What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[adh1907]

Running through my late Dad’s collection. As kids, i remember we all loved this when it was played as it was so wild (compared to Chicory Tip or Slade).  ‘You must read the back of the album’ , great. How was this received when it was originally issued, I wonder. 

[HutchFan]

More Walter Norris:

Walter Norris & Aladar Pege - Synchronicity (Enja, 1979)

Last year, when I was in Barcelona's Park Güell (designed by Antoni Gaudi), I realized that this album's cover image was taken there.   

 

 

 

14 minutes ago, adh1907 said:

How was this received when it was originally issued, I wonder.

IIRC, I've read that the album was not well-received by critics.  

Proof that you can't trust 'em.     

 

[mjazzg]

19 minutes ago, adh1907 said:

Running through my late Dad’s collection. As kids, i remember we all loved this when it was played as it was so wild (compared to Chicory Tip or Slade).  ‘You must read the back of the album’ , great. How was this received when it was originally issued, I wonder. 

I've only recently got a copy of that, I still don't know why I hadn't been aware of it for so long.

Now Slade, there's a band ...

[adh1907]

Next in the pile. My Dad’s is a Vogue mono issue, price of 12/6. Sounds pretty good too. I have an original Contemporary (because I loved what I had heard). Great sleeve too. Always intrigued by Teddy Edward’s shirt on the reverse, v cool. 
 

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, adh1907 said:

 .... How was this received when it was originally issued, I wonder. 

Outstanding 👌👍 ....

[JSngry]

9 hours ago, adh1907 said:

Running through my late Dad’s collection. As kids, i remember we all loved this when it was played as it was so wild (compared to Chicory Tip or Slade).  ‘You must read the back of the album’ , great. How was this received when it was originally issued, I wonder. 

Reviews were good. But no real radio play that I could tell. And I don't know how much as support Atlantic gave it.

A great record, but nothing crossover neither the music or the attitude. But that's ok, they kept him on the roster and let do that other stuff at his own pace.

[Rabshakeh]

11 hours ago, HutchFan said:

More Walter Norris:

Walter Norris & Aladar Pege - Synchronicity (Enja, 1979)

Last year, when I was in Barcelona's Park Güell (designed by Antoni Gaudi), I realized that this album's cover image was taken there.   

Isn't this also used for a Joe Henderson record?

11 hours ago, adh1907 said:

Running through my late Dad’s collection. As kids, i remember we all loved this when it was played as it was so wild (compared to Chicory Tip or Slade).  ‘You must read the back of the album’ , great. How was this received when it was originally issued, I wonder. 

An early appearance by Sonelius Smith, who was on all those Strata-East records.

[soulpope]

40 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Isn't this also used for a Joe Henderson record?

Gaudi architecture in a different perspective on "Barcelona" (Enja Records) ....

[Rabshakeh]

12 hours ago, adh1907 said:

Next in the pile. My Dad’s is a Vogue mono issue, price of 12/6. Sounds pretty good too. I have an original Contemporary (because I loved what I had heard). Great sleeve too. Always intrigued by Teddy Edward’s shirt on the reverse, v cool. 
 

Did he play these a lot when you grew up? As in, were you already familiar with this great music as a kid?

[Pim]

 

[HutchFan]

9 hours ago, soulpope said:

Gaudi architecture in a different perspective on "Barcelona" (Enja Records) ....

Exactly. 

The photo is very similar.  It's another view of the benches at Park Güell:

Also, I think those are the spires of the Sagrada Familia silhouetted on the right.  (Not certain though.)

 

[adh1907]

12 hours ago, JSngry said:

Reviews were good. But no real radio play that I could tell. And I don't know how much as support Atlantic gave it.

A great record, but nothing crossover neither the music or the attitude. But that's ok, they kept him on the roster and let do that other stuff at his own pace.

Thanks, I’m guessing the ‘you must read the back of this album’ hype was Joel Dorn’s idea. It worked, as I remembered it for 50 years!

9 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Did he play these a lot when you grew up? As in, were you already familiar with this great music as a kid?

Yes, the music seeped into us three kids. All now jazz fans. We loved the catchy stuff, Roland Kirk, Monk - Lulu’s back in town. After I got punk out of my system I returned to jazz and a deeper appreciation, I hope. Stick with it and in a few year’s time your  offspring will be whistling "The Ragman and the Junkman Ran from the Businessman They Laughed and He Cried"!

[adh1907]

‘Sweet Blossom Dearie’,  live at Ronnie Scott’s, 1967, with Tubby’s old rhythm section, Freddy Logan and Allan Ganley. Beautifully recorded, Fontana, mono. 
 

Edited July 25, 2024 by adh1907

[HutchFan]

Prompted by an Eddie Harris post by @Kevin Bresnahan on another thread:

I don't have any of EH's original Vee-Jay albums, only this 2-LP compilation.

 

[JSngry]

33 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Prompted by an Eddie Harris post by @Kevin Bresnahan on another thread:

I don't have any of EH's original Vee-Jay albums, only this 2-LP compilation.

 

They're well worth looking for at sensible prices, especially if you can live with less than pristine conditions.

Same with his three Columbia records.

[HutchFan]

18 minutes ago, JSngry said:

They're well worth looking for at sensible prices, especially if you can live with less than pristine conditions.

Same with his three Columbia records.

I'll keep an eye out for them. 

(I do have Here Comes the Judge on Columbia.)

 

[JSngry]

@HutchFan

Maybe prioritize these two? 

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Maybe prioritize these two? 

Many thanks, Jim.  I will! 

 

[HutchFan]

More Eddie Harris:

A terrific album.  That opening cut is relentlessly funky.  I like this album even better than Swiss Movement.

 

Edited July 26, 2024 by HutchFan

[soulpope]

45 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

More Eddie Harris:

A terrific album.  That opening cut is relentlessly funky.  I like this album even better than Swiss Movement.

You can't go wrong with Jerry Jemmott ....

[mjzee]

[Chuck Nessa]

On deck for this afternoon -

[kh1958]

The Genius of Ravi Shankar (Columbia)

Erroll Garner, Magic Keys (Philips)

 

Edited July 29, 2024 by kh1958

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra - A Message from Newport / Newport Suite (Roulette, 2 LPs)

The vinyl is wafer-thin, but the music still sounds good.   

 

[JSngry]

16 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning:

Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra - A Message from Newport / Newport Suite (Roulette, 2 LPs)

The vinyl is wafer-thin, but the music still sounds good.   

 

Those were all wafer thin vinyls!

Do you also have this one? It was my favorite of the Maynar EOAE releases:

Also wafer-thin vinyl.