Dan Gould

Looking through a list of 45s, I saw "Bad Luck" and wondered if this was in fact renamed. Either way, its cool, since I don't have the Vintage Years box anyway.

Thanks Jack. For what its worth, the B.B. King Reader has it as a given that B.B. recorded once more for the Biharis in 1965, and specifically mentions that he didn't want to record new material and share composer credits. Since the Ace reissues, and the book, came after the discography, maybe they found new info to confirm the '65 session? But regardless, I'm glad that "Bad Breaks" is in fact new and unissued on CD. I was also glad to discover that in a couple of cases, the 45s that I bought had "issued" tunes on the Crown series which turned out to be different performances, confirmed in the Crown liners. Best example is "You're Gonna Miss Me" which on the 45 is taken at a much brighter tempo than the Crown LP take. This leaves me with my next question, probably best answered by studying all of the reissue liners to see if there are any clues: Leaving aside attempts to "spruce up" old recordings with ill-advised over-dubs, are there any other worthy singles that are different from the Crown reissued takes?

Well, rather than springing for the Vintage box, which would be about 98% duplicative of what I already have, I ended up finding some mint Kent 45s to cover some of the tunes from that '65 session. In searching the shop's database, I found one that I decided to spring for, as I could find no such title in the Ace catalog: Its Kent 470, "Bad Breaks"/"Growing Old". I know that "Growing Old" appeared on King of the Blues, but after my experience with Twisting with B.B. King, can anyone reassure me that "Bad Breaks" is not one of those old tunes that were re-named? Thanks!

If it does, I'll look at my new avatar and think happy thoughts.

Glad the forum is back up, but if I were you, Jim, I'd be raising holy hell about them failing to do what was promised - and what I am sure they have been billing for. Now, to see what avatar I was using and how much I've lost ...

Yeah, I know ... its tunes like "Something" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" that still gives me pause though.

A copy is up right now at $7 and there are three copies available as "buy it now" ranging from $10-13.

It has not been issued on CD to my knowledge, but I have seen it several times on ebay. I wouldn't be surprised it if it is up in an ebay seller's store as a buy-it-now. I've thought about this one before but have always been turned off by the definite appearance of "commercialness".

Thank you all!

In the meantime, could someone tell me what "IIRC" stands for? its the one web-shortcut I've never been able to figure out.

I was just repeating the preferred name that one of our European friends gave them.

I can't remember if I posted this earlier in the thread, but I got the J.J. album last year from the Andorran pirates and highly recommend it.

Thanks for posting the article, Chris. A very nice profile.

The lack of an update does have me wondering if it is something serious ...

No doubt, one of the great jazz photographers. RIP.

I have a burn from a board member. Nothing special. Edit: If you respect Jim's opinion more than mine, then by all means, go find a copy!

I hope there are others that people can add to this thread, but I had to share this perfectly great cover that whoever put out those Vanguard reissue comps weren't smart enough to leave well enough alone. I ask you, could there be a more perfect combination of album title, artist, and photo? I think not. If anyone can add other covers "lost" in the reissue program, please do.

D'oh! Obviously the clues were there. Excellent work Aric. Indeed. I guess he deserves a except for the fact that he's freaking out over the bird flu thing and going into hiding.

I would think there is no possible better way to get rid of them than on ebay, unless you are unconcerned by what you get for them and have a local dealer that will give you about a nickel per 45. Seriously, if you aren't concerned about getting a lot for them, why not just throw up the whole list as a single lot and set a reasonable opening bid on it? If there are 'good' items in there, I'll bet there are collectors who'll bid on a huge lot just to get a handful of discs.

Now this is the first message from the good "lady" that actually sounds like Aric. Here's one more test: 'contemporaryladySF": WHY was Aric once so enamored of Hank Mobley?

Yeah, but the former GHF took a pass on your BFT, Evan. No particular reason other than general BFT burn out of late. Then imagine my surprise when I read through the discussion thread, and see all the clues - the tune, the bassist - I'm virtually certain this is my man Gene ... then I see some of the disses he's getting - "ideas are none too fresh" Just my luck - someone programs Gene Harris, I would have picked it out in a second (not to mention the fact I recently got an audiophile pressing of this LP, so I've been hearing this track anyway) and I'm not in on the fun. Not a swing and a miss ... rather the pitcher laid in a fat one after right after I come out of the game.

What Jim said. If I had a bite and an expanding area of swelling, I'd have my ass to an emergency room or immediate medical care operation without even asking anyone.

I'm sorry that race is part of the picture. Let's suppose she was white. I don't think a stripper with that history should be able to ruin the reputations of college students. Hey, if they are guilty of rape, they're guilty. Or are you saying it's okay to rape some women? A stripper who's been raped, white or black, definitely should be able to ruin the reputations of college students who are guilty of her rape.

Has it occured to you that he's making the comparison to Redman, Payton, McBride because those are the Verve artists that had a moment in the sun? None of this is surprising in today's market. Would you feel better if he said that "nothing is coming along that is particularly marketable?" Dave James hits the nail on the head - even though I don't take the blame (which usually works out this way: you're such a jazz fan, you should be buying new stuff instead of old stuff).