Big Beat Steve

Thanks for that link! Some very interesting stuff ...

Hey, but some of them really are "women somewhere near wheels" (or "women pushing men on wheels" in the case of that funky Johnny Guitar W. album ) instead of on (even leaning on) wheels.

Johnny Guitar Watson. His mid-50s guitar-led R&B and his 70s funk are soooo far removed from each other. And there were others in the same vein.

Criteria may change over time but if contemporary writeups are to be used as a yardstick, the paintings of George Wettling weren't THAT bad. Would Boris Vian's musical efforts on (downsized) trumpet count? Surviving records are fairly listenable, given the context of the times. And who knows where he might have progressed to if his doctors hadn't urged him to give up trumpet playing.

Could this be a case like the Onyx/Xanadu labels where a lot of the record covers of their 70s/80s reissues have exactly the same layout like slightly earlier Prestige reissues (photo placement on front cover, text/track listing layout on back cover, etc.)? Maybe the key to why this looks identical is Don Schlitten? (Like in the case of the Onyx/Xanadu labels)

Don't know about Asia, but over here it's also current among most any persons present on TV in situations where one just MIGHT "give them a hand" (so the give themselves a hand). What's a bit disturbing is that for decades this seemed to be a specialty of hooray parades held in Communist countries where they celebrated themselves as a matter of course and went all overboard in applauding themselves in public. And now it's common fare everywhere? Don't they see how ridiculous they very often look in doing so?

:tup !!

Well, you asked for it ...

Following a request by MG in the "What have you learned ..." thread : Here are some showing kids in various settings for a starter (sorry about the quality of some pics, lighting wasn't quite up to snuff where i had to shoot the covers):

Maybe because that is not sophisticated enough for their (self-perceivedly) fine tastes? For a cure, send them to a Keith Jarrett concert.

Diz with Earl Hines too.

Indeed. 21st century puritanism, tabooism and P.C. rear their heads, you know .. As for Wagner, his antisemitism is common knowledge by now, isn't it? And indeed the other day there was a brief feature about him and - lo and behold - his HOMOSEXUALITY in the cultural section of the local paper here. A subject that seems to have been investigated before, BTW: http://www.amazon.de/Richard-Wagner-Homosexualit%C3%A4t-Walter-Fuchs/dp/3845720182 Which seems to bring things full circle. Or does Wagner all of a sudden rate among those who need to be hushed over in this part of their private lives too? Him who has already been dissected in a zillion biographies and historical essays? Setting up more do's and dont's of what "one" is supposed to write about, thereby preselecting what the audience is to be informed about? After all nobody is FORCED to read about those things that are of no interest or concern to them anyway. (I for one couldn't care less about these topics but I cannot see why they should not be discussed or analyzed) Public persons (personalities) are public persons after all. Always have been. The price (one of them) of success.

Sounds like these covers would have qualified for this thread: I have a faint idea of which LPs you are talking about. Pretty out of tune indeed.

More Dex:

Was immediately thinking of "Exploring the Future" when I saw this topic but Mike beat me to it. So the one below willl have to do for now:

Most 70s/early 80s NON-facsimile reissues of 50s LPs would EASILY fall into that category (of covers that were an UTTER disgrace to the original ones). Will pick a few within the next few days and post them here.

Yes this is a pity and a bit of a shock. Not only because he is a wee bit younger than I am (so this makes you realize how the clock ticks ...) but also because his Sporano character (from what I have seen of that series here on TV) was something special. It isn't very oftenyou see those TV series that make you realize "this actor seems to be tailor-made for that role" (instead of just being another case of "actor X plays himself in series Y". Maybe the fact that I cannot consciously recall having seen him very often anywhere else here on TV helps in that assessment ...

According to the track listing this "Thunderbolt" CD is a combination of the above "Thunderbolt" LP (KK 778) and of part of the Buddy Tate/Frank Culley LP "Rock'n'Roll - Instrumentals for Dancing the Lindy Hop" on Krazy Kat KK784 (a slightly expanded reissue of a Baton LP). The Haywood Henry track and 2 of the Al King sides were omitted from the "Thunderbolt" CD (and one Warren Lucky track was added).

Very interesting list indeed. But could it be that some books are not so new at all but just reprinted and/or revised/enlarged (and not credited as such in the text)? My copy of "A Left Hand Like God" is a good 20 years old (and I don't really feel like upgrading). As for books one would have liked to see covered/reviewed (if in brief), I'd have liked to see his stance on this: Big Easy Big Bands - Dawn and Rise of the Jazz Orchestra by Eddy Determeyer

Great lists, MG! (And great aditions, particularly those by Paul Secor) What more to add? Just some thoughts: You mentioned BIg Jay McNeely and Joe Houstons among the typical honkers. In the same vein, no appreciation for Chuck Higgins? Along with Gene Ammons and Arnett Cobb (whose R&B output would have qualified them), how about Jimmy Forrest in his early "Night Train" years? And Leo Parker straddled the fence towards R&B at times too. And how about Sam Butera (though he was white)? Then .... Charlie Singleton Charlie Ferguson Marvin Johnson Lem Johnson Haywood Henry and ... Sax Mallard!! I don't know Warren Lucky or Al King, Paul. Please tell us about them. MG Check out this: They're on it. Fierce!! http://bebopwinorip.blogspot.de/2008/03/warren-lucky-al-king-and-haywood-henry_12.html Word!

Well, Lover Man and Diagram also are on the "Cool Europe" EP (MGM X282 (US) or MGM EP535 (UK)) but I suppose this not what you are after. They also are on the Fresh Sound reissue mentioned in one of the first posts ni this topic above. But to my knowledge that's it (though I find it hard to believe that the remaining two have not been reissued elsewhere), and if you check out the above NYC Jazz Record Review for the "Jutta Hipp with Joki Freund 1954" (Jazzhus) CD, while this draws from the L&R recordings that the MGM releases also come from, they are not included on that reissue either: See here: http://www.groovecollector.com/mp/jutta-hipp-with-joki-freund-1954/r/115562285/ At least that's what I have come up with. Maybe "Brotherly" is another one that went under another name on other L&R reissues?

How come Chewy hasn't weighed in here yet? :D