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No wonder Sue's not going to put that one out! You have her copies!

Yes, agreed. . . Sometimes it seems melodically a tad more "So Whatty" than other times. . . for me at least. Sometimes it's more "Impressions"istic.

I agree that fellow Chris is talented. . . though he does nothing for me personally to be honest! Man I can't believe they are all oohing and ahhing over "Bucky." That guy was not all that! And they seem to want young Will to go home. . . and he did pretty well imo!

I often hear the chord changes to "So What" pretty clearly in some versions of "Impressions."

Who cares? We can utilize it for our own purposes. Lon the Leo.

Many more happy ones!

I've been enjoying that Do-Re-Mi and The Cool School two-fer a lot. The instrumental tracks that were left off the recent US reissue of Christy's that included the vocal selections of Do Re Mi are quite nice to have, the album is well programmed. And even though I'm not a big fan of some of the songs on the Cool School lp, the playing is superb and her singing is so so nice (as almost always). She was very unique to my ears. She and Jeri Southern should be better known these days. I wish Jeri's catalog got even the attention that June's has.

A rather short 1967 appearance was circulated as a promo before, on vhs I believe, not dvd. It's excellent and you sure wish it were longer!

Happy birthday Al! Hope you have many happy returns. Have a great dinner. Maybe some fajitas? (This is Texas after all!)

Well Elliot Yasmin did an excellent rendition of "Moody's Mood for Love" tonight. Who'd have thunk? (Another contestant did this in an audition last season actually). He's really good. Also a favorite of mine is Taylor Hicks. Man. . . that guy has the soul of Ray Charles in him there somewhere. I rather doubt either of those wil be in the final four but they're some of my favorite singers of any season on this show.

After a half dozen releases or so you'll begin to realize that you can't go wrong with Helen! I have been listneing to "Lilaac Wine" a bit lately and enjoying it!

Me too. I look at Funny Rat now and again, not often, but I never look at these threads (sports is a huge turn away for me).

Many more happy ones!

Welcome! He changed my life too I would say. He helped introduce me to a wonderful world of music.

Yes, I would have that lp version. I ordered "Blows" from yourmusic.com and ultimately they couldn't provide it and I got a copy from half.com

July 1964 it turns out, according to her book.

They did meet in 1964, not sure pre the European tour or post (I think pre). Regardless, Mingus would have talked about this story. . . probably over and over.

Big Christy fan here. . . but I really can't help you because I have her work in US Capitol and British EMI cds with the exception of the one (Something Cool) you know about. . . . But welcome!

Thanks gentlemen for the blackface and the Crosby info. I've probably got Long John Silver around here somewhere on vinyl, and I'll dig it up eventually. . . . I don't remember it as fondly as I do Bark. I guess I'll spring for Takes Off soon. Thanks Q!

Conrad is so right. Wait til ya hit 50, right Jim? PARTY ON GARTH!

Jim, yeah, On the Corner. . . I can still find new things to listen to in that one. I remember buying this when it came out and just getting lost, not really finding my way for a while. But it's such a powerful stew, it drew me in over and over and it's really rewarding to just let it wash around your listening room. I've got a late nineties Sony lp facimile that sounds like the lp mix to me . . . . Can't say it's "my favorite" but it is a benchmark of my Miles recordings.

Thanks Hans. I didn't want to get that version if there was another around to look for. Guess I'll go for it soon. As for the blackface they didn't when I saw them either, and if they had done that often we'd have heard about it. In those liners though it looks as if they were on a tv station set. . . so I wondered. It would be just like Grace (who auditioned for a black label apparently pre-Airplane as well).

I don't know. . . I actually like the live material on "Volunteers' --- I don't consider it 'so so'. . . . I have quite a bit of the alternate material from the "Quadraphonic" Volunteers on the Airplane box set, so I'm glad to have the live instead. Just got Crown of Creation and that puts me almost there for the Airplane I want. . . . Your Music seems to have managed to lose my package that has Bless its Pointy Head supposedly on the way to me. . .eventually I'll get that straightened out. And I still need to get "Sun Fighter" and maybe download "Bark" from iTunes. Then it's a question of "to get or not to get Long John Silver and Takes Off" the two dicey bookends to the period I want. (I've got Blows Against the Empire and Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Num as well). Two questions: seeing Grace in blackface for the first time in the Crown liner notes. . . did they actually perform on tv that way? Was Crosby's "If I could Only Remember My Name" ever on cd in America after that first (and still seeming only) early digital release?

Interesting. Velikovsky claims that Egyptian chronology as the West pieces it together is really convoluted and wrong, and he in fact places Ramses II as ruling seven hundred some years earlier, in the sixth century BC. Sometimes i think he may be right. . . .

Hey isn't there some sort of new Hollywood law that you have to hire a British actor? Clove Olin as Chet? Jude Law?