What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[JSngry]

R Richard Bock went in on "Eastern" music on World Pacific, starting in the early/mid 1960s. Mostly Indian, and even more mostly Ravi Shankar. But there were also some Japanese things, such as this. They were all/mostly leased from the countries of origin, no ersatz "impressions of" or anything like that.

The inside of the gatefold has a good listing of the releases. I keep my eyes open for them at a good price. Haven't been disappointed yet, except maybe with the Shankar Charly ST. 

 

[mjazzg]

51 minutes ago, JSngry said:

R Richard Bock went in on "Eastern" music on World Pacific, starting in the early/mid 1960s. Mostly Indian, and even more mostly Ravi Shankar. But there were also some Japanese things, such as this. They were all/mostly leased from the countries of origin, no ersatz "impressions of" or anything like that.

The inside of the gatefold has a good listing of the releases. I keep my eyes open for them at a good price. Haven't been disappointed yet, except maybe with the Shankar Charly ST. 

 

My copy isn't a gatefold, that must have got lost over the Atlantic. I will check the series listing on Discogs, thanks for the tip off

[JSngry]

Bock/WP started releasing Shankar records in 1962. Not the very first American label to do so, but pretty much was, and multiple releases to boot. 

[mjazzg]

54 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Bock/WP started releasing Shankar records in 1962. Not the very first American label to do so, but pretty much was, and multiple releases to boot. 

And a fair few of them are currently around at reasonable prices, that's where I might go next. I did see a Bud Shank and Koto one too, may look on YT for that before shelling out

Now on one I do have and like, a lot

Paul Horn - In Kashmir, Cosmic Consciousness [Liberty, UK 1968, mono]

Edited April 28, 2023 by mjazzg

[rostasi]

Back in the 80s when I worked for a record distributor,
we used to sell the re-releases of those World Pacific
recordings on cassette as the "Ravi Shankar Music Circle."
I still have all of them today.

https://www.discogs.com/label/68858-Ravi-Shankar-Music-Circle

Edited April 28, 2023 by rostasi

[Gheorghe]

13 hours ago, mjazzg said:

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Miles Davis - Turnaround, Rare Miles From The Complete On The Corner Sessions [Columbia, 2023]

Always regretted not buying the boxset so this is a small (very small) compensation. Sounds great

I remember that around that time this music still was quite controversial. My first jazz book was Bill Cole´s bio about Miles Davis, who just wrote off Miles´ post "Kilimanjaro" material, he even acclaimed that "On the Corner" is an insult on the intellect of the people. Incredible. 
We youngsters of course had that record, in my case I had "In Concert" (live version of much material from "On the Corner") and I think I listened more to "In Concert" because it has longer solos by Miles. 
But Miles never stopped, one year after "On the Corner" was when I got into Miles and those more exotic instruments like electric sitar and the tablas of Badal Roy where gone and it was the music that you can hear on "Dark Magus". So in my case, hearing more the "Dark Magus" "Agharta" and "Pangheea" stuff, the "On the Corner" style was already from the past. 

[sidewinder]

The RSD mono version. Sounds great - the Hoffman Board hype is justified in this case.

12 hours ago, mjazzg said:

And a fair few of them are currently around at reasonable prices, that's where I might go next. I did see a Bud Shank and Koto one too, may look on YT for that before shelling out

Now on one I do have and like, a lot

Paul Horn - In Kashmir, Cosmic Consciousness [Liberty, UK 1968, mono]

Isn’t that the one that came out as part of ‘Paul Horn In India’ Blue Note twofer? Will have to dig it out.

[Teasing the Korean]

Ahmad Jamal - Jamalca (20th Century Fox)

Breakin' out the Fender Rhodes.  Arrangements by the ubiquitous Richard Evans. 

[Teasing the Korean]

Ben Sidran - Puttin' in Time on Planet Earth (Blue Thumb)

The LP had some thumb prints before I gave it s scrub on the Nitty Gritty, but they were not blue.

Funny, autocorrect tried to change "Sidran" to "Sideman."

 

[sidewinder]

Blue label stereo

[sidewinder]

German Metronome reissue

[jazzcorner]

On 4/29/2023 at 9:01 PM, sidewinder said:

German Metronome reissue

😁👍

[Teasing the Korean]

Don Sebesky - The Distant Galaxy (Verve, stereo)

[Teasing the Korean]

Morricone - Escalation (Dagored)

[Teasing the Korean]

Morricone/Il Gruppo - The Private Sea of Dreams (RCA Victor, Stereo)

[HutchFan]

Quincy Jones - Gula Matari (A&M, 1970)

Oh yeah. 

 

[HutchFan]

Ronnie Laws - Pressure Sensitive (BN, 1975)

[JSngry]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Ronnie Laws - Pressure Sensitive (BN, 1975)

Hey, that's a good record!

 

[sidewinder]

 

UK PRT pressing

First time I realised that the art was the back end of a motor bike. Doh !

Edited May 1, 2023 by sidewinder

[HutchFan]

8 hours ago, JSngry said:

Hey, that's a good record!

Yessir.   

I didn't realize until recently that it's "almost" a Crusaders record -- with Wayne Henderson producing, Joe Sample on keys, and Wilton Felder on bass. 

 

[sidewinder]

UK green label. With a classic performance of ‘Prince Albert’.

Next up - for my money, one of the greatest 3LP sets ever issued.

UK Vogue

Edited May 1, 2023 by sidewinder

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

Gary Burton - Throb (Atlantic, 1969)
with Richard Greene (vn), Jerry Hahn (g), Steve Swallow (b), and Bill Goodwin (d)

Interesting to note that four of nine cuts are by Michael Gibbs.  I suppose this is a sort of prequel to their collaboration on "In the Public Interest" five years later.

I pulled this LP out of a dollar bin on Saturday.  In excellent condition to boot.   

 

[HutchFan]

Next up:

John Stowell - Golden Delicious (Inner City, 1977)
A subtle gem featuring outstanding piano work (and three compositions) by Jim McNeely

 

[jazzcorner]

[Pim]