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There's a couple of old LPs on Mercury/Emarcy (I think) by an all-flautist group under the title 'Swinging Shepherds'. I have one of these LPs with an 'At the Movies' theme. I wasn't totally bowled over at last hearing but will give it a spin this weekend. Paul Horn is also in the lineup but not sure if any of these have been issued on CD. The covers of these are sort of neat as they have Buddy and co. dressed in monk's shawls looking as if they are about to do a monastery gig !

Hi ubu - yes, what I have on the LP sounds just great. In fact, with Sonny Lester's production quality being what it was/is ( ), consider it done that I will seek out these two titles this very weekend. Blakey demands nothing less !

Indeed there are additional tracks on the Vol 1 CD. Normally I don't bother with the CDs if there's a vinyl alternative but in this instance (and for this particular Blakey lineup) I'll seek them out.

Absolutely correct. The original LPs were issued on United Artists, then reissued by Sonny Lester on Solid State. I have Vol 1 on a Solid State LP. Must get Vol 2...

Good to see this thread up for more airing yet again. There were so many recorded highlights in Joe's career - he hardly put a foot wrong. It also reminds me to give the 'Barcelona' CD a spin this weekend. Two personal favourites - 'Brown Sugar', recorded with Freddie Roach and with Joe playing very much a supporting, late-nite R&B type role. Just shows how incredibly flexible he could be at the BN sessions. Also '49th Parallel' a Concord Jazz session recorded in either 88/89 by Neil Swainson's Qunitet. This one has the added advantage of Woody Shaw also in the front line. Strange that this session isn't mentioned more often ! Interesting to read Mike's recollections of meeting with and hearing Joe in Germany (I guess it was the 1970s, 1980s?). Reminds me of a holiday I had over in SW Germany with friends back around 1982/83. One of these folks was at senior school and gave me a copy of their school newsletter to read over. Imagine my reaction when I noticed mention of a 'school concert' with 'The Joe Henderson Quartet'. About 5DM admission I think - unfortunately it was already over. My friends had absolutely no idea who Joe Henderson was and how huge a name in jazz he had become.

How about those damn German Riverside box set liner notes from XYZ, purchased via Zweitausendeins. Great music and CDs but the liner notes really sucked. I was contemplating getting the microscope out for the discographies. Give me the back covers of LPs any day !

Earlier this morning Wayne Shorter's 'Motto Grosso Feio' on the King pressing from Japan, plus LP1 of the Ammons/Lewis Mosaic set. That one just rocks !

Holy XXXX ! Let's hope the vinyl holds off for a little while longer, otherwise I'll need to sell some organs

I've always liked 'Hi Voltage' too. An under-rated session. And great to hear the young John Hicks in this BN context too. Wasn't he with Woody Herman's band around this time?

Very good point - Blakey, Philly Joe ('The Flip' excluded, I guess) and Billy Higgins always could get the best out of Hank.

I like the ECM albums and 'Extensions' is probably the fave. I was lucky enough to be helping out backstage at a club when the band toured N America with this album. Great memories of Kevin Eubanks opening up that first number of the album with the power chords and some very fine interaction with Steve Coleman. 'Smitty' Smith was pretty impressive too. Definitely a good band to see live, shame I haven't been able to see them since.

Just needs an overall blue rinse and it would make a mighty gross Spanish Blue Note..

Don Cherry 'Complete Communion'. With two 'ears' on side one ! B)

The Church was featured quite extensively on the recent BBC TV documentary on Coltrane. They filmed at one of the services, hollering preacher on tenor, ecstatic congregation etc. Looked like quite a few touristy types in the congregation.

Wow, I'd assumed that it would be gone by now. Didn't expect it to make the move from 'New Stuff' to the regular pages.. Any takers? B)

This "OOP" set looks a real snip with 'buy it now'.. Mobley Madness

These will do for starters. A pint of 'Gandalf' in the first and maybe Watney's Red Barrel and a cigar served up in the latter? Murphy's at the two leprechaun hangouts..

Charles Brown LP #1. Lovely !

Testing, testing 123..... This one was for real. I made the post a couple of days ago but although the site would allow me to create the post, I was unable to submit it. In the end I gave up in frustration, assuming that none of the post actually got through to the server. It was most definitely there on Hiroshi's 'New Stuff' vinyl list Sunday night. My hunch is that it either had already gone by then or went real fast. Condition listed as 'N/N-,N/N-' so looked like a good one.

Not entirely sure but one track - 'Don't Fall Off The Bridge' from an LP called 'Change of Setting' (originally released as World Record Club ST 631) has been included on the new Gilles Peterson 'Impressed Vol 2' compilation. Several additional CDs for formerly rare LP-only releases (Mike Westbrook excepted) are slated for issue with this (including releases by Mike Taylor, Michael Garrick, Amancio D'Silva, Neil Ardley and Mike Westbrook) but no sign of the Gonsalves/Hayes as yet. Several of the CDs (Ardley, Garrick, Westbrook) are already out in the shops. A treasure trove at mid-price !

I bought a copy of the Roland Kirk 'Blacknuss' and LP sleeve and labels looked OK (I think Rhino did the reissue). The only thing was the music which came out of the speakers was Lee Morgan's 'Candy', which must have been the Classic Records version. Weird, or what ! I needed a nice reasonably-cheap vinyl copy of 'Candy' anyway so I didn't complain.

YES! Picks self up off the floor, having become resigned to the theory that Mosaic vinyl releases were now history...

I've only got the LP of [blue Spirits] so no bonus tracks unfortunately. Was there another bonus track The Melting Pot on the CD too? But maybe no jazz solo from Hosea? Tooter - yes, 'The Melting Pot' is the second track on the CD. Hosea plays alto lead only on this one but has no solo (also no bassoon solo on the other track). As you say, neither of these are on the original NY USA LP. One of my favourite of the BN Hubbards !

The last time I was at that A&B Sound they had a 20% off sale - that was quite a few years ago though. Seems to happen during the holiday season, Thanksgiving, Canada Day etc. Thay had a good stock of CDs there at that time (especially box sets) but sounds like it's gone downhill.

This Darmstadt idea is definitely cool. Isn't that the place with the huge repository of rare jazz films? Not exactly the easiest of places to get to from SW England but I guess shuttle flights to the Ruhr are fairly frequent and not too pricey. JohnS - That comment on Zermatt was more of a wish than reality! Great place but you definitely need barrow loads of dosh out there and well out of my league..