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Blue Mitchell 'Out Of The Blue' (Riverside reel/mike DG, mono)

I have the Blue Note LP in mono, mint copy, so - no A CD copy would be nice though !

Fascinating. Sounds totally 100% Hank to me, from the off. I would agree that it is very similar to his style of playing in 'Breakthrough' - but the chops are sadly in lesser shape. As mentioned, he's got the ideas for sure but struggling to get them out. This is a aspect of Hank's recordings that for me really started to become apparent with the 'Thinking Of Home' session onwards. I remember the NorthSea Fest back in 1984/85 actually advertised in the jazz press a forthcoming appearance by Hank - but sadly it never happened. I'll have a look at back copies of Jazz Journal from that era to see if I can find the advert, if I get some free time.

The return of Summer over here this weekend. 22-23C and clear skies forecast. :rsmile:

The Complete Dick Morrissey Quartet 1960s Studio Sessions !

In the past for LPs I've always ordered direct 'from the horse's mouth' in Italy via the Rearward/Schema website and stuff has arrived fine. Must pick up this 'Encore' - at first I thought it was just a reissue of the Blue Note 'Golden Eight' but I see it is new material.

Thanks for the advisory. I was thinking of going for the 2LP set of this so will probably now opt for the CD.

Happy Birthday MG ! Good listening..

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Thanks for the tip - just bought it. Have been looking for this gem for a long while. Always kicked myself for not buying it 'back in the day'.

Hey, welcome back Soulstation !

Saw them several times back in the 1980s. Once at the Bath Fest in 1988 I think - the BBC televised it and I used to have a copy (with me visible on the film) but it was wiped by mistake . The second time was a free performance that they did in Nathan Philips Square in Toronto back in 1989, part of the Toronto Jazz Fest of that year. Never a massive fan but their performances were fun ! Indeed - I'd forgotten about that so that makes it 3 times. Senility setting in !

"This may well be the finest known condition copy in the world" Interesting !

The late Amancio D'Silva did originally come from Goa I believe, before he emigrated to the UK. Agreed. They are fantastic - and I now want me a copy of 'Storm Warning' (without causing a run on the £)

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Gerald Wilson Orchestra 'The Golden Sword' (Pacific Jazz, stereo)

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Me too ! It's great, of course.

Really been diggin' this disk today. There are some real obscurities on there. 'Quincicasm' with fine Dick Pearce on trumpet - released by Saydisc and apparently less than 200 copies on LP. Never even heard of that one - and fine it is too. And acording to Tony H's notes one of the main protagonists subsequently had a 1970s pop hit with The Flying Lizards and 'Money'. Who would-have known it? . Ringer of the collection for me (in addition to the A-1 grade Wheeler and Dick Morrissey) must be that Johnny Hawksworth/Hampton Hawes from 'Anglo American Jazz Phase 1' on Music deWolfe and featuring the superb Peter King. Awesome ! (now where on Earth do I find a copy of that one? )

I don't think you're allowed to provide links here but if you visit the aforementioned Orgy in Rhythm site you will find that the full Impressed 3 set has been contributed by Tony Higgins. A fantastic contribution and one that shows that blogland can sometimes make up for the deficiencies of the labels. Wow - thanks for the tip. I've not heard any material from Colin Bates 'Brew' before and quite a few of the tracks are new to me. A great compilation - and I notice that Tony H. has put together 16 pages of his customary infomative and 100% value-added sleeve notes. I'm going to bind them in covers . Fabulous and stupendous !

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