GA Russell

It's snowing here in Raleigh today. This often happens once a year in January. Earlier the wind chill was 29, but it feels to have dropped in the past hour.

Shortly before he died, I ordered from his website two autographed copies of his sheet music for my sisters for Christmas. I don't recall what the songs were.

My recollection is solely of teen boys who were heavy metal fans.

Happy New Year, my friends!

Thanks, Ken!

Thanks, Michael! I got it for Christmas.

Ken, Amazon has only used copies of this. Any idea where a new copy can be found?

I suppose I should add that I do the same with books! ***** Great haul, Pim!

Dan, I suspect I have the patience because (as you can see from the above list) the recordings I buy are decades old. So a few more months won't matter! When I was in high school listening to the British Invasion, we all wanted everything that was hot off the presses (That's a pun.), but now is different.

RIP Moose!

Yes! I buy what I want when it is on sale, then have a little patience in anticipation of those three special days.

With the exception of Christmas music, I do not open CDs upon purchasing them. I put them in the back of the closet, out of sight. I then give the single CDs to myself on Easter and my birthday. The box sets I give to myself on Christmas. I do not tell my family at the time of the purchases, but they are not surprised when I tell them that the money has gone for music.

At the movies. It was the only time I have been close to "rolling in the aisle."

I remember the best time I had in a movie theatre. It was the spring of '72, and I took a date to see a double feature of two new French comedies. I laughed for three hours straight, and she didn't laugh once! The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

I give myself on Christmas the box sets I have purchased throughout the year. If a family member gives me a Christmas check, he/she is told that he/she bought me the box. Henry Cow Barbara Thompson The Police Lee Morgan (2) Lulu Roy Brooks Chico Hamilton (2) Dave Douglas Steve Lacy Ed Blackwell McCoy Tyner Johnny Smith In addition, my girlfriend took me to see Miles for my birthday in Washington in 1971. "The Lost Septet" box was recorded on my birthday three weeks earlier, so I am looking forward to that!

Merry Christmas, everyone! Usually, everyone in the league takes the week after the Grey Cup off, and there is no news. But not this year. I'll catch up soon.

I gather (from Michael's New York Post article) that all of her CDs are needle drops, correct?

Is this it?

1981 Jam with Zoot Sims free through Dec. 31 https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/album/free-for-christmas-jam-session-art-pepper-zoot-sims?from=fanpub_nfnb

Bob, please let us know if it isn't too much of a good thing!

Of course appearances can be deceiving, but I thought that back in the day the labels were started by people who wanted to be in the business, as long as they could make a good living. I imagined that they bragged to their friends when they signed stars like Frank, Peggy Lee, Louis, etc. I think I read that Sgt. Pepper was so much more profitable than albums before it, that companies decided to just shoot for the moon, and to heck with being respected for the label's stable of artists. Was I kidding myself?

This looks interesting. Has anyone heard it? NEIL SWAINSON QUINTET: 49th Parallel - $7.95 https://www.hamiltonbook.com/neil-swainson-quintet-49th-parallel-compact-disc With Joe Henderson and Woody Shaw. A Reel to Real release.

I'm very surprised that an ECM recording is released four months later. Usually they wait a year.

Thanks, Mark! My experience of the 1975-82 period while living in Pittsburgh was that jazz records were not to be found in the stores. The store managers would just shrug, and tell me, "Jazz just doesn't sell anymore." Throughout that period, it was far easier for me to find in the stores Canterbury-type records imported from England.

As a former winner, Brooks has generously offered the prize to "the next in line." !!! The points total is 58. JohnJ has 55. So he is the next closest to Brooks! Congratulations John! John, because you live in Japan, your prize is my paypalling you $17.00! Please PM me your paypal email address, and let us know what you spend it on!