sidewinder Posted August 30, 2014 Report Posted August 30, 2014 UJ&RE 'United Live - Opus Sechs' (Mood) Signed by Jon Hiseman, Barbara Thomson and Eberhard Weber Nice record. Good band. Bought mine at a Barbara Thompson gig. Yes, have it on CD but couldn't resist a vinyl copy when I saw it today. This one also came with a really neat Contemporary Music network colour tour brochure. Not bad for six quid ! Quote
paul secor Posted August 30, 2014 Report Posted August 30, 2014 Jackie McLean "one step beyond" (blue note, NY USA mono with ear) a stone mint and dead silent record...amazing fidelity! I love this band so much...killer music. Too bad (at least imo) that Jackie McLean went back to more conventional hard bop. Perhaps he felt that was the better way to make a living, or perhaps he had other reasons. Quote
Homefromtheforest Posted August 30, 2014 Report Posted August 30, 2014 Jackie McLean "one step beyond" (blue note, NY USA mono with ear) a stone mint and dead silent record...amazing fidelity! I love this band so much...killer music. Too bad (at least imo) that Jackie McLean went back to more conventional hard bop. Perhaps he felt that was the better way to make a living, or perhaps he had other reasons. I'm inclined to agree; to me this band was his artistic pinnacle even though I still enjoy "right now", "it's time" and many of his other mid to late 60s Blue Notes. They're just not as adventurous as this group that made this album and "destination out"(albeit different rhythm section). Quote
porcy62 Posted August 31, 2014 Report Posted August 31, 2014 The Beatles Anthology 3, I always thought the Beatles are just perfect for sunday mornings. Quote
BillF Posted August 31, 2014 Report Posted August 31, 2014 Basie Jam (Pablo) - Fine, fine stuff! Quote
Leeway Posted August 31, 2014 Report Posted August 31, 2014 (edited) The Beatles Anthology 3, I always thought the Beatles are just perfect for sunday mornings. There are a lot of radio stations here (U.S.) that run "Breakfast with the Beatles" shows on Sunday mornings, and you're right, it's a good fit. Edited August 31, 2014 by Leeway Quote
clifford_thornton Posted August 31, 2014 Report Posted August 31, 2014 Hungarian Folk Music: Magyar Nepzene I (Qualiton/UNESCO) LP 1 Quote
clifford_thornton Posted September 1, 2014 Report Posted September 1, 2014 Prince Lasha/Sonny Simmons - The Cry! - (Contemporary black label stereo) Quote
John Tapscott Posted September 1, 2014 Report Posted September 1, 2014 A wonderful recording IMHO, under-rated and overlooked (or looked down on perhaps), but this music swings like crazy. Quote
Homefromtheforest Posted September 1, 2014 Report Posted September 1, 2014 Wendell Harrison "an evening with the devil" (tribe, USA) a recent score..$30 for an original in excellent shape! Kenny Drew "undercurrent" (blue note, music matters 33rpm reissue). So far so good...had a few previous MM discs with noise that I had to return. Quote
BillF Posted September 1, 2014 Report Posted September 1, 2014 Emcee 5 'Let's Take Five' (UK Columbia mono EP) Newcastle hard bop's finest hour ! (or 15 mins) Just revisited that one on Spotify. Remarkable product for an English provincial city! Some ambiguity online about the lineup though. Do you know who's exactly on the record, Sidewinder? Quote
mjazzg Posted September 1, 2014 Report Posted September 1, 2014 Charles Tolliver - Paper Man [Arista Freedom] Quote
sidewinder Posted September 1, 2014 Report Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Emcee 5 'Let's Take Five' (UK Columbia mono EP) Newcastle hard bop's finest hour ! (or 15 mins) Just revisited that one on Spotify. Remarkable product for an English provincial city! Some ambiguity online about the lineup though. Do you know who's exactly on the record, Sidewinder? Bill - it is a remarkable artefact of British modern jazz. From a time when 5 guys from the jazz outpost that is Newcastle came from nowhere and blew the Londoners off the stand (Messrs Hayes and Scott excepted). Dennis Preston heard a demo disk and brought them down to Lansdowne ASAP for this Columbia EP. The band is Ian Carr (trumpet - his first major record date), Gary Cox (tenor), Mike Carr (piano), Spike Heatley (bass) and Ronnie Stephenson (drums). Hence the track 'Stephenson's Rocket' (also a local railway 'project' ). Side 1 has two of Mike Carr's originals (including aforementioned 'Rocket'). Side 2 has Gary Cox's 'Preludes' - which was apparently commisioned for an arts show on Tyne-Tees TV and to my ears is reminiscent of Rendell-Carr. I've read that the great front sleeve design was done by one Eric Burdon Esq. but the credit on the back of the sleeve is to some other name. Must have been Eric working under an alias I guess. I'm pretty sure that the line-up is as stated on the EP. This also lines up with the details in board member RogerF's Ian Carr discography and also the details on the 'Emcee 5 - Bebop From The East Coast' compilation. Edited September 1, 2014 by sidewinder Quote
BillF Posted September 1, 2014 Report Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Emcee 5 'Let's Take Five' (UK Columbia mono EP) Newcastle hard bop's finest hour ! (or 15 mins) Just revisited that one on Spotify. Remarkable product for an English provincial city! Some ambiguity online about the lineup though. Do you know who's exactly on the record, Sidewinder? Bill - it is a remarkable artefact of British modern jazz. From a time when 5 guys from the jazz outpost that is Newcastle came from nowhere and blew the Londoners off the stand (Messrs Hayes and Scott excepted). Dennis Preston heard a demo disk and brought them down to Lansdowne ASAP for this Columbia EP. The band is Ian Carr (trumpet - his first major record date), Gary Cox (tenor), Mike Carr (piano), Spike Heatley (bass) and Ronnie Stephenson (drums). Hence the track 'Stephenson's Rocket' (also a local railway 'project' ). Side 1 has two of Mike Carr's originals (including aforementioned 'Rocket'). Side 2 has Gary Cox's 'Preludes' - which was apparently commisioned for an arts show on Tyne-Tees TV and to my ears is reminiscent of Rendell-Carr. I've read that the great front sleeve design was done by one Eric Burdon Esq. but the credit on the back of the sleeve is to some other name. Must have been Eric working under an alias I guess. I'm pretty sure that the line-up is as stated on the EP. This also lines up with the details in board member RogerF's Ian Carr discography and also the details on the 'Emcee 5 - Bebop From The East Coast' compilation. Thanks for the info Sidewinder. Bassist Danny Padmore who came from Newcastle and was at university with me in Leeds in the mid-60s used to speak of the Emcee 5 in tones of awe. Incidentally, he didn't do too badly himself, as he's on this one along with John Bunch and Jon Eardley: Edited September 2, 2014 by BillF Quote
paul secor Posted September 1, 2014 Report Posted September 1, 2014 Merle Haggard: Someday We'll Look Back (Capitol) Some time ago, I saw a PBS documentary on Merle Haggard. In it, someone (Marty Stuart?) made reference to Merle Haggard in the same breath as Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, and Hank Williams. Exalted company, but I don't know that I'd disagree much. Quote
JohnS Posted September 2, 2014 Report Posted September 2, 2014 Emcee 5 'Let's Take Five' (UK Columbia mono EP) Newcastle hard bop's finest hour ! (or 15 mins) This takes me back. II used to have an EP by the Emcee 5. Can't recall the label now but it had the Carrs and Gary Cox. One of the compositions was Northumbrian Air. I guess I must have sold it years ago. A foolish thing in retrospect.. Quote
Clunky Posted September 2, 2014 Report Posted September 2, 2014 Dexter Gordon ----Biting the apple----(Steeplechase) Fine date. I don't find LTD's sound particularly well captured but that aside it's a strong session. Quote
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