What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[B. Clugston]

Johnny Dyani, African Bass (Red). Nice album of solos and duos with Clifford Jarvis.

[hvbias]

Old and New Dreams - S/T (nice version of Lonely Woman)

[jeffcrom]

Last night's blues 45s:

Alabama Watson - Cost Time/My Baby Left Me (Bluestown)

McKinley James - Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton/Tuskegee Boogie (Macon)

Bluestown was a Boston based label (believe it or not) run by a guy nicknamed Skippy White who had a record store there - it may still be in business, for all I know.

Guitar Nubbit was another artist on the Bluestown label. His records are worth hearing too. Wolf Records issued a CD, Bluestown Story Volume 1, which contains all of Alabama Watson's and Guitar Nubbit's released sides plus some unreleased material. I don't see it listed on Amazon, so perhaps it's almost as rare as the 45's.

Trix was a label run by Pete Lowry, who did a lot of field recordings and who lived in my neck of the woods. Pete has since moved to Australia.

edit: According to Ron Bartolucci's liner notes to the Wolf CD, Alabama Watson was a customer in Skippy White's record store, mentioned that he played and sang blues, and ended up recording.

Also, according to the same liner notes, Guitar Nubbit (Alvin Hankerson) was a barber who had a shop close to Skippy White's. He used to play guitar in his shop and ended up recording.

The McKinley James 45 (I have a copy somewhere in my garage) was recorded in 1966 in Macon in your home state, Jeff.

Wow- thanks for the info. I had always assumed that Bluestown was a little Southern label. I knew that Trix was Pete Lowry's label. I've got some of his CDs and LPs, but I think it's cool that he also issued blues singles.

Coo lummy!

I heard that, Bubba! (Which is, I think, the way we say the same thing down here.)

Edited October 20, 2013 by jeffcrom

[jazzbo]

I love these lps Flora did for Milestone.

Sounds so good tonight!

[Homefromtheforest]

Miles Davis "four and more" (USA Columbia 2-eye)

Embryo "embryo's rache" (Germany, united artists)

Stan Tracey "free an one" (UK, Columbia)

[king ubu]

[king ubu]

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Lots of vinyl this afternoon.

Aretha - I never loved a man the way I love you - Atlantic (Canada)

Georgia Mass Choir - Yes, he can - Savoy

Then a bunch of Fela

Authority stealing - Kalakuta (orig, complete with pressing fault for which Fela apologised on the sleeve and Young African Pioneers newspaper)

Gentleman - EMI Nigeria (Creole UK)

Confusion - EMI Nigeria (EMI UK)

Coffin for head of state - Kalakuta (French edition, but you can't tell which firm was responsible)

S E Rogie - Palm wine guitar music - Rogiphone (Cooking Vinyl UK)

MG

[hvbias]

Bud Powell - Verve 57

[Cactus Bob]

The Four Brothers . . . Together Again!

Vik

[Cactus Bob]

The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus

Bethlehem BCP 65

Edited October 21, 2013 by Cactus Bob

[Cactus Bob]

Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi

Verve

[uli]

[tomatamot]

David Sanchez - Five Track Sampler

[hvbias]

Clifford Brown, Max Roach - Live at the Bee Hive

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

This evening's vinyl

Slim & the Supreme Angels - Why was I born (not the Torme song ) - Nashboro

Rev Isaac Douglas & the Savannah Community Choir - Stand up for Jesus - Creed twofer

MG

[sidewinder]

Pat Martino 'El Hombre' (OJC)

[uli]

Buster Williams something more

[imeanyou]

Prince Lasha/Sonny Simmons 'The Cry'

[clifford_thornton]

One of the greatest jazz records of the '60s.

[imeanyou]

One of the greatest jazz records of the '60s.

No argument from me. Nice clean King Records pressing, sounds fabulous.

[paul secor]

Clarinet Summit: In Concert at the Public Theatre (India Navigation)

[danasgoodstuff]

Clarinet Summit: In Concert at the Public Theatre (India Navigation)

I thought they did a better job with Ellingtonia than WSQ, good stuff

[clifford_thornton]

Stockhausen - Kurzwellen - (DGG)

[jeffcrom]

Stockhausen - Kurzwellen - (DGG)

Hope your copy sounds better than mine - looks good, but is very crackly.