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Thanks everyone !

mjazzg - thanks for the link to that 'Vertigo Swirl' site. This one is new to me - lots of great info on there.

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Just evicted one the other day. A tarantulitic monster, hiding in the washing !

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Clearly a potentially formative event for listeners/musicians of your generation, Sidewinder! Alan Barnes said he travelled down from music college in Leeds to hear Pepper at Scott's that week. Can't work out exactly why I missed it. Maybe having tickets for the Capital Fest diverted me from Scotts that week. Combined with student shortage of dosh, of course. What I do remember from RFH though is that Pepper's brief but glorious rendition of 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' brought the house down. I remember Jazz Journal and Melody Maker having major writeups of that Scotts gig, so it was high profile.

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Now spinning. Ace !

Didn't Vertigo originally come under the Philips/Polygram imprint? - in which case the rights would now reside with Universal Music Group.

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The 'Pure Pleasure' looks to be a quality packaging job, much like Mosaic, so I strongly suspect that Laurie's notes will be in there too. Damn angry with myself that I missed this particular week of performances at Scotts, although I did catch his performance in the 'Bird' tribute at the RFH/Capital Radio Jazz Festival.

Anyone catch that Nico performance of 'Chelsea Girls' recorded at the Chelsea Hotel NYC and shown on the Beeb as an archive repeat the other night? Stunningly good 'Arena' documentary about the Chelsea Hotel from 1981. Wish Arena did programmes as good as that these days.

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Thank you chaps ! Mosaics (including the Freshmans) are on the menu today, as I have the day off from work. 'Cleopatra's Needle' on Fontana vinyl is lined up for a spin today !

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No noticeable crackling on mine. One thing I do notice about Philips LPs of that vintage (and Fontana - same parent) is that the 'sound to noise ratio' is a bit on the low side. Nowhere near the big punchy sound that you would get with a Blue Note for eaxample, so you have to crank the volume up.

My CD version sounds fine. Your bank manager's not wrong! Thanks ! Sounds good to me (and I already have the two 'Mole' LPs anyway).

I'm still debating whether to go for the Pure Pleasure vinyl 7LP or the 'Widow's Taste' CD set. My bank manager says the CD version. Any thoughts? That T-shirt on the picture looks familiar. The waitresses at Ronnie Scott's used to wear them !

That's a good price - £100 and up for that one (usually nearer £125 to £150), especially in that condition. As you say, it goes to a good cause too so a 'win win'.

Blimey - good find. The rare LPs I have sporadically come across at Oxfam are now marked up substantially, such that they are not a good deal. I haven't bought an LP from there now for many a year. Most of the English stores are endlessly picked over by crate diggers as well, which doesn't help. Funilly enough my 'Flare Up' is a mint one too so we might well have two of the best copies extant. My 'Warm Smiles' is in this condition too.

No kidding. Amazing that she still presents shows on Radio 1 - a real music enthusiast (not that I'm into the stuff she plays these days though).

Yes, most definitely. Sonically, although more than acceptable, this isn't the greatest recording quality (John Taylor's 'Pause & Think Again' for Turtle Records is similar, in that regard).

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