Spring was in the air which means only one thing (I'm no longer a young man so my fancy doesn't turn to love or maybe it did in this case) - time to Spring clean.
Where to start? I know, I'll move my treasured collection of 78rpms to a different room. Guess what happens - you're probably ahead of me - one of the shelves gives way and all the items from Ambrose's Cotten Pickers Congregation to Billy May's Mayhem hits the deck. Mayhem indeed, or so I thought. Miraculously, all but one appear to have survived.
The casualty? the double-sided Cubop City by Machito with Howard McGhee on trumpet and Brew Moore on tenor.
I remember buying the Vogue 78 at The Handy Shop in Laygate, South Shields who were always good for second-hand discs. This was the first time I'd heard either musician and I became a life-long fan of both as well as of Machito's music.
I know I can get it on YouTube, I may even have it on vinyl, CD or cassette but the sentimental value of that moment in time when I found it nestling between (probably), Frankie Laine and Guy Mitchell can't be replaced.
Spring can really hang you up the most.
Lance.
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