Carmell Jones archival release

[bertrand]

So who wrote 'Ruby'? I have Mitchell Parish/Heinz Roemheld for the Jimmy Ponder version.

Bertrand.

[jlhoots]

Ordered yesterday.

Shipped today.

[Dan Gould]

So who wrote 'Ruby'? I have Mitchell Parish/Heinz Roemheld for the Jimmy Ponder version.

Bertrand.

Ruby is listed as a Ray Charles composition.

[JSngry]

Ray Charles had a hit with "Ruby", but if it's the same song, he did not write it.

[medjuck]

IIRC Fellini uses the Ray Charles version in La Dolce Vida.

[jlhoots]

My order arrived in 7 days.

Interesting (to me) that it was shipped from California, not from Europe. What's that all about?

[JohnS]

My order arrived in 7 days.

Interesting (to me) that it was shipped from California, not from Europe. What's that all about?

It may be that packages are shipped in bulk to an agent in the destination country then delivered by the local postal service.  A much more economic way to send than by direct airmail.

[Dan Gould]

Yeah, mine had a USPO tracking number after they said it wouldn't have any tracking - but I didn't look at where it actually shipped from.

 

Looking forward to your comments when you get a chance to listen, jlhoots.

[jlhoots]

Yeah, mine had a USPO tracking number after they said it wouldn't have any tracking - but I didn't look at where it actually shipped from.

 

Looking forward to your comments when you get a chance to listen, jlhoots.

Played through once.

65 minutes of very fine playing. Can clearly see where Carmell was going & his influences.

Peacock was already ahead of his peers as a bass player.

All in all glad to have it. Anticipate many more playings.

BTW, no problem with Westbrook either.

[Rooster_Ties]

I’ve dithered about getting this one for years. Maybe one of these days.

I should set up an eBay auto search, and get more serious about finding one cheap (or at least cheaper). I