What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[His Boy Elroy]

'Don't know anything about this label ("Super Majestic"), but I gather it's a (presumably) French import, possibly a knock-off label. Still, this is a pretty solid collection, with surprisingly clear sound (from '72). Comp includes heavies such as Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, Lightnin' Hopkins, Leadbelly, Memphis Slim, and Jack Dupree. 'Worth picking up if you ever stumble across it (which I did recently)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Earlier

Gene Ammons in Sweden - Enja

now

Donald Vails Choraleers - In deep water - Savoy

MG

[jeffcrom]

Budd Johnson -Ya! Ya! (Argo)

A trip down memory lane: this was the first jazz album I owned. It was a Christmas gift from my mother - Xmas, 1970. She presumably picked it out more or less at random at a local department store because it was by a saxophonist, and I had been playing saxophone about two months at the time. I still love it, and I also think that Richard Davis' atonal, quarter-tone arco solo in "Exotique" had a pretty profound affect on me. I think my thoughts at the time were something like, "Well that's strange, but kind of cool. I guess you can do that."

Thanks, Mom.

[His Boy Elroy]

Picked this out of a jazz stack this afternoon for six bucks. Pretty clean, save for one small scratch I was a bit concerned about. Anyway, I took a small gamble, and so far, so good. 'One of those albums I always hoped to eventually stumble across. A pretty good score, I think . . .

[His Boy Elroy]

Another first spin

[Chuck Nessa]

Another first spin

A bunch of friends in that image. I miss Lester.

[His Boy Elroy]

A bunch of friends in that image. I miss Lester.

Chuck, I imagine you've had a pretty amazing career. I've noticed you've recorded Mr. Bowie a few times. I intend to check those out. I was pretty pleased to see this one sitting in a used bin this afternoon, clean as a whistle. I don't think it's ever been issued on cd. I very much enjoyed Side 1 . . .

[Chuck Nessa]

A bunch of friends in that image. I miss Lester.

Chuck, I imagine you've had a pretty amazing career. I've noticed you've recorded Mr. Bowie a few times. I intend to check those out. I was pretty pleased to see this one sitting in a used bin this afternoon, clean as a whistle. I don't think it's ever been issued on cd. I very much enjoyed Side 1 . . .

Career be damned. Lester was a friend.

[His Boy Elroy]

Career be damned. Lester was a friend.

Understood. I wish I could have known him also. I'm glad the rest of us at least have a recorded legacy . . .

[Chuck Nessa]

Thanks. Sorry if I was too excited.

[His Boy Elroy]

No worries, Chuck. I can see now that my response was insensitive. I apologize for that. Best regards, Tim

[Chuck Nessa]

No worries.

[jeffcrom]

Another first spin

This was issued on CD, by the way, with a bonus track - a long version of McBee's "Blues on the Bottom."

[jeffcrom]

Arnett Cobb - Ballads by Cobb (Prestige/Moodsville mono, with the awful Status cover)

[mjazzg]

Sirone - Artistry [Of the Cosmos]

a candidate for a International Phonograph CD reissue if ever there were one

Edited November 9, 2014 by mjazzg

[His Boy Elroy]

This was issued on CD, by the way, with a bonus track - a long version of McBee's "Blues on the Bottom."

Thanks, jeffcrom. You'd think I might have known that, given that the image I posted says right on it, "compact disc," lol . . . (I think I'm starting to lose it)

This morning:

[His Boy Elroy]

[kh1958]

Jimmy Smith, Home Cookin' (Blue Note NY USA, mono), and

Art Tatum, The Genius of Art Tatum No. 6 (Clef).

[clifford_thornton]

Sirone - Artistry [Of the Cosmos]

a candidate for a International Phonograph CD reissue if ever there were one

Yup.

[JSngry]

Sirone - Artistry [Of the Cosmos]

a candidate for a International Phonograph CD reissue if ever there were one

Yup.

whoa...somehow has escaped my attention all these years...whoa...

[clifford_thornton]

Yeah, it is a wonderful record. The tough part would be replicating that corrugated pasted on sleeve.

[His Boy Elroy]

[jeffcrom]

Ernie Henry - Last Chorus (Riverside Japan)

[paul secor]

Red Garland: Red in Blues-ville (Prestige Japan)

[jeffcrom]

Bunny Berigan - Bunny (Camden). One of these days I'll get a good CD compilation of Berigan's big band. Until then, my two cheap Camden albums from the turn of the 1960s will do.