British jazz reissues

[GA Russell]

It's no secret that I'm a fan of compilations.

That reminds me.  With St. Valentine's Day coming up, I need to pull out my Plays for Lovers CDs!

However, part of the appeal of a compilation is that it is a cheap way to learn about folks you are not familiar with.  Five dollars per CD is right, not ten.

[felser]

  On 1/25/2025 at 6:16 PM, Roger Farbey said:

VARIOUS ARTISTS: A NEW AWAKENING - ADVENTURES IN BRITISH JAZZ 1966-1971, 3CD BOX SET

This is a forthcoming box set from Cherry Red (due end Feb 2025). I think I probably have around 90% of the tracks and imagine that Brit Jazz fans would probably have around the same. A few I don't know eg Satisfaction (the band) but almost all the tracks have been found on albums reissued in the past 10-15 years. Much as I love this stuff I don't have room for another box set that duplicates most of my collection, even with liner notes by Duncan Heining. However, for anyone not familiar with this ouevre, this probably represent a good primer for the "Golden Age" of British Jazz.

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https://www.cherryred.co.uk/various-artists-a-new-awakening-adventures-in-british-jazz-1966-1971-3cd-box-set

[Big Beat Steve]

  On 9/12/2012 at 10:47 AM, RayB said:

BTW anyone really interested in this era of British modern jazz is well served by David Taylor's website, for any who don't already know it I post a link -

http://vzone.virgin.net/davidh.taylor/bebop.htm

 

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Digging this up now ...
I had bookmarked the above site on a previous PC of mine and remembering the valuable info it contained, I now found a printout of a few excerpts from that site in my files.
But trying to access the site it seems it has gone belly up. Or did I overlook something?
Does anyone know if that site is really dead ot if its contents maybe have migrated to a different site under a totally different link?
Thanks in advance.