Teasing the Korean

Frank Foster - Manhattan Fever - Blue Note (blue and white label, stereo)

I asked if it was mono or stereo. Let's see if I get a response.

Lou Donaldson at his Best - Cadet (stereo) Side 1 only Harold Land - The Peace-Maker - Cadet (stereo) Side 2 only

Would you be willing to sell/trade one of your copies?

It is a killer comp of early 70s funky/groovy/EZ stuff from the MPS label: Singers unlimted, later Horst Jankowski, Flirt and Dream by Francy Boland, etc. Very much along the lines of the early 70s 101 Strings sessions that Les Baxter and Nelson Riddle did, that decadent sound of strings and woodwinds hovering over politely funky rhythm beds, the music that Burt and Angie listen to at the ski lodge while drinking a sherry by the fireplace. I lost the disc last winter when, ironically enough, I was auditioning various tracks for my ultimate fondue ipod compilation that was never made. Knowing my wife (I love her), she probably put the disc in the first empty case she found, so it could be years if not decades before I find it in a Gene Clark, Tim Buckley or Badfinger jewel case. Bill, thanks for helping. I'll send you a PM.

I was working in a record store when that came out, and I remember thinking at the time that it had to be one of the worst album covers ever. Three decades' worth of album covers since, and it is still a contender for that title. God, everything about the 80s was so terrible, except for David Lynch.

Thanks. This album seems hard to find. (I didn't even know about it until the other night). I was disappointed to not get the right Yusef Lateef album, but I'm kinda glad I got this one instead!

OK, definitely Harold Land. (Thanks Rotasi!). The side of the LP I have starts with "Timetable," which is the first of four tunes on that side. Can anyone confirm if this corresponds to the standard LP lineup?

It's summer, and I tend to wear skirts.

Who knew that Stanley Black's "Exotic Percussion" was on CD? That has to be one of my favorite non-Bernard Herrmann Phase 4 albums and one of my favorite exotica albums. The stereo LP that I had was very distorted, but I found a mono version that's perfect.

Tenor? Cut me some slack. I just dragged the album home and did a few needle drops before posting. I was expecting to hear flute, oboe and gongs.

My copy of Cadet's 'The Peace-Maker' (side 2) has 'WARS-5127, also #17115, also LPS-813, also S-2 in the deadwax, all handwritten. Interesting. Was there more than one issue of this album on Cadet? It certainly sounds like Land/Hutcherson, at least from the needledrops I did. Are there audio samples of the album anywhere? Could this be a screwed up test pressing or something?

Imagine trying to figure this out before the interwebz! I was able to solve the mystery in an hour or so!

OK, I just checked Amazon for Lou Donaldson "Tangerine" and I heard the same version, with the organ, that is on this LP. I guess the online discography is wrong, and I must have one side of Lou Donaldson "At His Best" with one side of Harold Land "The Peace-Maker" with Yusef Lateef labels in a Yusef Lateef cover. What a fortuitous purchase!!!! Thanks all!

I have the "Mellow Yellow" LP. I did a search but cannot find any Odell Brown albums with "Tangerine" as the second track.

It was suggested that this is Lou Donaldgson "At His Best," but from what I see, this album has piano and conga. The album side I have has tenor, trumpet, organ, guitar, and drums.

I thought I was buying a Yusef Lateef LP on Cadet. Turns out that Yusef Lateef labels, corresponding to the album cover, were attached to the LP, but the music is not Yusef Lateef. To confuse things even more, the two sides of the record are not even the same album or band! I believe that one side of the album, from my research and also from what my ears tell me, is a Harold Land/Bobby Hutcherson Cadet album called "The Peace-Maker," Cadet LPS 813. It has 4 tunes, and judging from the letter "B" in the dead wax, is probably side 2 of the album. I'm having trouble pinpointing the other side, though. It is an organ groove album, 4 tunes, with organ, tenor, trumpet, guitar and drums. There are 4 tunes, and the second tune is "Tangerine." The other tunes are generally bluesy organ groove stuff. It looks like the number scratched into the dead wax is either 1336 A or 1356 A, but then there is also the number CA 813? A, the question mark being a scratched out number. I paid $3.99 for this, and am not taking it back. But I really want to know what the other side of the album is! Thanks in advance!

Well that makes sense. Thanks.

This has probably been discussed, but I couldn't find the thread. I've had later pressings of the LPs, Vol. 1 and 2, and later, had the Blue Note "Best of Monk" CD from the 1990s. I recently picked up the RVG versions of both Genius Vol. 1 and 2 on CD, for the bonus tracks, RVG remastering and the original 10" cover art. Does anyone know why the 1948 session with Milt Jackson is omitted? I could have fit. It's especially weird that tracks from those sessions were on the LPs, and a few are even listed on the 10" LP covers used for the CDs, even though they don't appear on the CDs. I realize that those 6 tracks with Milt are on a Milt Jackson RVG CD, so they are available. Still, I don't think anyone would have minded the duplication between the Monk and Milt albums. Seems strange.

I trust Allen Lowe's taste. I'll wait for him to weigh in on whether this is worth buying.

I hope they play his Moog album, which is easily my favorite moog album ever, and I have lots of them.

Benny Carter - Additions to Further Dimensions - Impulse! (mono)

Wow, I like it quite a bit as a standalone. Granted, it's a challenging listen on some levels, but no more so than lots of out jazz. It certainly creates its own world.

This is one of my favorite Howard Shore scores. I don't know why Ornette didn't share the title card with Shore in the opening credits.

I can't tell you how many times I've passed on getting armloads' worth of these releases for short dough. They are usually in pristine shape. I've seen them numerous times for $5 a throw and under. I should really investigate some of these. Truth is - and this may sound silly - I have some sort of a mental block with box sets. I just don't think of putting them on as often as I think about single LPs or single CDs.