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The Barbarians Rude Boys John Savage

Happy Birthday, Larry! All the best to you!

Randy Weston: Berkshire Blues (Arista Freedom)

James O'Gwynn: Star of the Louisiana Hayride Volume 1 (Cattle)

Fred Stanley Gene Michael Bucky Dent

I've bought ECM recordings by a number of these artists. I'm happy that ECM recorded them but, in general, I prefer the recordings they made for other labels.

Ellington 1930's Big Band - disc 5

Lee Konitz, at times

Norm Van Lier Norm Van Brocklin Van Lingle Mongo

Reminds me of the 1977 finals when Maurice Lucas shook hands with Darryl Dawkins before game three of their series - they'd had a set to in game two. Lucas later said it was a con to throw Dawkins off his game. It worked, as the Blazers took the next four games after being down 0-2. I'm sure that BruceW remembers that.

The Penguin The Joker The Riddler

It's probably clear by now where people stand. Musicians and listeners can have very diffrent agendas.

Haven't seen that in years - Thanks!

Johnny and Shuggie Otis

The Kampala Sound - 1960's Ugandan Dance Music (Original Music)

Abdul Nasser Lord Buckley William F. Buckley

Time to leave the past and move on.

Meatloaf Lazybones Gordie Howe

One fourth of one of the best rhythm sections of all time. Thanks, Mr. Dunn. You'll be missed.

Saw a documentary film on Bonhoeffer about a year ago. A fascinating tragic life.

Thaks for this Paul. I've got a couple of his albums (Hoodoo & It's my life) and I've been vaguely thinking I'd like more. This is very nice - and very short. I should think it's hard to get, too, since Gunther Gretz gave up the business several years ago. An e-mail direct to him might get a result. I had a few direct from him at one time or another. The two great unknowns I'm particularly interested in at the moment are Gnonnas Pedro and Laba Sosseh. Gnonnas Pedro was from Benin and led a band from the early 70s until his death a few years ago. A lot of Latin stuff - like the Star Band/Etoile de Dakar - but with some interesting 6/8 Latin rhythms that came from his own village. Quite a few compilation albums are available, but it's not clear which tracks are duplicates. Laba Sosseh was from The Gambia. Founder member (with Dexter Johnson) of the Star Band, which eventually, after more personnel changes than the Coasters, morphed into Etoile de Dakar. After Dexter's death in the sixties, he moved to Miami and became about the only African musician to make a career for himself living in America. Returned to the Gambia in 1997 or so and made 2 more albums before he died, also a few years ago. I bet Dan Gould can find Laba's albums in the 25c bins in Miami Sterns have new compilations by both artists issued last month and I've just ordered them. MG I have these two Gnonnas Pedro compilations on Ledoux, purchased from John Storm Roberts when he was doing mail order in the early/mid 1990s. (I miss Mr. Roberts. He introduced me to a lot of great music.) Fine music on these two, but they're probably all I want or need, since I'm not a specialist/aficionado in the field of African music like yourself.

I have their Shootin' Stright CD from 1994 - good stuff. Thanks for the info on the concert.

I have his Sun recordings along with a few extras on a 2 LP Charly set: Then there's this one, recorded before he found his way to Sun: A lot of people don't realize that he was a good guitar player in addition to his singing and songwriting talents.

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Now's the Time is included in Original Album Classics, along with four other Rollins albums. Available here for the low $20 area, including a UK shipper for $22.30. Perhaps you don't need or want the other albums, but at least it's available this way.