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Maybe the Stones could get an old effigy of Brian Jones from a Madame Tussauds fire sale and prop him in a recliner with his old Gibson Firebird - by the side of the stage. Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep- He hath awakened from the dream of life

OTOH, The Stones!http://www.guardian....y-fans-reaction Very funny reply from this 'old revolutionary' from back in the day. Spruiking his own gig perhaps. Better get there on the 8th UK members "I bought "Come On " from my paper round money in '63. The Stones back in the 60's had an aura of revolution and mysticism, but now they are just rich and greedy old men going through the motions for yet more money which they don't need. If this had been a charity gig then that would have been a great thing, but the Stones have never struck me as philanthropic, in fact their renowned tight fistedness is quite the opposite. As a pastiche of their former selves they should have retired years ago. Who needs them when there are old men who still rock - and four of them are called the Fleshtones, a band that eats up old farts like The Stones, spits them out in pieces then stomps on them. For a mere tenner you'll be able to see them stomp their stuff at The Dirty Water Club at The Shacklewell Arms in Hackney on 8th December. This is what rock and roll is all about, a great band in a small venue".

I remember reading a very interesting interview with Jim Hall associated with the artists grant he received, he spoke very reverently and fairly directly about the experience of playing with African American musicians and community in earlier days.

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Jimmy Scott-Emuakpor Public Domain

Deepak Chopra. Leave your brain at the door, and your wallet in his good hands. Oh boy.

Someone should have told the Swami it was already taken

Is he related to Narada Michael Walden.

Hampton and Hound Dog had something in common.

Headbutting that brik-a-brak market stall? Is that when he fell out of the tree?

Ronnie Wood was sounding good though. Maybe he's found his old mojo. Knowing he was going to have Mick Taylor breathing down his neck for this tour might have sent him back to the woodshed

Oh. i didn't pick up on that. In that case - nice idea - bad research. I suppose none of these tunes, like the Ghetto Brothers one, are unknown to fans/collectors?

They're back. It's underway. Look out America. I took a listen to this...and the earth moved. Unfortunately it was Freddie King rolling over in his grave. I can't help it, but Jeff Beck's ornamental twang bar/slide prototechnics increasingly give me the shits. Sorry Beck fans, I know he has a lot of respect from others with good ears.

Nice sombre cover too. Makes a change from some of the previous choices.

Eric Burden. What a guy. I remember him being interviewed during a tour of Australia. Possibly in the early to mid Eighties. The interview was on one of our awful half-hour Current Affairs shows that follow the 6.00pm network news. At the end of the interview with the 'very' seedy Eric, the 'empty vessel' interviewer asked him what were his thoughts on where popular music was heading in the future. Eric optimistically answered that Reggae would be the most influential trend in future music. 'Why is that Eric?' the clueless interviewer asked, to which Eric replied, 'because the rhythm ends on the 'upbeat'.

Recorded in a Turkish bath? Indeed - the sound is very murky, sort of muffled by the primeval steamy pea-soup. That's a pity, because Ingres was the most 'audiophile' of painters.

I'm always up to hear any amount of variations on the Villanova Junction and Hey Baby/Gypsy Boy tunes that might be floating around.

Yep. He'll always be Major Nelson the good guy to me. One of my funniest memories of Hagman, was when he went on an anti smoking tirade a few years ago, and took to carrying around a portable hand-held fan - that he would stick in the face of smokers to blow back the smoke

But I've heard pretty much everything else already released, and that alone is impressive. Have you forgotten how many worthwhile albums many jazz musicians recorded YEARLY back in the late 50's/early 60's? Apples and oranges, unless you are coming from the "jazz is ALWAYS superior to rock" camp. I am coming from no such camp. Just the camp that the amount of "worthwhile" music being made in such a short period of time is in no way unprecedented, and therefore not unbelievable. Guess I'd better parse my adjectives more carefully around here in the future and yes, it is apples and oranges in some regards. Smarten up your footwork, and stay on your toes

Black Saint/Soul Note, Muse and Black Jazz, some of my favourite labels. Black Saint and Muse kept a lot of music out there when nobody else was doing it. I was wary of the cheaper Black Jazz re-issues because I thought they might be similar to the 'Scorpio' Blue Note vinyl with regard to sound. ie., might as well look for vinyl rips etc?

How interesting. Live At Jorgies has Ollie Matheus listed as producer. He obviously had good taste in guitarists.

Do they mention in the liner notes the history of the tape, ie., how it came to be recorded, who had it in their possession, why it took so long to see the light of day etc?

Are you saying the music itself was sub-par or unworthy. Not my experience with hearing some of these sessions.

I would also like to know this. I would assume the new vinyl is cut from digital files. The original vinyl for most of these seem to be highly sought after and ebay prices reflect that. It seems from blog sites that some of the original releases were Quadrophonic as well.

Appropriate that they are releasing this in Movember then.

I also remember reading (I think an English critic), say that at the time of Blood Ulmer's Are You Glad To Be In America album, Davis refused to play any Festivals that booked Ulmer's bands. The critic - at the time - said this was more of a reflection on Miles current music than Ulmer's. Obviously this wasn't Richard Cook. Who, however, had nice things to say about Tales Of Captain Black and Of Human Feelings I do believe.