Dan Gould

I guess we can only hope that his novel will not be made into a film. Then some sweet innocents might be subject to the Casting Crouch.

Hey Chuck, is the album worth hearing?

I recall seeing a Cadet LP of a couple of singers, a live recording in Vegas, up on Ebay and being quite surprised to see Von listed in the backing group. I checked out the Argo/Cadet discography and if I remember correctly, this was the album: LP*-4057 - Carryin' On - Milt Trenier & Micki Lynn [1967] So I'd say the answer, Jim, is that Von *was* gigging in Vegas EDIT: Pretty sure I'm right, here's an image of the album cover:

Hope its a Happy One, Brad! May you receive all the music you asked for and the time to enjoy it.

This will probably make GoM's eyes pop right out of his skull, but I'm going to quote that learned scholar and esteemed Gentleman from the Great State of Massachusetts, Teddy Kennedy: "The cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die" GO REDSOX!!!!

Yes, perhaps because Stacey's story starts like this: Mrs. Joe Blow gave birth to a son, Steven ....

You forgot Blues Message, also released as This Is The Blues

Does that include the special audio plug-in for portentous voice overs?

Just spotted one on the LRC Sonny Lester issue of the live Messengers date, Moanin', the oddball one with Hardman but also Billy Harper and Julian Priester. On the back panel, the title track is credited to Horace Silver instead of Bobby Timmons. D'Oh!

Yeah, but when that's over, will he take the darn Blindfold Test I so thoughtfully provided? Or, hand it off to Joe and Randy and let them post their guesses.

I had an electric for a brief time but was never that satisfied. On the other hand, I have a great talent for ripping my skin off with a razor, so I guess I'm stuck either way. Did anyone else grow up seeing their father shave and come to the conclusion that it was the removal of the shaving cream that removed the beard, rather than the blade doing the work? I remember Dad lathering up my face and I would use the straight edge of a toothbrush to "shave". Sometimes I get the same effectiveness now. I guess the subsidiary question for manual shavers would be "up" or "down"? B)

The ironic thing being that I came oh so very close to using a track from that George Coleman Octet recording (the recent one).

The Two and Four Octet release is easily recommended, Bev. I saw Big George at Smoke with the Octet and didn't hesitate to buy the CD on the way out the door afterwards.

Only one page according to my settings ... Anywho, not much I can add to the discussion, its a terrific date for all the reasons mentioned, but it does remind me of what at the time qualified as a truly "Great Find"-Maybe three years ago, I spotted a Liberty pressing of this on ebay. The auction was headed up there, around $30 with another day to go, when I headed up to West Palm Beach for a record show. And what do I find? A very nice VG+ Liberty pressing, $12. Man was I happy! B)

And trailer parks get tornados, so pick your poison.

When I moved to St. Louis in the late 80s for Graduate School, I was quite shocked to learn that I was so close to the New Madrid fault and how long it had been since it last slipped significantly. Then they started telling me about how the worst building material in earthquake zones is brick-they just vibrate apart, I guess-and I started noticing all of the brick houses in that town. I am afraid St. Louis is going to pay the piper someday, just as L.A. will, too.

More of the same, mostly, an original named "soulin'", "Walk on by", "Mercy Mercy Mercy" and one oddball that I definitely considered using-"Impressions"

Congrats. I am sure this will NOT be a case of "be careful what you wish for, you just may get it"

I also ended up watching Charmed with my wife while we ran a tape of the show, because its running at 10 PM in South Florida and with the baseball playoffs starting tomorrow, I know I won't be watching the subsequent films live anyway. For what its worth, the Times review seemed to like Eastwood's film best and said that Wim Wenders film was laughed out of film festivals around the world.

Jim, the other track I considered using was the title track, which really takes the Dylan tune to church. Again, Lou sticks very close to the melody, but Foster really takes it to church. There's a nice reading of "Who Can I turn To?" a cover of "Hello Dolly" which the liners make out to be the greatest thing since sliced bread (or Carol Channing) and then the closest thing to the grease is a tune called blue something or other which is a nice, long, slow blues. But I already had that covered with the Mance/Alexander, doncha know.

Thanks again for the help everyone, as it turned out, they were conversant in English and after a few back and forth e-mails, the LP should be on its way across the pond soon. B)

Thanks Peter, I figured VG++ would be generally acceptable. That Lefty Edwards is a real nice record, and that George Bohanon Bossa Nova LP is currently at $60 on ebay ... Guess I'll have to wait for a response to my e-mail til Monday, aren't all the stores closed on Sunday in Germany?

Thanks Hans. Does it indicate if they ship worldwide, or would I definitely need a German member to help? And I am very surprised that they don't seem to have any link to indicate was their grading standards are. And believe it or not, $78 isn't a bad price when you consider that it went for nearly $200 on ebay!

I spotted an LP that I missed out on at Ebay last month-went for big bucks-and now I spot the LP at this website: http://www.parallel-schallplatten.de/ Can one of our German friends do a little reconn for me, and let me know things like: What are their record grades? What does VG++ mean? Do they ship overseas? Can I order online (and how do I do that) or do I need to contact them via e-mail? And if worse came to worst, can someone step in as go-between to order the LP and then ship it on to me? Thanks very much! Oh yeah, this is the LP: Earl Washington All-Star Jazz, Workshop Jazz (Washington's mostly forgotten, but he had a group of Basie folks for this date)

Hey, Brownie, I would think that collectors would pay a pretty penny for that!