Nevertheless, when I did eventually get to join the bargain hunters who were searching for the legendary Maltese Falcon, the black statuette whose value Joel Cairo once told Sam Spade was beyond the dreams of avarice, I hit pay dirt in the form of the two pieces of vinyl pictured above. At £5 in total they were well within the spending power of any avaricious dreamer.
An even bigger incentive for me, nostalgia-wise, was the fact that the Ferguson sleeve had one of J.G. Windows Ltd.'s price sticker in the top right hand corner - £5.29 in 1989!
It's a belter with Maynard at the top of his game, and when I say 'top' I mean the notes couldn't get much higher! There are also 'knock 'em dead' solos by Slide Hampton, Willie Maiden, Carmen Leggio and Jay Cameron on trombone, alto, tenor and baritone respectively. Bill Chase blows lead trumpet - one of the very few trumpet players who could lead a section with Maynard in it. The whole caboodle's driven along by Jake Hanna.
The Claude Williamson album is a less frantic affair and none the worse for that. Tasteful, swinging trio jazz by one of the west coast's finest in the company of either Max Bennett or Buddy Clarke on bass and either Stan Levy or Larry Bunker on drums. Jazz piano at its finest. Jazz celeste less so.
Yesterday the sun did come out in force so I took the X21 to Durham where eggs were, figuratively speaking, like myself being fried on the pavement. I dined on fish and chips. I couldn't manage the whole plateful (which was priced accordingly) and I left some for (the original) JC to dish out to the other 4,999 should he be passing.
I took the train back to Newcastle, the ticket for the journey was about half the price of the taxi fare to the station. Lance
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The bus from the Market Place up to the station wouldn't have cost you so much as a dime!
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