What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Abdullah Ibrahim - African marketplace - Elektra (Germany)

MG

[clifford_thornton]

Lunchtime spin of a recent acquisition:

Bill Barron - Motivation - (Savoy)

[jeffcrom]

Sheila Jordan - Body and Soul (Japanese Sony). Gorgeous....

[Teasing the Korean]

The Swingle Singers - Christmastime - Philips (stereo)

I love this album. It makes me want to drink hot buttered rum.

[jeffcrom]

Cecil Taylor Unit - Live in Vienna (Leo)

[jeffcrom]

Cecil Taylor Unit - Live in Vienna (Leo)

After listening to all four sides, I've got to say that I'm thrilled to have found this. It's an amazing performance by a group that, on paper, doesn't look like Cecil's best Unit. But they inhabit Taylor's world thoroughly - much more than on Live in Bologna from the same tour. And the vinyl contains the entire 90-minute performance, while the CD is edited down to 71 minutes. For years I've regretted choosing the CD of the Bologna concert over the double LP back in 1988, when I could have gotten either. But it was the 80s, and I was convinced of the superiority of CDs over vinyl. Blame it on my youth.

Anyway, this is an outstanding album, in absolute mint condition.

[sidewinder]

The Jazz Couriers 'The Last Word' (Tempo TAP26, mono) and 'The Jazz Couriers' (Tempo TAP15, mono). Japanese Sawano reissues.

[Durium]

PRAKTICA & DIXIELAND

Everywhere in the world - 1

Compilation of the Internationales Dixieland-Festival Dresden 1978 with bands like Ken Colyer, Charquet et Co., Blue Note Seven and the Fessor's Big Band.

Praktica & Dixieland

Durium

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

A very Cristmassy sleeve, to go with not very Christmassy music

Rico - Man from Wareika - Island

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Another LP with a pretty sleeve

Fela Kuti - Perambulator - Lagos International

MG

What can follow Fela?

Oh yes, oh yes! (he shouts, as it gets going)

Illinois Jacquet - Genius at work - Black Lion (Polydor)

With Milt Buckner & Tony Crombie.

MG

[sidewinder]

Hank Mobley 'Dippin'' (BN NY USA mono)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Grassella Oliphant - The grass roots - Atlantic (Decca UK edition)

Nice session, with Booby H instead of a pianist.

MG

[brownie]

Art Pepper 'Among Friends' (Interplay)

Pepper's friends are Russ Freeman, Bob Magnusson and Frank Butler.

[jeffcrom]

Gary Peacock - December Poems (ECM)

[paul secor]

Booker Ervin: The In Between (BN/Toshiba EMI Japan)

[paul secor]

Horace Silver Quintet: Tokyo Blues (BN/King Japan)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

This afternoon

Don Patterson - Tune up - Prestige

Jimmy Ponder - While my guitar gently weeps - Cadet

Billy Preston - The most exciting organ ever - Vee-Jay

Dave Hubbard - Dave Hubbard - Mainstream

MG

[Teasing the Korean]

The Jack Jones Christmas Album - Kapp (black label mono)

[Teasing the Korean]

The Jack Jones Christmas Album - Kapp (black label mono)

God, I LOVE watching the train go around the tree while Jack Jones is singing! It's like I'm 5 years old and there's great music on AM radio, instead of a bunch of right-wing blowhards!

[Teasing the Korean]

Andy Williams Christmas Album - Columbia (stereo)

This the red album. Just the pop side, I'm skipping the religious stuff on side 2.

[Teasing the Korean]

Andy Williams - Merry Christmas - Columbia (stereo)

This is the green album.

Just the pop side, not the religious side.

I should glue the two albums together, pop sides out, and get a 180g vinyl version.

[Teasing the Korean]

A Jack Jones Christmas - RCA (orange 70s label, stereo, but pre-Dynaflex)

"Some Children See Him" is such a cool tune.

[Teasing the Korean]

Duke Pearson - Merry Ole Soul - Blue Note (blue and white label, stereo)

First time I've heard a stereo Blue Note album with the bass in one speaker since some of the early Horace Silver stereo sessions. The bass is almost always in the center.

[jeffcrom]

Peter Ind - Looking Out (Wave LP 1).

[BillF]

Peter Ind - Looking Out (Wave LP 1).

Next up: Lee Konitz, Timespan (Wave LP 14)