Teasing the Korean

How do you associate a 1950s drink with 70s instrumentation and production values?

Jack Marshall's "18th Century Jazz" on Capitol is a real gem. It has my very favorite version of "Invitation."

How could I possibly have missed that album????? I need to find a copy immediately.

I wonder how some of you would feel about reasonable doubt if you were the ones being tried.

Wow, I absolutely LOVE the harpsichord on that album! I love John Williams' solo on "Moanin."

So you're saying it's better that someone be CONVICTED after a relatively short deliberation rather than acquitted? If I have the misfortune of being on trial, I hope you're not on my jury.

Happy Birthday!!!

Papsrus, was that the girl who was walking across the parking lot and surveillance video filmed the guy abducting her? That was such as sad story.

That's my whole point. She exploits missing/murdered children, all of whom are blond females, incidentally, for entertainment value, to say nothing of convicting the accused before cases even go to trial. That's why it'll be so damned entertaining to see her fail at her own game.

I absolutely cannot wait to see that horrific Nancy Grace tonight. JINKASAURUS!

For the 4th of July: Gary McFarland - America the Beautiful (an account of its disappearance) - Skye

Various - Blue Brazil Vol. 2 - EMI Odeon, with a Blue Note label slapped on the records.

I never saw that Carl Wilson album before. NP: Walter Wanderley - When It was Done - A&M/CTI (stereo)

But my question is, after you come across your old LPs with the stickers intact, are you glad that some of them remained on, regardless of the reason? I am so grateful that some of my Stereo Jack's stickers are still on the covers.

When I was young and immature - about three years ago or so - I could not wait to peel the price sticker off of a used LP after I purchased it. There was always that moment of uncertainty regarding whether or not it would peel off cleanly, without damaging the cover. After a while, you got to know which stores' stickers came off more easily than others. (Princeton Record Exchange was always the worst in this regard; I think they used Gorilla Glue). Anyway, there was always that feeling of minor accomplishment when you got that record you'd been looking for, and without the price tag on it, it truly belonged to you. Well, that was when I was young and naive. About three years ago. Now, I've moved enough times, and enough record stores are either out of my life or out of business entirely, that I'm grateful for those few albums in my collection with intact price stickers that I was either too lazy to remove, forgot to remove, or couldn't remove (e.g. Princeton Record Exchange). It's like a subtle form of time travel.

His beard on the cover is upsetting. I tend to go for his 60s stuff for this reason. I think I have Thesaurus - is it on Atlantic? - but I never played it because the beard scared me. Or maybe I played it once but can't remember.

Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo OST - Mercury (Netherlands, stereo) OST conducted by Muir Mathieson. This pressing is from the 70s. The tapes used for this album sound SO much better than those on the CD. No idea if they're the same tapes, or if the masters just went to hell between the 1970s and 90s.

Not jazz (except for "Taxi Driver"), but I'm just bumping this up to remind everyone that Wednesday, June 29 is Bernard Herrmann's 100th birthday, and I'm spinning an all Herrmann show on Step Outside, 88.5 WMNF, 10 pm - Midnight EST. www.wmnf.org

I have no idea beyond what my ears and the liner notes tell me. Is it possible that the Mastersounds recorded two tunes with Harte and Holland? That gave H&H a brilliant idea, and they ran with it, using previously recorded selections?

Bernard Herrmann - North by Northwest - Starlog (stereo) 1980 recording conducted by Laurie Johnson

Bernard Herrmann - Torn Curtain - WB (70s label, stereo) Elmer Bernstein conducting the Herrmann's rejected score for the Hitchcock film.

Seems clear now that those two were the only "all new" tracks on P.P. TTK (or anybody else who may know), I'm just curious if the album credits indicate who was playing vibes and piano on those two tracks. Was Holland also a vibist? "The Kick" is primarily about the percussion, but there is more skill exhibited on "Misty" in terms of the vibes and piano. There is no other vibes player credited on either issue of the LP. Additionally, vibes is not listed among the (many) percussion instruments played by Holland and Harte, so I think it is safe to assume that those two tracks are by the Mastersounds. As both issues make a point of listing the other musicians, it's likely that they would have listed the players on those two tracks if they were different, but you never know. Incidentally, it's great when these kinds of conversations happen here! This is what I call responsible use of the the interwebz!

Not only have I bought from them, but I also assisted them on some of their reissues. They put out a great range of oddball stuff that most labels wouldn't bother to reissue.

That was the horrible cover of the Kismet album I unloaded.

I had the cheesy 60s reissue cover. Oh, I would have kept that one, for sure! The album was good but not great enough to hold my attention. I can't keep every record. I'm sure I'd like some of the others.