Steve Gray

Sounds like this is an earlier release of it based on the reviews. http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Thelonious-Monk-Quartet-Pleyel/dp/B002DIPSKY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382262136&sr=8-2&keywords=thelonious+monk+paris I would imagine the Blue Note version would be of an improved quality, again based on the reviews.

I am going to ignore the Acker Bilk and Chris Barber records :-) It was actually the English version that only had 5 of the regular 7 tracks but also included one of the tracks from Jazz Giants 56 (why did they do that?). I later bought the missing 2 tracks on an EP. October 1961, I still have it. I was 14.

No idea on the answer to your question. There was a Herbie Handcock session that was lost after they corrected the spelling mistake. Plenty of candidates for the Sexiest Album Cover thread on that hitland website!

This is so sad. Loved his music since the 60s after buying some of the English issues of his Duke LPs on the Vocalian label. Only saw him once, in London in 1984.

I would love to see :-- Blue Mitchell Bring It On Home To Me Sam Rivers New Conception both never issued on CD as far as I am aware. Plus there are others that have no been available for a long time. e.g. The Empty Foxhole

Sorry, my post wasn't very clear either. I knew you were talking about the November concert. I was just pointing out that there were more than 13 tracks available of the February date. Looking forward to this. Many thanks for all your work.

20 tracks available on Volume 12 of the fremeaux series. Disk 2/17 to Disk3/13 14 with Edmund Hall and 6 with the big band http://www.fremeaux.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=64&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1442&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=0

Some discussion here ...

More info here on John Kendall from the same site http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org/john-kendall-records.html

Yes, I saw Roland there once as well.

Johnny Winterbourne perhaps. More information here including a list of staff members. http://www.britishrecordshoparchive.org George Foster was the leading light in the Jazz Society at UCL when I was there from 65 to 68. I didn't realise he worked at Dobell's

Actually, I thought my post #2 said it all, but it seems some people couldn't be bothered to find out what Hanlon's Razor is. Hanlon's Razor states "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Paraphrasing it for this example - Don't attribute some kind of super intelligence to EMI for their notations on these CDs, it is much more likely to just be a cockup on their part.

Yes, otherwise known as the 'cockup theory'

I think the answer is something to do with Hanlon's Razor

Volume 12 is here http://www.fremeaux.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1442&Itemid=13

It is definitely a different take. There is NO whistling on the take on the ACE CD. Unfortunately though it is still the same tune. EDIT: Just found the CD case. It states that 'Each Time' features Eddie Barefield without mentioning the tenor player. It also states that the tenor on 'Yeah Yeah Yeah' is Ray Abrams, It implies that the take of 'Each Time' on the CD was the one actually issued on Regal 3312, seems they definitely got that one wrong.

RIP Donald. Sorry, but it is Freddie Hubbard on Bluesnik

Could be. Collets was originally in New Oxford Street down towards the British Museum, then it moved to Charing Cross Road on the same side as Foyles, between Foyles and Tottenham Court Road station. Used to visit Collets a lot when it was in NOS, hardly ever when it was in CCR. Where Dobells was is now a horrible red brick building with a walkway underneath it. That side of the road, when Dobells was there, used to look exactly the same as the other side still does. Having said that, CCR is nothing like it used to be, hardly any of the book shops are there now either.

I had an email on the 20th saying that the Gerry Mulligan and Bobby Hutcherson selects were back in stock

I doubt that John Kendall was a rich man in the 1960s but he would be now (if he was still alive that is) if he had just kept hold of the best examples of Blue Notes and other items that passed through his hands.

There were definitely booths in Dobells, my experience is similar to MG's, listening to expensive imports (mostly Blue Notes) which I couldn't afford on my student grant. On the left there were some racks, then the tiny steps downstairs to John Kendall's second hand kingdom, then more racks. On the right at the front there were more racks in front of the counter and at the back on the right were about three booths. Right at the back was the door to Doug Dobell's office. I must admit I spent most time downstairs, it's amazing to think now how many second hand Blue Notes, Prestiges and Riversides I bought for £1 to £1 10sh.

I have this CD http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gershwin-Orchestral-Works-George/dp/B000025M4X/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_h__1 which features Gershwin playing Rhapsody In Blue with orchestral accompaniment Apparently Gershwin recorded a reduction of RIB for solo piano on a piano roll For this recording, someone had to fill in the holes on the roll that represented the 'accompaniment' leaving only the solo part. I'm glad I didn't have that job.

I have never seen that wonderful picture of Dobells in colour before, but I have seen it in b&w. The picture I was thinking of was actually a different one ...