paul secor

Beiderbecke/Trumbauer/Teagarden - disc 1

Crown was the budget label of RPM/Modern. Most Crown LPs were pressed on very low grade vinyl. Modern/RPM/Crown went bankrupt, but the company was revived as Kent, with United as the budget label. There were some good quality recordings on RPM/Modern/Crown/Kent/United, but the sound quality for the most part wasn't heard until Ace in the U.K. started reissuing that material. The Bihari brothers, the original owners of the labels, skimped on masterings, pressings, covers, and anywhere they could save a buck. Ace has finally done things right.

Claude Kirchner Mary Hartline Billy Vessels

HB, MT!

Ruby Dee Scarlet O'Hara Cardinal Spellman

Happy Birthday to the Big D!

The Houston Colt 45s Billy Dee Williams William B. Williams

Al Sharpton Speedy Keene Bullet Bob Turley

Duke Jordan Trio: Truth (Steeplechase)

Happy Birthday, Bill!

Happy Birthday 2011, Pete! Hope you're having a great day!

Mrs. Jones Al Dubin ("You're Getting To Be a Habit with Me") Good Doobie

That butchering of the English language does very little to convince me. The person who wrote the review is listed as being from Argentina. English might not be his native language.

It would be nice if he'd be the first of many to go. Unfortunately, he'll be back somewhere, sometime.

Cootie Williams Rex Stewart Ray Nance

My wife Joan woke up before I did this morning and started reading The Times. She came into our bedroom and told me that there was a feature article about the daughter of the guy who started Cadence magazine marrying a musician. I got up and read it and figured it might be worth sharing. So HERE it is.

Bernie Carbo Al Sears Roebuck Staples

Jimmy Rowles Melba Liston Cookie and the Cupcakes

This afternoon I was channel surfing and caught Marshall Royal playing a solo on a Lawrence Welk rerun.

I enjoyed him on Taxi. After he left that show to try and become a bigger star, it seems as if it was all downhill. I'll just remember him as Bobby Wheeler on Taxi.

Ephie Resnick/Marty Grosz: The End of Innocence (Mark)

The Chambers Brothers Marilyn Chambers Jim Lowe

Le Pétomane Pepé Le Pew Pepino the Italiam Mouse

Thinking about waking up tomorrow and hearing some of the best music I'll hear all day - the sound of birds singing in the trees outside our bedroom window. And it won't cost me anything more than waking up and listening.

I think someone posted here - can't find it now - that the pronunciation of Celtics is "Seltics" rather than "Keltics" because "Keltics" Suck wouldn't sound right.