Am I missing the what did Santy Claus bring you thread???

[BERIGAN]

Here it is!(Man, I have to be missing it, but have looked and looked-just merge it if I have overlooked it)

Fortunately, Santa found out about the Tower sale as well. Let's see....

1. Tempo King 1936-37(Timeless label)

2. Texas and Tennesse Territory bands(Sonny Clapp is the "big"name)

3. Woody Herman Sings Ballads and Blues 45-47(Already mispriced at 6.99 before discount)

4.Johnny Hodges Proper set

5.Five Birmingham Babies(Frog label)

6. Original Memphis Five-Columbias 1923-31(Man, when did the Retrieval/Challenge cds get so cheap? $9.99 was the sticker price!)

7. Maxine Sullivan Tribute to Andy Razaf.

8. Clarence Williams (from Lon's fav remasterer, Robert Parker! Hey, it was cheap)

9. Best of Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey

10. Louis Jordan Proper set

11. Bobby Hacket 1948-54 Classics

12. Noel Coward, 3 cd cheap set from Pulse.

Also got my Dad some cds, that I will listen to more than he ever will

Dinah Shore ASV that is made up of radio shows(never seen them do anything like that, Groucho, Sinatra, Orson Welles on the cd with her) Ambrose Vocalion cd vol 6, War Years. Only cd that I have listened to so far, never would guess it to be Ambrose!. a 3 cd box set from RCA/BMG of Tommy Dorsey(For 100th anniversary of his birth) and an Ethel Waters ASV cd.

Got a few DVDs, George Steven's The More the Merrier, season's 7 and 8 of the Simpsons.

Edited December 25, 2006 by BERIGAN

[ejp626]

Well, from my significant other and the rest of the family, I got nuthin. We are preparing to move in a few more months and decided not to do gifts. Now I did get her a couple of CDs, but I really didn't get anything from her.

I did get a few things for myself, sent to a friend, which I will retrieve after the move:

Horace Tapscott - Dial B for Barbara

Reptet - Do This

Andrew Hill - solo Select

Tati - Playtime

So a fairly low-key Christmas, even by my standards.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

My wife and I agreed not to get each other anything this year; she's going to buy what she wants; I'm going to buy a CD recorder, when I can get around the shops and find a good deal.

I've got record tokens, however, that I can spend at leisure. And, from my daughter,

I have the first three in the series, and I'm a sucker for a strong fantasy.

MG

[jazzbo]

I got a new wedding band from my wife, not expensive but nice, I had outgrown my first one.

My dad sent me a big check, and my father in law an even BIGGER check, but I have to bank those. This last year was the most expensive year I've ever had due to health and travel expenses, and my wife's income is seriously diminished. . . I need that money in the bank!

A friend gave me the Armstrong All Stars dvd in the Jazz Icons series, and I'm really enjoying it!

For myself I bought the Ellington Mosaic that was released this month. . . it's awesome.

[GA Russell]

My family doesn't try to give me CDs. My sister gave me a check, however, which may go to Your Music.

I got the new Bob Newhart book, a book by George MacDonald Fraser (whom I've never read so I'm looking forward to starting this one) and from LL Bean two shirts, two sweaters and a gift card.

[ghost of miles]

Got CDs of:

Joe Albany, TWO'S COMPANY

Warne Marsh, LIVE AT DANA POINT

June Christy/Stan Kenton, DUET

Got DVDs of:

GOOD NIGHT & GOOD LUCK

HILL STREET BLUES (Season 2)

SHANE

CHINATOWN

THE TWO JAKES

...and a couple of books on American popular song.

[jazzbo]

Some nice cds you got!

[sheldonm]

.....Dizzy Mosaic box set

~Diane Arbus biography

~Nice in-ear headphones for my ipod

~A little cash and a few gift certificates.

~Digital Picture Frame

A nice Christmas but a little too much running around!

m~

[J Larsen]

My grandmother sent me a check which is really embarrassing because she is poor and I'm not (anymore). However, I fully intend to use it because rejecting a gift is usually a terrible thing to do. She needs to feel like she gave me something.

A friend gave me a Tivoli clock/radio as an early xmas gift last month.

[jazzbo]

My grandmother used to send me money when I was in college in Chicago. Each of us needed the money, I kept sending the checks back to her, and I meant well but I think I angered her. She meant me to have the money! I didn't mean to anger her. I understand now looking back because I think I'm a lot like her tempermentally and intellectually. I really miss her! You're doing the right thing. . . .

Edited December 26, 2006 by jazzbo

[kh1958]

80 GB ipod.

Preston Sturgess DVD box set.

[paul secor]

Just a few things - my wife and my family say that it's difficult to get me gifts. (& they're right - I'm too particular.)

But I received a few DVDs:

Renoir's Boudou Saved from Drowning

Northern Exposure - 3rd Season

The Up Series - 7 Up through 42 Up

and 49 Up - I'd seen the first 6 Up films at theatres when they came out, missed 49 Up when it was shown this fall.

plus a couple of shirts that I picked out.

Edited December 26, 2006 by paul secor

[Big Al]

Best present EVER: my wife bought me a brick! Not just any brick, mind you: this brick will have my name and my son's name on it, and will be placed on the walkway of the new Arlington Public Library that is opening up the street from us. I've been using the APL system for as long as I can remember, and for her to do this was thoughtful above and beyond the norm!!!

Also got the Trane box, an Animaniacs DVD, the Match Game DVD, the new Philip Yancey book, $70 worth of Half Price Books gift cards, the new Vince Gill CD, a Borders gift card, a Barnes & Noble gift card, a new toaster.

Very thankful for it all!

[Chalupa]

Eagles crushing the Cowboys in Dallas.

Thank you Santa.

[GregK]

my first iPod, ECM rarum box #2, and the Spy magazine book.

[CJ Shearn]

Sansa MP3 player

Hank: Another Workout, Booby: Dialogue, Happenings, Oblique (thanks mom!) coming soon far more post x-mas CD's in the mail

[Dan Gould]

Books:

Revolutionary Characters, by an author whose name escapes me - its a series of biographical essays of various Founding Fathers. I bought it for my brother and looking through it decided to put it on my own list.

The Lorraine Gordon -VV memoirs

Little Green Men, by Christopher Buckley. If its half as funny as That Ain't No Way To Treat a First Lady, should be lots of fun.

DVDs:

All three volumes in the American Folk Blues Festival series

The Messengers and Basie Jazz Icon concerts

a three disc Montreux blues DVD set, Santana Presents. I'm not a fan of his, but the basic idea is full concerts by Buddy Guy, Gatemouth Brown and one other guy, with Santana joining for the last couple of songs in each set. Should be good

CDs:

Kevin McKendree, who plays a rolling blues piano for Delbert McClinton, has two self-produced CDs my wife got from his website. Should be good.

Magic Sam, Sweet Home Chicago

Junior Wells, Hoodoo Man Blues

Albert King, Live Wire/Blues Power, Wednesday Night in San Francisco, Thursday Night in San Francisco

T-Bone Walker, T-Bone Blues

Little Walter, The Blues World Of

the last Steve Davis Criss Cross CD, the one with Hargrove and Bernstein

in the misc. category:

couple of shirts

Terry cloth robe

Starbucks sampler

There were also a number of CDs, DVDs and one book that didn't meet minimum requirements (they weren't blues or jazz) so they'll go back to Amazon or Borders this week.

[tonym]

Got DVDs of:

GOOD NIGHT & GOOD LUCK

Well done, fantastic film and great soundtrack.

Off my wife I got the latest Stanko and Marilyn Crispell's Amaryliss with two Burton DVDs, Nightmare & Corpse Bride.

Off my mother in-law I got Enrico Rava's Tati.

[Soulstation1]

Dangerous Dan

I thought you were getting a mosaic of some sort?

SS1

[Dan Gould]

Dangerous Dan

I thought you were getting a mosaic of some sort?

SS1

Actually, in that poll thread I announced that because my interests have turned so strongly towards the blues, and True Blue offers a lot of excellent CDs and DVDs, I gave Mom a list of items that totalled to about what a big box Mosaic would cost.

[Pete B]

My good wife made sure the new Ellington Mosaic was under our tree!

[sheldonm]

.....Dizzy Mosaic box set

~Diane Arbus biography

~Nice in-ear headphones for my ipod

~A little cash and a few gift certificates.

~Digital Picture Frame

A nice Christmas but a little too much running around!

m~

...and while out to lunch today, I redeemed my Borders rewards $$$ plus a small gift certificate and a 30% off coupon and picked up the Dexter Gordon 11 cd "Complete Prestige Recordings" for $24.00 out of pocket ($140.00 retail).

m~

[CJ Shearn]

wow, awesome deal!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

And awesome music!

MG

[Noj]

Santa connoisseurseries500 sold me the following for a ridiculously low price:

Dexter Gordon - Nights At The Keystone Vol.1-3

Art Pepper Mosaic Select

Stanley Turrentine - Common Touch

Thanks Conn!

For watching his dogs on Christmas Eve, my neighbor gave me a $25 gift card to Amoeba. I'm still wondering what I'll get.

I also got a Numark TTUSB turntable which I started a separate thread about.