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Quentin Jackson Charlie Parker Wallace Davenport

Maris was indeed traded for Charlie Smith (who had come to the Cards from the Mets in a trade for Ken Boyer). Mike Shannon moved in as the regular third basemen for the Cards (and later into the Cards broadcasting booth, where he drinks to this day afaik ), which made the 1967 Cards infield Shannon, Dal Maxvill, Julain Javier, & Orlando Cepeda. Not a bad bunch.

Ernie Bushmiller Ernie Banks Ernie Broglio

Charlie Johnson, the quarterback, was famous for being "smart", as in being a scholar and having a high IQ.

Slim Harpo Slim Whitman Paul Whiteman

How does he get away with offering it for free?

Quite possibly.

Oink's the word! But leave room for this guy: It might be his birthday too!

Mark Trail Gil Thorpe Smilin' Jack

Troy, you're cool from what I read in this thread. Some people here get really bugged about any mention of drugs and jazz, but afaic, it's a part of the history and should be dealt with as such, objectively, truthfully, and without sensationalism (which also means no moral indignation on either side). The still living, that's a different dynamic. But history is history. There's no shortage of rumors in this music. Some are actually true, some are exaggerations of truths, some are myths built on truth, some take an isolate incident or two and extrapolate it out into a personality profile, on and on and on. If you weren't there, you can't know. so you ask questions, put what you've heard out for discussion, and see what comes back. It's the only way to learn. I though that Valerie was actually pretty civil in her response, and she told you what she knew. Others have done the same, it seems, and the results seem contradictory. Just keep in mind that we all have many faces, and that seldom do we show them all to any one person. We're all complicated creatures, some more than others, so judgement is not something to be rendered lightly, if at all.

My understanding is that yes, a project with Hendrix was in the works.

Yeah, the receipt kept talking about a "surprise gift" or something like that, and I'm hoping for a sampler CD or some such. But nooooooooooooo...... Oh well, my daughter collects key chains, so it's all good.

I can't confirm it, but it makes sense, as the rest of the band is Fred Katz, Paul Horn, John Pisano (listed as "Asano"), & Jimmy Bond. And, of course, Chico's given name is Foreststorn Hamilton. That's my thinking as well.

Like, young!

No, early Miller.

What? You've never noticed that Frank Sinatra sounds like Mulgrew Miller?

John Kennedy Jesus Christ Jesus Alou

My first hearing of this news is this thread. I'm stunned. Loved the cat. Loved him. Funniest man in my lifetime, bar none. A true comic virtuoso, to say nothing of one of the more astute "social commentators" of his, or any other, time. So far, still ain't nobody passed the ultimate test...

Actually, I do the punching. Chuck does the kicking in of the teeth, & Moose covers the groin kicks. Couw keeps the keg cold and within arm's reach, as well as the breaking of any extremities that are deemed necessary. Don't fuck with us because we will hurt you. As often as necessary, plus 20% to cover expenses. So Troy, you got any live tapes you'd like to share?

Forgot about Sunset! Yes, I know that Pickwick was/is an independent company, but for a while it seemed to also be Capitol's budget label. Just a coincidence, or did Capitol co-opt/lease the name or something? As long as we're on the subject, Blue Note had a budget label in the 1950s. It was called Savoy...

And onions smell like beer!

Colors was originally on Phiilips, as was Twink (now retitled something else for, I guess, PC reasons). I used to have both LPs, having found them while on a family vacation in 1972 or so. We stopped for lunch at a "neighborhood joint" somewhere in Arkansas (my dad was adamant about leaving the Interstates for eating purposes), and there was a mom-and-pop hole in the wall next door. I persuaded the old man to give me 15 minutes before we got back on the road, and that was long enough to score those two sides. Gave them away ca. 1979 to a friend (who's no longer a friend) as a "thank you" gesture. Twink I don't miss so much, but Colors I do. Need to buy that expanded CD version... This set, however, contains all four Dot albums in their entirety, one cut that was only issued on the Blue Thumb 2-LP anthology How Are Things In Your Town?, as well as a few things from the Dot years that have never been issued in any form. So even if you already had everything, now you don't! My first exposure to Nordine was on a Dot LP called The Classic Collection, which was some sort of mini-series of LP releases that Dot did in the late-60s. Found it in a cutout bin ca. 1971, shortly after I had gotten into jazz, and bought it just because it looked like it might be interesting. Needless to say, it was... Not often do you get hit over the head by something that you're just totally unprepared for. Dancing In Your Head was like that, and that first Ken Nordine album was too. At least with Ornette, I knew who he was, and the surprise/shock was that of the direction, not of the content. Nordine? Completely sandbagged me. Side One began with "My Baby" and ended with "What Time Is It?". In between were "Down The Drain", "You're Getting Better", "Outer Space", & "Miss Cone", approximately 18 minutes of mind-blowing wordplay and imagery coupled with musical backing that ran the gamut form ersatz (or not?!?) "cool jazz" to pretty hip/out Third Stream type stuff. Wasn't ready for any of it, really, but became an instant fan, and have remained one since. Can somebody confirm my guess that "Forrest Horn" on the first album is really Chico Hamilton?

Wing=Mercury Camden=RCA Harmony=Columbia Pickwick was for a while associated in my mind with Capitol, but now I'm not sure how direct the connection was. Vocallion was reborn at some point in the 50s or 60s as a Decca budget label, I think.

In much the same way that Jimmy Scott sounds like Dinah Shore.

Package arrived today. Very nice, if slightly minimal, packaging. All the original liner notes and album covers are included. and the new commentary is brief but choice. Looks to be a winner, and they give you a free keychain to boot!