What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[sidewinder]

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside - (EMI UK orig)

Jean 'Toots' Thielmans 'Man Bites Harmonica' (Japanese Riverside)

Bonzo Dog Band - Keynsham - (Imperial)

Often drive through there...

[king ubu]

Also, is an 80s LP of Booby's "Total Eclipse" worth around 15€ or so?

up - anyone?

I think I paid $15 for a 1st stereo Liberty, but that was a few years ago. Not a bad date.

I'd say no.

Thanks for chiming in - seems too steep for me as well, but as I'm no expert in these things, I wanted to check.

[clifford_thornton]

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside - (EMI UK orig)

Jean 'Toots' Thielmans 'Man Bites Harmonica' (Japanese Riverside)

Bonzo Dog Band - Keynsham - (Imperial)

Often drive through there...

Yeah, my listening was a little schizoid last night. After Kate Bush I put on Graham Collier!

[sidewinder]

Yeah, my listening was a little schizoid last night. After Kate Bush I put on Graham Collier!

Sorry Clifford - I shouldn't be knocking ol' Kate B. I hear she has a Linn/Naim audio setup

Also, is an 80s LP of Booby's "Total Eclipse" worth around 15€ or so?

up - anyone?

I think I paid $15 for a 1st stereo Liberty, but that was a few years ago. Not a bad date.

I'd say no.

Thanks for chiming in - seems too steep for me as well, but as I'm no expert in these things, I wanted to check.

Would that be the Pathe Marconi French DMM pressing? I have one of those - bought it when it came out for about £3, it's OK. The Liberty original is better (and like an idiot I gave away my copy.) Alternatively, the Blue Label 70s pressing is an OK option, better than the DMM.

Edited May 25, 2010 by sidewinder

[clifford_thornton]

Not all of Kate B's records are great, but the first one definitely is in my book. Fine sound on the UK EMI pressing, too. Considering her music's sound, I would imagine her to be an audiophile.

It is also impossible to argue one thing (this from the Japanese edition):

[clifford_thornton]

Branca - Lesson No. 1 - (99 Records orig)

[jeffcrom]

Looking for musical comfort after walking out of a school where I taught for 25 years for the last time today:

Jimmy Smith - Open House (BN Liberty - but the first issue of this 1960 session)

Next up:

Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Challenges (Verve) The 1954 edition, with Dizzy, Roy, and Ben Webster.

This is a really strange & unsettled evening - and sorry to interject personal stuff into this thread.

[clifford_thornton]

Sorry to hear that Jeff. I guess some of us in the big-O community were aware of your situation, and there's nothing wrong with bringing up personal pain / frustration in a thread related to vinyl spins. If I had a dime for every post that brought up something related to an ex-girlfriend, I (or somebody here) would be quite rich.

Now spinning: The Fuckin' Flyin' A-heads 7-inch (basement lo-fi weirdness)

[jeffcrom]

A bunch of Texas soul/blues 45s by the great Johnny Copeland:

Down on Bending Knees/Just One More Time (Golden Eagle)

Tryin' to Reach My Goal/If Love Is Your Friend (Atlantic)

Hear What I Said/Please Let Me Know (Allboy)

You're Gonna Reap Just What You Sow/Wake Up, Little Susie (Wand)

Ain't Nobody's Business/Year Round Blues (Bragg)

If You're Looking For a Fool (Wet Soul promo)

Every Dog's Got His Day/Wizard of Art (Kent)

There's a Blessing/May the Best Man Win (Golden Eagle)

Just what I needed....

[sidewinder]

Looking for musical comfort after walking out of a school where I taught for 25 years for the last time today:

I hear you ! A couple of colleagues I've worked with for years and years took (early) retirement over the past few months. One minute they are there, the next they are totally off the face of the planet. Unsettling, for sure.

The plastic stuff definitely helps with regard to relaxation and getting perspective in these times.

Edited May 26, 2010 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

Gerald Wilson Orchestra of the 80s - 'Calafia' (Trend)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Sonny Stitt - Burnin' - Argo mono

And it bloody is!

MG

[king ubu]

Also, is an 80s LP of Booby's "Total Eclipse" worth around 15€ or so?

up - anyone?

I think I paid $15 for a 1st stereo Liberty, but that was a few years ago. Not a bad date.

I'd say no.

Thanks for chiming in - seems too steep for me as well, but as I'm no expert in these things, I wanted to check.

Would that be the Pathe Marconi French DMM pressing? I have one of those - bought it when it came out for about £3, it's OK. The Liberty original is better (and like an idiot I gave away my copy.) Alternatively, the Blue Label 70s pressing is an OK option, better than the DMM.

I didn't even look closely enough to remember - but quite likely Pathe Marconi (the Blue Note Town Hall vinyl set I bought is that pressing, same store, same collection, I guess).

[paul secor]

Looking for musical comfort after walking out of a school where I taught for 25 years for the last time today:

This is a really strange & unsettled evening - and sorry to interject personal stuff into this thread.

Feel for you, Jeff. It shows how invested you were in your work. My wife retired (voluntarily) last June after 36 years of teaching & she still misses it sometimes. It's a great thing to love the work you do, but what you're going through is the down side of that.

I know that things will get better over time.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

A vinyl evening

Jimmy Ponder - While my guitar gently weeps - Cadet

Freddie McCoy - Funk drops - Prestige (mono)

Gene Ammons - Blue Gene - Prestige (OJC)

now

Coleman Hawkins & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Night Hawk - Swingville (Transatlantic Xtra stereo)

next

Dexter Gordon - Piss off - BN DMM

MG

[sidewinder]

next

Dexter Gordon - Piss off - BN DMM

Don't remember the French releasing that one..

[BillF]

next

Dexter Gordon - Piss off - BN DMM

Don't remember the French releasing that one..

Shouldn't it be Pissin' Off?

[paul secor]

Earl Hines: Once Upon a Time (Jasmine)

[jostber]

Terry Callier - What Color Is Love?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

next

Dexter Gordon - Piss off - BN DMM

Don't remember the French releasing that one..

Shouldn't it be Pissin' Off?

Surely not! The LP would have had to have been called "Goin'" - as in Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' "Pissin' off to the meetin'", to which (coincidentally) I've just been listening (on CD).

MG

[Teasing the Korean]

I have the US edition of this album with different cover art. I like this record!

The Hidden Hand - Mother Teacher Destroyer - 2-LP 45RPM (Sunn36 - Southern Lord Records)

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?

[jeffcrom]

George Lewis - Oh, Didn't He Ramble (Verve mono) One way to "read" the George Lewis story is through the many trumpet players who worked with him. Kid Howard played with him off and on from the 40s to the 60s, sometimes brilliantly, sometimes less so. Kid Shots Madison made his best records with Lewis. I really like the recordings from the 1960s with Jack Willis, who was practically a bebopper when compared to Lewis. George's favorite trumpeter was the rough-and-ready Elmer Talbert, who died young in the early 1950s. I think my favorite George Lewis trumpeter is Percy Humphrey, who replaced Talbert, but was unable to tour extensively due to his insurance business in New Orleans. Humphrey played a driving, exciting lead style which was almost totally pre-Armstrong in conception.

This 1958 album has Alvin Alcorn, who sounds great here. He has a beautiful sound, and kind of floats over the beat rather than swinging hard. George Lewis was one of those musicians who probably made too many records; this couldn't be called his best, but it's still beautiful.

[Big Al]

Hank Crawford MR. BLUES

I should be listening to (and burning) the I WANT TO LIVE soundtrack LP, seeing as how it was generously given to me by The Magnificent Goldberg (who is VERY magnificent, BTW!).

[clifford_thornton]

The Hidden Hand - Mother Teacher Destroyer - 2-LP 45RPM (Sunn36 - Southern Lord Records)

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?

I don't know, but the artwork reminds me of Dan Higgs.

[sidewinder]

Buddy deFranco/Art Blakey/Lee Morgan 'Blues Bag' (UK Joy)