Royal Oak

Should go in the "great finds" thread

I arrived via Horace Silver's "27th Man" album. I didn't know Irvine featured on the Mos Def album "Black On Both Sides", which I liked a lot.

Yes, I thought that too. I see that in the original auction, FOUR different people bid over $5000. If the winner didn't pay, why not use "second-chance" offer to the next three bidders?

Is that good or bad?

Well, Kamasi hasn't reached the provincial record shops of North West England yet. No sign of The Epic in either the vinyl or CD section of HMV Stockport this morning. Looks like a trip to Manchester or mail order.

Well, yes. I'm tempted to look for the album in HMV tomorrow. I wonder if the sheer size of the piece (triple album no less) has contributed to people's impressed response, like the feeling you get when you see very large paintings in art galleries.

Doesn't this kind of thing happen fairly frequently in the arts though? A pop group or a new book creates a buzz among the chattering classes, garners mainstream acceptance and then somehow assumes a cultural significance greater than it's original intent or intrinsic artistic value. Chances are the album will quietly fade away after a while and jazz will continue to be as dead as it has been for years, surely?

I'd never heard of this bloke until I read this thread. I've been listening to the clips on Youtube, and my interest is certainly piqued. I hear Frank Zappa in some of it. And The LIberation Music Orchestra.

There's a copy of this on UK Ebay now, from a seller I've bought from before. I'm tempted. I've had the CD for years. Is it me or does Bill Evans quote "Con Alma" at the end of his solo on Jubilation?

I love that album.

Yes it is.

Another new arrival today, in unplayed condition:

Thanks, I will definitely be checking out more

New arrival today, in tremendous condition. I think it may be my very first Bennie Green album.

I bought a copy of that album some months ago on Ebay. Described as "VG+/VG+", it arrived looking like it had been skimmed across tarmac a few times, and the back was rubber-stamped "STOLEN FROM SCIPIO COLLINS" in 5 places.

Lark - it's a source of some embarrassment that I failed my English Lit A level. I remember thinking much of the syllabus was either dull (Austen, Dickens, Shakespeare) or utterly incomprehensible (John Donne, Chaucer). Out teacher tried to pass on her obvious interest and enthusiasm, but to paraphrase Morrissey, "it said nothing to me about my life". I look forward to seeing what my son will be lumbered with when he reaches the English Literature stage of his schooling - year 7 now, so I presume it will be another year or so. Bill - my literary tastes, like my musical tastes, are firmly rooted in the 20th century, so I'm unlikely to try Fielding. In fact, much of my choice of reading material is based on what I find at charity shops.

My English A level was scuppered by Mansfield Park and metaphysical poetry.

Sorry, I meant the current setup. £9 is a steal! I'd go every week just for the scalp massage at that price.

How much does all that cost?

Anyone here have their ear hair burnt off at the barbers?. My ear hair grows embarrassingly quickly these days, and I have to get the electric razor in there once a week. I'm sorely tempted to visit the local Turkish barber.

I've just finished J G Ballard's "Crash". I really didn't like it. Repetitive and not at all engaging, which may be the whole point I suppose.

1986, which is very difficult viewing at times, is a masterpiece IMO. 1988 and 1990 are not as good, but still well worth watching though.