What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[jeffcrom]

Masahiko Togashi - Spiritual Nature (Inner City)

[JohnS]

Much better sound here than on the WEA/Atlantic Here Is Phineas. Not so much extreme technical ability on display so a slightly more relaxed feel.. A tad cocktailish in spots. Still finding Newborn hard enjoy.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Masahiko Togashi - Spiritual Nature (Inner City)

What a lovely photo! Those Japanese gardens and parks are serene!

MG

[brownie]

Zoot Sims 'Quartets' (OJC)

[JohnS]

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Bunky Green meets the Marvelettes

MG

[clifford_thornton]

Masahiko Togashi - Spiritual Nature (Inner City)

Great record; I have it on an East Wind Japanese pressing.

[jeffcrom]

Masahiko Togashi - Spiritual Nature (Inner City)

Great record; I have it on an East Wind Japanese pressing.

Which has to sound better than the Inner City!

[clifford_thornton]

Yeah. Majestic, even!

[clifford_thornton]

Bernt Rosengren/Lasse Werner Quartet - Bombastica - (Jazzland, mono)

I can't remember if this was cobbled together from Swedish EPs or not. My research has been inconclusive. Anyone know?

[jeffcrom]

John Coltrane - Live at Birdland (Impulse)

[brownie]

Lester Young 'The President' (Ambrosia)

One of Boris Rose labels. My copy has a light green-colored front.

[JohnS]

[BillF]

[JohnS]

Last on Art Blakey at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vol 2. Blue Note (UA blue label)

Now

Blue and white UA.

[JohnS]

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Playing today's new purchases

Dakota Staton - Crazy he calls me - Capitol (World Record Club)

Wonderful stuff recorded at singles sessions between '54 and '58 and cobbled together into a magnificent LP.

Lionel Hampton - Hampton hits - Ades (World Record Club) a 1958 concert.

Strangely put together LP: side 1 16m23s; side 2 24m50s.

Ben Webster and associates - Verve (World Record Club)

Had this one on my 'get it one day' list for ages. Glad I did. Halfway through side 2 now.

Funny thing about all these WRC discs, none of them have any indication of which is side 1 or A/2 or B. You have to look at the master number.

Next

Sonny Stitt - Sonny's Bubba sessions - Who's Who (Kingdom Jazz UK)

Not heard this yet but, with that band....

MG

[Chuck Nessa]

[paul secor]

Jimmy Lyons/Andrew Cyrille: Something In Return (Black Saint)

[paul secor]

Elmore James: King of the Slide Guitar (Ace)

[colinmce]

Jimmy Lyons/Andrew Cyrille: Something In Return (Black Saint)

Possibly my favorite version of "Take the 'A' Train".

[jeffcrom]

When my wife is out of town, I usually pick one night to drag out the boxes of 45s and play them too loud. Tonight's the night. Here's the jazz portion of the festivities:

Charles Williams - Please Send Me Someone to Love/Bacon Butter Fat (Mainstream). With Bubba Brooks on tenor and Don Pullen on organ.

E. Parker McDougal/Jay Peters - Bitter Lemon/Foxxy Minor (Grits). Two Chicago tenors with Willie Pickens, Dan Shapera, and Steve McCall.

Dexter Gordon - Isn't She Lovely? (Columbia). One side mono, the other stereo.

Nathan Davis - Slave March/To Ursula With Love (Segue)

Bunky Green - Sweet Inspiration/By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Met)

Sonny Red - Stay as Sweet as You Are/Bluesville (BN)

Leo Parker - Parker's Pals/Low Brown (BN)

Freddie Roach - I Know/Googa Mooga (BN)

Now on to some R & B.

[jeffcrom]

The R & B portion of the evening took me from Memphis to Atlanta to New Orleans:

William Bell - Born Under a Bad Sign/A Smile Can't Hide (A Broken Heart) (Stax). I was fortunate enough to play "Bad Sign" with Mr. Bell, who co-composed it with Booker T. Jones. I offended him by asking who wrote it!

James Carr - You've Got My Mind Messed Up/That's What I Want to Know (Goldwax)

Jackie Moore - Precious, Precious/Willpower (Atlantic)

Piano Red - Comin' On/One Glimpse of Heaven (RCA Victor)

Dr. Feelgood and the Interns (the same artist as above) - Right String But the Wrong Yo-Yo/What's Up, Doc (Okeh). Piano Red played "Right String" every night in Underground Atlanta for years. The guitarist on this record is Atlanta's coolest female resident, Beverly "Guitar" Watkins. She was 19 or 20 when this was recorded in 1962, and she's still playing. One more thing - this record was produced by Don Law, who produced Robert Johnson's recordings. That blows my mind a little.

From the Vaults of Ric and Ron; Rare and Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962. A ten-record 45 RPM box from Record Store Day 2012. Record Store Day is kind of a racket, but I was tickled to pick up this limited-edition box last year. Among the rarities are the original demo recordings of Al Johnson's anthem "Carnival Time," Eddie Bo's "Every Dog His His Day," and the great Johnny Adams' "I Won't Cry."

Edited April 17, 2013 by jeffcrom

[JohnS]

Gerry Mulligan; Idol Gossip. UK Pye issue.

Next on

With all the wah-wahing going on I shouldn't like this but it's infectious stuff. Gonna have to play Take off Your Body soon.

Edited April 17, 2013 by JohnS

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

When my wife is out of town, I usually pick one night to drag out the boxes of 45s and play them too loud. Tonight's the night. Here's the jazz portion of the festivities:

Charles Williams - Please Send Me Someone to Love/Bacon Butter Fat (Mainstream). With Bubba Brooks on tenor and Don Pullen on organ.

E. Parker McDougal/Jay Peters - Bitter Lemon/Foxxy Minor (Grits). Two Chicago tenors with Willie Pickens, Dan Shapera, and Steve McCall.

Dexter Gordon - Isn't She Lovely? (Columbia). One side mono, the other stereo.

Nathan Davis - Slave March/To Ursula With Love (Segue)

Bunky Green - Sweet Inspiration/By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Met)

Sonny Red - Stay as Sweet as You Are/Bluesville (BN)

Leo Parker - Parker's Pals/Low Brown (BN)

Freddie Roach - I Know/Googa Mooga (BN)

Now on to some R & B.

I've got the Redd and Roach 45s, too.

On Charles WIlliams' album 'Stickball', 'Please send me ..." is 8:00 mins. And the B side is listed as 'Bacon butt fat'; is yours really listed as 'butter'?

I hope you have all 3 of those Charles WIlliams Mainstream albums; all with Brooks, Pullen and Bill Curtis (later founder of the Fatback Band).

MG