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Happy Birthday ! :party:

Now we're talking ! I'm going to have to pick up this one I guess - and pretend that I'm this guy when reading it.

I seem to remember a bit of that in the 'newer' shop over in Shaftesbury Avenue. Bop sides being drowned out by delta blues at full wack.

Yes, know exactly where you mean. Red brick emporium of Chinese and Itialian-ish tourist eateries and small stores. That's the one ! And your comment would also tie up with my recollections of CCR of that period. It must indeed have been Collets, after the move. Not sure if this has been posted but there's an absolute cornucopia on the late Ray Smith and 'Ray's Jazz' on here:- http://cargocollecti...Ray-s-Jazz-Shop Love that picture of the Ray's store front with the copy of Pete laRoca's 'Basra' on display !

Walking down Charing Cross Road yesterday and the site of the old Dobells I'm pretty sure now that I never ever saw the place at its original site and that it had already moved (Tower St?) by the time that I started checking these places out. This is neat. Footage of Charlie Watts delving the racks in Rays, including 'Rare as Hen's Teeth'. From ITN News

Ah - Sandy Brown meets John McLaughlin and Kenny Wheeler. The Fontana LP cover picture of Sandy freezing his butt off with the sporan was taken in the cold, dank environs of Dobells' I believe. No wonder he's looking so peeved off on it !

I remember coming across a copy of that in the upstairs section of Mole Jazz. The whole thing almost fell apart in my hands !

Whoahh !

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Oh dear ! I've been itching to read this book but the last thing I want is an academic text. I'll be watching any more progress reports on the read with interest before I pull the trigger at Amazon.

Picked up the book in London today. I'm a sucker for this band and will happily read anything ever written about it. Some good weekend reading coming up, hopefully.

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I managed to thumb through a copy at 'Ray's' today but at £45 it was a bit out of my league (bought the Mwandishi book instead). It looks fabulous though - and for $50 I would say definitely worth it. Lots of good work obviously gone into this 'labour of love'.

I'm hovering by the post-box for these 3 Selects like a puppy waiting for the master's paper !

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A very positive review by John Fordham in today's Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/31/wayne-shorter-without-net-review I'm in London today so if I happen to see it in Ray's I'll probably pick a copy up.

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'Bonfire of the Vanities' without the morals? Sounds just up my street..

The price is definitely right with this '78 rpm' lark !

Lots of the selections in the book were really problematic in terms of being able to get hold of them in the UK in 1975 - original Blue Notes never issued and rarely seen by mere mortals over here; JR Monterose on Jaro, Carl Perkins on Dootone etc. In some cases UK alternate pressings on the likes of Vocalion and Transatlantic were listed - which by then were pretty well long-since deleted in any case. Over the years it has been a real pleasure to pick up and check out this material as it re-emerged, especially in the CD era. There was an up-issue some years ago to 'Essential Jazz Records - Vol 2 with slight changes to the list of authors - Stuart Nicholson and Eric Thacker added (Charles Fox had since sadly passed away) and the original content extended with selections of post-75 material. I hear what Chuck is saying re: cost of the book. I saved up months of paper-round money at the time to afford it !

He used to regularly review jazz LPs for the 'Gramophone' as well, along with Charles Fox. Both of these guys could always be relied on for accurate and insightful reviews. Great book indeed. Bought that one when it first came out (quite hard to get hold of in regular bookshops, needed a special order) and it has been a key resouce ever since !

Indeed - superb performance on 'The Inflated Tear'. Always enjoyed his playing, RIP.

Can't find the damn LP to confirm either way and I'm far too lazy today to search high and low in any case !

CD1. This great set is what Mosaic Select is all about !

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