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Nice work Swede!!! Lots of great stuff there. Surprising how much amazing organ group material is still laying around unissued. No doubt much of it is well worth issuing. I was especially surprised at the amount of great looking Reuben Wilson there was. His reign was at the end of the BN era and I think he was lost in the shuffle once Liberty got there, although obviously they did lots of sessions but never put them out.... Interesting stuff.

Ronnie's Bonnie is on Reuben's "On Broadway" LP that was issued. This is a different version from an earlier session...also Baby, I Love You was redone for "On Broadway" Nothing to do with Love Bug.

What's the chance of this seeing the light of day Kevin?... Reuben Wilson Quartet Trevor Lawrence (ts) Reuben Wilson (org) Eric Gale (g) Tommy Derrick (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 16, 1968 3080 Knock On Wood Blue Note unissued 3081 Tom's Thumb - 3082 Ronnie's Bonnie - 3083 Baby I Love You - 3084 Robbin', Mashin' And Sqeezin' AND... Reuben Wilson Sextet Richard Williams (tp) Trevor Lawrence (ts) Reuben Wilson (org) Jimmy Ponder (g) George Baker (b) Tommy Derrick (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 28, 1969 3737 Hot Rod Blue Note rejected 3738 Stormy - 3739 Cruisin' - 3740 I'm Gonna Make You Love Me AND more Reuben...this session in particular looks AMAZING!!! And with Ramone Morris!!!!!! Please put this out!!!! Reuben Wilson Quintet Ramon Morris, Harold Ousley (ts) Reuben Wilson (org) Ted Dunbar (g) William Curtis (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 26, 1970 Son Of Man Blue Note unissued Do-Ba-Dat-San! - Dance Ville - What's Gonna Happen To Me - Weaver Of Dreams AND.. Lonnie Smith Quintet Dave Hubbard (ts) Ronnie Cuber (bars) Lonnie Smith (org) Larry McGee (g) Marion Booker (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 19, 1969 5713 Twenty-Five Miles Blue Note rejected 5714 Seven Steps To Heaven - 5715 Psychedelic Pi - 5716 Original Latin Blues Also..Look at the wealth of stuff that just wasn't issued from his "Live At The Club Mozambique" date, which is certainly on of the highlights of his BN catalog!!!! Lonnie Smith Septet Dave Hubbard (ts) Ronnie Cuber (bars) Lonnie Smith (org, vo) George Benson (g) Joe Dukes (d) Gary Jones (cga) Clifford Mack (tamb) "Club Mozambique", Detroit, MI, May 21, 1970 tk.1 Love Bowl Blue Note B1 31880 tk.2 Piece Of Mind - tk.3 Play It Back rejected tk.4 I Can't Stand It Blue Note B1 31880 tk.5 Move Your Hand rejected tk.6 I Want To Thank You For Loving Me - tk.7 Scream Blue Note B1 31880 tk.8 Expressions - tk.9 Play It Back - tk.10 I Want To Thank You For Loving Me - tk.11 Seven Steps To Heaven - tk.12 Piece Of Mind rejected tk.13 Come Together - tk.14 Days Of Wine And Roses - tk.15 I'm Doing Bad, I'm Doing Fine - * Lonnie Smith Live At Club Mozambique (Blue Note B1 31880) And while we're on it...a man can dream...the COMPLETE "Live At the Cadillac Club"!!! I'd LOOOVE to hear the entire night. on a 2 CD set....One of the great Organ live recordings ever made imho. Lou Donaldson Quintet Fred Ballard (tp) Lou Donaldson (el-as) Leon Spencer (org) Melvin Sparks (g) Idris Muhammad (d) "Cadillac Club", Newark, NJ, 1st set, November 7, 1970 tk.1 Foot Pattin' Time Blue Note CDP 7243 8 31876-2 tk.2 The Scorpion (alt. take) Blue Note B1 31883 tk.3 I'll Be There rejected tk.4 Bye Bye Blackbird - tk.5 Brother Soul (theme) - * Various Artists - The Lost Grooves (Blue Note B1 31883) * Lou Donaldson Live At The Cadillac Club - The Scorpion (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 31876-2) Lou Donaldson Quintet same personnel "Cadillac Club", Newark, NJ, 2nd set, November 7, 1970 tk.6 Turn It On (Leon's Tune) rejected tk.7 Untitled Bossa Nova - tk.8 Untitled Blues - tk.9 Funky Mama - tk.10 Laura Blue Note B1 31876 tk.11 This Is Happiness rejected tk.12 Brother Soul (theme) - * Lou Donaldson Live At The Cadillac Club - The Scorpion (Blue Note B1 31876, CDP 7243 8 31876-2) Lou Donaldson Quintet same personnel "Cadillac Club", Newark, NJ, 3rd set, November 7, 1970 tk.13 Alligator Bogaloo Blue Note B1 31876 tk.14 The Scorpion - tk.15 I'll Be There rejected tk.16 Bye Bye Blackbird unissued tk.17 Turn It On rejected tk.18 This Is Happiness - tk.19 Peppin' Blue Note CDP 7243 8 31876-2 tk.20 The Masquerade Is Over Blue Note B1 31876 * Lou Donaldson Live At The Cadillac Club - The Scorpion (Blue Note B1 31876, CDP 7243 8 31876-2) And this little beauty... Lou Donaldson Quintet Lou Donaldson (as) Leon Spencer (org, p) Melvin Sparks (g) Jimmy Lewis (el-b) Buddy Caldwell (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 25, 1972 Songbird Blue Note rejected Coonskin - Our Day Will Come - Warm Breeze - What Now, My Love?

Have to agree 100% Chas on all counts. "To Seek a New Home" is definately a great session more in line with Moon Rappin' than Who Knows. In general I wish someone (even the Japanese haven't RVGd a lot of these type of sessions on BN) would take some Water-Records-type care and appreciation in reissuing these.

Just read this while killing (er....loving) a few minutes at B&N. Nice writeup, Bob & Jim! Who's on the cover of this JazzTimes?...I'd like to read it, but when someone says "this month's"...I'm not sure what that means anymore considering they put those mags out so early.

Don't know if it was mentioned before...but McGriff's "Something To Listen To" on Blue Note is another i'd like to see come out.

That's it...Thanks Swede!

Just wanted to revive this thread. Again want to throw up Reuben Wilson's "On Broadway" and "Set Us Free" as two I'd love to see. A VG+ copy of Set Us Free just sold for 120 bucks on Ebay. I really do freakin' miss those batches of Rare Grooves. Looking back, those were some of the happiest CD buying days ever for me.

Also want to add Reuben Wilson's "On Broadway" and "Set Us Free" LPs to the list of wants... ...by the way...can anybody help me find the Bring Back Rare Grooves thread? I've searched and can't come up with it. Thanks...

Also want to add Reuben Wilson's "On Broadway" and "Set Us Free" LPs to the list of wants...

Sorry to hear the news. Sounds like you really had a time Randy. My only exposure to Winston was the CD he did with Jack McDuff. That CD blew a LOT of folks minds. Another great one gone. Ceaser Frazier had some good stories about Winston....seems like he really helped Frazier when he was getting going with lots of encouragement.

That's a shame. My only hope is that means they can now do a proper US RVG of some of these titles. As of now we have a total of ZERO John Patton US RVGs ever released.

Hey Lon...so sorry to hear the news. I knew she had been battling this for quite some time. Not sure what to say other than I hope you're doing O.K. Mike

Hey Dan...good eye. That is THE Ian Hendrickson-Smith. He's a full-on member of the Daps these days and has been for a while. Ian actually plays Tenor now live and they have another guy playing Bari live. Ian and the rest of the horn guys came out an sat it with me after their gig a couple of weeks ago here in Austin. They are BAAAAAADDDDDDD...., and Ian in particular is just about my favorite cat!

I'm not really up on all the series that Japan BN has going...but I just bought a TOCJ 1500 series CD. *note...I figured this out...just the series number of the og LPs...duh! Thanks anyway.

The ones I have are from 99, and they do not inidicate whether they are 24 bit, but they are paper sleeve mini LP style. No mention of RVG anywhere. I don't think he's invlvoved, there is a wider stereo spread than on some tracks I also have on RVG editions. Does anybody have track listings for these...?

Steve, not familiar with the TOCJ 66000 series...could you post a link or show an image of on of them? Also, are the 24 bit paper sleeve mean they are RVG remastered? Thanks.

Where can you get this? Is this on CD or old LP only?

Been a long time coming...seen it for many years and finally made the 27 buck plunge for the CD....worth every cent. GREAT session.

You forgot this one too...full choir to boot. http://youtube.com/watch?v=-tUOhn3Y2oo ...Jim do you even LIKE jazz anymore?

Wild Bill Davis "Midnight until Dawn" on RCA...live at Grace's Little Belmont in Atlantic City.

J.A. is tenor player Jimmy Anderson. John Patton told me this himself, and Thelma has mentioned it as well in conversations after John's death.

May I suggest Kirk's Works w/ Jack McDuff? I would say definately Lou Donaldson's "The Natural Soul." You also might dig Patton's "The Way I Feel" and "Oh Baby"...both available on the Mosaic Select.

I really dig Louis Armstrong & The Oscar Peterson Trio....and also Night Train. Wish I could have heard O.P. in person... looks like I'm condemned to a lifetime of McCoy/Herbie/Chick clones too hip to swing. RIP O.P.

I think George has these for sale on his website....www.georgebraith.com....if not, just email him through the site and I'm sure he'll sell you one. Dig it!