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these cds from "saturn" each for 3 $:

- the mizell brothers - sky high - blue note compilation (much better than the current best of mizell cd)

- nat king cole - night lights - capitol (his lost 1956 album)

- sister rosetta tharpe - gospel train (mercury card box cd)

- marc antoine - madrid - grp cd

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Be interesting to see what you think, Jim.

I know that Rance Allen's been well covered by Fantasy reissues. I have some Violinaires, but not that one. I'd love to hear it!

This is definitely a niche-product, whose purpose seems to be to collect/issue stuff that nobody else would. Hell, most people probably don't even know about it. I wish that Gospel would get the quality reissuing that it so richly deserves, but until it does, I'll take whatever I can get, by whoever puts it out.

If I get what I'm expecting, I'll be getting a collection of mostly "local" acts whose passion might well exceed their skill. I'm ok with that, especially with Gospel music, where the passion is really the object of the game. There's probably going to be gems and duds side-by-side, and not necessarily in a favorable ratio. I'm ok with that too, because with this type of compiling, getting access to the gems is really the object of the game.

This is a good set to get if you're into "obsucurities", and enjoy pondering the stories of the people who came to make records such as these. There's also some really good music here as well. Nothing "essential", but very, very few duds.

Far from "essential", but definitely enjoyable, and at many levels.

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Be interesting to see what you think, Jim.

I know that Rance Allen's been well covered by Fantasy reissues. I have some Violinaires, but not that one. I'd love to hear it!

This is definitely a niche-product, whose purpose seems to be to collect/issue stuff that nobody else would. Hell, most people probably don't even know about it. I wish that Gospel would get the quality reissuing that it so richly deserves, but until it does, I'll take whatever I can get, by whoever puts it out.

If I get what I'm expecting, I'll be getting a collection of mostly "local" acts whose passion might well exceed their skill. I'm ok with that, especially with Gospel music, where the passion is really the object of the game. There's probably going to be gems and duds side-by-side, and not necessarily in a favorable ratio. I'm ok with that too, because with this type of compiling, getting access to the gems is really the object of the game.

This is a good set to get if you're into "obsucurities", and enjoy pondering the stories of the people who came to make records such as these. There's also some really good music here as well. Nothing "essential", but very, very few duds.

Far from "essential", but definitely enjoyable, and at many levels.

Looks like it came up trumps!

Since you were keen to hear the Violinaires "Groovin' with Jesus", I thought I'd do a tape of late '60s-mid '80s Gospel groups, if you're interested and can play cassettes. It won't ALL be funky; some of the best stuff is always going to be slow and very soulful. (All this stuff is on vinyl, so I can't yet put it on CD, something I need to correct before it's my turn in the BFT barrel.)

PM me if you're interested.

MG

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Finally picked up Wayne Shorter's "Night Dreamer." What a great album! Don't know why it took me so long to get it; by rights I should have bought this album long ago.

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Arrived today f/BMG:

Hank - Dippin', Workout (RVGs)

Lee - The Gigolo, Tom Cat (RVGs)

Horace - Song for My Father, Cape Verdean Blues (RVGs)

Andrew Hill - Time Lines

Santana - III (2CD Legacy Edition)

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Rev. J M Gates – Bound for Heaven

Is that this, Chuck?

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MG

So, is that preachin' or singin' or some of both?

The Reverend recorded around 200 sides - sermons with singing responses from the "congregation" mostly. These sides were done 1926-1941 for a number of companies including Paramount, Gennett, Columbia, Okeh and Victor. I was first introduced to his stuff on a Herwin lp in the '70s. He was a "star".

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