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I wish I listened to it more but there's too much Jazz. I got into them both at the same time and could it quite easily have been reggae rather than Jazz that became the obsession. Still listen occasionally, have to have a dose of The Congos every now and again. There's a guy who sits in my local shopping area with a sizeable speaker on a hand trolley pumping it out at volume. Makes for a good grocery shopping experience

Byard Lancaster - It's Not Up To Us [Superior Viaduct/Vortex RE] Such a great album

I've not got round to listening to this, apologies but any BFT with Augustus Pablo on has got to be a winner

His name crops up in discussion occasionally so here's an article that some might find of interest (even if it seems a little like a push for the NIS album, which is very good btw) https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/ari-brown-since-time-is-graviy-interview?utm_source=notification

Unsurprisingly, disc one is mono, so far

To be honest I haven't noticed either way. Disc 6 is I'm pretty sure from listening most recently. I'm sure that if you contact Confront they'll help you out with the details, it's a friendly run concern in my experience. A lot quicker than waiting for me to listen through again!

Interesting. I'm a big fan of his 1998 album 'From The Nile'

On their site, I forgot to look for it at KX on Friday Are these Super Viaduct reissues limited does anyone know?

Honest Jons have it in stock. Is their postage to you prohibitive? Probably with the post-Brexit tax

Not sure that Lukaku is terminally unlucky as opposed to terminally incompetent! I didn't see the game as not on free to air here. For all the positives about City's style of football I still think there's a sour taste of potential financial doping. Not until that is cleared up will I remove the asterisk against their competition wins.

Do you know which label is reissuing this?

It was discussed in passing on another thread somewhere, a few weeks ago. I have it, production values high on the presentation. Sound quality is consistently good across all discs bar maybe three tracks where quality is a bit bootleggy. All from Skidmore's personal archive

Lots more still to come I'm sure. Nothing from the smaller venues yet

On wednesday, Sophie Agnel solo and in trio with Steve Noble and John Edwards, at Cafe Oto Her solo set was mesmerising, the trio a lot less so I thought I've already booked for three LJF shows, not The Cookers so far

Chico Hamilton - Peregrinations [Blue Note, 1975] finally tracked down a nice copy of this great album. Lovely and sunny in London today and this album is the perfect soundtrack, it's so well put together.

I tapped a toe to it this afternoon

beats and Jazz today https://yonimayraz.bandcamp.com/album/dybbuk-tse

Listening now Or did they just want to make more money...and cash in on Makaya's name? Ever cynical

I love that reinterpretation but also the source album

Thanks Pim Ripping CDs, those were the days!

Which of the duos with Mal do you suggest I try @Pim

Good choices

Here's a short but sweet appreciation https://thebluemoment.com/2023/06/06/astrud-gil/

A big yes to the Yamashita Trio albums I've heard. Intense