Dan Gould

Looks like a Russian Blue - growing up we had two of them (not at the same time). First one was adopted as an adult with the name "Blue" who was very stand-offish but became an incredible, cuddly companion, he even grew to not only tolerate but to give little kisses to Chauncey, our 80 pound Irish Setter. After Blue died, Mom wanted another cat (everyone else was in college or living on their own) and found another Russian Blue (she had a white spot in the middle of the chest just like this one). Natasha seemed like a good name but she didn't turn out to be a very nice cat, barely tolerated Mom and hated everyone else.

Thanks for the heads up, Aric. Thanks to my LP sales, I can pull the trigger on this one - should be fun to hear almost 15 minutes of interview, even if I am sure the music isn't anything I haven't heard. In fact it kind of matches my Four Sounds demo 78 for rarity (well, not quite) but hey - I am the Gene Harris Fanatic and aside from Gene's widow, this thing is meant for me.

Final group of cheapies: DEXTER GORDON, TANGERINE (PRESTIGE) VG (lots of flaws, ring wear, price sticker and sticker damage, center seam split at bottom, corner damage) / VG+ DEXTER GORDON, CA'PURANGE (PRESTIGE) VG+ / VG+ DEXTER GORDON, GORDON'S GOTHAM (EVEREST) VG+ (ring wear) / VG+ One of those early seventies boots that have shown up in different versions, the one with George Duke on piano KENNY BURRELL, RECAPITULATION (CHESS JAZZ MASTERS SERIES double LP) VG+ (ring wear, price sticker on back) / VG+ KENNY BURRELL & COLEMAN HAWKINS, MOONGLOW (PRESTIGE) NM / VG+ ART FARMER, THE TIME AND THE PLACE (COLUMBIA) NM / VG+ - VG This is the original single LP issue RED GARLAND, ALL KINDS OF WEATHER (OJC) VG+ (ring wear) / NM RED GARLAND, RED IN BLUE-SVILLE (OJC) NM / NM DEXTER GORDON, BLUES A LA SUIZZE (PRESTIGE) VG (edge wear & sticker damage) / VG+ DEXTER GORDON, LIVE AT THE AMSTERDAM PARADISO VOLUME 1 (YES TO JAZZ) DEXTER GORDON, LIVE AT THE AMSTERDAM PARADISO VOLUME 2 (YES TO JAZZ) VG+ / VG+ LOU RAWLS, BLACK & BLUE (CAPITOL) VG+ (hole punch) / NM LOU RAWLS, LIVE (CAPITOL) VG+ (hole punch) / VG+ THE SWINGING BUDDY RICH (10 INCH NORGRAN) VG+ (nice, intact seams, but some rub wear on front) / VG+ JAY MCSHANN, THE BIG APPLE BASH (ATLANTIC) VG+ (notch) / VG+ JIMMY WITHERSPOON, OLYMPIA CONCERT (INNER CITY) VG+ (price sticker) / VG+ Concert recording from April 22, 1961 with Buck Clayton, Emmett Berry, Dicky Wells, Buddy Tate, Sir Charles Thompson, Gene Ramey, Oliver Jackson PLAS JOHNSON, THE BLUES (CONCORD) VG+ / VG+ PLAS JOHNSON, POSITIVELY (CONCORD) VG+ / VG+ PLAS JOHNSON, MOOD FOR THE BLUES (CAPITOL) NM (tiny bit of edge wear) / VG - VG+ PLAS JOHNSON, THIS MUST BE THE PLAS (CAPITOL) VG+ / VG+ JOE TURNER, THE BOSS OF THE BLUES (ATLANTIC) NM / VG+ HANK CRAWFORD, MR. BLUES (ATLANTIC) VG+ / VG+ - VG INTRODUCING NAT ADDERLEY (TRIP REISSUE OF EMARCY - MONO) VG+ (ring wear) / VG+ RED GARLAND, HIGH PRESSURE (OJC) VG+ (ring wear) / NM DEXTER GORDON, THE PANTHER (PRESTIGE) VG+ (corner ding) / NM RED GARLAND, A GARLAND OF RED (OJC) NM / NM MODERN JAZZ QUARTET, TOGETHER AGAIN (PABLO) VG+ (minor corner damage) / VG+ JOHN COLTRANE, STANDARD COLTRANE (OJC) VG+ (minor corner damage) / VG - VG+ RED GARLAND QUINTET, JUNCTION (PRESTIGE) VG (intact seams but severe ring wear plus sticker damage) / VG+ THIS HERE IS BOBBY TIMMONS (OJC) VG (creasing in one corner, intact seams) / NM BOBBY TIMMONS, IN PERSON (OJC) NM / NM MILT JACKSON & WES MONTGOMERY, BAGS MEETS WES (OJC) NM / NM JAY MCSHANN & BUDDY TATE, CRAZY LEGS & FRIDAY STRUT (SACKVILLE) VG (dark staining on back) / VG+ HARRY EDISON, HOME WITH SWEETS (VEEJAY INTERNATIONAL) VG (ring wear, corner damage, price sticker on back) / VG+ ERNIE ANDREWS SINGS FROM THE HEART (DISCOVERY) NM / VG+ JIMMY WITHERSPOON, THE BLUES SINGER (ABC BLUESWAY) VG+ (promo sticker on front) / VG+ LINDA HOPKINS, HOW BLUE CAN YOU GET (PALO ALTO) VG+ (corner clip) / VG+ Red Holloway, Clora Bryant and others accompany this big voiced singer on a program of (gulp) Leonard Feather compositions - very nice SONNY STITT - ZOOT SIMS, INTER-ACTION (CADET) NM / VG+ this is the single LP issue (reissued during the Chess years) LEON THOMAS, T-BONE WALKER, EDDIE VINSON, JOE TURNER, SUPER BLACK BLUES VOLUME 2 (FLYING DUTCHMAN BLUES TIME) with Elvin Jones and Wynton Kelly among others NM (flawless but for price sticker on front) / VG+ EDDIE "CLEANHEAD" VINSON & ROOMFUL OF BLUES (MUSE) NM / VG+ COUNT BASIE, NOT NOW, I'LL TELL YOU WHEN (ROULETTE) VG+ (flawless front, some staining on back) / VG - VG+ ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS, BACKGAMMON (ROULETTE) VG+ (corner damage, bit of ring wear) / VG GERALD WILSON, LIVE AND SWINGING (PACIFIC JAZZ) NM / VG+ JAY MCSHANN/EDDIE VINSON, LIVE (BLACK & BLUE) VG+ (price sticker on back) / VG+ Paris, March 1969 recording JAY MCSHANN, EDDIE VINSON, LIVE VOLUME 2 (BLACK & BLUE) more from the same concert as above with added concert from March 1977 with Candy Johnson VG+ / VG+ JACK WALRATH GROUP, A PLEA FOR SANITY (STASH) VG+ / VG+ RAY BRYANT, ALONE WITH THE BLUES (OJC) VG (ring wear, corner upturned) / NM WYNTON KELLY, BLUES ON PURPOSE (XANADU) VG+ / VG+ - VG SONNY ROLLINS, TENOR MADNESS (OJC) VG+ / NM LES MCCANN PLAYS THE TRUTH (PACIFIC JAZZ) NM / VG+ LES MCCANN, SOUL HITS (PACIFIC JAZZ) VG+ (writing on back, some edge wear) / VG+ LES MCCANN PLAYS THE SHAMPOO AT THE VILLAGE GATE (PACIFIC JAZZ) VG+ / VG+ - VG LES MCCANN, PLAYS THE SHOUT (PACIFIC JAZZ REISSUE - WITH THE WAVE ON FRONT AND THE NAME AT THE TOP) VG+ (NOTCH) / VG+ LES MCCANN LIVE AT THE BOHEMIAN CAVERNS (LIMELIGHT) NM / VG DEXTER GORDON, MORE POWER (PRESTIGE) VG+ / VG+ DEXTER GORDON, THE TOWER OF POWER (PRESTIGE) VG+ / VG+ - VG BLUE MITCHELL, BLUE'S MOODS (VICTOR JAPAN REISSUE OF RIVERSIDE) VG+ (corner clip, bit of ring wear) / VG+ BEN WEBSTER, FOR THE GUV'NOR VOLUME ONE (YES TO JAZZ) VG+ / VG+ JOHN COLTRANE, RAIN OR SHINE (PRESTIGE) NM / VG+ LEE MORGAN, TAKE TWELVE (OJC) VG+ / VG+

Disappointed to read the word "boring" next to Eric Alexander's....i'm trying to save some money to buy the Venus Ballads albums : is there anyone else who would have an opinion about them? Thanks They don't have sarcasm in Brussels? Kevin is most assuredly a fan of Eric Alexander, and of Venus vinyl.

I think BW got it exactly right.

Next group of $3-5 LPs: MILT JACKSON BIG FOUR AT THE MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL 1975 (PABLO) VG+ (oversized hole punch) / NM GERRY MULLIGAN & PAUL DESMOND (JAZZ SPECIAL GRANDI INCONTRI) 27 August 1957 recording on that old soft-covered Italian label VG+ / NM HAWKINS! ELDRIDGE! HODGES! ALIVE! AT THE VILLAGE GATE (VERVE) VG (nicely unobtrusive seam repair with clear tape, little bit of writing) / VG BENNY GOLSON, TAKE A NUMBER FROM 1 TO TEN (ARGO) black & white seventies reissue VG+ (notch & ring wear) / VG+ JACKIE MCLEAN, LIVE AT MONTMARTRE (INNER CITY) VG+ (clipped corner, edge wear, sticker remnants) / NM with Kenny Drew JACKIE MCLEAN, A GHETTO LULLABY (INNER CITY) VG+ (just a clipped corner) / VG+ JACKIE MCLEAN featuring DEXTER GORDON, THE MEETING (INNER CITY) VG+ (ragged hole punch) / VG+ JACKIE MCLEAN & DEXTER GORDON, THE SOURCE (INNER CITY) VG+ (ragged hole punch, bit of ring wear) / VG+ JIMMY HEATH, FAST COMPANY (MILESTONE double LP) VG+ (corner ding) / VG+ CHARLES EARLAND (TRIP) VG (ring wear, slight corner folds) / VG+ HARRY SWEETS EDISON, FOR MY PALS (PABLO) VG+ (corner ding, price sticker on back) / NM CLARK TERRY RED MITCHELL HORACE PARLAN, OUT OF NOWHERE (BINGOW) vg (intact seams but corner damage, price sticker on front, sticker damage on back) / VG+ CEDAR WALTON, BLUES FOR MYSELF (RED RECORDS) VG+ (EDGE WEAR, CORNER DING) / VG+ JOE WILLIAMS/COUNT BASIE, MEMORIES AD-LIB (ROULETTE) VG+ (unobtrusive seam repair) / VG+ COUNT BASIE GET TOGETHER (PABLO) with Sweets, Budd Johnson, Lockjaw, Clark Terry, Freddie Green VG+ (ring wear) / VG+ BONNIE GRAHAM, BROWN GAL (ARGO) VG+ (ring wear, price sticker on front, browning on back) / VG+ UPPER MANHATTAN JAZZ SOCIETY (ENJA - DIRECT METAL MASTERING) Charlie Rouse, Benny Bailey, Albert Dailey VG+ (price sticker on front) / VG+ GERRY MULLIGAN & PAUL DESMOND, BLUES IN TIME (VERVE) VG+ (ring wear, price sticker, bit of staining on the back) / VG - VG+ THE JAZZ ODYSSEY OF JAMES RUSHING WITH BUCK CLAYTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA (COLOMBIA six eye) VG+ / VG LAMENT FOR BOOKER ERVIN (ENJA) VG+ (ring wear, sticker on front) / VG+ HOWARD MCGHEE, THAT BOP THING (BETHLEHEM) marked "demo" - seventies reissue with rather plain cover and small photo - but it does have new liners by CHRIS ALBERSTON!) VG+ / VG+ FRANK STROZIER, LONG NIGHT (JAZZLAND - white label promo) VG (seam repair, corner damage, some writing on back) / VG - VG+ RUSTY BRYANT AND THE CAROLYN CLUB BAND, AMERICA'S GREATEST JAZZ (DOT) Rusty in his early honk'n and screamin' best NM / VG HANK CRAWFORD, DOUBLE CROSS (ATLANTIC) VG+ (name written on cover, price sticker on cover, otherwise nice glossy cover and intact seams) VG+ HARRY EDISON ALL-STARS, 'S WONDERFUL - LIVE AT CLUB HOUSE 33 (PABLO) VG (corner ding, cut corner, price sticker) / VG+ JIMMY WITHERSPOON & BEN WEBSTER, PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS (VERVE) VG+ (corner damage, price sticker) / VG+ MILT JACKSON, NIGHT MIST (PABLO) NM / VG+ (red vinyl) JOE TURNER & COUNT BASIE, THE BOSSES (PABLO) VG (pretty bad ringwear on back) / VG+ NEWPORT IN NY '72 - THE JIMMY SMITH JAM VOLUME 5 with Zoot, Kenny Burrell, Clark Terry, B.B. King, Illinois Jacquet, Roy Haynes, Joe Newman VG+ (notch) / VG+ DICK HYMAN AND 'THE GROUP' SWEET SWEET SOUL (COMMAND ABC) VG+ (price sticker, hole punch) / VG+ JOE WILLIAMS & FRIENDS, I JUST WANT TO SING JUNE 1985 (DELOS) VG+ (edge wear, price sticker) / VG+ DAVID 'FATHEAD' NEWMAN, RESURGENCE! (MUSE) VG+ (ring wear) / VG+ MCCOY TYNER, REACHING FOURTH (IMPULSE) VG (sticker damage on front, edge wear) / VG+ THE THREE SOUNDS, BLUE GENES (VERVE) VG+ (sticker residue on front, corner ding) / VG+ THREE SOUNDS, TODAY'S SOUNDS (LIMELIGHT) VG+ (edge wear) VG - VG+ JIMMY WITHERSPOON FEATURING BEN WEBSTER, ROOTS (ATLANTIC) VG+ (notch) / VG+ HAROLD LAND, A NEW SHADE OF BLUE (MAINSTREAM) VG+ (edge wear) / VG - VG+ EDDIE COSTA ART FARMER, IN THEIR OWN SWEET WAY (PREMIER) VG+ (price sticker, small seam split upper right) / VG - VG+ JOHNNY GRIFFIN - EDDIE LOCKJAW DAVIS QUINTET, TOUGH TENORS (JAZZLAND) VG (corner damage, over-sized price sticker from Princeton record exchange / VG+ BUCK HILL, SCOPE (STEEPLECHASE) NM / VG+ DON MENZA, HIP POCKET (PALO ALTO) VG+ (edge wear, price sticker on back) / VG - VG+ BUCK CLAYTON JAZZ SESSION VOLUME IV (CHIAROSCURO) VG+ (ring wear, price sticker on back) / VG+ - VG HORACE SILVER, IN PURSUIT OF THE 27TH MAN (BLUE NOTE) VG (corner damage, over sized hole punch, price sticker) / VG by looks but plays better HORACE SILVER QUINTET, YOU GOTTA TAKE A LITTLE LOVE (BLUE NOTE) VG+ (CORNER CLIP, PRICE STICKER, CORNER DING) / VG+ - VG ART FARMER, THE TIME AND THE PLACE (COLUMBIA) VG+ / VG - VG+ This is the double LP reissue Columbia put out, I think this was a re-recorded concert originally issued as a "live" recording (?) ART FARMER, PLAYS THE JAZZ HITS (COLUMBIA) NM / VG+ JOE NEWMAN, SOFT SWINGIN' JAZZ (CORAL) (promo) VG (corner ding, flaking in center of cover image - intact seams though) / VG JOE NEWMAN WITH WOODWINDS (ROULETTE) VG (edge wear, browning, writing and water stain on back) / VG CONTE CANDOLI WITH PHIL WOODS, OLD ACQUAINTANCE (PAUSA) NM / VG+ MILT JACKSON, LIVE AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (TRIP REISSUE) VG+ (price sticker, ring wear, hole punch) / VG+ - VG BARRY HARRIS PLAYS TADD DAMERON (XANADU) VG+ / VG - VG+ EDDIE "LOCKJAW" DAVIS - HARRY "SWEETS" EDISON, VOLUME 1 (STORYVILLE) VG+ / VG+ EDDIE "CLEANHEAD" VINSON AND THE MUSE ALL STARS LIVE AT SANDY'S NM / VG+ ILLINOIS JACQUET/BUDD JOHNSON/JAMES MOODY/SANDY MOSSE, MOOD TO BE WOOED (SEXY SAOPHONES AND STRINGS) (CADET) VG+ (price sticker on back) / VG+ James Moody and the Brass Figures (Milestone) VG+ (price sticker on front) / VG - VG+ SHELLEY MOORE, FOR THE FIRST TIME (ARGO) NM (slight edge wear) / VG+ with Eddie Harris, Plas Johnson and Ramsey Lewis MILT BUCKNER, MIDNIGHT MOOD (ARGO) VG (lots of browning on back) / VG JEAN DUSHON, MAKE WAY FOR (ARGO) VG+ (great front, bit of ring wear, flaking on back cover) / VG+ Herman Foster on piano MODERN JAZZ QUARTET, REUNION AT BUDOKAN 1981 (PABLO) VG+ (edge wear) / NM GENE AMMONS & SONNY STITT, PRIME CUTS (VERVE) reissue double LP VG+ (ring wear) / VG+ PAUL BRYANT, SOMETHING'S HAPPENING (FANTASY) VG- (lots of writing on front and back, tape along all three seams that has since re-split) / VG- and I should probably add another minus What can I say? Its rough. But its also extremely rare. What's $3 to hear it? RED HOLLOWAY AND COMPANY (CONCORD) VG+ (price sticker on back) / NM HARRY ARNOLD + BIG BAND + QUINCY JONES = JAZZ! (MERCURY) NM / VG+ MICKEY TUCKER, THE CRAWL (MUSE) with Junior Cook, Marcus Belgrave VG+ / VG+ - VG MUSIC COMPOSED BY COUNT BASIE WITH MEMBERS OF THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA, B.B. KING - GUEST VOCALIST (CROWN) VG (water damage) / VG+ red vinyl COMPOSITIONS OF DUKE ELLINGTON AND OTHERS - MAXWELL DAVIS CONDUCTING - B.B. KING GUEST VOCALIST (CROWN) NM / VG+ EDDIE "CLEANHEAD" VINSON, I WANT A LITTLE GIRL (PABLO) VG+ (corner cut, price sticker on back, bit of sticker damage to front) / VG+ red vinyl CHUCK WAYNE, MORNING MIST (PRESTIGE) VG+ (hole punch) / VG DEXTER GORDON, LANDSLIDE (BLUE NOTE) VG (hole punch, sticker damage, ring wear) / VG+ PHILLY JOE JONES, PHILLY JOE'S BEAT (ATLANTIC) VG (one corner pretty dinged up with surface damage on front) / VG+ Bill Barron is on tenor Gene Rodgers Trio, Jazz Comes to the Astor (Mercury) NM / VG+ GEORGIE AULD QUINTET PLAYS THE WINNERS with Frank Rosolino, Lou Levy VG+ / VG AL GREY ALL-STARS, TRAVELERS LOUNG LIVE VG+ / VG+ with Jimmy Forrest and Shirley scott (on piano) BILLY TAYLOR, IMPROMPTU (MERCURY) VG+ (beautiful front with intact seams but there is a paper tear at bottom of back side) / VG+ OLIVER JACKSON PRESENTS "LE QUARTET" (BLACK & BLUE) with Percy France VG+ (hole punch) / VG+ THAD JONES MEL LEWIS QUARTET (ARTISTS HOUSE) VG+ (RING WEAR) / VG+ - VG EDDIE "LOCKJAW" DAVIS, ALL OF ME (STEEPLECHASE) VG+ (ring wear) / VG+ DAVID NEWMAN, HEADS UP (ATLANTIC) VG+ (notch) / VG+ BENNY POWELL, COAST TO COAST (TRIDENT) VG+ (some corner damage and edge wear) / VG+ Interesting session, half is with LA cats like Herman Riley, Andy Simpkins, Gildo Mahones and the other half in NYC with Clifford Jordan, Mickey Tucker and others EDDIE HIGGINS/PETE MINGER/JOHN SWAN, ONCE IN A WHILE - IN CONCERT AT ERNY'S (SPINSTER) VG+ / VG+ JOE NEWMAN, WAY DOWN BLUES (HONEY DEW) VG+ / VG+ AL GREY, STRUTTIN AND SHOUTIN' (COLUMBIA) VG (intact seams but lots of signs on the front of its origin as a Library holding) / VG+ OSCAR PETERSON + HARRY EDISON + EDDIE VINSON (PABLO) NM / VG+ unique to the extent that Vinson only blows his sax, no vocals SIR CHARLES THOMPSON AND THE SWING ORGAN (COLUMBIA six eye) VG+ / VG+ Percy France on saxophone HOWARD MCGHEE & TEDDY EDWARDS, YOUNG AT HEART (STORYVILLE) VG because the cut corner is so big / VG+ DIZZY GILLESPIE/BOBBY HACKETT/MARY LOU WILLIAMS, GIANTS (PERCEPTION) VG+ / VG+ - VG CONTE CANDOLI ALL-STARS, LITTLE BAND BIG JAZZ (CROWN) VG+ / VG+ red vinyl RUBY BRAFF GOES GIRL CRAZY (WARNER BROTHERS) VG+ (edge wear) / VG+ - VG THE SUPER JAZZ TRIO WITH ART FARMER, SOMETHING TASTY (with Tommy Flanagan, Joe Chambers, Reggie Workman) VG+ / VG+ ART FARMER, THE SUMMER KNOWS (INNER CITY) VG+ / VG+ ART FARMER, TO DUKE WITH LOVE (INNER CITY) VG+ / VG+ THE JAZZTET AND JOHN LEWIS (ARGO) (seventies black and white reissue) VG+ / VG+

Mazel Tov! And I hope you enjoy my modest gift. Feel free to use some of that wedding cash on the rest of my list (I know you planned to anyway ).

First, here is a question: Is there interest in OJC vinyl at $3 a pop? Coltrane/Dex/Red Garland would constitute the majority of titles, I think. I've organized those into the last, unpicked shelf and wasn't sure if there's enough interest but I guess I won't know until I put them out there so .... Another 100 or so to go coming tonight (and probably tomorrow) in the meantime, here are the last of the "nicer/rarer" offerings for which my minimum bid is $6 and in most cases I'm hoping for more. Please remember to submit a bid if you PM! ***************************************** SONNY STITT, THE BUBBA'S SESSIONS (ATLAS JAPAN) VG+ (slight browning on the back, no other flaw) / NM Lockjaw/Sweets and Eddie Higgins in the group COUNT BASIE STORY (ROULETTE) Box set with a bust of Basie on top of a piano - its the Atomic group playing the 30s tunes. Two LPs / great Mosaic style booklet / box is NM - vinyl is VG+ JIMMY RUSHING, IF THIS AIN'T THE BLUES (VANGUARD) VG (unobtrusive tape on one seam, tape with letter "R" on front, bit of edgewear to spine - all in all still a nice cover) / VG+ LISTEN TO THE BLUES WITH JIMMY RUSHING (JAZZTONE) VG+ (browning on back, intact seams but a bit of edge wear) / VG+

I like this shot of B.B., Albert and Bobby Bland More from the Times slide show http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/03/24/arts/20100325-MARSHALL_index.html

Would Nina Simone count? I know next to nothing of her music but very recently I saw a review in the NYT of a new biography, and she apparently berated her audience mercilessly (and sometimes stormed off in the middle of the show) and sunk into mental illness from around the 70s to the end of her life. So how did people react to her stage performances when they happened? Did she lose her audience? One big difference is that this great big wide interweb didn't exist to accelerate the dissemination about her attitude on stage, so knowledge about it might not have been very widespread. My guess is that a lot of people would swear off going to see her, and another proportion would excuse it, probably out of white guilt. But another element is the fact that tickets to see her were a lot cheaper, even in constant dollars, than tickets to see Jarrett. What Tony is missing is the fact that it doesn't have to be "jealousy" over his concert grosses that motivates the animus. Instead it just might be a belief that people have paid a boatload of money and deserve to have the artist "play the damn piano".

Here are the group of nicer pieces - nicer meaning that I anticipate $6 or more on each of them. Buy more and the price may drop to $6 a piece for all that you get but please make specific offers on these: (**** indicates LPs I have received an offer on, but I am giving people a chance to "bid" through the weekend.) MILT JACKSON FEATURING RAY BROWN, JUST THE WAY IT HAD TO BE (ABC IMPULSE WHITE LABEL PROMO) VG+ / VG+ Very rare second volume of the material from the The Way it Had To Be CD release. NORMAN SIMMONS TRIO (JAPANESE REISSUE OF RARE ARGO RECORDING) NM / NM **** THE WAILING BUDDY RICH (VERVE - POLYDOR JAPAN REISSUE IN NICE HEAVY VINYL) Sweets, Newman, Ben, Wess, Sonny Criss ... **** NM/NM CURTIS AMY & FRANK BUTLER, GROOVIN' BLUE (PACIFIC JAZZ - TOSHIBA EMI REISSUE) **** NM / NM DON PATTERSON, OPUS DE DON (PRESTIGE) with Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell VG+ (slight corner damage) / VG SONNY STITT, PRIMITIVO SOUL (PRESTIGE) VG+ (ring wear and edge wear) / VG+ **** One of those Fantasy holdings that never saw the light of day in the CD age JAM SESSION #3 (VERVE - REISSUE BY POLYDOR JAPAN) NM / NM JOE NEWMAN & BILLY BYERS, NEW SOUNDS IN SWING (JAZZTONE SOCIETY) VG+ / VG+ EDDIE COSTA: MEMORIAL CONCERT (COLPIX) **** Clark Terry Quartet and Coleman Hawkins Sextet with Sonny Clark played this concert VG (browning plus writing on back) / VG+ EDDIE "LOCKJAW" DAVIS, TRACKIN' (PRESTIGE) **** VG+ (price stickers on front) / VG+ JOHNNY LYTLE, GOT THAT FEELING! (RIVERSIDE) VG+ (price sticker is only really noticeable problem) / VG JOHNNY HODGES & WILD BILL DAVIS, WINGS AND THINGS (VERVE) VG+ (very subtle flaws - sticker residue, edge wear) / NM BILLY TAYLOR INTRODUCES IRA SULLIVAN (ABC PARAMOUNT) **** NM / VG+ MEL POWELL TRIO (with Ruby Braff), THINGAMAGIG (VANGUARD) VG+ / VG+ JOHNNY OTIS SHOW LIVE AT MONTEREY (EPIC) featuring Big Joe Turner, Roy Milton, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Ivory Joe Hunter, Margie Evans, Pee Wee Crayton AND, it includes your very own poster to hang on your bedroom wall! Neato!!! VG+ (ring wear) / VG+ BEN WEBSTER AT WORK IN EUROPE (PRESTIGE) double LP - one set with Kenny Drew never issued on CD, other LP issued as For The Guv'nor VG+ / VG+

Next 40, still mining the $3, $4 and $5 discs: HOORAY FOR STAN GETZ QUINTET (Session) NM/VG+ Boris Rose issue BEST OF BIRDLAND VOLUME 1 - LEE MORGAN & JOHN COLTRANE (ROULETTE) VG (hole punch and some corner damage) / VG+ HOORAY FOR BUD POWELL (SESSION) VG+/VG+ CLAUDIO RODITI featuring SLIDE HAMPTON, CLAUDIO! (UPTOWN) VG+/NM JIMMY ROWLES, SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY, SOMETIMES I'M BLUE (ORANGE BLUE) with Harry Edison and Stacey Rowles VG+ (corner ding) / NM PLAS JOHNSON WITH THE GREASE PATROL, LA '55 (CARELL) VG+ / VG+ as greasy as the title! BILL HARDMAN, HOME (MUSE) with Junior Cook and Slide Hampton VG+ (price sticker, some ringwear, tape on back) / VG+ HOORAY FOR ART BLAKEY VOLUME 1 (SESSION) VG+ / NM Titles include The Chess Players so players presumably include Shorter and Morgan DAVE PELL PREZ CONFERENCE FEATURING JOE WILLIAMS, PREZ & JOE (GNP CRESCENDO) VG+ / (hole punch, faint ringwear) / VG+ DAVE PELL'S PREZ CONFERENCE FEATURING HARRY "SWEETS" EDISON (GNP CRESCENDO) VG+ / VG+ OKEH JAZZ (EPIC) VG+/NM great double LP including earliest recording of Johnny Griffin and Ahmad Jamal, plus arnett cobb, wild bill davis and others DUKE JORDAN & SADIK HAKIM, EAST AND WEST OF JAZZ (CHARLIE PARKER RECORDS) VG+ (in shrink wrap, front is perfect but back has some writing and browning) / VG OSCAR PETERSON PLAYS COUNT BASIE (VERVE) VG+ / VG+ MILT JACKSON, BALLADS & BLUES (ATLANTIC) VG+ / VG ART FARMER, BRASS SHOUT (UA) VG+ (SMALL SEAM SPLIT UPPER RIGHT) / VG FRANK WESS & JOHNNY COLES, TWO AT THE TOP (UPTOWN) VG+ (only flaw a price sticker on front corner) / NM WOODY SHAW, MASTER OF THE ART (ELEKTRA MUSICIAN) VG+ / VG+ MILT JACKSON, IN A NEW SETTING (LIMELIGHT) NM / VG - VG+ HERB POMEROY, BAND IN BOSTON (UNITED ARTISTS) VG+ / VG+ SONNY STITT, GOIN DOWN SLOW (PRESTIGE) VG (signature on back, cut corner, ringwear) / VG+ BUDDY DEFRANCO, BRAVURA (VERVE) VG+ / VG+ SONNY STITT, MOVE ON OVER (CADET) VG+ (price sticker on back, cut corner) / VG+ BUDD JOHNSON & PHIL WOODS, THE OLD DUDE AND THE FUNDANCE KID (UPTOWN) VG+ (shrink wrap caused corner bend) / NM JOHN MEHEGAN QUARTET, CASUAL AFFAIR (FRESH SOUND REISSUE) with Kenny Dorham and Chuck Wayne NM/NM CURTIS FULLER AND THE JAZZ AMBASSADORS, JAZZ CONFERENCE ABROAD (TRIP) VG+/VG+ HOORAY FOR CANNONBALL ADDERLEY (SESSION) Boris Rose issue NM / VG+ STANLEY TURRENTINE, IN MEMORY OF (RAINBOW BLUE NOTE) VG+ / VG+

Ray Brown/Gene Harris/Jeff Hamilton, "Summertime" - the live recording issued on BAM BAM BAM but most especially their performance at the Blue Note in 1988 or 89 when I saw them. It was the drive and excitement captured on the CD but raised to heights I didn't think existed. Totally brought the house down - and then Ray Brown brought the house down again when he said "you keep playing that piano like that, its gonna follow you home." I think its safe to say that was the moment I became the Gene Harris Fanatic.

Here are another 30 or so, all in the $3-$5 range. I hope to do another 30 tonight. RED HOLLOWAY, HITTING THE ROAD AGAIN (JAM) NM/NM LOU DONALDSON, BACK STREET (MUSE) VG+ (some rubwear and slight ringwear) / VG+ JEAN DUSHON, FEELING GOOD (CADET) NM/NM DON GOLDIE, BRILLIANT! (ARGO) VG+ (hole punch) / VG+ BENNIE GREEN SWINGS THE BLUES (MOUNT VERNON MUSIC) VG (some edge wear, little bit of writing, corner upturn) / VG This terrific music had an Andorran CD reissue but I believe this obscure vinyl sounds better JOHNNY GRIFFIN, BUSH DANCE (GALAXY) VG (grease pencil writing on front "endless supply of chops" sticker residue, creasing, slight ring wear) / VG+ JIMMY GRISSOM, WORLD OF TROUBLE (ARGO) VG+ (hole punch, marks next to some track titles) / VG+ Sangrey was raving about this LP a week or two ago! RICHARD "GROOVE" HOLMES, A BOWL OF SOUL (LOMA) (MONO) VG- (big signatures on front and I don't think they are autographs ("John Branch" and "Johnny Williamson" plus editorial comments next to each title and other marks) / VG (too many scuffs to grade higher but plays well WILLIS 'GATOR TAIL' JACKSON, MELLOW BLUES (TRIP) VG (ring wear, hole punch, price tag residue on back) / VG+ JOHN LEWIS & RAY BROWN, GENES OF JAZZ (SOUNDS OF SOUL) NM/NM AMG review here. JOHNNY GRIFFIN (ARGO) VG+ (70s black & white reissue, ring wear, notch) / VG+ CHARLIE PARKER MEMORIAL CONCERT (CADET) Dexter Gordon, Lee Konitz, Kenny Dorham, Vi Redd, Howard McGhee and a host of Chicagoans VG+ (corner wear) / VG+ 3/27/65 CHARLIE PARKER 10TH MEMORIAL CONCERT RECORDED LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL (LIMELIGHT) Dizzy, Moody, Eldridge, Hawkins, KD and others VG (brown staining, ring wear on back, price sticker on back - insert in gatefold in excellent condition) / VG+ CURTIS PEAGLER GROUP, FOR BASIE & DUKE (SEA PEA) VG (sticker on back, sticker residue on front) / VG that plays closer to VG+ Nice record from someone who didn't record much as a leader CHARLIE ROUSE, SOCIAL CALL featuring Red Rodney (UPTOWN) VG+ (cut corner, price sticker on front) / NM JIMMY SMITH, IT'S NECESSARY (POLYGRAM) Live from Jimmy Smith's Supper Club with Teddy Edwards, Blue Mitchell and Harold Land NM/VG+ HOWARD MCGHEE SEXTET LIVE AT EMERSON'S (ZIM) with Frank Wess, Charlie Rouse VG+ (corner ding, ringwear) / VG+ JIMMY MCGRIFF, I'VE GOT A WOMAN (SUE) (STEREO) NM (but for some browning on back) / VG+ CARMELL JONES, BRASS BAG (PACIFIC JAZZ) VG- (probably minus minus - tape on two seams, wrinkling on front, writing on back) / VG ARNETT COBB AND THE MUSE ALL STARS, LIVE AT SANDY'S (MUSE) VG+ (price sticker, clipped corner, owner stamp on back) / VG+ AL COHN & ZOOT SIMS, MOTORING ALONG (SONET) VG+ (only flaw is price sticker on front and slight ring wear) / VG+ Horace Parlan on piano HOWARD MCGHEE ILLINOIS JACQUET, HERE COMES FREDDY (SONET) VG+ (sticker damage on front, ring wear, rub wear) / VG+ DAVID "FATHEAD" NEWMAN, FIRE - LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD (ATLANTIC) VG+ (notch and price sticker on back) / VG+ BUDDY TATE/JAY MCSHANN/PAUL QUINICHETTE, KANSAS CITY JOYS (SONET) VG+/VG+ THE SAXOPHONES OF SONNY STITT (ROOST) VG- (tape across top seam, sticker damage on back) / VG SONNY STITT, STITT IN ORBIT (ROOST) NM / NM SONNY STITT & BENNIE GREEN, MY MAIN MAN (CADET) VG+ (notch) / VG+ JOE WILLIAMS, CHAINS OF LOVE (JASS) NM/NM excellent and rare, any Joe Williams fan should have this HOORAY FOR ELLA FITZGERALD (SESSION) Boris Rose plain cover release VG+ (corner ding) / NM KING FLEMING TRIO, STAND BY (ARGO) VG+ (hole punch) / VG+ KING FLEMING TRIO, MISTY NIGHT (ARGO) VG+ (hole punch, price sticker, red mark on back) / VG+ KING FLEMING TRIO, THE WEARY TRAVELER (CADET) VG+ (hole punch, rubwear on back) / VG+

Austin Jackson is knocking the cover off the ball? Well, so did Gritty Gutty Gardner last March. And what did he do when the minor leaguers went where they belonged and the major leaguers went north? Hit about .220 for a month and lost the starting job to Melky. The loss of Damon will hurt, without a doubt, but it will be at least a year before we know if trading Austin Jackson was a mistake or not. Given his performance in the minors, Detroit is really rushing things if they actually use him as a starter, regardless of how he does in March, when pitchers are just getting into the swing of things, and lots of at-bats come against guys who won't sniff the majors for a long time, if ever.

So unfortunately for me, they have no idea that a deal like that would hook me.

EDIT: I am adding new batches below if anyone comes to this thread and assumes the first listing is everything. **************** From my attempt last year to raise some cash from my LPs I still have left 18 new LP mailers and its time to sell whatever it takes to get rid of those boxes. Unfortunately, there isn't much left that's really special so I do not expect much to be paid for any of these. So here is the deal: I want to maximize the number of LPs sent in each box. If I get an offer for one LP and someone else is interested in four, including that one LP, I am going to accept the latter offer. I'll consider single LP requests if the price is right - like on the nicer/rare LPs I will list soon. This first batch - posted March 23 - is a first group of the LPs I think of as $3-$4-$5 records and I am going to simply solicit offers on them. Obviously the more you order, the more open I will be on pricing. I will continue to grade what I've pulled out and post more until I am through, including what I think of as the nicer LPs that are left. If offers are accepted, I will hold the LPs until all LPs have been listed, if requested. Since the LP boxes were bought specifically for this sale process, I am going to charge my cost, $2, for each box that is needed to ship an order (these boxes have the perforated edges to allow for a deeper box, I think up to 2 inches). Grades are cover/vinyl. Paypal/check/money order. Shipping at cost anywhere. Thanks for looking. HANK CRAWFORD, FROM THE HEART (ATLANTIC) VG (browning on white areas, some staining - slight ringwear)/VG+ SONNY STITT/ZOOT SIMS, INTERACTION (CHESS JAZZ MASTERS SERIES) VG (cut out notch, some ringwear, intact seams but corner and edgewear) / VG+ Double LP consists of Zoot's Cadet LP Zoot Sims Quartet; Zoot and Sonny, Interaction; Sonny Stitt, Burnin' MODERN JAZZ QUARTET, BLUES AT CARNEGIE HALL (ATLANTIC) NM/NM TEDDY WILSON, FOR QUIET LOVERS (VERVE) VG+ (some browning and writing on back cover)/VG+ CHARLIE SHAVERS, PARIS JAZZ (SUNSET - A DIVISION OF LIBERTY) NM/VG+ Its a nice record, I wish there was more info about the recording and musicians LEM WINCHESTER, ANOTHER OPUS (STATUS) VG- (brown tape on two seams, ring wear on back, some staining, "RW" stamp)/ VG- GENE AMMONS, LIGHT, BLUESY AND MOODY (MERCURY) VG+/VG+ CLARENCE WHEELER & THE ENFORCERS, DOIN WHAT WE WANNA (ATLANTIC) VG+/VG+ Reissue vinyl JUNIOR MANCE TRIO, THAT'S WHERE IT IS (CAPITOL) VG+ ("Promo" stamped with perforations - never saw this before, actually, corner ding) / VG+ JUNIOR MANCE, HOLY MAMA (INNER CITY, LICENSED FROM EAST WIND) VG+ (Price sticker on back, slight ringwear) / VG+ RED GARLAND, SO LONG BLUES (GALAXY) VG+ (corner cut) / VG+ BOBBY TIMMONS, LIVE AT THE CT JAZZ PARTY FEATURING SONNY RED (CHIAROSCURO) VG- (price sticker on front plus substantial corner damage on front right top corner) / VG TOMMY FLANAGAN, CONFIRMATION (ENJA) VG+ (price sticker on front) / VG+ GERRY WIGGINS, WIG IS HERE (CLASSIC JAZZ) VG+/VG JIMMY WITHERSPOON WITH BROTHER JACK MCDUFF, THE BLUES IS NOW (VERVE) VG+ (staining inside gatefold, very nice otherwise)/VG+ BILL DOGGETT, SOFT (KING) VG+ (hole punch, sticker residue, some wear on edges) / VG+ Not original King, says Starday/King of Nashville, Clifford Scott, Candy Johnson, Billy Butler and a program of mostly Ellington HORACE PARLAN, NO BLUES (INNER CITY) VG+ (price sticker, ring wear, minor corner ding, clipped corner) / VG+ ETTA JONES, LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART (MUSE) VG+/VG+ Houston Person, Joe Newman, Cedar Walton BENNY GOLSON, REUNION (JAZZLAND MONO) VG (intact seams but edgewear, rub wear, price sticker, ring wear) VG+ AL GREY, BASIC GREY (CHESS JAZZ MASTERS SERIES) VG+ (price sticker, edge wear, ring wear, intact seams) / VG+ tracks from Last of the Big Plungers, Al Grey-Billy Mitchell Sextet and Snap Your Fingers LOU DONALDSON, HA' MERCY (CADET) VG+ (ring wear, price sticker) / VG+ HOUSTON PERSON, GET OUTA MY WAY (WESTBOUND) VG+ (corner ding, cut corner) / VG+ KIRK LIGHTSEY & HAROLD DANKO, SHORTER BY TWO (SUNNYSIDE) VG (Library marking, price sticker on front) / VG+ JOHN LEWIS, IMPROVISED MEDITATIONS AND EXCURSIONS (ATLANTIC) NM/VG+ RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO + JEAN DUSHON, YOU BETTER BELIEVE ME (ARGO) VG+ (slight ringwear, staining on back) / VG+ MARIAN MCPARTLAND, BOSSA NOVA + SOUL (TIME) VG+ (edgewear, some wrinkling in back, some browning) / VG+ ERNIE WATTS ENCOUNTER, THE WONDER BAG (VAULT) VG+ (NICE EXCEPT THAT STICKER REMOVAL PULLED OFF SECTION OF FRONT COVER) / VG - VG+ THE INCREDIBLE IRA SULLIVAN (STASH) VG (the edgewear is too much to call it VG+ but not a bad jacket at all) / VG+ SONNY STITT/LOCKJAW DAVIS, TENOR BATTLES (PHOENIX JAZZ RECORDS - LICENSED OR BOOTLEG REISSUE OF KING SIDES, I BELIEVE - WITH DOC BAGBY ON ORGAN) VG+/VG+ NEW JOHN HANDY QUINTET WITH BOBBY HUTCHERSON, NEW VIEW! (COLOMBIA) VG+ (rub wear plus slight ring wear) / VG+ GENE AMMONS, HEAVY SAX (OLYMPIC RECORDS - LICENSED OR BOOTLEG REISSUE OF HOWARD MCGHEE'S HOUSE WARMIN' ARGO RECORDING) VG+/VG+ ROLAND ALEXANDER, PLEASURE BENT (NEW JAZZ) REISSUE VINYL, WITH MARCUS BELGRAVE & RONNIE MATTHEWS) NM/NM

Paps, did you buy Extra Innings last year? I'm wondering if they are targeting people who showed interest before - or maybe you had it and dropped it in 2009 so they think they can entice you to buy it again, by using it as the hook to make you switch packages.

Is it Steve's, Alfred's or Sonny's?

I'd say 90% of the bashing is based on Jarrett's attitude toward his audience, not his own noisy accompaniment to his playing. And I don't believe that Bud ever told people to "shut the hell up or I won't play anymore." But if it takes Jarrett croaking to get people to tolerate him better, then hey, sometimes you just gotta suck it up and deal.

Paps, Interesting promotion they are doing - you only pay for Extra Innings but you get your new package for free. The three months @ 58 for baseball is a small discount from their current price of 4 payments of $50 but when you get the rest of the channels free its pretty sweet. I need to remember about this next year to see if we can get such a deal. The promotion we got drops our monthly price to about $35 for however long it lasts so I am not complaining. For 2010, I am hoping to scrape together $100 for MLB.TV.

I take is that is Dish TV or Dish Network? A year or so ago we switched from DirecTV to Comcast cable because we were dropping BellSouth landline phone and the combination of Comcast Cable + Cable DSL was a great deal. Plus, I kind of liked the idea of getting away from the satellite tv thing because I found it really sensitive to rainfall. So, first the Comcast promotion ends and then they unilaterally change the channels that are in the package we had and that was the final straw. We went back to DirecTV, which offered a $30 rebate each month for six months or something like that but there wasn't any mention of any possible Extra Innings package at all. I'd have happily taken that and not gotten the three months of Showtime + whatever. _________________________________________ Matthew - what is it that Milton Bradley has done or said that has made you sick of him already? I figured there must be something on the wire or ESPN but I couldn't find anything.

I don't think any of this has anything to do with jealousy or a desire to pull down someone who has "made it". Sure there are some who can't fathom the concert fees he gets, but that's personal opinion about him as an artist. The vast majority of the attitude on display here is simply a reaction to egoism run severely amok. Its wrong for people who give him a share of their hard-earned money to expect some respect or gratitude from the Master Artist, rather than being berated, or in the extreme, denied any performance at all? And if he's got mental health problems than maybe he needs to just shut it down instead of exposing his psychosis to paying customers.

I think the smart thing is to do similar research - ignoring the sellers that come up with $500 prices - and make a reasonable offer for the OOP items to the board, if you want to sell on the board and not pursue the last Lira as it were.