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I disagree strongly with that one, but you have the right to your opinion.

Steve Lacy Sextet: The Condor (Soul Note)

An addition: If two volumes of the Herald recordings are too much, there's a 16 track consolidation - Lightnin' & the Blues: The Herald Sessions - available on Buddah records. The Heralds are dynamite stuff!

Well, the Aladdin recordings were made at the same time. The Modern recordings were also recorded in the Gold Star studios toward the end of Lightnin's affiliation with that company. For my money, the absolute pinnacle of Lightnin' might two precious tracks that he recorded for an obscure label in the mid-1950s (I forget the same right now. It is three letters, something like TNT) : Leavin' Blues and Moanin' Blues. Document issued them on CD with some other mostly strong material on a compilation called "The Remaining Titles: Volume 1." Lightnin' plays unusually distorted guitar on these two tracks, and that seems to inspire him to new heights. These sides are absolutely drenched with blues feeling. It is TNT - "Leavin' Blues"/"Moanin' Blues"; "Late in the Evening"/"Lightnin' Jump" - recorded in 1955, a year after the Herald recordings. I've never heard those. Thanks for letting us know about them. They pique my interest, but I probably have enough Lightnin' already.

Grachan Moncur III - the Evolution set

Many thanks for posting the interview. For some reason, this stuck with me: I was lucky to be around people who had the same vision as mine. Nobody ever thought we were in there for the short term. We knew we were in there for the long term.

All the best to you on your birthday! Thanks for all your photos and just for being here.

Wonderful photo of the four Alfredsons! Thanks for sharing that with us.

Well, pick up a Lightnin' Hopkins disc and decide for yourself. You owe it to yourself. Lightnin' was very special. He had an exceptional voice for the blues, one of the very best, and a guitar style that went hand-in-glove with it. He is one of the handful of blues artists that everyone interested in the blues needs to come to grips with, one way or another. Maybe pick up first some of the more raw electric stuff that he did in the mid-50s. It is the most urban of his output, and also some of the very best. The Herald recordings should do the trick. The Modern recordings would as well. Lightnin' was not rural, but he was very downhome in the sense of a Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, or John Lee Hooker. John L's got it right. If you pick up Jake Head Boogie (Ace) - Modern recordings, The Herald Recordings Vol. 1 & 2 (Collectables), and perhaps an Arhoolie - maybe Lightnin' or Texas Blues - for later Lightnin', you'll have the foundation of a good Lightnin' Hopkins collection. The Gold Star Sessions 1 & 2 (Arhoolie) or The Complete Aladdin Sessions (EMI) could substitute for the Ace/Modern volume, but Jake Head Boogie would be my personal choice. The Herald material was issued on a great single CD, Remember Me, on the Ember label. Its o/p, but since it was a UK label, it might turn up there in a used store, or somewhere on the net. I don't have the Collectables issues, but given that label's rep for occasional sketchiness, you might try and go for the Ember, if it turns up. Lightnin' recorded a lot, especially in later years - it's not an overstatement to say that he was over recorded - so I find it best to be very choosy with his later recordings.

That makes sense - & it seems that either way can work.

Ordered it from a friend's bookstore today. Looking forward to getting it in my hands and reading it.

Don't have an original LP, but the cover of my Japanese reissue LP says: Cover - Frank Guana - Ben Cunningham Photographer - Frank Guana

Congratulations! Dad A. looks mighty happy in that first photo.

Yep. a few hundred blues/r&b/gospel/+ some jazz 45s stored in boxes in the garage.

Sunny, warm - a beautiful spring day - went for a walk at 6:30 this morning.

HB! Aggie

All the best to you on your birthday!

In memorium: Mikey Dread: Beyond World War III (Heartbeat)

I heard a couple of those in the sixties, courtesy of Derek Stuart-Baxter, who ran the local record shop, and who raved about them. I got a very strong impression that they were too relaxed for their own good. MG What I've heard sounds very fine to me. Different strokes, I guess.

Bumped up, because I'm interested in this also.

Another thanks to Chris - Great Stuff!

Just checked my LP and, like everyone else has said, it's not clear what the the signature on the back is. I tried a Google search, and Okouté seems to come up as a French/African name - not that that helps a lot. The important thing is that this recording will be available once again and people will have a chance to listen to it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/nyregion...amp;oref=slogin

We all know I'm a huge Kobe fan, but IMO it will be a travesty if Chris Paul doesn't win MVP. He's taken his team to heights no one thought possible, and is clearly more valuable to the Hornets than Kobe is to the Lakers. Kobe has a stacked roster with proven players in Gasol, Odom, and Fisher. On the other hand, the success of the Hornets is all Paul's doing. He's made everyone on his team better. Give Chris Paul the MVP trophy. I just want to see Kobe and the Lakers keep winning and get the REAL trophy.

I have several of his records, and have enjoyed them over the years. I've never known much of anything about the man behind the music. I'm sorry that I had to read about his life in an obituary. Thank you for the music you gave us, Mr. Campbell. May you rest in peace.