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If that’s the video I think it is, there is some banter with fellow drummer Eric Delaney in the audience. Rich and the Orchestra had great popularity in the UK around that time and croppec up on TV a fair bit.

Same here. £13.41 with free shipping, incredible deal. Thoroughly looking forward to digesting this set ! Is this a special Brexit deal, at a third of the German price. Or just a pricing balls-up?

Must dig out my MPS reissue vinyl

Seen him at that very venue ! Saw these guys playing most of this album (now spinning) at the same venue too..

47W63rd DG mono. No frisbee this time, glad to say. Pristine copy.

CD1 - Gem of a set.

The laminated sleeve is in pretty good condition for its age. Sonics remain excellent, apart from side 2 track 1 ‘Brazil’ staying stuck in groove unfortunately. Other than that - amazingly good considering that the vinyl looks as if it had a past life as a frisbee.

NY USA mono. Perfectly playable copy which cost me the grand sum of £2 back in the sensible era.

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NY USA mono

Liberty blue/white

Incredible !

My Bergenfield copy of that one has track timings on the back and type/tempo of dance for each track. No wonder it is worn out - obviously used for dance practice !

Excellent - thanks for sharing.

Must be a cult !

Yes, the mid-70s Transatlantics are nowhere near as good. Case in point - I have a Mike Westbrook with a spindle hole concentricity issue. Typical of that era.

Yeah, just got it cranked up and enjoying the heck out if it. Just realised that I have the ‘Free America’ CD of it too. Great sleeve design !

Remember seeing/hearing Sun Ra doing stride during his solo ‘Tribute to Fletcher Henderson/Stuff Smith’ set in 1989 - an ear opener for sure. I will be interested in picking up this one.

I was a bit mean on the Transatlantic - with the volume cranked up it sounds pretty good. The sound is maybe a bit crisper/polite that typical Prestige, with less ‘bloom’. The issue is from 1966 according to the label and interestingly, no RVG in the runout (not unusual for Transatlantics and Xtras). The 24000 series were some of the earliest LPs I ever got (the Rollins being first, at the time of issue). Not only generally good sonics but often fine sleevenotes too.