Bobby Hutcherson's Medina

[AndrewHill]

However, I just noticed that at CD Now, Simmons' Burning Spirits is OOP!

[.:.impossible]

Out To Lunch! is what made me save up for a vibraphone.

[Chas]

There's also a live date on JMY which is amazing, and some 'private shows' as well which I believe come from that site that can't be named.

Those '69 boots from Antibes and Stockholm contain songs that appeared elsewhere on various legit releases , save for one title , " Man on Mercury " . The version from Antibes runs 1:40 , while the version from Stockholm runs 7:02 . Not having heard these recordings , I'd like to know whether this Harold Land composition is a retitling of a composition that appeared on some official domestic release ?

It did see release ( albeit with corrupted spelling ) on this bootleg (?) Yugoslavian LP .

[Daniel A]

I have never heard anything which sounds as "Man on Mercury" on any other album, although I haven't heard all of Land's 70s albums. It's rather free-ish; a short chromatic/chaotic theme, and mostly "free" (as in "no discernable chord progression") impro over a very fast beat.

[.:.impossible]

anyone care to reseed?

[Daniel A]

Perhaps I should have said I hadn't heard any composition similar to this one on any other Harold Land gramophone record...

[freeform83]

I have never heard anything which sounds as "Man on Mercury" on any other album, although I haven't heard all of Land's 70s albums. It's rather free-ish; a short chromatic/chaotic theme, and mostly "free" (as in "no discernable chord progression") impro over a very fast beat.

I would sell my soul for the chance to hear this "Man on Mercury" track. However, there is some free-ish playing by Land on Now! and Head On, as well as "Pompeian" from Total Eclipse. It was something he explored in the late 60s/early 70s, so I'm not entirely surprised it found its way into some of the live performances. There is also a live version of "The Creators" from 1970 that I really, really want to hear.