Sam Most on Arista

[JSngry]

Read the fine print on the label & it says that this is Arista in origin.

I don't remember any Sam Most Arista sides.

What gives?

As always, thanks in advance.

[marcello]

Ok, I got it:

This record was first on Bell Records. Bell records started in the 50's but..."in 1974, Clive Davis, who had become a consultant to Columbia Pictures for the company’s music operations, took over. By late 1974, Davis would merge the various Columbia legacy labels (Colpix Records, Colgems Records, and Bell) into a new entity named Arista Records, ultimately buying a percentage of the company from Columbia. The very last releases by the company have the designation "Bell Records, Distributed by Arista Records, 1776 Broadway, New York, New York 10019."

In the 90's a guy in the UK bought or leased many sudes and released them on JazzMan Records.

As 7" vinyl, no less.

[JSngry]

Ok, I knew about the origins of Arista, but never knew of a Sam Most side on Bell, Was this 45 extracted from a full album or was it just a one-off single deal?

[JSngry]

Ok, seek and ye shall find...DOOF!

http://www.fatcity.co.uk/sales/pages/Music...spx?pageid=1481

Two awesome jazz flute cuts - one swinging groove and a killer uptempo latin number.

Originally a 1970 Bell 7" release, these two classics from the jazz flautist Sam Most have been very hard to find of late. The strangly titled Plop-Plop Boom is a cheeky little jazz number with a bobbi Humphrys vibe, while the flip is a strenuous latin jazz piece at a very high tempo - you may recognise the intro as the basis of that Kaori cover of 'Good Life' from a few years ago.

I don't get Bobbi Humphrey as a reference though. This stuff is actually good....

Still, it's kinda weird, no? Sam Most, of all people, does a single for Bell in 1970, and then...what?

[sidewinder]

In the 90's a guy in the UK bought or leased many sudes and released them on JazzMan Records.

As 7" vinyl, no less.

He's done quite a few 7" releases for the DJ market. Harold McNair's 'The Hipster' and Mike Westbrook's 'Original Peter' for example.

jazzman records

Edited September 6, 2007 by sidewinder

[GA Russell]

...and Mike Westbrook's 'Original Peter' for example.

Original Peter was by far my favorite track from the Love Songs album.

[sidewinder]

...and Mike Westbrook's 'Original Peter' for example.

Original Peter was by far my favorite track from the Love Songs album.

Probably my favourite from that one too. The jazzman single was the alternate (funkier) single version (coupled with 'Magic Garden') that was not included in the original LP but did make it into last years Vocalion CD reissue as a bonus track.

[Swinging Swede]

And while we're at it, Sam Most made an EP for Prestige in 1953, which doesn't seem to have been available in any form afterwards. From jazzdisco.org:

Sam Most Sextet

Doug Mettome (tp) Sam Most (fl, cl) Dick Hyman (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Clyde Lombardi (b) Jack Moffet (d)

NYC, January 20, 1953

419 Undercurrent Blues Prestige PREP 1322

420 First With The Most -

421 Sometimes I'm Happy -

422 Takin' A Chance On Love -

* Sam Most - Introducing A New Star (Prestige PREP 1322)

There are some Prestige obscurities from the early to mid 50s that seem to have been lost in the format shuffle of those years. Much was later reconfigured for 12" LPs, but far from everything.

[Chuck Nessa]

God bless Larry Utall.