AfricaBrass

I remember being kind of burnt out on the BNBB in the months before it closed down. The Misc. forum had just gotten too ugly for me. I wasn't posting much anymore (I used to post there under the name Blake). But when it went down, I felt so angry, it was like losing your favorite hangout. I think I'm still a little ticked off at BN still because of the way it was handled. I really think the Organissimo board is like a BNBB that has gone through it's teenage years and has grown into something really nice. I find that I have learned more here than I have in a long time (on ALL subjects ) and I just genuinely like the people here. I remember Wesbed coming over to the AAJ when we had first settled there and extorting us to come here. Well I did, and though AAJ is a great board and Mike Ricci is a great guy, I'm glad I stuck around here. It's kind of like the story of the Three Bears, this bed is "just right".

I went to one of those meetings a few years ago too. Normally, I'd have avoided it with a 10 foot pole, but the friend who invited us was one that we really held in high esteem. I did the same thing that you did, Uncle Skid. Upon arriving, I started asking, "Is this Amway?" I kept getting told "No" - It was only later after having endured a couple hours of PowerPoint presentations that the dreaded "A" word was mentioned. Our friend seems more poor than ever, I guess QUIXTAR, the internet shopping mall didn't work out for him. I did notice that he sure has a lot of Amway product around the house (reminds me of my childhood).

Welcome Aftab! Hey, I know that dude! This board is everything the BNBB should have been I hope you have fun here. :rsmile:

My guess is about 30 days. As for Feurio, I've heard great things about it too, but I couldn't get it to work for me either.

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've read an interview with the owners of the label and they are just a couple of record lovers like the rest of us (but with more of a penchant for the bizarre ).

You're welcome! I hope you have a great birthday! At least it's on a Friday. Edit: To remain true to this thread, I only got 3 right.

Happy Birthday, maren!

I'd vote for that too! As for the bop innovators, the truth is, I don't really enjoy listening to early bop as much as I enjoy hard bop. This is not to say that I don't appreciate or respect what they were doing, but I like the feel of hard bop more.

I totally agree, Bruce! What I've done in recent years with the advent of CD-Rs has been to create Beatles' compilations of certain years (I know - ultimate geekiness). I've got a combo cd of Rubber Soul, Revolver, and the various singles of that vintage. It's great to hear songs like Rain along with songs from Revolver. Sometimes, I've thrown cool bootleg tracks in.

This was a hard choice for me. I ended up going with "Progressive '60s (post bop and hardbop)" but pre-bop was a close second, and classic Blue Note 50's would have been third.

My dad did it for awhile when I was a kid. I don't think he ever made any money doing it, but I do remember that it seemed like everything in our house was made by Amway.

I also have been happy with the Norton releases I have purchased. The vinyl has been fine. I love their Link Wray double cd set. I listen to that often. My favorite Norton release is a record I picked up about 9 years ago called: King Uszniewicz & His Uszniewicztones - Doin' the Woo-Hoo Here's a quote from the allmusic review: "From the staggering group vocals and monotonal saxophone bleating of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" to the tripping-over-its-own-feet downhill momentum of "At The Hop", Doin' The Woo-Hoo displays all the grace and easy charm of a sailor on shore leave hitting the nearest tavern..." The greatest bowling alley band of Polish descent EVER! This is way more entertaining than the Shaggs.

Thanks for your help, Chuck! I've been looking around this afternoon for Miller discographies and I haven't had any luck. Jazzmoose's question has piqued my interest.

Noj, You should check out the Album of the Week thread for Signifying. I remember there was discussion of his other Argo titles. They seemed really positive. Here's a link to the Signifying - Album of the Week thread My thanks again to Dan Gould for making it all possible. I've really dug that album. :rsmile:

That's a great record. I love to listen to the Beatles ABBEY ROAD and then throw on Booker T's McLEMORE AVENUE after it. I could listen to Steve Cropper all day. Regarding Stax, if you haven't checked out Isaac Hayes, make sure you pick some of his stuff up. I'd start with HOT BUTTERED SOUL or SHAFT. I guess I've been lucky with download speeds. I was able to get good pretty good downloads yesterday and today. Last week, I couldn't get anything.

That's a drag, Noj! I haven't had that problem. My biggest problem is getting all the tracks of an album to download.

It's one of 2 year old's favorite cds. He makes me play it for him all the time. And I don't mind a bit. I'm pretty easy, I've happy with almost every LD cd I've picked up.

That's cool. I thought about doing the same thing since the download speeds are back up. Good luck on getting your whole stash.

Here's a link to Avid's website: Avid records Glenn Miller section

I dunno, something tells me that those two options are pretty much the same... Hey, Kurt turned out fine! Oh wait, he didn't. Oof! That poor little girl.

The English label, Avid, has a bunch of Glenn Miller cds of airchecks, etc... It looks like emusic has them for download. I don't know if you have a membership or not (mine just ended), but check emusic.com, at least you may be able to here samples of the tracks - i don't know where you can find cds from the Avid label. Good luck!

My last download was Art Pepper's THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD. I'm just curious how many of you have cancelled your subscription as a result of their new policies, and if you have, what was your last download? :rsmile:

Do you still have his number?

I just wanted to pay one last visit to "All things emusic" - my subscription ended today. Yesterday, I was scrambling to finish my Art Pepper downloads. It was fun while it lasted.