Dan Gould

I'm on it, Allen, and I apologize for every annoying thing I've said to date!

This is no spam, Mark. Its letting your friends know about your website. Anyone wants to give you grief, they'll have to talk to me. Sight unseen, I'm sure it looks great!

I was about to post about the website, but Larry beat me to it. A heads up for the originator of this thread, towncrier also has a Frank Wess date with organist Bobby Forrester, who sounded so good with another tenor who had that France sound, wink wink nudge nudge.

Was that Bluesette Part 2 or something like that? If that's it, I've always preferred the first one myself. Yeah, something like that. Well, sure, if your getting only one, get the original, by all means. But the latterday one is quite enjoyable I think. Maybe, it's just the Curtis Fuller fan in me, but there you have it. Well I'm certainly not selling my copy either!

Was that Bluesette Part 2 or something like that? If that's it, I've always preferred the first one myself.

I didn't include Blakey because he wasn't there through the end of the Lion era. We should certainly be thankful that Alred liked Hank and kept recording him. Certainly, the sales of Smith and the Sounds and the hits that Horace and Lee had allowed a lot of other, equally great but not as popular music to be recorded.

Man oh man! I dibs the first copy, if that someone wishes to speak up. There was a reference to this release, maybe in the Larry Kart book thread, and I immediately went looking. Thought I found it at Worlds Music-that was where the link in the thread took me-but all they shipped was the $100 worth of other stuff I threw into the order, and not the one thing I really wanted. So then I resumed my internet searching and J&R Music seemed to list it, but now its almost to their deadline of 15 days to find something or cancel the order, so it looks like I am SOL again. BTW, Percy was on the second of my BFTs, off of Sir Charles Thompson and the Swing Organ.

Knowing of the singing and the lyrics being sung, I've avoided this in the past and haven't found a reason to revisit that decision. Even if the music does cook, I have serious doubts I'd get past the singing (and what's being sung). If you can't tell, I'm neither an Andy Bey fan nor much for New Age.

It occured to me that in the last 10 or 12 years of Alfred Lion's stewardship of Blue Note, the core artists throughout the entire time were really Horace Silver, Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley, and maybe Jackie McLean and Donald Byrd. What I'm wondering about is their relative contributions to BN's bottom line (am I missing any others who were on the label throughout the last 10 or 12 years before Alfred left? Obviously Jimmy Smith and the Sounds were critical to sales, but they didn't stay til the end). I'm curious because in that period, Lee had his big hit, and Horace had a few hits leading up to his big one, but Hank never did. I'm comfortable in assuming that Hank stayed with the label because Alfred liked him and his music-there are few artists with more BN credits than Mobley. So, for those who remember (Bill, Chuck): How much of a seller was Mobley during those 12 years of his steady BN recordings?

$$$$ You just have all the answers, today, don't ya?

I really think the singular complaint people have is that, because you're using Amazon, all orders are charged on submission, and its only afterward when you find out if it is available or has to be backordered. And that's an Amazon policy, not a seller's policy. If you ordered direct, they'd probably do what most internet sellers do: charge on shipping. Now, if Amazon could or would change that policy, I think most people would find Caiman's service to be decent.

$$$$$$ Precisely.

I know its a few years old, but Joe sounds great on this CD:

I'd say its not "some" but the vast majority of people here have no complaints. Clearly if you order things they have, you get a good price and reasonably quick shipping. If its not in stock, you may have a problem ...

I don't know, but I think those purple-cover Savoy reissues of several years ago sound pretty decent, and its a fine disc. I would pounce!

The Globe did an insta-book that's pretty nice because it reprints the articles that covered each game, and there's some nice writing there. I'm virtually certain that Dan Shaugnesey has a book contract-since he's the one who coined the "Curse of the Bambino," and made lots of bucks off of it, he ought to write a book on the breaking of the "curse". But the first book that is on my radar is by a writer for the Herald and a writer for, I think, the Daily News. Its called a "A Tale of Two Cities" (lucky thing that titles can't be copyrighted!) and the two give an in depth look at the entire season, from the moment the ball left the yard in the 2003 ALCS to the World Series, in alternating chapters. Ought to be great: I can't link the image of the cover, but here's the website: http://www.soxyanksbook.com/ Like Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan, they must be thrilled that they got a book contract to write about the 2004 season before it happened!

Almost forgot the best part of waiting til Spring Training starts: World Series Winter on NESN !!! The New England Sports Network has broadcast every Red Sox World Series Game from 1975 on, starting last month. Granted, there are some painful memories from '75 and '86 but also some great games and great wins that haven't been seen in a long, long time. And from now on, its nothin' but GRAVY! Tonite, Tuesday and Wednesday are Games 5-7 of the ALCS, and the week of the 21st, its the four World Series games! I plan to make a special trip to the safe deposit box with each VHS tape.

Isn't this because its being sold through Amazon, so they're using their system to charge it in advance? I do agree that not keeping track of inventory is pretty lame ... guess I'm lucky that everything I've ordered has been available!

The fact that cards get charged makes me wonder-what's the deal for Amazon Marketplace sellers? Do they just pay a fee to Amazon or does Amazon get a cut of the credit card? Cause, if that's what happens, Amazon is getting a buck or two on those card charges when the customer has to wait and then make an effort to make sure they get the credit back.

Sounds like Dova should give them another chance.

Should indeed be a great year. I expect: The Yanks will regret not going after Beltran. Pavano, Wright & Brown will be critical factors for the Yanks. The inability to get rid of Brown is not a good sign. Is there any reason to expect him to even equal the 10-6 record of last year? And can Pavano be successful against the tougher lineups of the AL? One reason I am glad that we got Clement is, he's had a strong record in interleague play, and he gets strikeouts. Pavano doesn't miss a lot of bats, and against the AL that can be dangerous. And with Wright & Brown with serious injury risks, plus Unit at 41 and with no cartilage left in his knees and Mussina coming off a season with time spent on the DL, the Yanks have a glaring need for a sixth or seventh starter, but there's no one to fill that role - the well is dry at Triple A, I believe. The Sox have some risky starters, too, with Wells and Wade Miller and possibly Schilling ... but Miller right now is the number six starter, and they have John Hallama in the bullpen, who's done a fair bit of starting in his career. So they have six guys for five spots plus a lefty spot starter in the pen. So long as they don't lose more than two starters at once, they're pretty well covered.

I've had nothing but excellent service from this Seller. If I am looking for something through Amazon Marketplace and I see that Casa has it, I am more likely to go with them. Part of that is the fact that they ship from Florida so it gets here sooner, usually, but seriously, I have never had such a disappointing experience.

For once, GoM and I agree! But one last note about the Super Bowl just past: This is the first time since '79-'80 that a city has won consecutive championships in different sports in back to back years. Let me explain: Steelers won the '79 Super Bowl. Pirates won the '79 World Series. Steelers won the '80 Super Bowl. So, with the Sox and Patriots now duplicating that feat, the Red Sox have an opportunity to make history if they can keep the streak going by defending their championship. And with Varitek back, Renteria at shortstop, and Wade Miller and Matt Clement joining the rotation (and benefiting from Tek and Schilling) I think we've got a pretty good shot. Can't wait for opening day (night): ESPN will broadcast the Sunday night game as the World Champion Red Sox return to Yankee Stadium for the first time since the amazing sweep! And with Randy Johnson on the mound for the Yanks, I don't think it really matters if Schilling is ready for Opening Day or not, because it will probably be just as exciting/intense to have David Wells on the mound wearing a Red Sox uniform in Yankee Stadium. The boos will be deafening! But not as deafening as the chants of "YEAR TWO-THOU-SAND" that will reverberate through Fenway for the home opener (and ring presentation!) the following weekend!!!

I skipped this thread when it started - saw no reason to expect that Selects for $11 could be legit - but its an interesting thread now that I've read it. As far as paying for printing, etc., who says, assuming that they will ship and they are pirates, that there will be any packaging at all? Maybe you just get three regular jewel boxes, with xeroxes of the inserts? Definitely falls under, "if its too good to be true .."

I'll second the kudos for Harold Mabern. Few years back, we caught the George Coleman Octet at Smoke, and with heavyweights including the leader, Rotondi and Gary Smulyan, old Harold also stole that show. We weren't quite as close to the piano but we could still tell he was pounding the hell out of it!