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Mark, you are correct on the Harley (#13), and research is not only allowed, but encouraged! Now go ahead and name the track for full credit! +1.

11 and 13 are tough, but I'm actually surprised that the leader/album on 12 has not been identified. Will be one of those things where it is obvious once known. It is not obscure by any means.

No. But good guess. I need the third. Have been looking for it. Thankful to have the first two

Yes. It is! Understood. Not aware of the drummer's earlier records, thought this and its companion (1975 and 1976) were the first, so I'll have to research further. Please PM more info! I actually like the #12 leader's devolved recordings up to a point, until he switched labels, though each one was weaker than the one before.

He didn't record anything for that label.

Summary of what still needs to be ID'd: 4 - track needs to be ID'd, artists and album already ID'd as Lloyd/Higgins "Which Way is East?" 11 - Nothing ID'd yet. 12 - Nothing ID'd yet (except we know that it's NOT Pharoah Sanders) 13 - album and track need to be ID'd (Artist ID'd as Rufus Harley)

Thanks. It came to my attention late then. I grabbed it as soon as I read about it, which was not until this past October. Part of my feelings is based on that I despise much of their Richard Perry work, and don't actively desire to hear any of it except "I'm So Excited" ever again in my lifetime. I heard their early work before I ever heard LHR, so they were a gateway for me. If their "Cloudburst" is the only version you know, it sounds really good. And I think their "Salt Peanuts" is a marvel, even though they are clearly "trying" really hard. But something like "Yes We Can", "Wang Dang Doodle", and especially "Love in Them There Hills" is where the biggest payoff is for me.

No argument there! Yes it does!

Indeed! Thanks Thom!

I actually strongly disagree, but the record buying public is totally with you. Don't forget that Bonnie (who is singing here) left, which also greatly changed the group.

Best freakbeat group of them all?

Figuratively speaking, of course...

13 tracks ranging from early 60's to the 2000's. 80 minutes of music to alternately entertain, enlighten, or enrage you. No Gene Harris (sorry, Dan!) though I respect and enjoy him. This ranges farther off-center in several directions. ID guesses are great, but responses/opinions are even better. Thanks for your interest and participation! http://thomkeith.net/index.php/blindfold-tests/

The Gary Bartz album from the Left Bank, 'Home' is fantastic and desperately needs CD release. 'The Free Slave' by Roy Brooks from there is also great, and those both sound OK, much better than other recordings from there. I guess those two were meant for release when recorded?

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My favorites are probably his sextets with Lateef and with Charles Lloyd, but I find delights in the later Capitol and even the Milestone recordings also, and in the earlier Emarcy and especially Riveside albums.

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Good point about pop music. Hasn't meant a thing to me in 30 years, and is largely unlistenable to my ears, with the monotony of it. And it sure doesn't sell like it did 45-50 years ago (I know, everything is free to stream). "Rent" actually had some really good songs, and at least one ("Seasons of Love", the one about 525,600 minutes) has imbedded itself in mass culture, with no objection coming from me. Like the music a lot more than the play itself. Have "Chicago" on my unplayed DVD shelf (which is a lot longer than my unplayed CD shelf, that often is empty), need to give it a viewing. "Cabaret" is also on there, waiting to be viewed.

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