Gerard Badini

　フランスのテナー・サックス奏者です。70年代に入ってからの、Black & Blue盤と、あとどこだったか、2枚のLPを持っていた。確かスウィング・マシーンとかのグループ名だったと記憶している。結構、お気に入りだった。今頃入手したこのEPが、彼の初リーダー作？　カルテットとなっているが、ピアノとオルガンが同時に聞こえる。持ち替えの多重録音か？　他のメンバーも一切不明だが、内容は良い。Love Me Or Leave Me, Satin Doo, Willow Weep For Me, It Don't Mean A Thingのスタンダード4曲収録。因みにTom LordのディスコグラフィVersion 3.3には記載が無い。

超マイナー

　超有名盤を高い金を出してコツコツと集めるのがコレクションの王道だとすれば、こういう無名ミュージシャンのマイナー盤を集めるのは邪道だろうか？　だろうなぁ…ｗ。こういう駄盤とは言えなくも、そこそこの出来の盤を集めるのも、コレクターの心理と言えるのではなかろうか…と、自己弁護（笑）
　ある親しくして頂いている国内のディーラーに聞いたのだが、雑誌に掲載されたレコードを指差して「これを探してくれ」という輩が多いんだそうだ。そんなのはコレクターとしては三流だと言いたい。「欲しければ自分で探せっ！」と言いたい。こっちは苦労して探した10枚の内、出来の良い1枚を紹介しているんだ…ｗ
　で、このレコードなんですが（笑）、出来はまぁまぁです。アメリカは広いよなぁ、ニュー・イングランド州って何処？ｗ　２管＋ギター・トリオで、ウェスト・コースト風ジャズです。モノラル盤なんで、60年代の録音ですかね？　ジャケ写左下にミュージシャンの名前がありますが、一人も知りません。

Zoot Simsのサイン

　やっとズートとバッキー・ピザレリのデュオのフェイマス・ソロ盤の内の1枚を入手（「の」が多過ぎｗ）。楽譜入りで無いと価値は半減するが、良かった、楽譜入りであった。何とズートのサイン入り！　貴重だ。但し、ジャケットは天地抜けのボロであった。

糞メール､その２

MY DEAR,

THIS MAIL MIGHT COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AND THE TEMPTATION TO IGNORE
IT AS UNSERIOUS COULD COME INTO YOUR MIND BUT PLEASE CONSIDER IT A
DIVINE WISH AND ACCEPT IT WITH A DEEP SENSE OF HUMILITY.I AM MR.ARNOLD
SANKARA, THE MANAGER INCHARGE OF TELEX/COMPUTING DEPARTMENT OF BANK OF AFRICA ANNEX OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO IN WEST AFRICA, WITH DUE RESPECT AND REGARDS, I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU ON A BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION.

DURING OUR INVESTIGATION AND AUDITING IN THIS BANK, MY DEPARTMENT CAME
ACROSS A VERY HUGE SUM OF MONEY BELONGING TO OUR DECEASED CUSTOMER
MR.RAYMOND BECK WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH ALONG WITH HIS WIFE IN EGYPT AIR FLIGHT EK990, FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CRASH AND THE PERSON PLS VIEW THIS WEB:(HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/1/HI/WORLD/AMERICAS/502503.STM).

SINCE WE GOT THIS INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH AND ON FURTHER
INVESTIGATION,I FOUND OUT THAT HE DIED WITHOUT MAKING A WILL,AND ALL ATTEMPTS TO TRACE HIS NEXT OF KIN WAS FRUITLESS.I THEREFORE MADE FURTHER
INVESTIGATION AND DISCOVERED THAT MR.BECK DID NOT DECLARE ANY KIN OR RELATIONS IN ALL HIS OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS INCLUDING HIS BANK DEPOSIT PAPER WORK IN THIS BANK.

ALTHOUGH PERSONALLY,I KEPT THIS INFORMATION SECRET WITHIN ME,TO ENABLE
THE WHOLE PLANS AND IDEA BE PROFITABLE AND SUCCESSFUL DURING THE TIME
OF EXECUTION.THE SAID AMOUNT IS (USD17.3M,SEVENTEEN MILLION,THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLRAS)AS IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW,I CAME ACROSS YOUR CONTACT ON MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE PARTNER,I CONTACTED YOU TO BE MY PARTNER,TO BE RELIABLE AND CAPABLE TO CHAMPION A BUSINESS OF SUCH MAGNITUDE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.

MEANWHILE ALL THE WHOLE ARRANGEMENT TO PUT CLAIM OVER THIS FUND AS THE
BONAFIDE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED AND GET THE REQUIRED APPROVAL AND
TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PUT IN A PLACE,
DIRECTIVES AND NEEDED INFORMATION WILL BE RELAYED TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU
INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND WILLIGNESS TO ASSIST ME AND ALSO BENEFIT
YOURSELF TO THIS GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY,INFACT I COULD HAVE DONE THIS DEAL ALONE BUT BECAUSE OF MY POSITION IN THIS COUNTRY AS A CIVIL SERVANT(A BANKER),WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND WOULD EVENTUALLY RAISE EYE BROW ON MY SIDE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL REASON WHY IT WILL REQUIRE A SECOND PARTY OR FELLOW
WHO WILL FORWARD CLAIMS AS THE NEXT OF KIN WITH AFFIDAVIT OF TRUST OF
OATH TO THE BANK AND ALSO PRESENT A FOREIGN ACCOUNT WHERE YOU WILL NEED THE MONEY TO BE RE-TRANSFERRED INTO ON THIS REQUEST AS IT MAY BE AFTER DUE VERIFICATION AND CLARIFICATION BY THE CORRESPONDENT BRANCH OF THE BANK WHERE THE WHOLE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED FROM YOUR OWN DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT.

I WILL NOT FAIL TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS RISK FREE, ON
SMOOTH CONCULSION OF THIS TRANSACTION; YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO 35% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS GRATIFICATION, WHILE 5% WILL BE SET TO TAKE SORT THE
EXPENSES THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE PERIOD OF TRANSFER, WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR ME, PLEASE YOU HAVE ADVISED TO KEEP?CONFIDENTIAL? AS I AM STILL IN
SERVICE AND INTEND TO RETIRE FROM SERVICE AFTER I CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION WITH YOU.

I WILL BE MONITORING THE WHOLE SITUATION HERE IN THE BANK UNTIL YOU
CONFIRM THE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT, AND ASK ME TO COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR SUBSEQUENT SHARING OF THE FUND ACCORDING TO PERCENTAGES INDICATED HEREIN AND FURTHER INVESTMENT, EITHER IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY COUNTRY YOU ADVISE ME TO INVEST IN AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION SHALL BE RELAYED WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU.

I SUGGEST YOU GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND INCLUDE YOUR PHONE
AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR.ARNOLD SANKARA.
0088216-55599422.

Lee Wiley

　何を隠そう、小生はリー・ワイリーの大ファンなのである。このLPは言うまでも無くストーリービル原盤。10年程前に、某中古レコード屋で1,400円の値札が付いていた。何と、それをパスしてしまったのだ。爾来、とんと目にする事は無かった。何故パスしたのかと言うと、ドイツ盤だったから。てっきりイギリス盤があると思っていたのだ。どうやらイギリス盤はCDのみらしい。送料を別にすれば、安く入手出来た、と喜んでいたら、レーベルに値札が付いており、$1.99とあるではないか…。クソッ、やられた。