All that Jazz -2

Another 10 "Mod" Jazz tunes.

Paul & Rick - Hen House (1967)

The Pac-Keys - Dig In  (1966)

Chuck Higgins Sorry 'Bout That (1960)

Eric Kloss - Comin' home Baby (1967) - (A cover of Mel Torme´s tune..Below)





Mel Torme - I'm Comin' Home   (1962)

King Curtis - Free For All (1961)

Bobby Jenkins And His Quartet - Troubles (1962)

Floyd White - Finders Keepers (1958)

The Miles Grayson Trio - You Were Wrong (1965)

Freddy Washington's Band - Congo Buggie (1953)



All the above  tracks can be found on Mod jazz and then Some

Also included on the collection;

1. ANOTHER CHILD LOST - Floyd White

2. DIG IN - Pac Keys
3. HARD WORKING GIRL - Clarence Daniels & Obie Jessie
4. BOSSA BABY - GEORGE RENE & HIS COMBO
5. HEN HOUSE - Paul & Rick
6. SISTER SADIE - Shirley Scott
7. SATURDAY NIGHT STOMP (INST) - Eddie 'Blues Man' Kirkland
8. LEAVIN TOWN - Nightbeats
9. FREE FOR ALL - King Curtis
10. THE FAT MAN - TKOs
11. THAT'S A LIE - Billy Larkin
12. WATERMELON WALK - Five Counts
13. CONGO BUGGIE - Freddy Washington's Band
14. CHILI WITH HONEY - Danny Bell & The Bell Hops
15. POONTWANGIE aka THREE O'CLOCK STOMP - B. B. King
16. COOKING IN GREASE - Reuben Wilson
17. TROUBLES - Bobby Jenkins & His Quartet
18. SORRY 'BOUT THAT - Chuck Higgins
19. COMIN' HOME BABY - Eric Kloss
20. IN THE DARK - Dave Hamilton
21. BUCKET FULL OF SOUL - Trudy Pitts
22. NATURE BOY - Etta Jones
23. YOU WERE WRONG - Miles Grayson
24. EL TACOS - Frenchy & The Chessmen

All that Jazz

The 1959 novel Absolute Beginners describes modernists as young modern jazz fans who dress in sharp modern Italian clothes.
Not all Modern Jazz is "listenable" or "cool" enough to have that "Modernist Sound" but there are some cracking tunes, especially from the late 50´s and the 60´s.
Here´s ten to start with.
Alvin Cash and The Crawlers - Twine Time (1965)

B.B King -3 O'clock Stomp Aka Poontwangie (1962)

Dave "Baby" Cortez - Rinky Dink  (1962)

Dave Davani Four - The Jupe (1965)

George Stone -  Hole in the Wall  (1965)

Jr Walker & the All Stars -   Cleo's Mood (1966)

Mike Vickers - On the Brink (1965)

Terrell Prude - Frog-Eyes (1963)

The Young-Holt Trio - Wack Wack (1966)

Willie Mitchell  - 30-60-90 (1969)

Cheap clobber (7)

Another Little collection of additions, Shirt, scarf and coat, all for 8 euros the lot.

The herringbone pattern caught my eye.

For 6 euros, you can´t really complain eh?

Ok, it isn´t pure silk but it´s worth the 50 Cents.

Sawdust Caesers

"These long-haired, mentally unstable, petty little hoodlums, these sawdust Caesars who can only find courage like rats hunting in packs, came to Margate with the avowed intent on interfering with the life and properties of its inhabitants." Part of the speech made by Dr George Simpson, chairman of Margate magistrates as he passed sentence on 4 who had taken part in the disturbances in margate , 1964.

Part of it became a catchphrase and the titel to Tony Beesley´s Book, which covers the rise of the Modernist style from the late 50´s and it´s development into present times. Not an easy Thing to cover and record the "movement" which has gone through a lot of alterations since it´s beginings over 50 years ago,  but Tony has covered it extremely well, combining photos with the voices of modernists who have lived and breathed it´s history.

A definate "Must have" for anyone interested in Modernism

Blast from the past (3)

Just got hold of this bit of 60´s Technology, a 1961/62

Loewe Opta  

Bella - Luxus 6730 W

The Sound, which is deep and rich kicks modern Radios into the Long grass.

Fully functional, it was in a bit of a mess when I got it and needed a lot of cleaning, the box had coffee Cup stains, the dials had to be removed for cleaning, the glass had a thick layer of grime over it. At some Point the material covering the Speaker will have to be taken off and cleaned.

It´s big and heavy, 44 x 27,5 x 21 cm and weighs 6kg´s.

When it was first produced this cost DM269.....quite a lot back then and calculated (using THIS online converter) into it´s equivalent worth these days would cost DM1088.99 or 556.77 Euros!!

 



Cheap clobber (6)

Just when I was in the market for a decent winter coat...and one turns up.
3/4 length coat...57% Alpaca and 43% wool mix...6 euros :-D

Best bit is the maker...Loro Piana.

Blast from the past (2)

 

 

Bit´s and pieces from my "scrapbook" from 78-/79 - 84-/85.

A brand new GP for 402 quid with VAT!!

As far as I remember the "Disco" was bloody awefull..virtually None of what was promised and asking the DJ for anything decent was a waste of time.

Mr Piller. The write up (don´t ask me which paper or mag it was in) that went with the pic is on another page. It says that Eddie is 18 at the time of the article. I won´t print what Eddie Said in the article as we all know, journos do tend to take things out of context.  

A cut up Flyer.

Don´t remember a topless dancer..maybe they meant that one of the blokes got thier Shirts off....

Paul Weller "getting back to nature"  in his Style council days..

Sadly ecstatic. That their heroes are News!
Looking at these newspaper clppings you´d think mayhem ruled, but as I said above, journos do tend to the creative side of presenting what happened. For instance..note the Headline with Death threat in inverted commas.

Just one of the many pages in the "scrapbook".