Tony Pusey

Bertrand, no the album merely lists recording dates as february 11 and 12 1960. No indication of which sides were recorded on each of these 2 days. I have found my copy of Showboat and as expected there are no alternates

Up for information and appreciation (?) of the Rascals albums

Bertrand , you are correct on both counts!The Kenny Dorham does include the bonus Sign Off, and the Sonny Clark does not include the alternate of Minor Meeting!

OK, I have some of the recent Japanese issues in front of me. Sonny Clark includes Nica, Blues blue, Junka and Sonia as alternate takes Max Roach includes Milano, Old folks and Gandolfos Bounce as alternate takes Tommy Turrentine no alternates Stan Turrentine, no alternates Kenny Dorham Jazz Contemporary has A waltz, Monks Mood and This love of mine as alternates Booker Little no alternates ( I will listen to this again tomorrow nd try to hear if its a needle drop) Cant find Dorhams Showboat so no info today about alternates. Hope this helps.

Africa, I ve had Skippys Oar in several different editions down the years, I bought it new and mint on import shortly after its release and following a wonderful review in Rollin Stone. Sad that hes gone, favourite stories of Skip include the one where he awoke in the morgue following an o.d! Better is the one when having been commited to a psychiatric institution he dissapeared and was discovered days later in the womens ward! Think Ill spin it this evening.

Anybody know the 2 Rascals albums that Sundazed has? Joe FarrelL Alice Coltrane, Pepper Adams and Ron Carter are involved. Colour me curious yellow.

Thanks Chalupa, your annoucement had me bright eyed and bushy tailed with joy, shame it didnt last long....lets keep our fingers crossed!

Yes Africa, I suppose chaos theory might be able to explain why we all seem to have so much of our collections in common. I mean we are not even tangentally talking about jazz here, right? I mean what are the chances of finding someone else who digs Skippy, or even the Rounders or Millenium? I sure do feel at home here!

Shame that Sweden seems to be missing, so if you would just parcel up that Count Basie studio Roulette box that is gathering dust....

This one is next on my list too, next month?

Chalupa, whats a podcast?

Both just reissued in Europe.

...tho I think I will avoid the Gandalf recomendation, ( already have the Cosmic Sounds) in order to avoid the senario of the missus catching me back to back with a hot hippie chick ( sigh)

Clem, Wendy and Bonnie is in my local store waiting for me even as we speak. And of course Skip Spence is one of the best albums ever made, in any genre, period! And yeah the Artex( still waiting for vol 4, Wheres my daddy and a Band called Markley though) USA, Beau brummels, HMS Bounty et al , they are all sitting upstairs on my shelves....sometimes seems like our tastes coincide ne ce pas?

Thanks for the link Brownie, really nice site.

O.K. Brandon, you win! a fine case of one-up-manship! It was never even released on vinyl in the UK. I know it came out in the Netherlands. My copy was a US import....Perhaps its time to score a copy of the Sundazed Version with all the Ballroom stuff? My copy on cd is a Japanese issue...

Yep, and some were bussed in from Windsor.

Bev, they live in Saxe Coburg.

Africa, are you a closet Curt Boettcher fan? I am! Yes, I have the 4 Howard Robert records, fine stuff.

tonym, perhaps its not too late to save your sorry ass! Not if enough of us remember M De Sade advice to his countrymen `One more effort Frenchmen if you would be republicans! ´ I had completely forgotten the origins of the lurgy and thank you profoundly for your erudite contributions! Reg E Side

We all know what a great label Water is, but what about Sundazed? Just listening to the unreleased Spirit sondtrack, The Model Shop- and what a great blast from the past it is, after Family that Plays Together but before, and partially superceded, by Clear,What a fabulous band they were in their original incarnation, ie before Californias accident and pre Kapt Kopter, a really succesful rock /jazz fusion. And Sundazed have also released a live Youngbloods album which I have not yet heard, . Öther appreciations or am I alone? They also have the great Euphoria imprint devoted to jazz guitar slingers, but that seems to have been dormant on cd for a while.........

Bit late I know, but a useful definition of the lurgy would be Galloping Spot Rot. ( and yes, I am a Londoner, notwithstanding my current domicile.)

Actually, an appropriate answer to the question `What do you do?´would be: `´Anything that keeps my flagging career in the limelight´. That she doesnt remember May is hillarious considering his roll in the absurd 50 year jubilee pop show where many of these well past sell date rock stars were last seen outside their mansions!

I dont know this stuff but in the current Jazz Review from England he jokes that it may be called Song XX cos its the 20th anniversary of its release. Actually I have become interested in him for the first time on the basis of this article, he makes astute and interesting comments about horn players and seems very generous when reviewing other guitarists.

Frankly, I do not give a toss. What is disturbing to me is that these 4 were actually prepared to grovel and meet her! Pathetic.