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My disks have arrived EKE. Very many thanks !

Benny G was on BBC1 last night being interviewed as part of the Coltrane programme. He had some interesting snippets about Coltrane's appetite for big eats ('brain and eggs' I seem to recall.. ) and growing up in Philly. Great to see Benny get this level of exposure...

Mine was £10 !

That French footage of the Antibes 'Love Supreme' performance was pretty neat (we'll let them off the football calamity for that). As was the Newport footage with Rashied Ali and Alice Coltrane. Pretty wild stuff. Some interesting snippets too concerning Coltranes alleged fondness for LSD...

I seem to recall Goldmine listing the first issue of this one on PJ.

This set sounds damn good - a pleasant suprise. I recommend it !

Sounds like I should get hold of a copy of this set. Thanks for your comments. I've also had my eyes on that in-print Milburn set for some time. Now if only Mosaic would do another one of those 20% off LP sales..

I've been thinking of going for a 2nd-hand vinyl copy of the OOP Charles Brown Mosaic. This is one that I've not heard too many opinions on so any thoughts/opinions from follow board members who own it would be very much appreciated. Thought that this one might be worth going for as I've really enjoy listening to the Nat King Cole Mosaic. Thanks in anticipation ! :rsmile:

'Sixth Sense' came out around that timeframe as well. Nice to see 'Black Fire' back though.

Indeed ! B) Incidentally, I thought that last night's match had something of the 1066 'Battle of Hastings' about it. Endless cavalry charges, fierce Saxon shield-wall resistance then the Norman breakthrough with superior tactics at the last minute (lobbed arrow in King Harold's eye with dusk imminent at Hastings, or penalty in stoppage time at Lisbon). Uncanny similarity !

Half the population is still speechless over here, after the astonishing events in the 91st minute !

Art Blakey and Buddy DeFranco sounded pretty good.

Sure sounds like Wayne Henderson on the bone and the tenor is definitely Felder to my ears. And heck, that just has to be Sample on piano. Don't have this track though - and I have quite a few of the JC albums. Gotta know which one of their albums this one is ! I have a copy of the 'Powerhouse' LP coming in the mail, wonder if this might be a track from that one?

That must have been Michael Elton's recent exhibit of Francis Wolff prints held in the West End - superbly presented prints from Mosaic. Two of the best prints on show from a magnificent selection were of Coltrane - one of Coltrane/Morgan/Fuller from 'Blue Train' and another of Coltrane looking thoughtful with tenor from the same session.

Honest Jon's is still up there in Portobello Road, well worth a trip and the staff are pretty good too - both helpful and knowledgeable. Always good music playing in that store. I remember well the Camden Town Honest Jons of the late 70s/early 80s, when I lived just down the road. That place was always stocked with Sun Ra, Blue Note imports etc. An Alladin's cave. Quite recently I passed by for the first time in decades - the store was still open (just) but under another name, it had long since ceased to be an 'Honest Jons'. The whole area had also changed enormously from my days of yore - much more touristy now and WAY more pricey. The LP racks were still 'in situ' but there was hardly any stock at all and they were selling up - I think the store will become another Camden tourist outlet. Incredible that after such an absence I was able to call in litterally just before it ceased to be. A somewhat sad occasion - anyway they did have a cheap Sonny Fortune 'Awakening' on A&M Horizon in the racks so I guess that was to be my loyalty gift !

Yes, there's a few rows of second-hand Lps, including a 'Rare as Hen's Teeth' section. The latter can sometimes throw up the odd gem or two. There's a good new vinyl section next to it and to the right also a second hand CD section. The best sighting ever in the 'Hen's Teeth' section there on the visits I have made was a Debut 10" Hazel Scott. That one lived up to its name.

RIP - this is very sad news. It was only a few weeks ago that Ray was on the TV featured on that Clint Eastwood documentary made as part of 'The Blues' series. He was obviously not at all well when this was filmed, with breathing difficulties very evident. Nevertheless the great enthusiasm and soul of Brother Ray as he demonstrated the blues and reminisced with Clint shone through big time.

I heard that the main London Tower Records has (or is in the process of) closing town - I think either HMV or Virgin are taking it over. The jazz section of this store used to have a pretty extensive collection of CDs and the best in the UK for Japanese imports. They've bailed me out quite a few time for scarce CDs over the years so this is a real loss..

I've picked a few up 2nd hand. The Leroy Vinnegar 'Leroy Walks' and a Victor Feldman (can't recall the title). Goodness knows how they made their way across the pond ! B)

Wasn't there mention on the BNBB of a 'Jackie McLean Pizza Co.' pizza box delivery on one of the episodes of The Simpsons. That explains it, he must have snagged a McLean CD box set !

On BBC1 too . No doubt programmed right after 'Only Fools and Horses' or some other dross... Still - mustn't complain.. looks good ! B) Thank goodness I got my Freeview box in for BBC4 - well worth the $

I used to see 2nd hand vinyls of the Morgans and Shorters on the likes of Crescendo all the time. Especially during the 1970s. Funilly enough I never picked any of them up - the Mosaics were my introduction to this material. Sometimes its nice to defer these things ..

I've actually got two Blue label Bergenfield LPs of this one so you could say that it's a favourite (one is in somewhat better nick than the other) B) . 'I Can't Get Started' and 'There Is No Greater Love' are particularly inspired performances by the group (the whole album is great really). What a superb interpreter of the ballad form Booker Ervin was. I particularly like the way the latter tune ends on a somewhat inconclusive note on side 2, as if the band were disappearing up into the ether..

Too bad that we haven't been able to get any more of those 10% CD/20% vinyl deals of late. I was counting on another one of those !

Hi Dave - No, definitely not a Lanc. This one was a smaller aircraft, definitely twin engined and with the low growl of the WWII vintage bombers. Not sure about the tail config. My first reaction was that this might have been a Hudson, as they were used on coastal patrol by the RAF and they have the 2 engines as distinct from the 4 engines of the Liberators. No sign of such an aircraft on the Normandy TV footage though (only the Red Arrows, Spit, Mustang and Lanc seemed to be on show from what I could see) so it might have been nothing directly to do with the Normandy event. That RAF Lanc is a venerable old crate. Some years ago I was visiting the design offices of BAE Systems up at Chadderton, Lancs and one of their engineers was working with the original Avro WWII-era type drawings as signed off by Roy Chadwick ! The aircraft was getting some structural repair work done at the time. Having said that, I did hear a group of fast jets fly past a few hours earlier to that and this may very well have been the Red Arrows on their way out ! B)