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I also own the book.

That may be why this label changed their name to Nimbus West.

As have I. Buying direct from them is the way to go on box sets, even significantly less expensive than their prices on ebay.

I've found that also. They flood the results with "Sponsored" products, and sometimes the "Amazon Choice" third party seller for a product is more expensive than others, with no additional benefit offsetting the extra expense. I've also found their CD prices rising in general, both Amazon itself and third party sellers, and have bought very little from them in many months, the bulk of my business going to ebay for new CD's and ebay or discogs for used CD's.

They recorded in Europe starting late 1984, were there for a few years. It was one guy, Tom Albach, running the company. I bought a bunch of CD's directly from their website a few years ago, and he fulfilled the orders himself. The website is no longer active, but they are on bandcamp. Here is something I found on the web at http://www.cvinyl.com/labelguides/nimbus.php LABEL GUIDE: NIMBUS Nimbus Records was founded in 1978 by entrepreneur Tom Albach with the intention to record the music of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Horace Tapscott and members of the Union of God's Musicians and Artists Ascension (UGMAA). UGMAA and the Arkestra were founded by Los Angeles-based jazz pianist Tapscott in 1961, and the Arkestra itself went unrecorded for almost 20 years. Nimbus was based in Los Angeles until 1985/87 when Tom Albach moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands and started recording European artists. The label name changed to Nimbus West around 1984, and this incarnation of the label still exists today.

That Jesse Sharp is really good. I like all of the L.A.-based Nimbus West recordings I own or have heard. Gets much dicier once they moved operations to Europe.

Suggest you start with the live album half of Ummagumma.

Thanks for the clarification. Haynes and Trucks, to my ears, are very tight playing together.

The entry of Warren Haynes in the late 80's (via Dickey Betts) immediately inspired the band to heights they had not hit since 'Eat a Peach", and they stayed there the rest of their career. Derek Trucks replaced Betts some years later, and they didn't miss a beat. 1972-1987 was just sort of a bad dream for them. Haynes's Gov't Mule side project is also well worth checking out. He's an incredible guitarist and a more than good singer.

I actually prefer "A Momentary Lapse of Reason", the David Gilmour Pink Floyd Album, to those Roger Waters Pink Floyd albums. Waters grew too dark and tuneless for me after Animals.

I don't get down to Philly anymore, but have bought a ton of music from this dealer thru discogs recently - here is their description in discogs. Passyunk Ave. is in South Philly, this would be near the stadiums. They have 96,000 items online, 3/4 of it vinyl, and great prices on CD's (I don't track vinyl prices): "Philadelphiamusic is based out of a record store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania called Beautiful World Syndicate located at 1619 E. Passyunk Ave. Philadelphia, PA, 19148. Our record shop carries a variety of record collections. We try to sell everything at a reasonable price and try to list interesting new records on the site everyday."

I didn't love it, liked it OK. Maybe because it wasn't that different, it didn't strike me, because each of their albums up until then had been very different than the previous one. I like Wish You Were Here and I like Animals, but nothing really past that too much. The Wall bores me.

heartily agree.

Yeah, Piper thru Moon is the period I love.

John Handy. Blakey's "Gypsy Folk Tales". Bobby Watson.

I believe I do. Will get back to you tonight.

He can, and Haynes even more so.

#8 has to be a live recording of the Warren Haynes/Derek Trucks version Allman Brothers doing "Afro-Blue", doesn't it? I know Trucks loves the song, and I don't think Betts and Trucks ever played together in the group - Haynes was the common denominator on guitar.

I saw him back in the 70's at some long-gone Philly Jazz club (don't remember the name, might have been "Memphis"). He and the group played very well, but were clearly having issues with the club management about set length and stuff, and the musicians were clearly angry, especially Steve Neil, the bass player, who stayed on stage and played an extended bass solo, glaring at the club manager, after the rest of the group had exited.

Interestingly, I found his Blue Notes of that period to be relative dogs, much too conservative for him. Unlike his 60's-early 70's BN's which were monsters. Sort of true for the whole BN restart of the 80's and beyond, I guess.

Argreed!

I'll have to look into that. I am sort of friends with David Kim, the concertmaster, and he may be able to help.

And sadly has never been reissued on CD. One of the very few downloads I have ever purchased (the other is the Elvin Jones Town Hall Concert with Farrell, Corea, and Perla).

I saw him in the group with George Adams. Beaver Harris on drums. That would have been, maybe late-70's, early 80's, one of the Leo Gadson productions at the Ethical Society. He also brought in McLean, Blakey, Juju, and others. And opening acts were local Philly musicians early in their careers like Monette Sudler and Toomi Sunooka (I know I'm butchering the spelling on that one).

His leader sessions are very different. Here is one prime example from his 1975 album on MPS records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppo63C_Uklc