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Claude Decloo, Arthur Jones - Africanasia [BYG, France 1969] Arthur Jones - Scorpio [BYG, France 1971] revisiting Arthur Jones, love his playing. On listening today I'm surprised that he hasn't been rediscovered by the 'Spiritual Jazz' crowd, he ticks a lot of their boxes.

Yeah, I have, many years ago and didn't get on with it all. I'm not a huge guitar fan and McLaughlin leaves me largely cold so I haven't revisited. Not sure that I haven't sold it on

Holiday fever! 😄

It is, I purchased it just because it's a new JC album and I'm pleased I did

Lucky you!

And this one is special too https://www.discogs.com/master/841138-Jimmy-Webb-Ten-Easy-Pieces https://youtu.be/NpBumzaAigU Apologies can't get image/videos to show using my phone for some reason

That is a great album That's lovely, thanks

Completely agree about Jimmy Webb. For me 'Wichita Lineman' just shades 'Galveston'. He wrote sort stories masquerading as songs. His run of songs is astounding in that period. He plays in London surprisingly often and I really must go and see him

Lots of great music there to fill 2 months, enjoy!

There's normally at least ten in each shipment from what i've seen before, maybe the Woody accounts for the other seven 😀

Blackstone Legacy, nice catch there. I'm still looking for that. This doesn't look like one of your Japanese deliveries.

The best/worst thing about that Tower was it was still open after the pub chucked out...

The label did an excellent job of Mingus 'AModern Symposium...', so I will certainly check this out. No shipping cost in the UK so it's about Tone Poet cost point for me. I'd like to have all this music in good SQ as some of the CD compilations I've streamed aren't the best.

Tomorrow at Ronnie's, Xhosa Cole with a sextet plus tap dancer interpreting Monk. Should be interesting. Will at the very least be an opportunity to see Cole live for the first time

Beautiful album. This post highlights to me how rarely Callier recordings are posted on the board.

I thought as much, I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy it then. Do you know the one he did on another UK label Gondwana? https://dwighttrible.bandcamp.com/album/inspirations also very good. Mind you he could probably sing me my shopping list and I'd like it!

If you're referring to 'Mothership', it's very good John. If you're already a fan, I am, you won't be disappointed I don't think. And for anyone looking for an intro to DT I'd say it works on that level too. Looks like they're releasing another by him in March which somewhat confusingly is already sold out... https://store.gearboxrecords.com/products/dwight-trible-ancient-future-cd?_pos=7&_sid=c4128ac00&_ss=r High quality SQ was one of their founding principles, they've stuck to it

Gearbox are very well regarded and well established in the UK and I suspect worldwide by now. Safe to say Gearbox is a byword for quality production. There's lots of non-US artists in the catalogue too, not least a heap of important Tubby Hayes recordings. They have cleverly diversified to include both historical recordings and releases by some of the stars of the burgeoning London scene of the last ten years.

They were very important to many people and made some great music. Thanks, I'll enjoy the watch with more than a tinge of regret and a bad taste for how Morrissey turned out when his true colours were revealed. However, I wouldn't go within several miles of Morrissey's work now (but this is straying into potentially political so I'll leave it there).

One tune to stream and sample here https://shirleyscott.bandcamp.com/album/queen-talk-live-at-the-left-bank

same here. 'Live At Massy' is good too I thougt the Shirley Scott discussed in its own thread is a RSD too, it is in the UK. As is a reissue on Gilles Peterson's Arc label of Lateef's Detroit wiith map co-ordinates album. I'll get that and the Scott I suspect

I was just looking at that on Discogs due to the discussion elsewhere. Looks very interesting I have that and remember thinking much the same when I bought it but when I dug it out a little while ago, after a very long time it surprised me just how good it was. Joe Chambers - The Almoravid [Muse, 1974] Sometimes albums with big reputatiions, and attendant inflated used market prices, live up to and even surpass expectations. Here's one

That's a hell of a run there

yep, great time. I think the Cocteau Twins lent themselves to obsessive listening somehow. I only ever saw The Smiths at an outdoor benefit gig which is mad seeing I was in London for all that period and going to gigs at least weekly in small/medium sized venues like yours

That takes me back...