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Good one. That's the album on which he started to show his Devon roots.

Hope to give it a shot !

Calgary 60 Thanks GA

Hope it isn't raining too hard.. Happy Birthday !

1981- sounds about right. Priced on the back at 2000 yen, a small fortune back then. Just shows that the correlation between vinyl thickness and potential sound quality can often be dubious at best, not to mention the lack of a 'deep groove'.

K20P-6603(M)

They are suprisingly thin - yet I'll wager that this one sounds at least as good as a pristine original, if not better. Re-appraising my Kings and Toshibas. I guess that the recent sonic upgrade has really helped, plus some reconfiguration of my phono stage location and supply switching. Still a great and welcome surprise though ! UK CBS mono.

Phenomenal sounding King pressing

Lalo Schifrin 'New Fantasy' (Verve) With the massed brass threatening to blow the speaker mid range and bass units apart

Same here - nearly spilt my beer !

Hmm - we got 'Hum Dono..... and Brexit

I wish some-one would adjust the thread title to get rid of the damn 'RIP'.

I was hoping to pick up the latest Cookers CD the other night but no sign of any stall at Turner Sims. Medjuck - if no luck at the venue then Rays Jazz in Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross Road will most likely have it in the 'Avante Garde' section. They might even be running a special LJF selection rack. Will have to wait for the next Westbrook performance out West..

Can only second that John - Great to touch base again and catch up with you. Was it really circa 2006 and the Sam Rivers concert the last time? How time flies.. I thought the concert was superb - easily the best hard bop gig I have seen for a long, long while and gig of the year so far this year. Have not heard Billy Harper play better, he was fantastic. The whole band were superb though - it is always a great pleasure to see and hear Eddie Henderson. Last time I saw him he was in 'fusion' mode, which was great, but in this concert he was free-er and more lyrical and concentrating on the trumpet as distinct from the flugel. His tone and attack are superb, very effective in tandem with the fine trumpet from David W. Cecil McBee and Billy Hart - what can you say. Two absolute masters who set a fantastic groove throughout and never let up. In all - all 7 musicians were fantastic and gave it 100%. We were very lucky to have them do this tour, considering the less than 50% turnout in the hall which was insulting for a group of this quality. What a great choice of tunes as well - 'Croquet Ballet' and 'Capra Black' from Mr Harper and 'The Peacemaker' and 'Slipping and Slidin' from Cecil McBee, all very finely arranged. 10/10 + !

The Toshiba CD is the best that I've heard.

Incredible to think that this very fine Lee Morgan session was recorded 50 years ago and promptly left in the can for well over a decade. Marc Myers has put out a great blog post discussing the session here..Myers Blog - The Rajah

Glad you are happy with it ! Have been giving my copy a lot of plays over the last few days as a test disk as the new amp settles down and the sound starts to 'bloom'. Incredible !

Next stop - Turner Sims

What a great little article by George Foster. Don Ayler sounds like he might have been a handful and a half, on the day. I think I heard that amongst the front row 'seers' was Stan Tracey. George Foster was also to thank for that Rendell/Carr Qunitet recording at the UCL Union - doff of the cap to him for that and this article.

Happy Birthday !

Pat Martino ' El Hombre' (OJC)

Buster Williams 'Something More' (In + Out)

I think I have a 'Sonny Rollins In Japan' on that label. Will dig it out..

Joe Harriott 'Abstract' (UK Columbia, mono) Plus a few others. Last spins before a super new power amp tomorrow. Xmas slightly early this year.

If it makes you feel any better, I can remember sort of a similar shock when Reagan was elected. He mellowed out over time.