Teasing the Korean

Good Lord, how many times was this album reissued? Landmark???

US Atlantic Collection drawn from Joao's first three Brazilian Odeon LPs.

Gary McFarland does the definitive version of this ditty (originally done by a forgotten beat group) on his Verve album "Soft Samba." The album also includes three other songs by said beat group. I hope they're grateful that he chose to immortalize them...

Mike Love in the role of Levin, from the 1972 Broadway adaptation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. The portrayal won Love a Tony nomination.

If you Google "Mike Love" and "Toga," you get TEN TIMES as many hits as you do Googling "Mike Love" and "combover." Interesting...

El Chicano - Viva Tirado (Kapp)

That's an error on AMG's part. It came out in the mid 90s, at the height of the cocktail nation.

I'm amazed too. I would think if John B has access to record/CD stores with decent secondhand Xmas sections, he could still find one for cheap. It's a very short album - less than 30 minutes. It is made up 10 cuts drawn from various sources, along with spoken greetings at the top and end.

Al Hirt is in regular rotation at thrift stores. What's incredible is when you find the gem sandwiched in a group of lame albums.

Thanks for this. I've never heard it, but I love John Dankworth's "Zodiac Variations." I'll have to give it a spin.

I had to laugh when I saw that Herb's "Whipped Cream" was reissued on CD. Who could possibly be left on earth who still needs it and doesn't already have it (for a buck or less)?

Thrift Stores: Johnny Mathis Jerry Vale Robert Goulet Mantovani Herb Alpert and of course: Merry Christmas from Firestone Tires, Vols. 1-927 I once went to a thrift store where some wise guy put all the Dan Fogelberg albums in one area and grouped them by title. It took up an entire row of a bin.

For about a year and a half, I was working a full time day job (which frequently required overtime), AND playing a regular five night a week gig. I would actually come home many nights and practice, simply because I had no other time to do so. I remember sometimes falling asleep in the middle of exercises. Not ideal by any means, but I suppose bad practice is better than none...

So agriffith, what did you end up finding at Stereo Jack's?

Eddie Harris - Instant Death (Atlantic)

Not sure what your "classical" tastes are, or what classical vinyl shows up where you are, but I've been able to build a decent classical library through second hand vinyl. Classical albums, especially 20th Century works, tend to be well taken care of (or seldom played!) and were routinely tossed out the door when CDs arrived. At a buck a throw, well worth it. Now the SPACE they take up is another issue...

As both a musician and listener, I care about the Magnificent Goldberg's hopes and dreams, because he is such a hip mofo... And since it's Thanksgiving, I'm feeling generous. So I care about ALL of your hopes and dreams, at least until midnight on Sunday!

You're not the only one. Right off the bat I look for some composers I'm into and they weren't even listed. And I'm not that big of a classical expert. The gaping hole that exists right now in the classical digital catalog is the body of work by lesser known 20th Century composers recorded for LP between the 1950s and 70s. There's all this amazing stuff out there that you can only find on vinyl. In some cases, there is only one recording of a particular work.

Jimmy McGriff Twofer on Groove Merchant.

There is a funny story, not sure of the source, but it goes like this: Cecil Taylor is at a party and the host is trying to impress him by spinning the most out vinyl he has in his collection. After a few records, Cecil says, "Hey, got any Smokey Robinson?" Does "Space is the Place" reference Sun Ra's interest in Les Baxter? Supposedly Les's exotica records were a big influence on his concept for the Arkestra.

I'm looking for a set too. Amazing that I must have like 1,000 albums with vibes on them, yet if I call a music store and ask if they have second hand vibes in stock, I'm met with several seconds worth of dead air. I've tried eBay too and it's tough. Not sure where in NY you are, but I would think you could get a decent set in or around the city, being that there's lots of musicians but not enough space in those shoebox apartments to house a vibraphone.

I am one of the sad young men. Say hi to Gary for me, Anita.