"STRICTLY INSTRUMENTAL BATTLE" : QUARTER FINALS!!

[Roger Ford]

The temperature around here rises still further as we enter the
QUARTER FINALS round of

THE "STRICTLY INSTRUMENTAL" BATTLE!!

A tournament that will pitch the best performing INSTRUMENTAL
records (of all genres) from the series of yearly Singles Battles
(1947-1963) against each other.

Now there's onnly EIGHT contenders left in the fray!!

And its instrumental giant vs. instrumental giant in FOUR big bouts!

Who'll be the ones to challenge in the SEMI FINALS?

Only YOUR votes can help decide that!

To vote or to register to vote go to

http://MarcDashevsky.com/battle

Don't forget to log in using your personal log in ID

Voters will be pleased to see that links to ALL songs included have
been made available on the ballot page of the site which will make
voting much easier

Remember the site lets you vote for as many or as few match ups as you
wish to deal with at any one time so please take your time.

As always you may vote for one single in each match up or you can
abstain in any match up you choose.

THERE IS NO NEED TO RUSH! THREE DAYS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED
FOR VOTING! YOU CAN RETURN TO THE SITE WHENEVER YOU LIKE
AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE (during the time alloted) AND ADD AS MANY
(OR AS FEW) VOTES PER VISIT AS YOU WISH!

________________________________________________________________

DEADLINE FOR VOTING IN THIS ROUND WILL BE
MIDNIGHT (EST) SUNDAY 5TH AUGUST
________________________________________________________________

PLEASE! Make allowance for this closing time in the time zone where
you may happen to live and PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANY VOTES AFTER
THIS TIME!

DOUBLE PLEASE!!! MAKE SURE YOUR VOTES ARE CORRECT BEFORE
PRESSING "SUBMIT". WRONGLY CAST VOTES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE
ALTERED

When completed you are welcome to post your votes here (you can "cut &
paste" them here directly from the website after you have submitted
your votes)---a few added comments accompanying your votes are
particularly welcome since I think a lot of the fun of these Battles
for many of us here is getting some discussion of the records and
artists involved

Results will be published here MONDAY 6TH AUGUST

All winners in this round will advance to the SEMI FINAL!

In the event of any ties in this round the record,votes accrued in
Rounds One thru Five will be added so breaking the draw (we hope!)

Now here's those bouts!!

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Bill Doggett | Honky Tonk | King 4950 | 1956
The Viscounts | Harlem Nocturne | Madison 123 | 1959

The Ventures | Walk Don't Run | Blue Horizon 101 | 1960
Cozy Cole | Topsy Part 2 | Love 5004 | 1958

Freddy King | Hideaway | Federal 12401 | 1961
Booker T. & The MG's | Green Onions | Volt 102 | 1962

Little Walter | Juke | Checker 758 | 1952
Bill Justis | Raunchy | Phillips International 3519 | 1957

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To vote or to register to vote go to

http://MarcDashevsky.com/battle

DEADLINE FOR VOTING IN THIS ROUND WILL BE
MIDNIGHT (EST) SUNDAY 5TH AUGUST

Thanks for your partticipation!

ROGER FORD
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[Roger Ford]

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:45:33 GMT, mari...@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger
Ford) wrote:

>The temperature around here rises still further as we enter the
>QUARTER FINALS round of
>
>THE "STRICTLY INSTRUMENTAL" BATTLE!!
>

My votes :-

>***** Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956
> The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959

I like the Viscounts number but it can't stack up for me against one
of the most iconic r&b instrumentals of the 50's

>***** The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960
> Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958

The Ventures will have their hands full here I think. Funny but I
always liked the Cole version of "Topsy" a lot but I don't think I've
cast a single vote for it this contest. I've ALWAYS liked its opponent
record better

> Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961
>***** Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962

Alas poor Freddy we knew him well............

> Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952
>***** Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957

A potential draw of the round I suppose and they rate almost that way
with me. "Almost". But not quite. Justis's infectious record has the
definite edge for me and carries my vote. Sorry Walter :-(

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Aug 2, 3:54 am, maria...@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger Ford) wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 07:45:33 GMT, maria...@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger

>
> Ford) wrote:
> >The temperature around here rises still further as we enter the
> >QUARTER FINALS round of
>
> >THE "STRICTLY INSTRUMENTAL" BATTLE!!
>
> My votes :-
>
> >*****       Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956
> >    The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959
>
> I like the Viscounts number but it can't stack up for me against one
> of the most iconic r&b instrumentals of the 50's
>
> >*****       The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960
> >    Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958
>
> The Ventures will have their hands full here I think. Funny but I
> always liked the Cole version of "Topsy" a lot but I don't think I've
> cast a single vote for it this contest. I've ALWAYS liked its opponent
> record better
>
> >    Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961
> >*****       Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962
>
> Alas poor Freddy we knew him well............
>
> >    Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952
> >*****       Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957
>
> A potential draw of the round I suppose and they rate almost that way
> with me. "Almost". But not quite. Justis's infectious record has the
> definite edge for me and carries my vote. Sorry Walter :-(

I'm with you on all 4 this round.

[Bruno]

Easy peasy (although I expect the Viscounts will lose!)

Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956

***** The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959

***** The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960
Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958

Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961
***** Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962

Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952
***** Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957

Bruno

[Sharx35]

"Roger Ford" <mari...@bblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:501a2fcb...@news.virginmedia.com...

> *********The Viscounts | Harlem Nocturne | Madison 123 | 1959

>
> The Ventures | Walk Don't Run | Blue Horizon 101 | 1960

> *********Cozy Cole | Topsy Part 2 | Love 5004 | 1958

>
> Freddy King | Hideaway | Federal 12401 | 1961

> ********Booker T. & The MG's | Green Onions | Volt 102 | 1962

>
> Little Walter | Juke | Checker 758 | 1952

> *********Bill Justis | Raunchy | Phillips International 3519 |

[Eric Ramon]

As always, I'm not sure how all of these have gotten to this point! It
seems in every contest the quarterfinals have a couple of surprises.

anyway, the first two matchups were the toughest for me.

[starga...@gmail.com]

Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956
***** The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959

The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960

***** Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958

Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961
***** Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962

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Abstentions:

Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952

Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957

Why the abstention on the last one? Well, I guess I really miss JB's "Night Train", even though I didn't vote for it (not that I regret voting for Topsy, Part 2). NT would beat the pants off either of these two I haven't yet voted on; well at least on my player.

Maybe I will leave them un-voted on as a kind of protest against an imperfect, haphazard seeding system that puts two A+ records up against each other, while leaving a pathway for lesser records to advance despite.

Why protest these two? Because the other 3 contests at least provided an opportunity to vote for records that are worthy to final, although not being the ** only ** records, nothwithstanding NT, to be worthy of the final four.

All that being said, perhaps I fall on the sword of my own argument in disagreeing with the assessment that Night Train (James Brown version) is an instrumental in a pure enough sense to begin with. Certainly the sung lyrics supplied were an essential part of the appeal of NT. I mean, this is a JAMES BROWN record, and not just a Fabulous Flames exercise, right? You subtract Brown's contribution to the recording, and does the record get this far in the contest?

Nick K.

[Jim Colegrove]

***** Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956

The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959

***** The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960

Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958

***** Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961

Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962

Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952

***** Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957

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No abstentions.

Jim Colegrove
http://www.jukejumpers.com

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Aug 2, 3:45 am, maria...@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger Ford) wrote:
> The temperature around here rises still further as we enter the
> QUARTER FINALS round of
>
> THE "STRICTLY INSTRUMENTAL" BATTLE!!
>

> Bill Doggett | Honky Tonk | King 4950 | 1956
> The Viscounts | Harlem Nocturne | Madison 123 | 1959
>
> The Ventures | Walk Don't Run | Blue Horizon 101 | 1960
> Cozy Cole | Topsy Part 2 | Love 5004 | 1958
>
> Freddy King | Hideaway | Federal 12401 | 1961
> Booker T. & The MG's | Green Onions | Volt 102 | 1962
>
> Little Walter | Juke | Checker 758 | 1952
> Bill Justis | Raunchy | Phillips International 3519 | 1957

Kind of nice that the 8 remaining records are from 8 different years.

Rog, were any of these NOT the top ranking instrumental in their
yearly battle?

[Roger Ford]

On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 11:43:37 -0700 (PDT), The Bloomfield Bloviator
<Sav...@aol.com> wrote:

"Juke" ended up #2 instrumental in 1952. Top was Jimmy Forrest's
"Night Train"

"Topsy Part 2" only came in at #5 in 1958. Beaten by
"Rebel-'Rouser","Rumble","Manhattan Spiritual" and "Raw-Hide"

In 1959 "Harlem Nocturne" came in at #2 behind "Sleep Walk"

Likewise "Hideaway" in 1961 behind "Last Night"

All others were #1 in their years

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Aug 2, 3:20 pm, maria...@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger Ford) wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 11:43:37 -0700 (PDT), The Bloomfield Bloviator
>

> >Rog, were any of these NOT the top ranking instrumental in their
> >yearly battle?
>

> In 1959 "Harlem Nocturne" came in at #2 behind "Sleep Walk"

LOL.....FUCK SLEEP WALK.

[PStoller]

Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956

***** The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959

The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960

***** Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958

Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961

***** Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962

***** Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952

[Marc Dashevsky]

In article <b0ba7726-290c-487c...@googlegroups.com>, afcp...@aol.com says...

> Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956
> ***** The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959
>
> The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960
> ***** Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958
>
> Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961
> ***** Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962
>
> ***** Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952
> Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957

We agree on all but "Honky Tonk". Also, it was very
difficult for me to vote against "Hideaway".

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[PStoller]

On Thursday, August 2, 2012 3:37:27 PM UTC-7, Marc Dashevsky wrote:
>
> We agree on all but "Honky Tonk".

It was a close call for me, but I'm really fond of "Harlem Nocturne" as a composition, and I think the Viscounts do a great job with it. I love "Honky Tonk," too, and won't be sad if it wins.

[Len Blanks]

***** Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956

The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959

The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960
***** Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958

***** Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961

Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962

***** Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952
Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957

============================================================
No abstentions.
--
Len

Ειναι ολα Ελληνικα για μενα.

[DianeE]

If I were voting in 1960, the first two matchups would be reversed, but my
passion for "Harlem Nocturne" has faded over the years while my admiration
for "Topsy" has just growed and growed.

If I were voting in 1962 I would never have heard "Hideaway" or "Juke."

As a blues fan, I started to vote for "Juke" automatically, but something
told me to give them both a listen, and I ended up doing the slop to
"Raunchy"--the "correct," i.e. East Coast version of "Raunchy."

DianeE

***** Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956
The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959

The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960
***** Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958

***** Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961
Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962

Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952

***** Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957

[DianeE]

"Len Blanks" <use...@smashcapitalism.com> wrote in message
news:m2k3xgl...@haruspex.net...

>
> ***** Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961
> Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962
>

---------------
Nice to see I don't stand completely alone on this one.

DianeE

[Clifford Blau]

Well, my favorites are all gone now, but here goes.

***** Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956
The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959

***** The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960

Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958

Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961

***** Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962

Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952
***** Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957

============================================================
No abstentions.

"Curse you, Don Tickles, Notary Public!"

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

You're with me and Roger, welcome to the club.

[Jim Colegrove]

That makes three of us as far as I can tell.

Jim Colegrove
www.thecoolgroove.com

[Sharx35]

"DianeE" <Tired...@SorryFolks.com> wrote in message
news:wbGdne3C7fvBgYbN...@giganews.com...

> If I were voting in 1960, the first two matchups would be
> reversed, but my passion for "Harlem Nocturne" has faded over the
> years while my admiration for "Topsy" has just growed and growed.
>
> If I were voting in 1962 I would never have heard "Hideaway" or
> "Juke."
>
> As a blues fan, I started to vote for "Juke" automatically, but
> something told me to give them both a listen, and I ended up
> doing the slop to "Raunchy"--the "correct," i.e. East Coast
> version of "Raunchy."
>
> DianeE

Raunchy--best describes Diane's rainbow skidmarks!!

[Bob Roman]

On Aug 2, 6:37 pm, Marc Dashevsky <use...@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote:
> In article <b0ba7726-290c-487c...@googlegroups.com>, afcpet...@aol.com says...

>
> >    Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956
> > *****      The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959
>
> >    The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960
> > *****      Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958
>
> >    Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961
> > *****      Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962
>
> > *****      Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952
> >    Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957
>
> We agree on all but "Honky Tonk". Also, it was very
> difficult for me to vote against "Hideaway".

Our votes matched up this round, Marc.

I don't feel too bad voting against anyone when they get this far.

--
BR

[starga...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, August 2, 2012 8:33:31 PM UTC-4, DianeE wrote:
> If I were voting in 1960, the first two matchups would be reversed, but my
>
> passion for "Harlem Nocturne" has faded over the years while my admiration
>
> for "Topsy" has just growed and growed.

Language police interloping: Groan! "....just grown and grown", please.

> DianeE

[Eric Ramon]

On Aug 3, 12:21 pm, "stargazer...@gmail.com" <stargazer...@gmail.com>
wrote:

it's a literary reference, for god's sake!

[starga...@gmail.com]

What (or which) PARTICULAR literary reference, for God's sake? This was an instrumental, right? You're not saying, or implying, the literary reference is READILY apparent, are you? What was only apparent to me, was a (complete) adaptation of a grammatical error (only).

I may be old-fashioned, but I think period "weeding" is good for the English-language garden, in order to preserve an English that is understood world-wide, and one in which we may access its letters and literature (and cultural heritage) of the past, lest it drift into a narrowly-understood patois of time and place, cut off from its roots; and less useful for world understanding, and have this happen in multiple places around the globe, eventually resulting in a modern day Tower of Babel.

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Aug 3, 4:45 pm, "stargazer...@gmail.com" <stargazer...@gmail.com>

Get with it, Blumy. Why can't you up on literary phrases, like me?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin

Topsy – A ragamuffin young slave girl. When asked if she knows who
made her, she professes ignorance of both God and a mother, saying "I
s'pect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me." She is transformed
by Eva's love. During the early-to-mid 20th century, several doll
manufacturers created Topsy and Topsy-type dolls. The phrase "growed
like Topsy" (later "grew like Topsy"; now somewhat archaic) passed
into the English language, originally with the specific meaning of
unplanned growth, later sometimes just meaning enormous growth.

[Mark Dintenfass]

In article <6e60e0bd-9c04-4a1c...@googlegroups.com>,

<"starga...@gmail.com"> wrote:

> On Friday, August 3, 2012 3:28:53 PM UTC-4, Eric Ramon wrote:
> > On Aug 3, 12:21�pm, "stargazer...@gmail.com" <stargazer...@gmail.com>
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Thursday, August 2, 2012 8:33:31 PM UTC-4, DianeE wrote:
> >
> > > > If I were voting in 1960, the first two matchups would be reversed, but
> > > > my
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > passion for "Harlem Nocturne" has faded over the years while my
> > > > admiration
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > for "Topsy" has just growed and growed.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Language police interloping: Groan! "....just grown and grown", please.
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > it's a literary reference, for god's sake!
>
> What (or which) PARTICULAR literary reference, for God's sake? This was an
> instrumental, right? You're not saying, or implying, the literary reference
> is READILY apparent, are you? What was only apparent to me, was a (complete)
> adaptation of a grammatical error (only).

It's from "Uncle Tom's Cabin," for God's sake, and one of the most
familiar literary references there is.

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[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Aug 2, 8:33 pm, "DianeE" <TiredOfS...@SorryFolks.com> wrote:

> If I were voting in 1960, the first two matchups would be reversed, but my
> passion for "Harlem Nocturne" has faded over the years while my admiration
> for "Topsy" has just growed and growed.

Does that mean that you listen to part 1 & part 2?

[Travis_Trite]

>> What (or which) PARTICULAR literary reference, for God's sake? This was
>> an
>> instrumental, right? You're not saying, or implying, the literary
>> reference
>> is READILY apparent, are you? What was only apparent to me, was a
>> (complete)
>> adaptation of a grammatical error (only).
>
> It's from "Uncle Tom's Cabin," for God's sake, and one of the most
> familiar literary references there is.
>

I wasn't familiar with the expression. But I've definitely noticed that
Diane is very careful about the way she makes reference to such things. If
something caught my eye that seemed off, I'd like to think I would assume
that *I* was missing something.

Most others around here are pretty careful that way too. Seems to be part of
the ethos of the group. (see? I just checked and saw that ethos is not
pluralizable [or pluralizeable?])

and, not to imply I consider myself a member of the group

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Aug 3, 5:55 pm, "Travis_Trite" <Travis_Tr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> and, not to imply I consider myself a member of the group

You have not come close to finishing serving your appenticeship yet.

[Travis_Trite]

> I wasn't familiar with the expression. But I've definitely noticed that
> Diane is very careful about the way she makes reference to such things. If
> something caught my eye that seemed off, I'd like to think I would assume
> that *I* was missing something.
>
> Most others around here are pretty careful that way too. Seems to be part
> of the ethos of the group. (see? I just checked and saw that ethos is not
> pluralizable [or pluralizeable?])
>

Another example: I was mildly thrown to see Bruce recently use two
Britishisms. First he used "shite"; then he called me and another poster
"arseholes"

He always wishes he were black. Now he wishes he were British?

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

I use profanity in many different languages and dialects.

oogotsa-straminga

[Mark Dintenfass]

In article
<11bac87c-6cae-4b9a...@8g2000vbx.googlegroups.com>, The

I have them together in a single mp3 and often listen to "Topsy" that
way.

[Mark Dintenfass]

In article <501a2fcb...@news.virginmedia.com>, Roger Ford

<mari...@bblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> The temperature around here rises still further as we enter the
> QUARTER FINALS round of
>
> THE "STRICTLY INSTRUMENTAL" BATTLE!!

Here's mine..

***** Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956

The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959

By coincidence, my car's Sirius radio 50s station played "Honky Tonk"
yesterday, and solidified my vote for it. It's the best actual r'n'r
instrumental hands down.

The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960
***** Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958

Just for the record, I would have voted against "Topsy" if it was
matched up against any of the six other possibilities. "Walk Don't
Run" seems to me by far the least worthy of the quarter-finalists

Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961
***** Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962

Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952

***** Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957

[The Bloomfield Bloviator]

On Aug 3, 8:03 pm, Mark Dintenfass <mdintenf...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote:
> In article <501a2fcb.2412...@news.virginmedia.com>, Roger Ford

>
> <maria...@bblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > The temperature around here rises still further as we enter the
> > QUARTER FINALS round of
>
> > THE "STRICTLY INSTRUMENTAL" BATTLE!!
>
> Here's mine..
>
> ***** Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956
>    The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959
>
> By coincidence, my car's Sirius radio 50s station played "Honky Tonk"
> yesterday, and solidified my vote for it. It's the best actual r'n'r
> instrumental hands down.
>
>    The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960
> ***** Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958
>
> Just for the record, I would have voted against "Topsy" if it was
> matched up against any of the six other possibilities.  "Walk Don't
> Run" seems to me by far the least worthy of the quarter-finalists
>
>    Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961
> ***** Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962
>
>    Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952
> ***** Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957

Nice ballot, Mark.

How's the grandkids?

[Roger Ford]

I know you guys always hold that 1776 business against us but this is
taking your revenge too far!!

ROGER FORD
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Please delete same before responding.Thank you!

[Steve Mc]

***** Bill Doggett -- Honky Tonk -- King 4950 -- 1956
The Viscounts -- Harlem Nocturne -- Madison 123 -- 1959

***** The Ventures -- Walk Don't Run -- Blue Horizon 101 -- 1960

Cozy Cole -- Topsy Part 2 -- Love 5004 -- 1958

***** Freddy King -- Hideaway -- Federal 12401 -- 1961

Booker T. & The MG's -- Green Onions -- Volt 102 -- 1962

You're killin' me here. I finally went with the one that I got to hear for a
year longer.

Little Walter -- Juke -- Checker 758 -- 1952
***** Bill Justis -- Raunchy -- Phillips International 3519 -- 1957

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No abstentions.

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