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B.B. King: Live in Japan (MCA Japan)

Hadn't listened to this in a long, long while. Listening today, I realized why.

Explain y'self!

I have the album that was released in Japan way back when. It has seven cuts - I believe that the CD version that was released in the U.S. about twenty years later has twice as many tracks. Half of the LP is comprised of songs that I heard over and over and came to detest in the late 60's -"Hummingbird", "Chains and Things", "The Thrill Is Gone" (Yeah, even that one was done to death for me.) The LP version I have is way too rock oriented for my ears. The sound is nothing great and the band doesn't sound that inspired. And, in general, B.B. means less to me than he once did.

That's explanation enough for me.

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B.B. King: Live in Japan (MCA Japan)

Hadn't listened to this in a long, long while. Listening today, I realized why.

Explain y'self!

I have the album that was released in Japan way back when. It has seven cuts - I believe that the CD version that was released in the U.S. about twenty years later has twice as many tracks. Half of the LP is comprised of songs that I heard over and over and came to detest in the late 60's -"Hummingbird", "Chains and Things", "The Thrill Is Gone" (Yeah, even that one was done to death for me.) The LP version I have is way too rock oriented for my ears. The sound is nothing great and the band doesn't sound that inspired. And, in general, B.B. means less to me than he once did.

That's explanation enough for me.

Too bad - I'm not familiar with the album, but I've always been curious about it, since it seems to have the only recorded evidence of saxophonist Earl Turbington's tenure with King's band. Does Earl T. at least get a solo or two?

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Paying tribute to a talented writer:

Pete Rugolo - Reeds in Hi-Fi (Mercury mono). I've liked this one since I found a copy seven or eight years ago. There's some beautiful writing for ten woodwind players - sometimes all ten are on saxophones. Bud Shank gets lots of solo space, and Barney Kessel and Shelly Manne are in the rhythm section.

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Bob Scobey - Swingin' on the Golden Gate (RCA Victor mono). This is far from being a great jazz album, and a few of the tracks are so corny that they're downright painful. But I'm on something of a Ralph Sutton kick lately, and am going through various obscure albums Sutton plays on - unfortunately he doesn't get a lot of solo space here. But this album holds a special place in my heart - this is the record from which I learned that great Hoagy Carmichael song "New Orleans."

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