Teasing the Korean

BTW, I AM THE MAN I JUST DESCRIBED - THE MAN WHO READS PLAYBOY - except that I lack the muttonchop sideburns and one of those CTI lithographs. If I find a litho, I promise to grow the sideburns.

Where the hell did I post that? Was that this thread? Something about a guy with muttonchop sideburns kicking back in an Eames lounger on a flokati rug, with an arco lamp, listening to "Fire and Rain" from Hubert Law's Afro Classic on reel to reel - with a litho of "Moon Germs" on the wall...

Greatest record store I've ever been to. I still have dreams about going through the dollar bins. Happy Birthday!

For a long time, I was more into the Riverside albums than the Columbias. A while back, during a period in which I was moving, there was a point when I had only a few jazz albums with me. One of them was a Monk Columbia collection called "Always Know." It was a double album with previously unreleased tracks or longer tracks that had been issued in edited form. Because I only had a few jazz albums with me, I put this on a cassette and listened to it non-stop for a few months. It changed my view about the Columbia period. Granted, one of the drawbacks about the Columbia albums is there are a huge number of quartet dates and not enough guest musicians. But I love that quartet!

Yesterday: Laurindo Almeida - Guitar From Ipanema - Capitol mono Peggy Lee - Latin a la Lee - Capitol mono Billy Paul - Ebony Woman - UK Epic Shelly Manne and his Men Vol. 5 - Contemporary mono Susan Barrett w/Kenyon Hopkins - Mixed Emotions - Capitol mono

Thanks for the suggestions - I'll check 'em out.

My computer at work remembers my login, but not my computer at home. I don't remember my password, and clicked the "login problems" link a few times to retrieve my password. I haven't gotten a response. Because I only spin vinyl at home, naturally, I guess this means that I'll no longer be able to contribute to "What Vinyl Are You Spinning."

This was the part I liked, after he found the first 78: The peacock seemed to be strutting, as if it were alive. The room felt oppressive. The dust hung in the air like some hallucinatory fog.

Those kinds of institutional collections in the US tend to stay boxed up for decades, and no one benefits.

OOOOH, will there be any Umiliani or Piccioni in that haul?

Here is the story about Joe Bussard finding the Black Patti 78s. The story is toward the top of the article, but the whole thing is fascinating.

The issue on the Up Front label has 6 tracks. The Trip issue has 8 tracks. Was it ever out before Trip? That was a budget label related to Springboard, wasn't it?

I like Jungle Soul.

You mean they trimmed it down to a quintet? Yeah, an 18 man quintet as opposed to the the 19 piece sextet listed above!

There are also at least 2 issues of the LP, one of which is abridged.

When I was a teenager with zero disposable income, I found the Byrds reunion album on Asylum in a cutout bin for 25 cents. This album, from the early 70s, had the five original Byrds. "How bad can it be for a quarter?" I thought. (The beards and cowboy gear on the cover were clues I chose to ignore). Well, the album was so bad, I actually brought it back, claimed it was defective, and got my 25 cents back.

Just listened. What a gem. I thank the gods that albums like this were recorded.

Never seen anyone under the age of 70 go into one of those places. Always these corny old guys in their crayola red sports jackets. Wonder if they got out alive...

I've got that one and paid a buck or two for it. You'll like it.

Happy Birthday, Lalo!

No such thing as too much Brasilian music.

I thought you knew a thing or two about jazz...