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Quite a few of those on last night's show. Wasn't Graham Bond the first artist to use these on an LP release? ('There's A Bond Between Us' - Parlophone) I think it mentioned that the mellotron player for The Moody Blues actually worked for a while at the Birmingham factory where these were put together. Hence his enthusiasm !

Holy jeez ! I sold mine over 20 years ago. That machine was great fun though. Heck, you could even get Modula-2 and ADA compilers for it !

Paul Chambers Mosaic Select, CD1. Great stuff - don't play this one enough.

Thanks ! I'll keep my eye open for a vinyl copy. That film clip of KC live on stage in the early 70s looked good too (there was an interesting altoist in the lineup). Think I'll stay clear of some of the music though. Never could get into Rick Wakeman's solo albums of the time (and in the mid-70s most of my friends were playing this stuff 24/7 through their Koss headphones, along with Van Der Graaf, Uriah Heep, Gentle Giant etc).

That 80s Crimson clip with the Talking Heads guy in the lineup sounded pretty good to me. I'm sure I saw that when it was originally broadcast on the OGWT (early to mid-80s?).

I recall watching a rebroadcast of that in the late 70s at a time when when I was just starting to teach the First World War (and take trips out to Ypres and the Somme). Very moving and influential. But... You might find this book interesting: It discusses the huge influence the series had along with things like 'Oh, What a Lovely War' (and in the context of Vietnam), drawing much of its interpretation from the perspective of the war poets. Sheffield puts together a very strong argument that it misrepresents the reality of the Great War based on the values of the 60s and bears little resemblence as to how it was seen in the 1920s and 1930s. I found it a really challenging read because it upset so many of my preconceptions drawn from learning about WWI in the 60s/70s. But he convinced me! Picked up the whole series of this via a Daily Mail offer recently for about £9.99. In presentation folder too ! Landmark series for its time. Benefitting also from the fact that it was still within living memory for some of the population.

That was one of the funniest bits - when he admitted that their concept album ('Trick of the Tail'? - I'm not into Tull) was a p-take with its 40-odd minute single track and intended as a sort of 'Spinal Tap'. The clip of Anderson in action 'gurning' was pretty hilarious ! Memo to self - get hold of some King Crimson LPs..

Ha ! The 'dancing' on that Atomic Rooster clip was pretty funny. Some nice ladies in hot pants tho.. (they will be grannies by now) TOTP used to have some unlikely acts performing there. Pigbag and Rip, Rig and Panic Come To Mind. Not to forget either Robert Wyatt doing 'Shipbuilding'. How did they dance to that?

Miles Davis 'At Carnegie Hall' (Columbia 2-eye stereo). 'Electrronically rechannelled' - sounds OK.

I caught both shows on this last night - the 'Prog Rock Britannia' and 'Prog at the Beeb'. The latter had a nice clip by Soft Machine with a lineup that looked like it included drummer John Marshall and Karl Jenkins on baritone/oboe. Some nice King Crimson too. Plus 'Wishbone Ash Plays Brother Jack McDuff' And some cringe-worthy bits from ELP, Genesis etc. Check out Carl Palmer's 2 ton (I think that's what they said), half-inch steel drums complete with mega-gongs and early drum synth (sounded like a space invaders machine). Only in the 70s...

Andrew Hill 'Compulsion' (BN NY USA mono)

Aha - the magic word 'Wilen'. Add two zeros to the price !

Freddie Hubbard 'Ready For Freddie' (BN NY USA mono)

Joe Harriott 'Abstract' session for UK Columbia. Shake Keane and his brandy glass ! Cecil Taylor and Mary Lou Williams 'Pablo Live' performance. Mingus UCLA mass-firing live recording.

Freddie Hubbard 'Hub Cap' (BN 47W63rd mono)

A well-written obituary here: Hubbard Obit

After a recent listening, Dexter's 'Doin' Alright' has just gone way up in my Freddie top recordings list. 'Bluesnik' too.

Wasn't Brownie there at that one? (or was it another Ayler ESP session?)

Asorementioned Dexter 'Doin' Alright' (BN 47W63rd/NY USA, mono), Fabulous !

Wasn't the original of that one 47W63rd one side, NY USA the other side? (not to be anally retentive or anything.. ) I don't know. Maybe. Never seen with 47 west on one side, but may exist...will try to find.. I've got one ! 47W63rd label side 2. No DG. Mono, ear.

The Charlie Parker 'Lover Man' session.

The giveaway is the white tab on the LH side of the case (instead of the usual black). I bought a bundle of them in the mid-90s.

'A Message From Blakey - Holiday For Skins Vol 1' (BN 47W63rd DG mono). Why do I always think 'Holiday for Skin-heads' when I pick up this one?

Wasn't the original of that one 47W63rd one side, NY USA the other side? (not to be anally retentive or anything.. )

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