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Don't know what versions you have Jeff, but the sound alone on the Mosaic makes it worth getting. I played one CD for a friend who had OJC versions of some of the material, and after a few tracks he was won over and said he was going to order the Mosaic. The sound on the Mosaic blows the OJCs out of the water.

Better than the 12" Commodore FL30,008 vinyl? What gatefold lp?

Great music Durium! Thank you. I have the disc in my car player so I'll make some general comments. There is an emphasis on duos and on bass (a lot of tracks have outstanding bass playing). On first listen I could only id Slam Stewart in a duo with a tenor with....Don Byas? Also..that is a very nice rendition of Carinhoso. Clarinet..so I'm thinking Paulo Maura but I have to listen further and check my holdings. All in all a VERY enjoyable disc.

In addition to the Willowbrook Mall store mentioned above, there is a second FYE in Wayne at the Preakness Shopping Center on Hamburg Turnpike. In nearby Clifton there is an FYE in Styrertown. None of them are of much interest to jazzers.

Check out Sidney Brown's bass on the Sam Morgan sides. For my money this guy knew where it was going.

count me in for a download please.

Goldman was atrocious. This is a guy who never should have written ANYTHING about music. He pissed me off so much that I wrote on the inside of a library book of his "This guy knows NOTHING about music" before I returned the book. It's the only time I've ever done that with a library book.

King Oliver's solo on "Dippermouth Blues." Aside from the times when "Dippermouth" was the tune at hand very often (especially swing era) musicians would use it as a stock up blues line. Benny Goodman used it often and almost every one of the jams that ends the Eddie Condon Town Hall concerts goes out with a phrase from this solo. Sam Butera's "Just a Gigolo" solo with Louis Prima. To a large extent George Brunis' "Tin Roof Blues" solo is very often quoted.

Barnes and Nobles has it. I picked up a copy yesterday and it's next in line when I'm through with my current read.

I liked it, so I'm in for the ride. In a way it reminded me of Lost. I didn't see the old series but a friend has been telling to make sure I see it. I looked around and found the OLD series is on AMC on demand but I missed the first 5 or 6 episodes. I may just spring for the dvds.

C'mon..everybody knows it was Mel Blanc.

A question about the new ipod shuffle. Do you have to use the phones it comes with or can you use your own? I'm not fond of the usual ipod phones. Just saw this in the Apple store: Belkin Headphone Adapter Allows you to use any headphone with the iPod Shuffle. Good news. Thanks mjzee.

I don't know of that Galaxy release; it must have been the last one he made. Could you post details please? Bill also recorded "Honky tonk" for King on his album "Honky tonk popcorn" in the late sixties with members of the James Brown band. A very different version - Bill solos and plays Billy Butler's solo! MG Not a lot of info on the cd. There's no real notes. The cover says "The Sound of Jazz Vol 15" Galaxy 3886152 Made in E.E.C. Tunes are Bill's Honky Tonk Pots a Cookin' I wish You Love Dig The Thing Midnight Sun Flying Home Charley's Alley No personnel listing. The guitarist doesn't sound like Billy B. or Cornell.

If this was a blindfold test I NEVER would have picked The Ventures. Now I'm wondering if there's an earlier version... Yes, and it is in E, and no, the guitarist doesn't come close to Butler in fluidity, grace, and/or musicality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1OHPke8-NM Now, that later version...how is that The Ventures except in name? But...if the whole record has Jackie Kelso playing like that, then it is one to find! I'll be on the hunt for that.

Nice clip Jim R. Besides the original I have later versions of Honky Tonk by Bill Doggett on the following: OOPS on Columbia mid 60s. Floyd Smith tackles Billy's solo. HONKY TONK ALA MOD on Roulette - Late 60s. Cornell Dupree on board here. A 1994 cd era release on Galaxy label called THE SOUND OF JAZZ. The King Curtis "EVERYBODY'S TALKIN'" MG mentions earlier is the only version I've heard where the guitarist DOESN'T Play Billy's solo. Cornell goes his own way and turns in a very apropos solo.

If this was a blindfold test I NEVER would have picked The Ventures. Now I'm wondering if there's an earlier version or am I maybe thinking of .....Duane Eddy The greatness of Billy Butler and Clifford Scott's solos owe a lot to great delivery. I read an interview with Butler (I think in Guitar Player Magazine) where he said he got the first phrase of his solo from Jimmy Reed's "Baby, You Don't Have To Go"

What a great record! A true classic (and when I was in high school and just starting to play I would have said a "Rock and Roll"classic). Every good tenor player and guitar player I know had those solos down - verbatim. Same with Hold It, Soul Twist and Green Onions. When I saw King Curtis play he had Honky Tonk in the repertoire and would sometimes modulate to G for the tenor solo. Nice. The Bill Doggett original was a hit twice. I may have the years wrong but if memory serves first in 1954 and then in 1956 with the same track with an overdubbed bass. That's the version on both Jim and Chewy's link. The original vinyl "Honky Tonk" album on King has the organ bass unoverdubbed original. When I was in high school the Ventures had the tune on an album and being a guitar band they played it in E natural. The Doggett record was in F. I thought it was truly lame to play it E. Even tho I played Fender Bass and some organ I played enough guitar to struggle through the solo from Honky Tonk and if I could do it in F then then guys that called themselves guitar players better do it in F.

That's the trouble with a lot of these threads. If it's for recommendations of an artist eventually almost EVERY record by that artist gets mentioned. MG, just buy an Ipod (any Ipod) and dive in. You'll work your way through the whole thing and it's a lot easier than you think. I eventually ended up with 3 of them and I think they have made listening to music on the go easier than ever.

Thanks mjzee. I've been dreading having to get a new shuffle if something happens to my current one specifically because of this headphone issue. I've been using vmoda and sonix lenntek with both my shuffle and 120 gig. I'm preety happy with them. Hopefully more manufactures will come up with alternatives. Do the phones that come with the current shuffle sound any better than the older phones?

A question about the new ipod shuffle. Do you have to use the phones it comes with or can you use your own? I'm not fond of the usual ipod phones.

The Commodores were really my intro to Billie and they remain my favorite Billie.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :party:

I got home and had a chance to compare. The EMI isn't complete. At this stage of the game Disconforme is the only complete set of Bluenotes I know of. Same with the RCA material.

I didn't do a track by track but just looking at it, it seems to be all the master takes. The Disconforme was also 3 cds and was complete. The Mosaic had the masters and alternates.

I saw this basic group live sometime in the mid 60s. Don't remember who the drummer was but otherwise as on this album and with conga player Bob Reid also in the lineup.