Peter Herbolzheimer: Big Bad Man 4CD Set

[dova]

Anybody Hip to this Set?

A groovy dream come true – the complete studio recordings of German bandleader Peter Herbolzheimer – easily one of the funkiest European talents of the 70s! Although Herbolzheimer's got a clunky name, his sound is incredibly fluid and tight – a large group approach to funk that rivals some of the best American work of his time – including classics from Lalo Schifrin, Johnny Pate, and other key maestros of the blacksploitation era. Peter's got a way of taking a large group of players and really making them groove – a sound that's kind of an electrified extension of the styles first laid out at MPS by the Clarke-Boland Big Band, but served up with a hipper, funkier 70s approach to rhythm. Like the CBBB, Herbholzheimer's groups often feature American players – such as Art Farmer on trumpet or Herb Geller on saxes – alongside more familiar MPS talents like Dusko Goykovich on trumpet, Dieter Reith on organ, Ferdinand Povel on flute, Jiggs Whigham on trombone, and Sigi Schwab on guitar – joined by the legendary Sabu Martinez on a few of the best sessions here! The 4CD set is a massive discovery in music – as it features not only Herbholzheimer's Rhythm & Brass albums for MPS and Polydor, but also records under the group names Certain Lions & Tigers and The Galactic Light Orchestra. The package features a whopping 8 albums in all – Soul Condor, Time Travellers Galaxis, Waitaminute, Wide Open, Hip Walk, Touchdown, and I Hear Voices – most of which have never been reissued before – a whopping 61

[John Tapscott]

Link, please.

[king ubu]

http://www.amazon.de/Big-Band-Man-Polydor-Recordings/dp/B00163P9N8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294283296&sr=1-1

didn't get it, myself... not quite to my taste, I'm afraid - but these MPS boxes are nicely done (though if the liners were in german originally, they'll be in german now, as well).

[Van Basten II]

The German Amazon does offer it at a nice price, however international shipping at 14 Euros makes it a no go.

Edited January 7, 2011 by Van Basten II

[king ubu]

The German Amazon does offer it at a nice price, however international shipping at 14 Euros makes it a no go.

Ah, well, sorry to say but I'm used to that... (not from amazon.de of course, but from anywhere across the pond).

[Van Basten II]

The trick when you buy foreign is to buy plenty of stuff at the same time, it sweetens the deal shipping wise , of course you have to find enough interesting objets to do so. For the Americans interested on Amazon.com there is a seller Grooves inc which sells it a bit over 40 $ shipping included.