On Track at The Shack

Howdy shackers! Just thought I'd drop a quick note on the status of the shad shack's archive. Right now we're sitting on 92 out of the 122 Mainstream Red Lion releases - that's almost exactly 75%! Right now the two Hadley Caliman LPs point to dead links but we'll be fixing those soon, I'm sure.

Humongous thanks are in order to all those in the "Big Game Hunters" list on the right-hand side of your screen - make sure you show 'em your appreciation whenever you can!!! Without their help, many of these recordings wouldn't be available for your listening pleasure - especially since less than half (an educated guess) have been have been re-issued.

I've also been able to add info to some posts, upgrade cover pics and throw down some links elsewhere that tell some great stories about artists during the Mainstream years. Most of these appear in the comments, so make sure you check them out, too.

What's left? Well, here's a list of the 30 albums remaining, so fire up your detective skills or dust off that vinyl sitting in your collection and share what you can. I expect this list will shorten soon, there are a few in there I'm waiting to arrive in the post and some of our fine upstanding shackizens have advised of forthcoming shares on their blogs. For now, here's what remains to be seen at the shack:


302 Dean Christopher & His Orchestra - Images (thx Arkadin)
304 Ron Frangipane - The Music of Laura Nyro (thx Arkadin)
307 Joe Scott - A Symphony of Our Time (stay tuned)
309 Carmen McRae - Carmen McRae (thx Soundological)
310 Ray Charles - Ray Charles-Arbee Stidham-Lil Son Jackson-James Wayne (stay tuned)
311 Lightning Hopkins - The Blues (thx Zero G Sounds)
324 Sonny Red - Sonny Red (thx Soundological)
327 Stan Hope - Stan Hope (thx Soundological)
330 John White - John White (thx BeeQ + Soundological)
335 Mitchell-Ruff Duo - Strayhorn: A Mitchell-Ruff Interpretation (thx Arkadin)
346 Johnny Coles - Katumbo (Dance) (thx Soundological)
350 VA - Get It Together (reconstructed by cheeba)
355 Morgana King - Cuore di Mama (thx Arkadin)
364 VA - Yesterday (thx Hook's Gems)
368 Charles Brown - Driftin' Blues (thx jazzman)
378 Mel Dancy - A Little Lovin' (thx Arkadin)
380 Reggie Moore - Furioso (thx Soundological)
383 Bertha Belle Browne - Bertha Belle Browne (thx Soundological)
385 Bud Powell - Ups 'n Downs (thx slsk)
387 Carmen McRae - I Want You (stay tuned)
390 Paul Jeffrey - Watershed (stay tuned)
399 Andy Kirk - Andy Kirk & His 12 Clouds of Joy (thx Engine Studios)
403 Carmen McRae - Live and Doin' It (thx baba mara)
404 Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan & The Jimmy Rowles Quintet (thx Arkadin)
405 Lightning Hopkins - Low Down Dirty Blues (thx intertubes)
407 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Going Down Slow (stay tuned)
410 VA - The Guitar Players
411 Frank Turba - Frank Turba (stay tuned)
415 The Stroziers - Red Light (thx Arkadin)
416 Don Burrows - Live at the Sydney Opera House (stay tuned)

Here's a visual aid in case the names don't ring a bell. If you're out there diggin' the crates and come across one of these, we'd be happy to hear it if you're feeling generous enough to share!

See you soon!