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Lew Tabakin 'Rites of Pan' (Japanese Disco-Mate)

Lloyd Bentsen Robert Bunsen Gustav Kirchhoff

I'm in mixed minds about this one. Normally I'd jump at it on vinyl but I have UK Nixa and Emarcy LPs for most of the original releases. Plus the Brownie Emarcy CD set put out by Universal. Too much of a good thing?

Excellent news - another one to pick up for sure !

Bobby Hutcherson 'Linger Lane' (BN blue label)

I still can't work out what the heck is going on in that one... Very nicely shot though, if you pardon my pun.

Most of those Argos only sold a couple of hundred copies in original form. For example, Garrick's 'best seller' Argo - 'The Heart Is A Lotus' - was about 1000 copies I believe. I suspect the number for 'Edge of Time' is quite a bit less than this.

Looks like a long night. Haven't listened to this one for years but it's a gem..

Happy Birthday Ghost ! :party:

Barbara Thompson 'Live' (MCA 2LP)

I suspect that the Disconforme was a needle drop. Vocalion have re-issued so much of the Argo catalogue that it is suprising they have not latched on to this one. A good companion piece to Michael Garrick's 'The Heart Is A Lotus'.

'Mel Lewis & Friends' (A&M Horizon) Just re-assembled and switched on my hi-fi so a good one to kick off with. Improved sound !

Ridiculous - I've seen a copy recently for about £100 - in fact two of them ! That one is priced for idiot posh-boys with a bonus burning a hole in their DJ

Bradford St George's Hall?

One of the reasons why Japanese vinyl reissues were so great. Never had this problem with them. Stuff issued by Muse, Inner City, Cadet on the other hand...

More great Miles. this one is so different to the others from this period. Yes, I remember buying this when it first came out and there were only a few friends who could stay in the same room when I played it! I prefer the mix on the lps. 'Rated X'? I used to have to put the headphones on when that one came on. Isn't that on bakelite? If so I would prefer to avoid (combined with the fact that 99.9% of previous owners aged 5-10 will have already trashed them ) - the only issue on the reissue is that it is in mono. I remember seeing that LP in Woolworths (I think) back in the 1960s when I was shopping with mother for a bat-cape !

Ginger Rogers 'Ginger Rodent' Alexander Bullingdon Posh Boys

Very sad news. I was never a massive fan but what a great ambassador for the US. And a great person too, by all accounts, starting from his WWII exploits. RIP Mr Brubeck.

Neat ! Diverted along the way by years working with Stevie Wonder (he was on TV on a Wonder documentary (BBC4?) not too long back talking about his old custom recording facility in NYC).

Dickie Davis Betty Davis Gary Gilmour

EmCee Five 'BEBOP 61' (Birdland records)

Eic Kloss 'To Hear is To See' (Prestige blue label)

Keith Jarrett Elvin Jones Slam Stewart

Yusef Lateef 'Eastern Sounds' (UK Fontana, stereo)

Fats Willie The Lion Jaki Byard