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Hmmm. . . I enjoy his playing. Maybe I'm a stiff.

Haul, all vinyl, all unplayed, one five dollars, the rest three: Blowin' Gold--John Klemmer--Chess two lp that also has tracks from Eruptions and All the Children Cried, unplayed Joe Sullivan Piano--Folkways (solos, also two quartets with Bechet, one accompanying Stella Brooks and one with a Yank Lawson unit); this was the five buck one, beautiful release Capitol jazz Classics, Volume Six--Metronome All Stars 12/21/47, International Jazzmen 3/30/45, Metronome All Stars 1/23/51, Louis Bellson Just Jazz All Stars 2/52 Dixieland Now and Then: Jimmy McPartland's Chicago Rompers (with Dichenson, Freeman and Morello!) and Paul Barbarin's New Orleans Stompers (with Humphrey and Barker!) ---Jazztone

I too have had more than whims in the direction of the Malo set!

I've read that story Alejo just served up. It sort of resonates with me as being very possible knowing the little that I know about the Ayler brothers. But no one really seems to be certain other than Maria Parks. . . .

John, really yes, the sound is considerably improved. The only caveat would be for those who may have owned the original vinyl for years and years: they have remixed almost all sessions from the original three track masters and this contributes to the better sound, but it IS disorienting if you have the original mix burned in your brain. But they really DID improve the sound; on a thread about these sets from early today Dr. J says that he was surprised at the improvement cuz he thought the Blue Moons sounded good; so was I when I got my set.

In his capacity as a comedian on "You Bet Your Life" Groucho Marx interviewed many of the show's participants. He once met a certain Mrs. Story, who claimed to have given birth to twenty-two children. "I love my husband." Mrs. Story said by way of explanation. "I like my cigar, too," Groucho replied, "but I take it out once in a while!"

Another: One day while Groucho Marx was working in his garden (dressed in well-worn gardening attire), a wealthy woman pulled up in a Cadillac and endeavored to persuade the "gardener" to come and work for her. "How much does the lady of the house pay you?" she asked. "Oh, I don't get paid in dollars." Groucho replied, glancing up. "The lady of the house just a lets me sleep with her."

I mean. . . what CAN be beyond Dr. Funkenstien? When maren makes it to 5000, will she become. . . well you know what I was going to ask!

Here's one. . . . Love the stories of Vaudville days: Once we were on the bill with Fanny Brice. I'm sure a lot of you remember Fanny Brice. She was quite a performer, and on the bill, too, was an act called Swayne's Rats and Cats, and you wouldn't believe that, but that was the name of the act. And they had a miniature race track on the stage, and the rats were dressed as jockeys and the cats were horses. It was an incredible act, imagine teaching these...these rats and cats to learn all this, and they wore the uniforms, too. And one day while they were doing the act, there was a scream came from Fanny's dressingroom, and Swayne ran in there. And he had a turkish towel with him, I don't know what he gonna... Fanny Brice was standing on a chair, frightened a bit, got her clothes a-way up. Swayne grabs this rat - it wasn't one of the rats from his act. This was a sewer rat that had gotten into the theater. Swayne captures this sewer rat, and the next year we played on the bill with Swayne again, and this rat was now the star of the show.

I wish they would leave it alone! It is so beautiful right now when I wait at the bus stop and walk to and from the bus stop in the mornings now! Just after dawn, so fresh, that early morning light is the best stuff! And now next week it's back to predawn bleariness. . . . It's even worse when one falls back. My cat who never fails to faithfully awaken me at 4:50 a.m. all of a sudden, and for a long time, starts waking me at 3:50 a. m.!

Yes. Mine has a promo no-number.

I should have the RVG soon. . .I've had several lp versions. The groove that Hancock and Workman and Higgins put down is so nice. . . . I too think of this one like "Feelin' the Spirit" which is my favorite Green. Can't wait to hear this cd!

Yes, you should challenge yourself! Teagarden was one of those guys who was sort of genreless. He wasn't known for bebop but I am certain it wasn't because he couldn't PLAY it! He was such an incredible player, and he knew so well what NOT TO PLAY, not to grandstand or spew chops all over the place. And his singing I hold in the highest esteem. I've been buying Teagarden whenever I see something I don't have. I am so rarely at all even slightly disappointed. I see that ASV is putting out a three cd set of Teagarden material that doesn't cost too much. . . that would be a good set to have. . . if only I didn't have everything on it already!

Yes, it was with great reluctance that I didn't drive that sucker in the winter; I used my four door 1964 Dodge 440 for the winters (with its push-button automatic!) I think I could have put up with the slipping and sliding and a few bags of sand in the trunk did wonders. . . BUT . . . when you can't defrost a window it's dangerous! Apparently a heater is an option for the 1964 Alfa that was rarely chosen; not needed in the Riviera I guess! Alfa did not import on its own to the US til a few years later, not sure where mine came from, but the previous owner had raced the HELL out of it.

Really fun music! Sound doesn't bother me too much. . . I have worse-sounding stuff in my collection!

Adrian, it is very indicative of the set as a whole and I would venture to guess that as you enjoy the Roundtable lp, you'd enjoy the entire Mosaic.

I had a 1964 Spyder convertible Alfa, with a detachable hard top as well, from 1976 to 1977. It was beat, but ran like a top. I had to park it in the winter time because it was too light for use in the Ohio snows, and it had no heater! My brother moved it out of my parents' garage to fit a car of his in when I was out of town for two weeks on vacation. That was enough to destroy a big area of the frame somehow. . . . I parted the car out and made more money that way than I did purchasing it, but it remains the favorite of any car I've had. . . the 1967 Camaro would be next. Mine didn't look as good as this at all, but is the same car and color scheme:

Okay, I'll just share my decision not to get the Dizzy Reece's because I have all the material elsewhere as you do, and the booklet itself is just going to reprint the original liners, so nothing new really. . . I'm sitting tight with the versions I have, which are Conns and JRVGs. Now the VeeJay sets. . . I got these; I had no original vinyl of these, but cds both domestic and imported, and the set really does sound much better, and has additional material not on the earlier cds, plus you get good booklets. . . . I think they were well worth getting.

Questionalble gambit. . . yes. In my opinion it paid off! Depends how one feels about Alice's orchestrations.

I'm behind this one too. And more props for Victor Lewis, who is a wonderful player in every way.

I lost a lot of records to a similar basement wet nightmare about twenty-five years ago. I feel your pain!

Man! Leave it to the Beaver!

Yes. Best part of the album. . . .

I think that we have to take the Mingus quote with a grain of salt! I've been living with this music for a long time! I can heartily recommend any of the recordings that Mingus made with the front line of Shaw, Hadi and Knepper--my favorite Mingus band! Especially. . . East Coasting on Bethlehem.

Spending too much money on recordings Spending too much money on stereo equipment Spending too much time listening to recordings on stereo equipment