zaikesman
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| New 'Vinyl Flat' flattener? I looked at the website about a week ago, decided to hold off until they come out with the promised 7" adapter and the pouch, then I'll probaby bite (even though I'd guess that out of several thousand records in my collection, I'd only have occasi... | |
| Art Blakey, king of the drums. Around 20 years ago I saw Maceo with Fred Wesley at Blues Alley and their drummer was Melvin. I believe the only other instrumentation besides them was one guitar, bass and keys. Anyway it was virtually a JB show without JB, except our table was l... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Count Basie - S/T [Brunswick mono LP '57] Early 78rpm sidesThe Gants - "I Wonder" [Bam Caruso (England) LP comp. '88, rec. '65-'67] Selections culled from their three albums and six singles on LibertyThe Pentangle - "Sweet Child" [Reprise 2LP '68]... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Shakin' Street - S/T [Columbia promo LP '80] With Ross The Boss (Dictators) on lead guitar and produced by Sandy Pearlman (who may have helped Blue Oyster Cult, though not The Clash), and named after an MC5 classic, how wrong can you go? Fortunate... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? "Sad-core"???I haven't heard (or seen) this, but I oughta...Thanks to the prompt I looked it up on IMDB, and noticed that the bass player was Pierre Michelot (Jacques Loussier Trio) and the drummer Kenny Clarke (MJQ).Then pursuing that further, ad... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bill Evans Trio - "With Symphony Orchestra" [Verve/Polydor (France) LP reissue '66/'7?]Count Basie & His Orchestra - "One O'Clock Jump" [Columbia LP '56, rec. '42-'51]Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra - "Viva Cugat!" [Mercury stereo LP '61]Smal... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Les Fleur De Lys - "Reflections" [Turning Point/Abraxas (Italy) LP comp. '03, rec. '65-'68] British group best remembered for their hot Jimmy Page-produced cover version of the Who's "Circles", they went through many lineups and related offshoots ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? McCoy Tyner - "Reevaluation: The Impulse Years" [Impulse!/ABC 2LP comp. '73, rec. '62-'65]Max Roach - "Max Roach Plus Four On The Chicago Scene" [EmArcy/Mercury mono LP '58] With Booker Little, Bob Cranshaw, George ColemanElmer Bernstein - "Paris ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Marian McPartland With Strings - "Silent Pool" [Concord Jazz CD '97] Piano trio with full string section arranged and conducted by Alan Broadbent, performing all McPartland originals from throughout her long history. Beautifully written, played an... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jerry Van Rooyen - "At 250 Miles Per Hour" [Crippled Dick Hot Wax comp. LP '96 (Germany), rec. '67-'68] Soundtrack selections arranged and conducted by the Dutch composer, from producer Pier A. Caminnecci's Aquila Films euro-sexploitation titles "... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? And now for s'more grooves that aren't micro or stereo! Spinning my way through stacks of mostly 60's soul 45's, that I'm slowly winnowing towards recording to a comp CD-R (or two)...Eddie & Ernie - "Outcast"/"I'm Gonna Love You Always" [Easte... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Marvelettes - "Return Of The Marvelettes" [Tamla LP '70] It was a short-lived return -- this is their swan songRudy Ray Moore/V.A. - "Dolemite" MP Sndtrk. [Generation International repro LP '75/?]Dizzy Gillespie - "It's My Way" [Solid State LP... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Dengue Fever - "Cannibal Courtship" [Fantasy LP '11]Dengue Fever - "Sleepwalking Through The Mekong" Sndtrk. [M80 CD '09]Hawkwind - "Hall Of The Mountain Grill" [U.A. LP '74]Raspberries - "Starting Over" [Capitol LP '74]The Mixtures - "Stompin' At... | |
| Hammond b-3 organ Palasr, like you I played it twice initially, then played it again before I posted above to make absolutely certain of where I stood before commenting negatively in public. But Shadorne, I'm glad to learn that some folks dug it (especially since i... | |
| Hammond b-3 organ As a huge fan of Booker T. & The M.G.'s (and no small Neil Young fan), I'm sorry to report that my take on "Potato Hole" couldn't be more opposite from Bongofury, and in all aspects: songwriting, playing, arrangements, cover versions, and soun... |