What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[mjazzg]

42 minutes ago, adh1907 said:

Rough Trade in the UK released James Blood Ulmer’s  ‘Are you glad to be in America’ on 7” in 1980. 7” releases on RT had been of a punky persuasion prior to that so this release was v progressive. Was very trendy at the time, I recall. 
 

Anthony

London

I remember that too. The Blood Ulmer album of the time was often found amongst post-punk collections

[JSngry]

45 minutes ago, adh1907 said:

Rough Trade in the UK released James Blood Ulmer’s  ‘Are you glad to be in America’ on 7” in 1980. 7” releases on RT had been of a punky persuasion prior to that so this release was v progressive. Was very trendy at the time, I recall. 
 

Anthony

London

I bought the Rough Trade LP when it came out. The buzz was hot and there was no indication that American labels were going to put it out. The whole "No Wave" scene was pretty fringey to begin with, and Ulmer was in on it pretty much because he was there, if you know what I mean. Barriers were being disregarded, Venn Diagrams were expanding, interesting possibilities were beginning to form. 

The Rough Trade mix is still my preferred, have the punch and jab of it's time. But it's a good record in any mix 

[optatio]

3 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

This box keeps you busy the complete Saturday afternoon"

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[adh1907]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

I bought the Rough Trade LP when it came out. The buzz was hot and there was no indication that American labels were going to put it out. The whole "No Wave" scene was pretty fringey to begin with, and Ulmer was in on it pretty much because he was there, if you know what I mean. Barriers were being disregarded, Venn Diagrams were expanding, interesting possibilities were beginning to form. 

The Rough Trade mix is still my preferred, have the punch and jab of it's time. But it's a good record in any mix 

Interesting. In the Uk the no wave thing wasn’t that popular so Blood Ulmer was marketed by Rough Trade as punk funk, slotting in with other UK bands of the time like A Certain Ratio, Pigbag, Pop Group, Rip Rig and Panic. Powerful record and a great picture sleeve on the Rough Trade single. Which I would post but I can’t seem to get round the size restrictions on this site. 

[JSngry]

One circle of the Venn would be Prime Time. The other would be James Chance/White. Blood was the intersection, in terms of audiences here.

A very interesting time! 

[Rabshakeh]

Supposedly, the reason that hardcore band Black Flag had such weird / terrible guitar solos on their later records is because guitarist Greg Ginn was obsessed with playing in a ‘harmolodic’ style.

As a kid I couldn’t understand what that meant because I assumed harmolodic referred to the more familiar style of Coleman’s acoustic Atlantic era. It was only after I had heard Ulmer and the Decoding Society etc that I realised what Ginn thought he was referring to. 

Of course, Ginn never did get there. 

Edited August 6, 2023 by Rabshakeh

[Rabshakeh]

Morning listening, inspired by the above:

On a different note, guitarist Vernon Reid was for a long time the best thing about the late Twitter. A huge musical brain, very generous and ecumenical, without losing his conscious sense of what he was doing.

[soulpope]

12 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Tom Waits - Small Change (Asylum)

❤️❤️❤️ ....

[Ken Dryden]

I bought volume 1 in the past couple of years and this gem arrived yesterday.

[Ken Dryden]

[Teasing the Korean]

On deck for today:

A whole bunch of French EPs from the 1960s, with picture sleeves.

[optatio]

23 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Fletcher Henderson Sextet 1950 (Alamac)

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[kh1958]

9 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Morning listening, inspired by the above:

On a different note, guitarist Vernon Reid was for a long time the best thing about the late Twitter. A huge musical brain, very generous and ecumenical, without losing his conscious sense of what he was doing.

Yes, I followed him; interesting fellow. I heard him live once with Ronald Shannon Jackson.

[Chuck Nessa]

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines - Stride Right (Verve). An original RVG pressing for $4 at Princeton Record Exchange. I'm digging this one. Notthing earth-shattering but fun swinging Jazz. I'm very glad I picked this one up. I wonder how Richard Davis ended up playing bass on this date?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

On to the next PREX purchase - Jack Montrose - Jack Montrose Sextet (Pacific Jazz). Red vinyl is cool looking but hides the fact that this record has an off center Side 1 and is crackly as hell. Only $5, so can't complain to much, especially since side 2 is in much better shape.

[BillF]

11 minutes ago, bresna said:

 

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[Chuck Nessa]

22 minutes ago, bresna said:

Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines - Stride Right (Verve). An original RVG pressing for $4 at Princeton Record Exchange. I'm digging this one. Notthing earth-shattering but fun swinging Jazz. I'm very glad I picked this one up. I wonder how Richard Davis ended up playing bass on this date?

Davis also plays on Hines' Once Upon a Time (Impulse) and Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines (Contact). Elvin plays drums on both.

Now this -

[jazzcorner]

55 minutes ago, bresna said:

Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines - Stride Right (Verve). An original RVG pressing for $4 at Princeton Record Exchange. I'm digging this one. Notthing earth-shattering but fun swinging Jazz. I'm very glad I picked this one up. I wonder how Richard Davis ended up playing bass on this date?

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42 minutes ago, bresna said:

On to the next PREX purchase - Jack Montrose - Jack Montrose Sextet (Pacific Jazz). Red vinyl is cool looking but hides the fact that this record has an off center Side 1 and is crackly as hell. Only $5, so can't complain to much, especially since side 2 is in much better shape.

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A good one really. Have the  japanese edition. Its another one from the 'West Coast artists' series on Pacific Jazz.

[Rabshakeh]

[BillF]

17 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

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[Rabshakeh]

Now on this. 

I got it today on an exchange. I am surprised at how much better it sounds on vinyl than the streaming and CD mixes.

[clifford_thornton]

On 8/5/2023 at 4:38 PM, JSngry said:

I bought the Rough Trade LP when it came out. The buzz was hot and there was no indication that American labels were going to put it out. The whole "No Wave" scene was pretty fringey to begin with, and Ulmer was in on it pretty much because he was there, if you know what I mean. Barriers were being disregarded, Venn Diagrams were expanding, interesting possibilities were beginning to form. 

The Rough Trade mix is still my preferred, have the punch and jab of it's time. But it's a good record in any mix 

yeah, I prefer that mix too -- I had both versions and kept the Rough Trade. The best James Chance stuff I've heard is that live album on ROIR -- the presence of Bern Nix and Joseph Bowie doesn't hurt! The Lower East Side was quite an artistic melting pot back then.

[JSngry]

Yeah, James Chance himself was one of those things that was usually better as an idea than a reality.That first Contortions record was fun enough, though! 

Otherwise, yeah, the doors were wide open for the kind of cross-pollination that isn't always there. 

[mjazzg]

I saw Chance live and would agree with that assessment