Oh I forgot I have an autographed Jacqui Naylor Tape Project tape She was kind enough to autograph TP#001 after her concert at the Blue Note last year!
Attended a recording premier and had Mitch Miller sign a copy of his "Rhapsody in Blue" CD. We talked for about 15 minutes. He was a really cool guy. Great goatee.
Also met Michael Murray, organist on many Telarc releases. He signed my copy of his Bach LP.
Thanks guys for sharing. Just last week, a had a reunion of sorts with an audiophile/musician friend of mine from the 80s whom I have not seen in decades till last week. A mutual friend set up a lunch reunion. Early this year, my father-in-law gave me a bunch of old records mostly made in the Philippines. Among which were a couple of organ and band albums that featured this audiophile/musician friend of mine named Eric Dimson. Knowing that I was going to meet him, I brought these 2 LP and had him autograph it, for the fun of it. When I went home, just out of curiosity, I typed in his name on ebay and was surprised to find out a guy in Fargo, North Dakota was selling one of his LPs, and for a nice price, I should say for a Philiippine-made record - $99.95. It's well recorded and music is excellent too.
Did anyone watch "The Voice" this past season? There was some local talent (Vicci Martinez) on there that almost made it all the way. Well I have a recording of her that we did in Tacoma at Jazz Bones about 8yr. ago and she signed and personalized the inscription. Great singer.
Also have an America album signed by all 3 original members.
There is a local record/tape/cd shop here in Dallas called Bill's Record and Tapes(they now call themselves just Bill's). I went in there when I was about 27 and there was a signed poster by Allison Moyet(lead singer for YAZ. She also has some great solo albums) and it said "To Bill! Happy Christmas Love & Kisses(but no tongues!) Allison Moyet". I love Allison Moyet and thought that was so cool. I went back about 6 years later and the poster was on the door to the bathrooms and was in pretty bad shape. I thought about asking Bill if he would sell it, but for some reason I decided not to. Well about 10 years later I was in there and that poster popped in my head. I described it to Bill and asked him ahout it. He had one of his employees go over to a big pile of mess and start digging. Amazingly the employee pulled it out. I was shocked they still had it and it was not in shreds. I asked Bill if he would sell and how much, he said everything is for sale and $20. I bought it, straightened out the corners, taped a few rips and put it in a frame. I am proud of that poster to have survived all those years until I rescued it
When Benny Golson signed my copy of "New York Scene" LP a couple of weeks ago he looked at the cover and exclaimed "I still had hair!". Naturally my response: "So did I"