Paul Togawa/4 MODE (MOD-LP #104)

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

the alto player kind of sounds like bird-- who is he? what is this lp? do any of you have it? some dude just have it to me at the street faire, i think its worth 500 million big ones. Side A is compeletly shitmangled, has like paint of lacquer or something all over it, but side b is okay, isnt this a real rare one?

[Stereojack]

the alto player kind of sounds like bird-- who is he? what is this lp? do any of you have it? some dude just have it to me at the street faire, i think its worth 500 million big ones. Side A is compeletly shitmangled, has like paint of lacquer or something all over it, but side b is okay, isnt this a real rare one?

This is a nice record - original pressings are pretty rare. Alto player Gabe Baltazar played with Stan Kenton in the early 1960's.

[Big Beat Steve]

Japanese facsimile reissues of the original Mode LP are around so this should make it unnecessary to run after beat-up originals that may be original but just too poor to be worth much.

The music is nice and enjoyable but not overwhelmingly groundbreaking. If I remember correctly Down Beat rated it only 2 and a half stars for that very reason (lack of originality, "derivativeness", etc.).

Edited June 18, 2007 by Big Beat Steve