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Amazed that people don’t know The Orb, they were pretty big in the US too but maybe only in certain scenes. Rickie was none too pleased by her being sampled, she had a stinking cold when doing the interview so sounded v out of it which worked perfectly on the song, anyway I think she got some decent money because of it The other main sample is Pat Metheny’s guitar from Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint, Steve was flattered by the sampling and didn’t sue, the drums are sampled from a drum break on Harry Nillson’s Nilsson Schmillson! On another song they sampled Minnie Riperton’s Loving You which also fell fouls of legal powers that be so they had to replace with a soundalike.

Pirates & The Magazine are def my favourites, and I have a guilty appreciation of the complete AOR of Flying Cowboys too. I discovered her, I imagine like a lot of younger people, when the Orb sampled her on their track “Little Fluffy Clouds” in 1990 which was taken from a promo interview CD promoting Flying Cowboys. The Girl At Her Volcano EP from 1983 is lovely too where she covers some jazz standards.

its up on Amazon now with picture & more info Mary Ann (Live In Bremen 1969): Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl

This looks interesting, don’t think it has been officially released before? https://www.grooves-inc.co.uk/marion-quartet-brown-mary-ann-live-bremen-1969-moosicus-indigo-cd-pZZa1-2100807682.html its certainly been out there unofficially but not sure if this is taken from master reels http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=2299

you should have combined your order with mine and mjazzg

Matt got it wrong on the website, it’s only $16 for international so don’t pay more until you email him

Out in May, all the same ones as the series from 2002 bar one new addition (The Melody At Night) but since those go for a pretty penny these days and these are also UHQ-CDs am sure there will be some interest https://merurido.jp/topic.php?srcbnr=64762

I want a copy sent to U.K. too, maybe we could combine and save on the still fairly pricey postage?

Just got the CD, The Second Movement is fantastic.

Finally picked the Live In Bremen set and I think it could my favourite live release this year, great performances and excellent sound, I had Resonance and always liked it but this live show takes it up a notch, highly recommended!

Sounds nice the Japanese UHQCD is part of a series of other reissues by him too, including The Prime Element on CD for first time ever. https://merurido-jp.translate.goog/topic.php?srcbnr=60555&_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

the next in the excellent (but very annoying its not on cd) releases on Transversale Disques https://www.dustygroove.com/item/121597?kwfilter=Ahmad+Jamal&incl_oos=1&incl_cs=1&sort_order=artist

new release on British Progressive Jazz, sounds great! https://britishprogressivejazz.com/album/on-italian-roads-live-at-teatro-cristallo-milan-1979

This got posted to YouTube yesterday by Columbia, I assume it’s a taster from the new series? Not doing that much for me, not sure a fairly anaemic cover of the Tina classic is gonna get anyone too excited!

Yeah I have that, I meant the Tapscott + Winds one and the Century City Playhouse 1979 one, I don’t think there are even digital downloads. I found some fairly decent needle drops for the time being.

Thankfully on Cd https://m.facebook.com/pg/darktreerecords/posts/ Still pissed that those two recent Tapscott things were vinyl only.

I’ve just started delving into the multitude of live SM material, I just picked up this and the German NDR package also on Cunieforme, what else is recommended, the BBC ones sound good going by what I’ve heard on YouTube and just ordered Floating Points & Drop from Japan.

All are on YouTube for you to make your own opinion:)

you can't order from that specific site from outside Japan, its a good reference site for news though. All those cds will be easily available on cd japan, ebay, amazon.jp next month am sure

Some of the Strata records reissues that came out as vinyl only releases on 180 Proof a couple of years back are getting cd issues in Japan next month Sphere - Inside Ourselves Contemporary Jazz Quintet - Black Hole Maulawi - Oruntunds Along with Kenny Cox & Lyman Woodward https://merurido.jp/topic.php?srcbnr=56504

There are some great albums in his catalogue, particularly Paysages, the self titled one from 72 and Open Road from 73. He did revert back to more trad material soon after sadly which is why maybe he doesn’t get the current attention that others are.

In the World was reissued on SHM-CD fairly recently, shouldn’t be too hard to find https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373431774226?hash=item56f244ac12:g:u2IAAOSw1PFgXZ7r

Has anyone been brave enough to pick this up yet, I’ve seen it on Amazon etc now

Well at least it has the original cover, I hated the reimagined artwork 32 Jazz used as well as those strange digipaks.

On cd for the first time and with 40 mins of extra material, sounds great! https://eltondean.bandcamp.com/album/they-all-be-on-this-old-road