sidewinder

Never even heard of that one. On my list ! Impressed with this ‘Butterfly’ reissue. On BeWithRecords - never even heard of them but apparently they are from these islands.

I’m a fan of this one by Herbie with Kimiko - it also sounds better than the CD version in the Herbie box.

London madness !

Pat Martino ‘Joyous Lake’ (Warners). Really like this - one of today’s nice finds. Another nice find. Believe it or not, I’ve still to crack my vinyl box open and do the comparison. The CDs are too good !

I saw it last night and thought it was stunning. The cinematography was out of this world and some of the scenes I thought took your breath away. It was far from the typical war movie but reminded me a bit of Apocalypse Now in the dreamlike feel of some of the scenes and the way that the set pieces transitioned. That burning French town sequence through to the waterfalls was unreal ! People have accused this film of being unemotional but I thought it packed, in its way, a considerable punch. Like the lack of forced sentimentality too. I thought that there was a sort of very familiar look to the scenery around that ruined farmhouse then read that it was actually filmed on the chalk downs North of Salisbury, Wilts ! Ironic, as the WW1 army used to practice around there before being sent into action across the channel. Much of the scenery seems to have made use of the UK - even the white water rapids. Obviously influenced by Tolkien’s books too, in the use of repeating motifs/allegories, ‘way station’ helpers such as the various army officers en route and the ‘mission’ focussing on command instructions in place of the ring. So - a mix of the real and the mythic. Definitely one to see on a large cinema screen with a good sound system.

Always remember the bargain copy of that one I saw in Tokyo with Kinuta at less than half original cost. Brand new unopened too !

Mine has arrived with Royal Mail !

Not forgetting..

Another nice Toshiba

Gil Melle had a long run with BN too (albeit with a humongous gap in the middle).

2CD version

Yes, this is the UK Stateside version of the Jubilee LP.

Toshiba pressing

Bobby Hutcherson must be well up there.

I’ve got it on a Contemporary mono LP.

Those old Zweitausendeins stores in Germany were great. Racks full of jazz - picked up quite a lot of Coltrane on Impulse and Euro-Riverside boxed vinyl sets there for very good prices, for the time. Even though the DM was strong ! Their last mail-order hurrah was when they sold those Euro-Mosaics for about 30 Euros a shot. Fortunately, I took advantage.

That’s the main reason I have gone for this one - as well as slavish devotion to Mosaic and all things Hank.. No sign of my box yet. No doubt they are assessing it for import duties right now.

Wasn’t that one recorded Direct-To-Disk? If so, I can well believe that the sonics will be great.

NY mono