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Okay. He did an Eliane Elias recommendation yesterday so I thought it might be.

Was this JazzWax inspired?

Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound – La 8va. Maravilla

Is also have a thing for this pre-fusion era of blind grasping for crossover success. That Bob Thiele light my fire record is another classic of this type.

I have a soft spot for this record. Fight The Big Bull featuring Steven Bernstein – All Is Gladness In The Kingdom (Clean Feed, 2010)

Joe Pugliese - Jazz In Focus: Music for Technique and Jazz Dances

Incognito – Tribes, Vibes And Scribes

The Warriors – Behind The Mask

Okay. Sounds worth trying.

Charles Lloyd - The Water Is Wide Enjoying this more than expected.

Les McCann Ltd. - Bucket o' Grease

This does not sound very appetising.

Is Soul Zodiac by Nat different to Love Sex and the Zodiac by Julian? Was the concept so good that they made it twice?

Robert Hardaway – Lou's Blue

Harry Edison – Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You I feel that this one is a bit of a well kept secret. I can't remember hearing it talked about much.

Claude Rodap - Fregate Orchestra – Syn-Ka

I think that Syl Johnson in this era had quite a lot of similarity to the music being put out by Hi Records: Al Green, Anne Peebles, Otis Clay’s Trying to Live My Life Without You.

Thanks everyone! I am particularly looking for LPs, rather than artist names. Again, only from the postwar period. Was vaguely hoping that there would be some Latinised blues or steel drum blues classics out there. Thanks! These look great. Something to explore. I know a lot of these guys, and as a younger man, the Brits and Stevie RV were a platform in, but I think that I tend to see Mayall etc as following the template as closely as they were able. Where would you start with him? I love Strong Pretender. Almost an 80s MOR rock record but the fact that it still clearly blues at heart elevates it. Plus really really great songwriting throughout.

Preston Love – Preston Love's Omaha Bar-B-Q

There are some good blues threads on here already, but they generally stick to the classic blues template laid down by the likes of Muddy Waters, Hound Dog Taylor, BB King, etc. I would love to hear recommendations of your favourite blues LPs that depart from that template. No particular requirements other than (1) being clearly blues, (2) being post war, and (3) departing from the well known style. I am looking for blues LPs with different instrumentation, fingerpicking, psychedelic edges or effects, more fragile vocals, more crazy vocals, horn sections, electric keyboards, different rhythms (Latin or afrobeat), part way to soul, heavy metal or funk, or just general weirdness or idiosyncrasy. Post war only, please. Pre war blues has long been a favourite genre of mine, and I feel more comfortable there.

Does anyone know whether this thread is still available? I get nothing from the link.

Buddy Guy – D. J. Play My Blues

The idea of having 30 George Shearing records stresses me out. I have three shelves as a hard limit to my collection, which means that my collection of vinyl can’t outgrow 370 or so, so it is almost one in / one out. Save for artists whom I consciously collect, I try to have only one record per artist (or one record per period, so two Stanley Turrentine records: one CTI and one Blue Note). That way, if I am in the mood to listen to Cal Tjader, I can put on my Cal Tjader record (Latin Concert). To be honest, 370 records is probably more than a person can regularly listen to anyway. That’s what I tell myself, as I hungrily lick my lips at Jackie McLean or Wayne Shorter reissues.

It’s been quite the night.