds on those recordings.

JSngry: KLIF was the Top 40 station in town then, a Gordon McLendon station, and no slouch when it came to "instant coverage". What you're hearing here is the confusion of the event as it happened. Only a handful of people knew right of the bat that Kennedy had been shot. Everything else was rumor and speculation, until the official announcement was made, after which... ...I got out of sickbed and melted by Vaughn Meader EP, shaping it into a...

Has there ever been an apology from Phil or Columbia? They really ought to offer a refund, trade-in, or something palatable. A lawsuit from the Goodman estate might also not be out of order. I had given away my set (for which I myself ought to apologize to a friend), but I was subsequently punished when I ordered what I thought was a restored release and found that it was that Schaap abomination. As you can see, I never broke the skin-wrap...

LCD. You'll find detail here.

Dave, you nailed the time re my speakers. I've had them since the mid-Seventies. Don't recall much about them except that they were called "Pyramid" (or something like that) and they cost about $2,500 each at the time. Very outdated, I'm afraid, but they still work. Paintings and provenance coming upin the next few days.

Thanks, Lon, I think I might fall in love with Toshiba If you consider tht the amplifier and DVD player are normal component width, does it still look like a 32?

I think it is pretty amazing that I ordered a TV on Sunday, from Amazon, and it arrived today. No, I did not request expedited shipment—in fact, shipment was free, and there was no tax. Couldn't resist a 37" Toshiba for $580. Now I'd better rearrange the pictures on my wall.

My friend, Kathi,came across this item in the October 19, 1963 issue of the NY Amsterdam News. I hadn't seen it before, but I remember that buffet lunch very well, especially when Josphine looked at the spread of caviar and other indulgent delicacies and exclaimed, "I didn't come to Harlem for this, where is the soul food?" Then she disappeared into the kitchenand emerged with a platter of chitterlings and a ham hock. When her companion, the Moroccan Princess, looked curious, Josephine gave her a taste. It was probably against her religion, but what the hell! Sorry that theprint is so small, but that's how I received it. If anyone really cares, I'll be glad to run it through OCR.

Oven-baked goose, stuffed with apples and pears (it reduces the fattiness), served with small potatoes boiled and caramel coated (rolled in a mixture of sugar and butter in a pan), red cabbage. And,of course a delicate wine-infused sauce. Red wine.

I guess people ho write under a nom de plume fall outside of Mr. Jones' category. — Fred Nurdley

That's my view to the East and the "giant field" is Central Park. Here's a broader summer view from my windows and (on the right) you can see the Citicorp building, Plaza Hotel, Empire State building, etc...

Aggie87: "Because of parole, I suspect he'll be out in 9 years." Good, then he can continue his exhaustive search for the real killer.

I don't know why the info is so vague, but the most common term I hear is 9 to 33 years with parole possibility in 6. They should throw away the key and let him rot.

I will dig further into the Armstrong file in a moment, but first, let me share with you my current window view...

Here is Proposition 8, the musical.

The cat ate my iPod!

Chapelle's site is here.

That's the one. I will very likely be doing some work with him.

Bear in mind that an artist like Armstrong is no flash in the pan. His recordings have great shelf value and artists of that stature will, in the long run, outsell the overnight superstars. In the business, they used to call good jazz recordings "catalog items," meaning that they could stay in there and sell slowly but surely, year after year. Remember. too, that this is 1956, a few years prior to the entrance of the Clive Davises—accountants and attorneys whose judgement barely took artistry into consideration, people whose obsession with the bottom line started the record/music industry's downward slide.

Having seen this little thing clipped to Harold Z's shirt last Monday, I went for it last night, as I happened to pass the all-night Apple store in Fifth Avenue. I have had a couple of king-sized iPods and that dusty Sony Walkman MD you see in the background, but—since I haven't done a regular commute since 1967 (when London was the other end) this 2GB device is all I need. I just have to be careful not to swallow it! I have been using iTunes for a few years—no problem that a little bit of patience and reasoning didn't solve.

I would like to hear any thoughts on David Chapelle's work that might exist among my fellow Oians.

I have lost a true friend, music has lost a true artist. Here, sadly, is Odetta's obituary.

You are correct, there is no mention of the Southern Syncopated Orchestra's historic London appearance, the one that brought praise (especially for Bechet) from Ernest Ansermet. That is an odd omission in an article that otherwise contains much interesting and obscure information. McWhorther, a columnist whose political views are, IMHO, somewhat skewed, is certainly aware of the prophetic Ansermet article.

Books like Treasure Island, The Swiss Family Robinson, and Edgar Wallace, but my favorite was 1001 Arabian Nights.