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This morning - Grassella Oliphant 'The Grass Is Greener' (Atlantic, a Big John Patton/Grant Green album in disguise) and James Moody 'Don't Look Away Now' (Prestige).

I strongly recommend this Oliver Nelson classic on Impulse as a starter album !

Paris Jazz Corner would be worth a visit I think (I've never visited the shop but just know it from the website, www.parisjazzcorner.com). Their address is 5 rue de Navarre, 75005 Paris (I believe the nearest metro is Place Monge or Jussieu, at least according to their flyer). Very much a top vinyl specialist.

Those Impulse Red/Black labels of the late 60s sound pretty nice ! I have a couple of Pharoah Sanders on that imprint..

On the deck at the moment is 'Jazz Is Universal' on Atlantic (red/purple label) by the inimitable Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band. To follow that will be 'Rise and Fall of the Third Stream' by Joe Zawinul on Vortex.

Great stuff Marcus! This BFT is still getting lots of airplay in my car, it hangs together really well as a collection. Just love that Meirelles track !

Stanley Turrentine 'Up at Mintons Vol 1'. NY USA on side 1, 47 W 63rd on side 2. Sound is so good that you are almost in the audience at Mintons.. I have the day off work today so time to catch up on some serious vinyl contemplation and open up a couple of Mosaics !

That's a nice tribute on there from Woody III. Thanks for the link !

That was me who picked this one up. Shipping within the UK will be £5, making a grand total of £73.66 for this set. I'm pretty damn chuffed, to say the least..

Closely followed by Miles Davis 'Bitches Brew' (CBS quadraphonic) - inspired by another thread !

Just checking out my Impulses in the rack right now. The other one I have from that US/UK release batch is 'Africa Brass'. As you say, the vinyl is super quiet, hardly a crackle, just an awesome LP. The second batch of these I recall actually had UK sleeves (they were not so substantial ) but the vinyl quality was again excellent. I have 'Coltrane', 'Out of the Cool' and 'Mingus Mingus Mingus..' from this batch. The worst problem I've had has been with those double LP 'Dedication Series' sets. Some wonderful music on these but the vinyl sucks...

Steve Lacy 'Evidence' with Don Cherry on New Jazz. Nice !

Clunky - I can tell you exectly when these came out. Summer of 1976. I remember picking up a bundle with some of my very hard earned Summer job cash. The jackets were from the US and a bit worn, even as new. The vinyl was pristine - in fact the version of 'Love Supreme' I have from this vintage is about the best I've ever heard. From that first batch I also picked up 'Blues and the Abstract Truth'. At the time they were a source of major excitement, as Impulses were pretty thin on the ground here in the UK (I believe that the originals were issued here in the UK on the HMV label with dog logo - I have an Archie Shepp LP with this). The one Impulse pressing that I thoroughly hate are those mid-70s flimsy green pressings. Every time I look at them they just reek of 70s oil price escalation and third-hand inferior vinyl. And they are always invariably warped..

I chose 'Miles Runs the Voodoo Down' in the quadraphonic version (mindblowing ) but I've always had a huge fondness for the version of 'Sanctuary' on this album. This was the first Miles Davis I ever bought (the Mati Klarwein design on the cover sucked me in) and one which still throws up great riches even now. I recall with amusement my 'what the XXXX is this' reaction on hearing 'Pharoah's Dance' for the first time all those years ago. The start of a long and fascinating journey into the Milesian universe...

Horace Silver 'Serenade to a Soul Sister' Liberty pressing. To be followed by Mike Westbrook Concert Band 'Release' (Deram) and Kenny Burrell 'Freedom' (King BN).

PM sent ! :rsmile:

Herbie Hancock 'Maiden Voyage' on NY USA mono. Magnifico ! On deck to follow - Jackie Mac 'Let Freedom Ring' NY USA mono and Walt Dickerson 'Relativity' New Jazz.

I guess Mosaic created their own review Forum. Maybe a bitter ex-Blue Note Board poster has found a new home. Looks like a member of the Lenny Breau fan club wrote these, in something of a 'wingy' stream-of-consciousness style..

Apologies Michael - Its actually 'Superblue' and not 'OOB'. That's the trouble with posting from work when you don't have your LPs at hand . This one is titled 'Superblue' and was put out on Something Else back in 1989. Mainly covers of standards and BN classics. Front line of Don Sickler, Roy Hargrove, Bobby Watson, Bill Pierce and Frank Lacy. I can't recall ever seeing a CD of it but I'd be suprised looking at the sleeve and vintage if this wasn't put out on CD also. LP was a US issue but under the Blue Note/Something Else Records logo, recorded by RVG and produced Namekata/Hirose.

A bit of a Curtis Counce binge tonight. 'Counceltation' on Contemporary followed by 'Exploring the Future' on Dootone.

Cuscuna?

Reading this again I thought it was time I counted the boxes. 86 plus the 1 Big John Patton Select. A few CD and LP set duplicates in there for the Rivers and Jones/Lewis. Partiial CD set for the Larry Young but full LP set. And a Master Jazz.. B-)

Yes indeed! This is a very fine one! I think it's one of the Somethin' Else discs, right? ubu Affirmative ! I've got several vinyl items on the 'Somethin' Else' imprint. One of these is an 'Out Of The Blue' session that I've never seen domestically.

The Junko album with Jackie McLean ('Hat Trick') is definitely worth a listen.

A good place to start would be at Ray's Jazz Shop. This is actually located within the Foyles Bookstore on Charing Cross Road (nearest tube Leicester Square, just up the road and on the opposite side to the tube exit). Once in Foyles follw the signs to 'Cafe' and 'Ray's Jazz' (its also a good place in the West End to grab a bite and a cappucino B-) ). Ray's has quite a nice selection of CDs at good-ish price and also some second hand LPs. The other main port of call is Mole Jazz. They have recently relocated after existing for over 30 years in Kings Cross and are now located in Great Marlborough St, I think - haven't actually seen the new store (they occupy the upstairs section of a classical music store). One particular feature of Mole is their selection of jazz books (the Tubby Hayes discography they stock is particularly recommended) - not sure what the CD and LP selection is like of late. Another store worth checking out is 'Honest Jon's'. They are located on Portobello Road, nearest tube stop Ladbroke Grove out West beyond Hammersmith. Nice selection of modern and avante-garde material at this store. Enjoy the trip and hope that you find some nice stuff.. :rsmile: