mjazzg Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 I found a vinyl copy of this today at what would appear a reasonable price. I don't know Russell's music at all (I know, ignorance alert) so didn't buy it. All Music Guide raves about it but mentions "screeching rock guitar" (not my thing at all) on one track. Any fans out there? How would you characterise the album? all comments gratefully receieved and may well influence whether I'm camping out in the morning waiting for the shop to open...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 It's real good. Far less wailing, tinny guitar racket than the three subsequent LPs (which I like a lot - no surprise there), and pretty tautly arranged horn parts. "Can I Have My Paperback Back" is a particularly standout tune. I need a mint copy but it rarely turns up in anything better than VG+ condition, as with the bulk of those Realm titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) It's good ! Particularly like that final track with the bigger group with Harry Beckett and Lyn Dobson. Yes, as Clifford said it is usually found in the wild in 'thrashed' state. Edited January 16, 2015 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmirBagachelles Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) It's a good guitar record, I enjoy most everything Ray Russell did in the 70s. Very psyched here about this: Edited January 16, 2015 by AmirBagachelles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homefromtheforest Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 All the CBS realm jazz Lps I've had over the years have been noisy; even the ones that looked flawless under bright light! A rare case of a label that I've given up on vinyl-wise and am perfectly happy with all the past CD reissues I own of the records on this label such as Riley, Russell, Oxley, etc. The one exception is my Japanese issue of "the baptized traveller" that has not a single audible pop or click. Have not played my "dragon hill" CD in ages but recall really enjoying it. And as Clifford correctly pointed out this album isn't nearly as wild as later efforts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzjet Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 'Turn Circle', also on CBS Realm, is excellent too. Russell enjoyed a subsequent career as a composer for TV. Bergerac and A Touch Of Frost are two of his, for anyone familiar with 80s/90s British crime dramas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Just had another listen to the 'Live at the ICA/Retrospective' 2CD set put out on Mokai. What a wild and schizophrenic set of music ! Mainly free-form extended pieces which are very much 'of their time' (wasn't the ICA the place with the student take-over back then, which most of the staff joined in with?) but in the middle of it all there are straight-ahead tracks which must have been lifted from BBC 'Jazz Club' circa 1975. The title track from 'Dragon Hill' is also performed as a live recording in this collection. Edited January 18, 2015 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 yeah, that is a cool set. Have it around here somewhere, as well as the original (& excellent) RCA LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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