sidewinder

A nigh-on impossible task but here we go: 1. Hank Mobley 'Soul Station' 2. Hank Mobley 'No Room For Squares' 3. Bobby Hutcherson 'Happenings' (honourable mention 'Oblique') 4. Horace Silver 'The Tokyo Blues' (honourable mention 'The Jody Grind) 5. Grachan Moncur III 'Evolution' (near run with 'Some Other Stuff') 6. Jackie McLean 'Destination Out' (near run with just about all of his other BN albums) 7. Larry Young 'Unity' (neck and neck really with 'Into Something') 8. Lee Morgan 'Search For The New Land' (just pipped 'The Sidewinder') 9. Andrew Hill 'Compulsion' (highly under-rated) 10. Joe Henderson 'Inner Urge' (difficult to decide between any of his albums, and the ones with Dorham, really) 11. Sam Rivers 'Fuchsia Swing Song' (woops....)

'Shakin' Stevens Billy Fury Alvin Stardust

More Rendell/Carr Quintet. 'Shades of Blue' (Columbia Lansdowne mono)

You mean to say you don't have that one?

Happy Birthday Dmitry ! Enjoy the black stuff !

Sonny Cohn

I've never seen one of those. I have one or two Riv/Jzlds like that. But I always thought BN used a completely different manufacturer to the other jazz companies. MG I've seen plenty of them. Early Liberty-era pressings of the 'NY' era often have the ridged rim. Seen them on Riversides too.

'Have Yourself a Merry Little Xmas' perchance?

Marty Engels Laura Ingalls Wilder Joe Wilder Gene Wilder Marty Feldman Victor Feldman

Charles Tolliver CD#3

Very Happy Birthday Ghost and thanks for all the shows !

Yep - a magnificent performance, Shorter and Williams in particular. They sound like they have been let off the leash after months of confinement.

I'll look forward to this show and dig out my Tempo Feldman reissues. Definitely one of the greatest players ever produced over here !

Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet 'Phase III' (Columbia Landowne stereo). Fabulous fidelity from 1968 ! Cal Massey 'Blues To Coltrane' (German Candid)

Andrew Hill 'Compulsion' (BN NY USA mono)

My favourites are those 'Stan Tracey Big Brass' albums recorded for Lansdowne. This man can REALLY write for big bands !

Heard a track from this on the radio and it sounded excellent !

Charles Tolliver CD#1 One of the best Selects, IMO. 'Wilpan's' blasting out right now..

First port of call - the 'Complete Concert Band' ( ) Mosaic with all of the Norgran/Verve/Clef material. A gem ! I wonder if Rhapsody Films have plans to release that 'Talmage Farlow' documentary on DVD? Must be due for a reissue - I'd buy that one in a flash.

Great dark atmospheric sound that Columbia Lansdowne Studio captured on this session (was it Adrian Kerridge who was the recording engineer?) I've heard that Stan was always suprised at the plaudits that this recording got (unusually, it was recognised as a classic over here at time of release) but it deserves its reputation IMO. The other Tracey LPs from this vintage ('With Love From Jazz' etc) are also great.

Kenny Dorham 'Una Mas' (BN NY USA mono)

On the Sony, yes. I have the TV speakers set to off and run the audio through my stereo. I would assume the other makes are similar in this regard. I run the TV audio through the hi-fi. Damned awesome - especially if you are viewing things like 'Miles Electric'.

Hmmm - I sense a business opportunity here..

wasn't it up on the other site some seem to think one is not allowed to name here? or was that audio only? I think I have at least one 1967 DVD from there, but I'm at work and can't check right now... Yep - I think I might already have both of them from this source. I suspect that the sound is better on this version though and it's nice to have them both neatly collated on one DVD. Tony Williams is very well captured !

Heck, just checked my own copy of that one - and it's not much worse !