Teasing the Korean

I have lots of Fats on LP, but nothing on CD. It seems like this JSP Ted Kendall series is a good way to go in terms of organization and sound. Are there other options as good or better?

Could not disagree more. The original bridge goes through fascinating and atypical changes. The Miles/Chet versions, by contrast, sound dumbed down to me. Even great artists can have serious lapses in taste.

Thanks! I checked, but my female vocal section goes directly from Ella Fitzgerald to Eydie Gorme, so I apparently have no Connie Francis records. And I didn't find Extensions sandwiched between Ella Fitzgerald and Eydie Gorme, unfortunately.

I'd love to blame alcohol, but I've been taking a break for about the past three months, and based on how good I feel, it may be permanent! Now that is possible! Maybe the National Geographic-inspired cover rekindled his connection to his wild self! This seems less about memory than it does about where can you hide something that is 12" by 12"! It's not in the dishwasher, and it's not in the cardboard recycling bin!

This is crazy. This past Sunday, Ms. TTK and I were spinning vinyl. At one point, I was between two choices: John Dankworth's The Zodiac Variations or McCoy Tyner's Extensions. I decided on the latter, but when I took out the LP, I noticed it needed to be cleaned. So I took Extensions into the studio, where I have my Nitty Gritty cleaner set up. I was about to clean it, when I decided that instead, I wanted to hear Tyner's Sama Layuca. So we listened to Sama Layuca with dinner, and had a lovely evening. On Monday, I was filing LPs that we pulled and/or played on Sunday, but Extensions was nowhere to be found. It wasn't near the Nitty Gritty, it wasn't by the stereo, and it wasn't in the record room with the to-be-filed albums. I saw both The Zodiac Variations and Sama Layuca, but no Extensions. I looked in the McCoy Tyner section, about 20+ LPs if you include double LPs. It wasn't there, and didn't get sandwiched into a double. I looked at the other LPs that I refiled, and it wasn't with them. I even looked to see if I filed it in the exotica section, which is where I file Sama Layuca. Nothing. I asked Ms. TTK if I could have thrown it into the trash accidentally. She demonstrated that a 12" LP in a cover would not fit into our kitchen trash can without really cramming it or forcing it. I realize that anything can get lost, but a 12" album shouldn't be that hard to find. I either file them, lay them on top of something, or put them in the to-be-filed LPs. I am totally stumped. Has this kind of thing happened to those of you with large LP collections/accumulations?

Thank you, sir!!!

I have this on an LP but I can't remember the artist, album, or song. I think it's the last track on a side. It is an early-1900s-era male vocal quartet singing a cappella, taken from a 78 or Edison cylinder, and the sax player is simultaneously blowing over the changes. Any ideas?

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McCoy Tyner - Sama Layuca (Milestone) Found this filed under T in my Exotica section. At first I thought it was misfiled, as I probably have 15 Tyner LPs in the Jazz section. After playing it, I think filing it under Exotica was a deliberate choice.

Claude Denjean - Moog (London/Decca Phase 4)

I love it. It is a low-key, chill, stoner album, and I'm happy to take the CD off your hands!

Wendy Carlos - A Clockwork Orange (WB) After this, we may play her Columbia LP of the same title, which has some repetition, but also full-length versions of some of the excerpts on the WB.

I was going to call the thread, Album Covers with Naked Brazilians in Wagons with Broken Wheels (SFW Version), but I thought that would be too restrictive. So I relaxed the criteria a bit, being that I'm all about inclusivity.

We should do a "Six Degrees of Push Push" thread and see how many album covers are within six degrees of that one!

Was there a flask of poison and a radioactive source in the wagon?

Just watched Fassbinder's Querelle. WOW!

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Somebody better jump on that Sun Ra book before I buy myself a second copy!

Oh, Dear. If The City is messing up your mind, wait until you hear Larry Elgart's Impressions of Outer Space, from 1953! It fits nicely into my beloved Twilight Zone Jazz micro-genre!

Bobby Scott was an interesting guy. He composed and arranged an album titled The City, credited to Larry Elgart, on MGM. It is a tone poem portraying the many moods of the concrete jungle. It is very densely arranged throughout; it feels like the full ensemble - brass, reeds, and rhythm - is playing most of the time, with few changes in texture and density. I like nearly all of the tracks on their own - they sound great in playlists sandwiched between other tracks - but I tend to feel fatigued when I listen to the whole album at one sitting. https://www.amazon.com/The-Village/dp/B0B79WKCDX This is one of the better tracks on the album, but there are things to like throughout.

I know McNulty when I see him!

McNulty, from The Wire!

That's a good guess. I should have mentioned for others that Shazam doesn't seem to work. Also, the piece changes character along the way. It starts out more "classical" leaning, but becomes jazzier later on. Ogerman is a good guess.