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All those Onkel Pö´s records are great. From the music anyway.  And of course I have heard both of them live many times.  It´s only a pity that the great Tete Montoliu is a bit underrecorded or the piano is not well recorded. .....

@rostasi , you ran the table on the BFT, wow, impressive!  Individual comments tomorrow as it's almost midnight here.

1) Roberta Flack (First Take) I recognize this from my mother always playing this album. Always liked the bassline. 2) Chick Corea (The Vigil?) This is that thing on Concord that has Roy Haynes' grandson. I tired of Corea many moons ago - especially when every new band of his was his "best band ever." 3) Wishbone Ash (first album) There's some resurgence of interest these days in that Wishbone sound. You can find it in some like Psychic Markers or Greta van Fleet. A bit surprised to hear it (again) here. Reminds me of the old days of Triad Radio. 4) McCoy Tyner (Today and Tomorrow) Say no more... 5) Spirit First cut from that album that has that riff that became the Zep "Stairway..." tune. First album? I had a half-brother who played this album a lot. I do like "Nature's Way," but I don't think it's from this album. 6) Walton, Higgins, Sam Jones... I'm thinkin' that it's that Japanese album from the mid-70s under Sam Jones' name. That "spiritual" vibe and that in-yo-face bass... "Seven ... " something... 7) Chet, Gerry, ummm... Harvey Mason? and Carter. That's about all I know. (Is this from one of those live CTI LPs?) 8: Flamin' Groovies - OK, didn't expect that. 9) Ah! something new(ish). This is Lakecia Benjamin sounding Gary Bartz-like (or maybe he's on this track?) from that Coltrane homage from a few years ago. I've played this on the show quite a while back. 10) Oh, OK. That's Johnny Rivers doing another hit from the guy who wrote him that Summer Rain tune. Love that sound. I'll have to revisit this after beaucoup years. late 60s? 11) I never could understand the overly gigantic interest in Genesis (or Yes, for that matter). In the days when this really mattered to prog guys, I always heard it as completely rigid attitudes taking itself waaaaay too serious. There were always more fun progressive bands that would challenge you, but not by turning a backyard barbeque into a five-course Michelin dinner (or maybe, thinking they were doing that?). They may have sold England by the Pound, but they're weighing every ounce of humor out of the room.

I just kinda skimmed over this to see if I knew any tracks. Will go back for a more thorough listen later. BUT.... Track 11 has to be THE coolest, hippest, most perverse way to end a BFT and I freakin' LOVE IT!!! The closing track from this album, considered by many to be their finest hour. I'm one of those weirdos who thinks EVERY one of their albums is their finest hour, so what do I know?

Trane-Live at the Half Note, disc one-Impulse! What a terrific sleeve, never saw it before.