Xgau's recommending the Carl Perkins cost me a hundred dollars (what I had to spend to get free shipping).

	Carl Perkins Very Best of Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes(CD) Item Number: VCL 6011	Qty: 1	$6.98
		Saved:	$7.99

The rest of the order (and how did that 15-DVD Grab Bag get in there?):

You got FREE shipping! These products typically ship in 1-3 business days.

Estimated delivery Tuesday, January 8th 2013 to Thursday, January 24th 2013 

	Thunderstruck (DVD) Starring Stephen Curry Directed by Darren Ashton Item Number: SUR 13308D SALE: You got 1 free copy!	Qty: 1	$1.98
		Saved:	$8.00
	Various Artists Philadelphia Boogie (CD) Item Number: VCL 5334	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	15-DVD Grab Bag Item Number: DVDGRAB5	Qty: 1	$9.98
	Various Artists Jumpin' Swing & Jive (4-CD) Item Number: ZSM 681	Qty: 1	$5.98
		Saved:	$14.01
	Various Artists Night Cap Jazz (2-CD) Item Number: ZSM 901	Qty: 1	$3.98
		Saved:	$6.01
	Bud Powell Quadromania (4-CD) [Import] Item Number: ZZQ 469	Qty: 1	$12.95
	Louis Armstrong Quadromania (4-CD) [Import] Item Number: ZZQ 403	Qty: 1	$12.95
	Tommy Bolin Private Eyes (CD) Item Number: SSP 23640	Qty: 1	$5.97
		Saved:	$2.01
	Electric Flag A Long Time Comin' (CD) Item Number: SSP 23750	Qty: 1	$5.97
		Saved:	$2.01
	The Allman Brothers Band Seven Turns (CD) Item Number: SSP 24078	Qty: 1	$5.97
		Saved:	$2.01
	The Mills Brothers 1931-1934 (CD) Item Number: ZGJ 53086	Qty: 1	$4.95
		Saved:	$8.03
	Various Artists Harlem Holiday - NY Rhythm & Blues, Volume 5 (CD) Item Number: VCL 5055	Qty: 1	$3.98
		Saved:	$8.99
	Various Artists Harlem Holiday - NY Rhythm & Blues, Volume 2 (CD) Item Number: VCL 5052	Qty: 1	$3.98
		Saved:	$8.99
	Various Artists Harlem Holiday - NY Rhythm & Blues, Volume 4 (CD) Item Number: VCL 5054	Qty: 1	$3.98
		Saved:	$8.99
	Various Artists Harlem Holiday - NY Rhythm & Blues, Volume 6 (CD) Item Number: VCL 5056	Qty: 1	$3.98
		Saved:	$8.99
	Various Artists Harlem Holiday - NY Rhythm & Blues, Volume 1 (CD) Item Number: VCL 5051	Qty: 1	$3.98
		Saved:	$8.99
	Various Artists Harlem Holiday - NY Rhythm & Blues, Volume 3 (CD) Item Number: VCL 5053	Qty: 1	$3.98
		Saved:	$8.99

Suckered in again (I Saved: $312.73!!!!!)

Ordered Items:

You got FREE shipping! These products typically ship in 1-3 business days.
Estimated delivery Friday, November 16th 2012 to Tuesday, December 4th 2012 

	The Beers Family Seasons of Peace (CD) Item Number: COL 6955	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	The Boilermaker Jazz Band Honky Tonk Town (CD) Item Number: COL 6957	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	James Scott Classic Ragtime From Rare Piano Rolls (CD) Item Number: COL 6958	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	The Dorsey Brothers / Red Nichols New York Jazz In The Roaring Twenties, Volume 3 (CD) Item Number: COL 6963	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Randy Weston How High The Moon (CD) Item Number: COL 6956	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Buddy Moss Atlanta Blues Legend (CD) Item Number: COL 6950	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Jerome Kern Biograph Presents Jerome Kern: Classic Movie & Broadway Show Tunes From Rare Piano Rolls (CD) Item Number: COL 6953	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Leadbelly / Blind Willie McTell Masters of The Country Blues (CD) Item Number: COL 6954	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	The Boilermaker Jazz Band Don't Give Up The Ship (CD) Item Number: COL 6945	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	The Jazz Modes The Rare Dawn Sessions (2-CD) Item Number: COL 6946	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Al Cohn / Dexter Gordon We Three (With Zoot Sims) (CD) Item Number: COL 6948	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Larry Johnson / John Hammond Midnight Hour Blues (CD) Item Number: COL 6949	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Various Artists The Modern Art of Jazz (CD) Item Number: COL 6935	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Johnny Shines Traditional Delta Blues (CD) Item Number: COL 6936	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Memphis Minnie Early Rhythm & Blues 1949 From The Rare Regal Sessions (CD) Item Number: COL 6937	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Johnny Shines Mr. Cover Shaker (CD) Item Number: COL 6938	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Fred McDowell / Furry Lewis When I Lay My Burden Down (CD) Item Number: COL 6942	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Kathy Hart & The Bluestars Tonight I Want It All (CD) Item Number: COL 6934	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Various Artists Boogie Woogie Blues (CD) Item Number: COL 6931	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Various Artists The Greatest Jazz, Blues And Ragtime of The Century (CD) Item Number: COL 6932	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Various Artists Jazzin' Baby Blues - Hot Piano Roll Solos (CD) Item Number: COL 6933	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Fats Waller Low Down Papa (CD) Item Number: COL 6930	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Benny Goodman The Early Years (CD) Item Number: COL 6927	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Jelly Roll Morton Blues And Stomps From Rare Piano Rolls (CD) Item Number: COL 6928	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Leadbelly / Reverend Gary Davis Good Morning Blues (With Dan Smith) (CD) Item Number: COL 6929	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Earl Hines Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (CD) Item Number: COL 6926	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Bukka White / Blind Willie McTell Three Shades of Blues (CD) Item Number: COL 6925	Qty: 1	$2.98
		Saved:	$9.99
	Various Artists Cobra Records - Treasures from the Vaults(CD) Item Number: ZVRF 61686	Qty: 1	$4.98
		Saved:	$10.00
	Various Artists Rare Blues from Deep in the Vaults (CD) Item Number: ZVRF 61691	Qty: 1	$4.98
		Saved:	$9.00
	Soul Stirrers / The Fairfield Four Gospel Legends, Volume 1 (2-CD) Item Number: ZVRF 61576	Qty: 1	$5.98
		Saved:	$11.00
	Various Artists Ultimate 60's Collection (2-CD) Item Number: ZVRF 61480	Qty: 1	$5.98
		Saved:	$13.00

On that clip of CSNY with Tom Jones and Neil bitching about the booking:
Neil Young = hippie
Tom Jones = hip

Also, on folk vs. rock, I'm sure this distinction is worn out, but it occurs to me as if an original thought:
acoustic = folk
electric = rock.
Thus, Hamell on Trial: folk. Or did he have a pick-up on that guitar?


My plan, after I get the lawn mowed today is to move my old iBook that still burns CDs over to my USB turntable which has gone neglected for a long time now and try ripping a couple of my vinyl LPs. I know I have a pretty dire collection, but if anyone sees anything here they might want, let me know!

playlisting

Fooling around with a compilation made six years ago: here's a download link. This is for an MP3 version. I think I might also do an ALAC (Apple Lossless) - might sound much better.

And it does sound much better indeed. So:

download alac (apple lossless)

Here's a link to the post with the playlist, but I recommend listening without knowing what to expect. As if you don't have too much to listen to already.

Having listened to the mp3 first and then the lossless today, back to back, I have to say that I'm loth to even offer the mp3 now. The lossless is so much closer to what I was hearing when I auditioned these things in the first place. In fact, I enjoyed revisiting #201 so much that I'm checking out #200 now too, and it is pretty good also, I must say. Here's the link to the lossless alac.
And its playlist can be found here.

demon's backbeats series by catalog number

Pretty much randomly picking up a "Recommended for Me" CD from Amazon at about the right price to bring my shopping-cart total up to the $25 for free shipping, the disc I ended up with is called "I Get My Groove: Crossover Soul from the Deep South." Turns out it is one of a series of what now consists of 30 CDs in Demon UK's "Backbeats" series. Now, unfortunately for my pocketbook but not too unfortunately because these things can be had pretty cheap, I have a hankering for the whole series. They come as three sets of ten issues, but I've had to re-do the list from alphabetical to come up with the with the titles in order by catalog number:

BACKB001

Backbeats: Livin’ The Nightlife – New York 80’s Garage

BACKB002

Backbeats: The House That Jackin' Built - The Roots Of 80s Chicago House

BACKB003

Backbeats: Philly Disco – Dance Floor Anthems From The City Of Brotherly Love

BACKB004

Backbeats: Boogie’s Gonna Getcha – 80’s New York Boogie

BACKB005

Backbeats: Saturday House Fever - 90's Garage Anthems

BACKB006

Backbeats: That Driving Beat – 60’s & 70’s Northern Soul Stompers

BACKB007

Backbeats: Gimme A Break – 70’s Breakbeats & Future Samples

BACKB008

Backbeats: Back To My Place Baby – 70’s & 80’s Seductive Soul

BACKB009

Backbeats: Windy City Soul – The Smooth 70’s Soul Of Chicago

BACKB010

Backbeats: Soul Steppin' - 80's Soul Steppers

BACKB011

Backbeats: Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah – New York 70s Disco

BACKB012

Backbeats: Love & Jealousy - The Deeper Side Of Southern Soul

BACKB013

Backbeats: Motor City Soul – 70’s Soul From Detroit

BACKB014

Backbeats: Gimme That Beat – 70’s Funky Floorfillers

BACKB015

Backbeats: Philadelphia Freedom – The Foundation Of 70’s Disco

BACKB016

Backbeats: Soultime! – 60s & 70s Big City Soul Anthems

BACKB017

Backbeats: The Big Apple Bites Back –80’s New York House

BACKB018

Backbeats: Crate Digging Fever –70’s And 80’s Rare Groove Gems

BACKB019

Backbeats: I Get My Groove - Crossover Soul From The Deep South

BACKB020

Backbeats: Jazzy Vibes – Soulful Jazz Licks From The 70’s & 80’s

BACKB021

Backbeats: Soul A La Mode – 1970s Modern Soul

BACKB022

Backbeats: What's The Word? – Socially Conscious Soul Music

BACKB023

Backbeats: Smooth Grooves – Sophisticated 80s Philly Soul

BACKB024

Backbeats: Phillybusters – Underground Philly Dance Floor Gems

BACKB025

Backbeats: Bustin' out – Ghetto Grooves From Dusty Cellars

BACKB026

Backbeats: 2 Steps To Soul Heaven – More 70s & 80s Steppers

BACKB027

Backbeats: They Call It Crossover – More Mid-Tempo Soul Gems

BACKB028

Backbeats: Mod Life Crisis – 60s Mod Anthems

BACKB029

Backbeats: Lost In Time – More Northern Soul Treasures

BACKB030

Backbeats: The Pain Goes Deep – More Deep Soul Gems

I had the first ten all ordered, but it occurred to me that maybe I could stream these on MOG. The second one I looked up (The House that Jackin Built) indeed was moggable, so I hurriedly canceled my initial slath of orders, figuring to maybe pick up the ones later that might not be streamable. Turns out Jackin was the only one on MOG, though. So maybe I could have kept the initial orders in place. But this is a lot of pretty obscure collectorama, albeit no doubt choice. I wonder how much of it I really need. Still, the urge is there to get it all -- or at least have this list to go by.