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  1. Recommended records on Mood Label

    in Recommendations

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    10 hours ago, T.D. said:

    I suspect that aside from the jazz-rock stuff it's a mixed bag. I've been meaning to explore the Dauner solo albums, but haven't started yet because I expect some duds are mixed in (I'm not so fond of his electronics).

    I think the label was a cool project and am surprised it went on for so long. But the paucity of available reissues and downloads probably says something.

    I never liked the German jazz rock bands due to their total lack of "black" feeling. Where American bands had r & b as reference ther German bands had a rock feel, which is too hard and stiff in comparison. Just my opinion, of course. 

    I still have the LP by Head, Heart and Handy who were a magnificent live band, but the album is rather bombastic sounding with too many overdubs. Then I have the album by Frankfurt's band Voices, another great band live, but the studio recording is a far cry from that. Dauner's solo albums are great.

    Now that Dauner, Mangelsdorff, Kriegel and whoever was involved are all gone, who owns the rights? I have no idea.

  6. What Blues / R & B / Soul or other Black Music are you listening to right now?

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    15 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

    What is the third of them?

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    A group of traditional musicians joined by a Berlin architect who is an amateur bass clarinet player. They recorded it with a portable tape deck and two microphones, I find the instrument balance dissatisfying, the claps and sticks are too prominent.

    IIRC this is the only recent recording on Harlequin which otherwise reissued shellac dscs.

  17. Great Finds

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

    Hope you get something out of it. IIRC the quality of the VHS copy I provided to you (after lots of hassles due to format incompatibility after copying it to DVD ;)) years ago is ... ehhh ... a wee bit substandard. ;)

    For reasons unknown the DVD copy of the VHS will not play anymore on any of the machines I tried ...... 

    Maybe I have another copy on some hard drive.

  18. Great Finds

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    On 5/21/2025 at 11:55 PM, JSngry said:

    What year was that from, that 45?

    Must be late 1957 or 1958, released when the movie "The Big Beat" was shown. The recording for the soundtrack was in late June, 1957, the studio version for the Fantasy single was September 10, 1957.

    16 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

    And then, judging by your record (your photo looks like the one from the Discogs listing, BTW :w), was the tune listing from the promo blurb for this movie (see below) wrong in the case of Cal Tjader?

    Will have to watch the movie again - the pic is indeed from the discogs seller offering that 45. Tjader recorded both tunes.

  20. Great Finds

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    Thanks! I was offered a copy several years ago, but that collector asked for $ 75 plus shipping, which was out of my budget at the time. This copy went for $ 8, the shipping was costly but let me add another two rare 45s:

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  24. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

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    30 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

    Even though I love the bari sax sound, I rarely play Gil Melle. I have the 2 CD Blue Note set but not this one. Is this material similar to the music he made for Blue Note?

    I have not listened to both in quite some time. But IIRC the Prestige sessions are a bit more straightahead. Great playing by his sidemen, too. 

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