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As Lenny Kaye writes in the liner notes, one can hear “the jazz of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, the immersion of Nina Simone, the Appalachian keen of Jean Ritchie, [and] the R\u0026amp;B and country that had to seep in as she made her way to New York.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmed with a long-necked banjo and a 12-stringed guitar, Dalton set herself apart from her peers with her distinctive, world-weary vocals. In the early 60s, she became a fixture in the Greenwich Village folk scene, interpreting traditional material, blues standards, and the songs of her contemporaries including Tim Hardin, Fred Neil, and Richard Tucker, whom she later married. Bob Dylan, meanwhile, was instantly taken with her artistry. “My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton,” he recalled in Chronicles: Volume One (Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 2004). “Karen had a voice like Billie Holiday and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who knew Dalton understood that she was not interested in bowing to the whims of the record industry. On stage, she rarely interacted with audience members. In the studio, she was equally as uncomfortable with the recording process. Her 1969 debut, It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best, reissued by Light in the Attic in 2009, was captured on the sly when Dalton assumed that she was rehearsing songs. When Woodstock co-promoter Michael Lang approached Dalton about recording a follow-up for his new imprint, Just Sunshine, she was dubious to say the least. The album would have to be made on her own terms, in her own time. That turned out to be a six-month period at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProducing the album was bassist Harvey Brooks, who played alongside Dalton on It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best. Brooks, who prided himself on being “simple, solid and supportive,” understood Dalton’s process but was also willing to offer gentle encouragement and challenge the artist to push her creative bounds. “I tried to present her with a flexible situation,” he told Kaye. “I left the decisions to her, to determine the tempo, feel. She was very quiet, and I brought all of it to her; if she needed more, I’d present options. Everyone was sensitive to her. She was the leader.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDalton, who rarely performed her own compositions, selected a range of material to interpret—from traditionals like “Katie Cruel” and “Same Old Man” to Paul Butterfield’s “In My Own Dream” and Richard Tucker’s “Are You Leaving For The Country.” She also expanded upon her typical repertoire, peppering in such R\u0026amp;B hits as “When a Man Loves a Woman” and “How Sweet It Is.” In a departure from her previous LP, Dalton’s new recording offered fuller, more pop-forward arrangements, featuring a slew of talented studio musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile 70s audiences may not have been ready for Dalton’s music, a new generation was about to discover her work. In the decades following her death, many artists would name Karen Dalton as an influence including Lucinda Williams, Joanna Newsom, Nick Cave, Angel Olsen, Devendra Banhart, Sharon Van Etten, Courtney Barnett, and Adele. In the recently acclaimed film documentary Karen Dalton: In My Own Time, Cave muses on Dalton’s unique appeal: “There’s a sort of demand made upon the listener,” he explains. “Whether you like it or not, you have to enter her world. And it’s a despairing world.” Peter Walker, who also appears in the film, elaborates on this idea: “If she can feel a certain way in her music and play it in such a way that you feel that way, then that’s really the most magical thing [one] can do.” He adds, “She had a deep and profound and loving soul… you can hear it in her music.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2026 edition pressed on Apricot Color Wax at Optimal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpanded gatefold edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes 20-pg booklet featuring rare photos and liner notes by Lenny Kaye with contributions from Nick Cave and Devendra Banhart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLP and 8-Track editions include tracks 1-10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDigital release includes tracks 1-19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]LITA 200[[Artist]]Karen Dalton\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Light in the Attic","offers":[{"title":"In My Own Time \/ Karen Dalton - MP3\/320 \/ album \/ MP3\/320","offer_id":32230307921999,"sku":"85R\/MP3","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"In My Own Time \/ Karen Dalton - FLAC \/ album \/ FLAC","offer_id":32230307954767,"sku":"85R\/FLAC","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"In My Own Time \/ Karen Dalton - WAV \/ album \/ WAV","offer_id":32230307987535,"sku":"85R\/WAV","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"In My Own Time \/ Vinyl \/ LP Apricot","offer_id":48410284654837,"sku":"LITA200-1-5","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"In My Own Time \/ Vinyl \/ LP Silver","offer_id":46191554232565,"sku":"LITA200-1-2","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"In My Own Time \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":32237408682063,"sku":"LITA200-1","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"In My Own Time \/ Vinyl \/ LP Clear","offer_id":46191551545589,"sku":"LITA200-1-1","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"In My Own Time \/ Cassette \/ 8-Track","offer_id":46191549513973,"sku":"LITA200-9","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"In My Own Time \/ Cassette \/ Cassette Tape","offer_id":32236498649167,"sku":"LITA203-8","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"In My Own Time \/ CD \/ CD","offer_id":32237408649295,"sku":"LITA203-2.2","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/tmp_2F1636404315523-p452atftqym-fee1d2a312bf3f91b430c0f0d2442024_2Flita200_203_3000px_983965b4-b69f-490a-81a2-36a5bc2ca106.jpg?v=1734479748"},{"product_id":"over-the-edge","title":"Over The Edge","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]]\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bleak, hard-driven third LP by the Wipers (originally released in 1983) offers Greg Sage at his most chased and breathless, lashing out with sharp staccato notes as if melody were his only defense. While their debut LP provided the blueprint for grunge, and their second album recast the band as one of America’s premier postpunk bands, it’s Over The Edge that best exemplifies the Wipers’ sound. The jagged, effortless guitar lines, the paranoid lyrics and raw-throated vocals and the taut, unified rhythms that define their sound bleed together most clearly on this LP, and it stands as both the best entry point for new fans and the most prevalent favorite of diehards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePressed on black vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginally released in 1983\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThird LP by the Wipers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]JPR82803[[Artist]]Wipers\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackpot Records","offers":[{"title":"Over The Edge \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959572005109,"sku":"JPR82803","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/wipers_over_the_edge.jpg?v=1690522222"},{"product_id":"is-this-real","title":"Is This Real?","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]]\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnquestionably Portland’s most well-loved punk group, the Wipers formed in the late 1970s and in 1980 released their debut LP, “Is This Real?”—twelve songs of stabbing, jittery guitar, snapped vocals, and unabashed teen angst. Full of desperation and yearning, the LP has stood as a blueprint for wretched youth for over 25 years. In the early 1990s “Is This Real?” was given mainstream attention when Nirvana covered two tracks off the record and Cobain announced it was one of the primary influences on his group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile it was reissued on compact disc and available as a part of the Wipers Boxed Set (Zeno), this is the first time “Is This Real?” has been available on vinyl in the U.S. since its initial release. Remastered from original tapes as provided by Greg Sage himself, the LP is pressed on audiophile grade vinyl and housed in a deluxe tip-on sleeve. Complete with a printed insert that replicates the original inner sleeve, the Jackpot Records reissue of “Is This Real?” is a lavish tribute to one of the greatest recordings of the last 30 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“What more can I say about them? 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When Little Walter bowed out and was replaced by Howlin’ Wolf, they rightfully threw another Super on the name, and went on to release this burning, irreverent and even sometimes hilarious set of drunken, wild-eyed electric blues. Long form jams roll on in a trance as the trio of blues legends flex egos, talking shit to each other, trading off leads and ducking blasts of unexpected wah-wah guitar lines. Songs are peppered with an incredible level of banter between the trio of bandleaders that predicts the call and response sing- talking of early hip hop, laced with random screams in the background that teeter between celebration and danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat these three ever got into the same room together is a miracle, and that they produced something so intense, energetic and weird is another almost unbelievable feat. The record is special enough as a stand-alone document of this meeting\/melting of the minds before you find out the backing band consists of Hubert Sumlin, Otis Spann and freaking Buddy Guy. Lordy. Might have needed one more “super” in there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters \u0026amp; Bo Diddley together\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrignal Artwork w\/ liner notes by Richard Meltzer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectric Chicago Blues – at it’s finest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]JPR033[[Artist]]Super Super Blues Band\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackpot Records","offers":[{"title":"Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Bo Diddley \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959616078069,"sku":"JPR033","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/tmp_2F1467991797615-pr4138n5iss-0a0f14279cee9fa0de3d26b48b253481_2F602547763037.png?v=1690523577"},{"product_id":"lonely-woman","title":"Lonely Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving sponsored Ornette Coleman at the School of Jazz near Lennox, MA, pianist and composer John Lewis helped launch the controversial career of one of the last great innovators in jazz. Lewis’ support of the ragtag Texas native was somewhat unique in jazz circles at the time and even surprising, especially considering the gulf between the classical jazz formality of his group the Modern Jazz Quartet and Coleman’s radical notions of free improvisation. Nevertheless, Lewis not only saw in Coleman the first jazz genius since bebop’s Parker, Gillespie, and Monk, but put pay to the praise with the MJQ’s 1962 rendition of one of Coleman’s most famous numbers, “Lonely Woman.” (Along with Art Pepper’s 1960 version of “Tears Inside,” this was one of the earliest of Coleman covers done.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1962 Atlantic album of the same name turns out to be one of the band’s best efforts. Lewis and fellow \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eMJQ\u003c\/span\u003e members Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Connie Kaye capitalize on the dramatic theme of “Lonely Woman” while adding a bit of chamber music complexity to the mix. The quartet doesn’t take Coleman’s free form harmolodic theory to heart with a round of quixotic solos, but the group does spotlight the often overlooked strength of his compositional ideas. And while the \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eMJQ\u003c\/span\u003e further plies its knack for involved pieces on Lewis originals like “Fugato” and “Trieste,” the group also balances out the set with looser material more in tune with Jackson’s blues and swing sensibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving sponsored Ornette Coleman at the School of Jazz near Lennox, MA, pianist and composer John Lewis helped launch the controversial career of one of the last great innovators in jazz. Lewis’ support of the ragtag Texas native was somewhat unique in jazz circles at the time and even surprising, especially considering the gulf between the classical jazz formality of his group the Modern Jazz Quartet and Coleman’s radical notions of free improvisation. Nevertheless, Lewis not only saw in Coleman the first jazz genius since bebop’s Parker, Gillespie, and Monk, but put pay to the praise with the MJQ’s 1962 rendition of one of Coleman’s most famous numbers, “Lonely Woman.” (Along with Art Pepper’s 1960 version of “Tears Inside,” this was one of the earliest of Coleman covers done.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1962 Atlantic album of the same name turns out to be one of the band’s best efforts. Lewis and fellow \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eMJQ\u003c\/span\u003e members Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Connie Kaye capitalize on the dramatic theme of “Lonely Woman” while adding a bit of chamber music complexity to the mix. The quartet doesn’t take Coleman’s free form harmolodic theory to heart with a round of quixotic solos, but the group does spotlight the often overlooked strength of his compositional ideas. 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The album is essentially centered around the extended reworkings of Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love?” and “Mona,” as well as the lesser lauded — yet no less intense — contribution of Gary Duncan’s (guitar\/vocals) “Calvary.” This album is the last to feature the original quartet incarnation of \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eQMS\u003c\/span\u003e. The collective efforts of John Cipollina (guitar\/vocals), Greg Elmore (percussion), David Freiberg (bass\/vocals), and the aforementioned Duncan retain the uncanny ability to perform with a psychedelic looseness of spirit, without becoming boring or in the least bit pretentious. The side-long epic “Who Do You Love?” suite is split into an ensemble introduction and coda as well as four distinct sections for the respective bandmembers. The perpetually inventive chops of \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eQMS\u003c\/span\u003e are what is truly on display here. The musicians’ unmitigated instrumental prowess and practically psychic interaction allow them to seamlessly weave into and back out of the main theme. Yet all the while, each player takes center stage for uncompromising solos. “Mona” and its companion, “Calvary,” continue in much the same fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere the members of \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eQMS\u003c\/span\u003e play off each other to form a cohesive unit. This track also contains some of Cipollina’s finest and most memorable fretwork. He is able to summon sonic spirits from his guitar in a way that is unlike any of his Bay Area contemporaries. A prime example of his individuality is the frenetic “Maiden of the Cancer Moon” — ascending from the remnants of “Mona.” The angst and energy in Cipollina’s guitar work and line upon line of technical phrasing could easily be considered the equal of a Frank Zappa guitar solo. The brief title track, a cover of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans’ “Happy Trails,” seems almost insignificant in the wake of such virtuoso playing. It clears the sonic palette and also bids adieu to this particular fab foursome of psychedelia.\u003c\/p\u003e[[Release Description]]\u003cp\u003eWithout question, this follow-up to Quicksilver Messenger Service’s self-titled debut release is the most accurate in portraying the band on vinyl in the same light as the group’s critically and enthusiastically acclaimed live performances. The album is essentially centered around the extended reworkings of Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love?” and “Mona,” as well as the lesser lauded — yet no less intense — contribution of Gary Duncan’s (guitar\/vocals) “Calvary.” This album is the last to feature the original quartet incarnation of \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eQMS\u003c\/span\u003e. 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His attempts aren’t always successful, but his gutsy guitar playing and impassioned vocals, as well as his surprisingly accomplished songwriting, make Keb’ Mo’ a debut to cherish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThom Owens\/\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eAMG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e[[Selling Points]]\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by John Porter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecorded \u0026amp; mixed by Joe McGrath at Red Zone Studios in Burbank, CA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemastered by Ray Staff\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  [[Catalog Number]]PPAN57863[[Artist]]Keb Mo","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"Keb Mo \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959633445109,"sku":"PPAN57863","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/tmp_2F1500069397619-jga7o0irsik-56a7813f9248ed88e7572cbb7bc28fd5_2F0000146601.jpg?v=1690524360"},{"product_id":"going-back-to-acoustic","title":"Going Back to Acoustic","description":"[[Release Detail]]\u003cp\u003eOriginally issued in France on Isabel Records under the title ‘Going Back’ this LP presents one of the best duos in the history of the blues, guitarist Buddy Guy and harmonica player Junior Wells. Over the years they made many recordings together but this one is unique. Recorded whilst on a 1981 tour of Europe, Guy and Wells took a break from their backing musicians and amps to cut this spontaneous, all acoustic set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe results stand in start contrast to the steamy Chicago blues the duo is best known for. Instead these recordings are relaxed and personal, with an intimate, back porch feel. Guy switches between six and twelve string gjuitars, and lays down rootsy acoustic rhythms for Well’s tasteful harmonical lines. The two share vocal duties on the performances as they pay home to the rual, country nlues roots these modern bluesmen share.\u003c\/p\u003e[[Release Description]]\u003cp\u003eOriginally issued in France on Isabel Records 900.510 under the title ‘Going Back’ this LP presents one of the best duos in the history of the blues, guitarist Buddy Guy and harmonica player Junior Wells. Over the years they made many recordings together but this one is unique. Recorded whilst on a 1981 tour of Europe, Guy and Wells took a break from their backing musicians and amps to cut this spontaneous, all acoustic set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe results stand in start contrast to the steamy Chicago blues the duo is best known for. Instead these recordings are relaxed and personal, with an intimate, back porch feel. Guy switches between six and twelve string gjuitars, and lays down rootsy acoustic rhythms for Well’s tasteful harmonical lines. The two share vocal duties on the performances as they pay home to the rual, country nlues roots these modern bluesmen share.\u003c\/p\u003e[[Selling Points]]\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g audiophile vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePressed at Pallas in Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOriginally issued in France on Isabel Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \n  \n  [[Catalog Number]]PPAN001[[Artist]]Buddy Guy \u0026amp; Junior Wells","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"Going Back to Acoustic \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959633477877,"sku":"PPAN001","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/GoingBacktoAcoustic.jpg?v=1782327778"},{"product_id":"the-divine-one","title":"The Divine One","description":"[[Release Detail]]\u003cp\u003eRecorded just after Sarah Vaughan joined the Roulette label in 1960, The Divine One found her in exactly the right circumstances to suit her excellent talents. Arranged by Jimmy Jones, who also sits in on piano, the setting was a small group that included one strong voice to accentuate hers — and no less a strong and clear voice than trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison (the perfect accompaniment for Vaughan).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Divine One is mostly a ballads collection, and it includes a few songs that were new to her repertoire — good choices like “Have You Met Miss Jones?” (aka “Old Jones”), “When Your Lover Has Gone,” “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams,” and “Jump for Joy.” One great left-field choice is “Ain’t No Use,” the R\u0026amp;B song taken as a slow torch song that Big Maybelle had first recorded (Nina Simonedidn’t record it until several years later). Roulette would soon push Vaughan in many different directions — releasing over a dozen LPs in just a few short years — but this small-group date is a gem.. by John Bush\/\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eAMG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e[[Release Description]]\u003cp\u003eRecorded just after Sarah Vaughan joined the Roulette label in 1960, The Divine One found her in exactly the right circumstances to suit her excellent talents. Arranged by Jimmy Jones, who also sits in on piano, the setting was a small group that included one strong voice to accentuate hers — and no less a strong and clear voice than trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison (the perfect accompaniment for Vaughan).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Divine One is mostly a ballads collection, and it includes a few songs that were new to her repertoire — good choices like “Have You Met Miss Jones?” (aka “Old Jones”), “When Your Lover Has Gone,” “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams,” and “Jump for Joy.” One great left-field choice is “Ain’t No Use,” the R\u0026amp;B song taken as a slow torch song that Big Maybelle had first recorded (Nina Simonedidn’t record it until several years later). Roulette would soon push Vaughan in many different directions — releasing over a dozen LPs in just a few short years — but this small-group date is a gem.. by John Bush\/\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eAMG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e[[Selling Points]]\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRemastered by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecorded October 1960\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced \u0026amp; arranged by Jimmy Jones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \n  [[Catalog Number]]PPAN SR52060[[Artist]]Sarah Vaughan","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"The Divine One \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959633576181,"sku":"PPAN SR52060","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/tmp_2F1500073427765-1nc2afyrhbf-84c847f06c46decd841d02a180c97cea_2F6f0d8a982d6dc06690c2bdf4a73ac4b1.1000x995x1.jpg?v=1690524366"},{"product_id":"undercurrent","title":"Undercurrent","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first of two superb albums recorded by Bill Evans, and guitarist Jim Hall, and it was recorded over two sessions in April and May 1962. Arrangements simply for piano and guitar are rare in Jazz, and it is even more seldom that the results are truly inspiring and as musically worthwhile as in this case. It is usual for intuitive musical relationships to develop over a number of years, but here we find two musicians who clearly shared an immediate understanding. Both men are on absolute top form here – Bill Evans was on fire throughout the early and mid sixties, and after the tragic death of his previous musical partner, virtuoso bass player Scott Le Faro (at the age of 23), he was searching for new directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim Hall is a guitarist of tremendous skill and powerful technique, with a highly developed rhythmic and harmonic sense that shines through on this album. What is so special about the performances here is an almost telepathic anticipation of where the music is heading – both musicians contribute equally, and there is a constant exchange of ideas, each reacting to the other with apparent ease, whatever the mood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a brilliant jazz album, of great depth and tremendous atmosphere, and both players express some exceptional ideas. Highly recommended. Dominic L Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first of two superb albums recorded by Bill Evans, and guitarist Jim Hall, and it was recorded over two sessions in April and May 1962. Arrangements simply for piano and guitar are rare in Jazz, and it is even more seldom that the results are truly inspiring and as musically worthwhile as in this case. It is usual for intuitive musical relationships to develop over a number of years, but here we find two musicians who clearly shared an immediate understanding. Both men are on absolute top form here – Bill Evans was on fire throughout the early and mid sixties, and after the tragic death of his previous musical partner, virtuoso bass player Scott Le Faro (at the age of 23), he was searching for new directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim Hall is a guitarist of tremendous skill and powerful technique, with a highly developed rhythmic and harmonic sense that shines through on this album. What is so special about the performances here is an almost telepathic anticipation of where the music is heading – both musicians contribute equally, and there is a constant exchange of ideas, each reacting to the other with apparent ease, whatever the mood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a brilliant jazz album, of great depth and tremendous atmosphere, and both players express some exceptional ideas. Highly recommended. 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With two legendary players in the frontline, trumpeter Chet Baker and Paul Desmond, Hall interprets standards and engaging originals. A master of melody who never wastes notes, the centerpiece for this release is Hall’s interpretation of one movement from Rodrigo’s “Guitar Concerto,” arranged by Don Sebesky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew tracks include alternate takes of “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” and “Rock Skippin’,” plus “Unfinished Business,” an incomplete track that fades following Desmond’s solo just as Hall starts to play (This song is actually “La Paloma Azul,” a Mexican folk tune played by Paul Desmond while with the Dave Brubeck Quartet about a decade earlier, also known as “The Blue Dove”). Ken Dryden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim Hall’s Concierto was arguably the greatest LP in the history of \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCTI\u003c\/span\u003e and possibly a masterpiece. With two legendary players in the frontline, trumpeter Chet Baker and Paul Desmond, Hall interprets standards and engaging originals. A master of melody who never wastes notes, the centerpiece for this release is Hall’s interpretation of one movement from Rodrigo’s “Guitar Concerto,” arranged by Don Sebesky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew tracks include alternate takes of “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” and “Rock Skippin’,” plus “Unfinished Business,” an incomplete track that fades following Desmond’s solo just as Hall starts to play (This song is actually “La Paloma Azul,” a Mexican folk tune played by Paul Desmond while with the Dave Brubeck Quartet about a decade earlier, also known as “The Blue Dove”). 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Sporting a slightly revised personnel with the return of Henry “Sunflower” Vestine and the incorporation of Antonio “Tony” de la Barreda on bass, a highly skilled constituent of Aldolfo de la Parra on drums. Sadly, it would also be the final effort to include co-founder Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson, who passed away in September 1970. Hooker ’n Heat (1971) is a low-key affair split between unaccompanied solo John Lee Hooker tunes, collaborations between Hooker and Wilson, as well as five full-blown confabs between Hooker and Heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe full-fledged collaborations shine as both parties unleash some of their finest respective work. While Canned Heat get top bill — probably as it was the group’s record company that sprung for Hooker ’n Heat — make no mistake, as Hooker steers the combo with the same gritty and percussive guitar leads that have become his trademark. The epic “Boogie Chillen No. 2” stretches over 11-and-a-half minutes and is full of the same swagger as the original, with the support of Canned Heat igniting the verses and simmering on the subsequent instrumental breaks with all killer and no filler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanned Heat are hands down the best back-up band John Lee Hooker has recorded. And despite the cover billing, they are very much a back-up group, for this is really a John Lee Hooker album, and one of his best in a long while.\u003c\/p\u003e[[Release Description]]\u003cp\u003eWhen this two-LP set was initially released in January 1971, Canned Heat was back to its R\u0026amp;B roots. Sporting a slightly revised personnel with the return of Henry “Sunflower” Vestine and the incorporation of Antonio “Tony” de la Barreda on bass, a highly skilled constituent of Aldolfo de la Parra on drums. Sadly, it would also be the final effort to include co-founder Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson, who passed away in September 1970. Hooker ’n Heat (1971) is a low-key affair split between unaccompanied solo John Lee Hooker tunes, collaborations between Hooker and Wilson, as well as five full-blown confabs between Hooker and Heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe full-fledged collaborations shine as both parties unleash some of their finest respective work. While Canned Heat get top bill — probably as it was the group’s record company that sprung for Hooker ’n Heat — make no mistake, as Hooker steers the combo with the same gritty and percussive guitar leads that have become his trademark. The epic “Boogie Chillen No. 2” stretches over 11-and-a-half minutes and is full of the same swagger as the original, with the support of Canned Heat igniting the verses and simmering on the subsequent instrumental breaks with all killer and no filler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanned Heat are hands down the best back-up band John Lee Hooker has recorded. 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Songs like “Child of the Streets”, “Troubled Child,” \u0026amp; “What’s It Gonna Be,” share Mayfield’s commitment to social commentary, and Dees knows his way around a love song, too. 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Only these big-band charts are hardly the waltzes heard on Lawrence Welk’s long-running television series. Rogers kicks off with a swinging number (“I’m Gonna Go Fishin’”) written by Duke Ellington for the soundtrack to the film Anatomy of a Murder and featuring the leader’s rich flügelhorn. The lyrical take of the centuries-old folk melody “Greensleeves” alternates between the tense rhythm section and Bud Shank’s gorgeous flute solo. Rogers’ delightful “Be as Children” almost sounds as if it was adapted from a gospel song. The brisk treatment of Ellington’s “Echoes of Harlem,” featuring Paul Horn on flute, is refreshing. Only Bobby Scott’s “A Taste of Honey” is the least bit disappointing, simply because this arrangement isn’t quite as adventurous as the rest of the album. 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Our definitive re-issue is an exact replica of the gatefold original LP and the source master is taken from the Continental tapes, re-mastered in 2012 under Arthur’s supervision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n[[Selling Points]]\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElements of classical Indian music, krautrock, traditional folk, and 70s rock.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRecorded at Studio Somil, Rio De Janeiro in 1972\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eProduced, arranged, and directed by Arthur Verocai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]GGB-008[[Artist]]Kikagaku Moyo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guruguru Brain","offers":[{"title":"House in the Tall Grass \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959644455157,"sku":"GGB-008-2","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"House in the Tall Grass \/ CD \/ CD","offer_id":43959644487925,"sku":"GGB-008CD","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/tmp_2F1648839254099-6xbs1u4zzg5-86bcd1c8046f1824041d039475737d4d_2FaDNJIzqg.jpg?v=1690524841"},{"product_id":"kikagaku-moyo","title":"Kikagaku Moyo","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a very long time, we have been trying to re-issue this record; a true and complete album masterpiece in every sense of the word, considered by many people to be one of the greatest ever made, regardless of genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at Studio Somil, Rio De Janeiro in 1972, the album was produced, arranged, directed by the self-taught, Arthur Verocai. Previously he had worked on many records in various capacities, with artists including Jorge Ben, Ivan Lins and Celia, but this album gave him the chance to do his thing in it’s most pure form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 29 minute masterpiece, perfect in it’s arrangement and fusion of sonics, epitomises the sound of Brazil at the time; strings, guitars, pianos, break beats, bass lines, synthesizers, vocals from the wonderful Célia, Carlos Dafe and Oberdan (Banda Black Rio), plus percussion from Pedro Santos and Paulo Moura on sax. Bossa nova, samba, jazz, \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eMPB\u003c\/span\u003e, psychedelics and funk sit side by side effortlessly.\u003cbr\u003eThe album transcends the genre of Brazilian music, and infact all genres. Highlighted in part by the number of artists that have sampled from it; MF Doom, Ludacris \u0026amp; Common, Little Brother, Jneiro Jarel aka Dr Who Dat?, Dibiase and Action Bronson amongst others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original Continental version of the album now fetch around $2000. Our definitive re-issue is an exact replica of the gatefold original LP and the source master is taken from the Continental tapes, re-mastered in 2012 under Arthur’s supervision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKikagaku Moyo’s debut album exerts an elemental power. Enlivening their sound with sitars, percussive drums, theremins, wind instruments and ethereal vocals, the band manages to sound powerfully spacious and lazily serene all at once. Their songs can be light as air, or heavy as earth. Many evolve out of intense experiences of engagement with the natural world. The album’s first track, “Can You Imagine Nothing?” was written over a night spent jamming on a suspended footbridge in remote mountains. As the song progressed the bridge began to sway, making band members feel as though they were floating weightless in midair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKikagaku Moyo started in the summer of 2012 busking on the streets of Tokyo. Though the band started as a free music collective, it quickly evolved into a tight group of multi-instrumentalists. Kikagaku Moyo call their sound psychedelicic because it encompasses a broad spectrum of influence. Their music incorporates elements of classical Indian music, Krautrock, Traditional Folk, and 70s Rock. Most importantly their music is about freedom of the mind and body and building a bridge between the supernatural and the present. Improvisation is a key element to their sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKikagaku Moyo's first self-titled album reissue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginally released by Cosmic Eye Records in Sep 2013\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eElements of classical Indian music, krautrock, traditional folk, and 70s rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]GGB-013[[Artist]]Kikagaku Moyo\/幾何学模様\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guruguru Brain","offers":[{"title":"Kikagaku Moyo \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959644520693,"sku":"GGB-013","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kikagaku Moyo \/ CD \/ CD","offer_id":43959644553461,"sku":"GGB-13CD","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/tmp_2F1519070593368-k6wx3poxqe-e09cfade6d7f78ef1e6a3539dca09f71_2Fa0389363479_10.jpg?v=1690524841"},{"product_id":"inside-hifi","title":"Inside HiFi","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis excellent recording features altoist Lee Konitz with two separate quartets during 1956. Either guitarist Billy Bauer or pianist Sal Mosca are the main supporting voices in groups also including either Arnold Fishkind or Peter Ind on bass and Dick Scott on drums. The most unusual aspect to the set is that on the four selections with Mosca, Konitz switches to tenor, playing quite effectively in a recognizable cool style. The overall highlights of this enjoyable album are “Everything Happens to Me,” “All of Me,” and “Star Eyes,” but all eight performances are well played and swinging. Scott Yannow\/\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eAMG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe introduction of Konitz’s tenor during this period is emblematic of this. His premiere tenor recordings on ’56’s Lee Konitz Inside Hi-Fi document how Konitz first translated the refinements of his alto conception to the larger horn, even on would-be barn burners as “Indiana” (which also features an excellent solo by pianist Sal Mosca), and began to apply the tenor’s capacity for broader, bolder strokes to such fine alto performances as the bluesy “Cork ‘N’ Bib.” The contrasts between Konitz’s alto and tenor are well-represented on “Kary’s Trance,” which includes choruses on both horns; the track is also one of guitarist Billy Bauer’s finest.\u003cbr\u003eBill Shoemaker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA recent convert to Lee Konitz, the more I hear the more I like. Though he went on to record right up to the present day, the 50’s recordings are remarkably fresh, with his alto’s long fluid lines and swinging turns in direction. His alto has a refreshing lightness and his opening alto duet here with guitarist Billy Bauer on “Kary’s Trance” is a surprising sheer delight. Unusually, Konitz also picks up the tenor sax on several tracks for the first time, yielding a record with an additional layer of interest. The selling point for me, however, was the cover. For any audiophiles out there (yes you Guy! ) the artifice of Konitz, photographed through capacitors, valves and wires in Rudy Van Gelder’s recording studio, is the ultimate Jazz Audiophile image.\u003cbr\u003eLondonJazzCollector\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLP pressed on black vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFeatures altoist Lee Konitz with two separate quartets during 1956\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes performances of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“Everything Happens to Me,” “All of Me,” and “Star Eyes\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]PPAN-SD1258[[Artist]]Lee Konitz\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"Inside HiFi \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959646814453,"sku":"PPAN-SD1258","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/5060149622735.jpg?v=1755042631"},{"product_id":"love-from-the-sun","title":"Love From The Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis jazz recording is considered as the ‘magnum opus’ of master \"drummer extraordinaire’’, composer, arranger, producer, and leader Norman Connor’s in a career that has spanned 4 decades. This recording is what many will consider the debut of the legendary vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater who has since gone on to a brilliant career. Connor’s put together an all-star group with Herbie Hancock and Onaje Allan Gumbs on piano and Fender Rhodes, Dr. Eddie Henderson on trumpet\/flugelhorn, Carlos Garnett on tenor\/soprano saxes, Gary Bartz on alto\/soprano saxes, Buster Williams on bass, drummer\/vocalist Bill Summers and Kenneth Nash on percussion, and effective, crucial cameos by master flautist Hubert Laws. On the song, “Love From the Sun’”, Connors added Nathan Rubin on violin and Terry Adams on cello.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ‘best of the best’ begins with the exotic theme of Hancock’s “Revelation”, doubled wordlessly and beautifully by Ms. Bridgewater over Williams bouncing ostinato bass pattern with flights of fancy from Hubert Laws on flute, and superb, luminous solos from Henderson’s exotic trumpet, Garnett on soprano, and Hancock on Fender Rhodes. Garnett’s “Carlos II” is another great composition with remarkable solos. Connors’ own “Drums Around The Worlds’” is influenced by African and latin rhythms with emotional vocals from Summers and a drum-only section that builds in intensity. One of the high points of the album is Dee Dee Bridgewater’s awesome, glorious vocalizing on Richard Clay’s lovely “Love From The Sun”, in one of the greatest performances in her career, arranged by Gumbs. Elmer Gibson’s “Kumakucha” (The Sun Has Risen) is a blazing display of uptempo musicianship by Connor’s driving drums, the propulsive congas of Summers and Nash, and exciting solos from Bartz, Henderson on trumpet, and Hancock’s furious piano solo. The set ends with a marvelous “Holy Waters” composed and arranged by Garnett in a scorching performance by Bridgewater on vocals, Garnett unleashing one of the greatest solos in his storied career, followed by Gumbs’ astute solo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy Highest Recommendation. \u003cbr\u003eBy John Braswell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eConsidered the ‘magnum opus’ of master \"drummer extraordinaire’’, composer, arranger, producer, and leader Norman Connor’s in a career that has spanned 4 decades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDebut of the legendary vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemastered by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]PPAN-BDS5142[[Artist]]Norman Connors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"Love From The Sun \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959646879989,"sku":"PPAN-BDS5142","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/5060149622698.jpg?v=1755042596"},{"product_id":"masana-temples","title":"Masana Temples","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKikagaku Moyo started in the summer of 2012 busking on the streets of Tokyo. Though the band started as a free music collective, it quickly evolved into a tight group of multi-instrumentalists. Kikagaku Moyo call their sound psychedelic because it encompasses a broad spectrum of influence. Their music incorporates elements of classical Indian music, Krautrock, Traditional Folk, and 70s Rock. Most importantly their music is about freedom of the mind and body and building a bridge between the supernatural and the present. Improvisation is a key element to their sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shifting dimensions of Masana Temples, fourth album from psychedelic explorers Kikagaku Moyo, are informed by various experiences the band had with traveling through life together, ranging from the months spent on tour to making a pilgrimage to Lisbon to record the album with jazz musician Bruno Pernadas. The band sought out Pernadas both out of admiration for his music and in an intentional move to work with a producer who came from a wildly different background. With Masana Temples, the band wanted to challenge their own concepts of what psychedelic music could be. Elements of both the attentive folk and wild-eyed rocking sides of the band are still intact throughout, but they’re sharper and more defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than the literal interpretation of being on a journey, the album’s always changing sonic panorama reflects the spiritual connection of the band moving through this all together. Life for a traveling band is a series of constant metamorphoses, with languages, cultures, climates and vibes changing with each new town. The only constant for Kikagaku Moyo throughout their travels were the five band members always together moving through it all, but each of them taking everything in from very different perspectives. Inspecting the harmonies and disparities between these perspectives, the group reflects the emotional impact of their nomadic paths. The music is the product of time spent in motion and all of the bending mindsets that come with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKikagaku Moyo's fourth full-length studio album\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRecorded with jazz musician Bruno Pernadas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePressed on black vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]GGB-017LP-2[[Artist]]Kikagaku Moyo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guruguru Brain","offers":[{"title":"Masana Temples \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959652221173,"sku":"GGB-017LP-2","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Masana Temples \/ CD \/ CD","offer_id":43959652253941,"sku":"GGB-017CD","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/tmp_2F1648839260622-qzjil5tnl5-7237878d4b4818c3f5104b74c334e734_2FDKjUJGNw.jpg?v=1690525172"},{"product_id":"love-in","title":"Love-In","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour-and-a-half decades after the event, saxophonist Charles Lloyd’s Love-In, recorded live at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium in 1967, the counterculture’s West Coast music hub, endures as much as an archaeological artifact as a musical document. From sleeve designer Stanislaw Zagorski’s treatment of Rolling Stone photographer Jim Marshall’s cover shot, through the album title and some of the track titles (“Tribal Dance,” “Temple Bells”), and the inclusion of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s “Here There and Everywhere,” Love-In’s semiology reeks of the acid-drenched zeitgeist of the mid 1960s, a time when creative music flourished, and rock fans were prepared to embrace jazz, provided the musicians did not come on like their parents: juicers dressed in sharp suits exuding cynicism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is likely that more joints were rolled on Love-In’s cover than that of any other jazz LP of the era, with the possible exception of saxophonists John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1965) and Pharoah Sanders’s Tauhid (Impulse!, 1967). Chet Helms, a key mover and shaker in the West Coast counterculture, spoke for many when he hailed the Lloyd quartet as “the first psychedelic jazz group.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is to Lloyd’s credit that, at least in the early stages of his adoption by the counterculture, he resisted dumbing down his music. The adoption stemmed from Lloyd’s espoused attitude to society, his media savvy, his sartorial style and his sheer nerve in playing jazz in the temples of rock culture. He took the quartet into the Fillmore West three years before trumpeter Miles Davis took his into the Fillmore East—as documented on Live at the Fillmore East, March 6 1970: It’s About That Time (Columbia)—by which time his pianist, Keith Jarrett, and drummer, Jack DeJohnette, were members of Davis’ band (although Jarrett didn’t appear at the 1970 gig).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo Love-In comes with a load of baggage, some of it less than fragrant. But as 45 minutes of music, it still has legs. Lloyd’s vocalized tenor (and flute on two tracks) has Coltrane-derived muscle; the young Jarrett’s lyrical and funky solos, particularly on his 07:55 showcase, the gospel-ish “Sunday Morning,” his two featured originals (“Sunday Morning” and the soul jazz-ish “Is It Really the Same?”), and his playing the strings of the piano directly with his hands, all remain compelling; McClure and DeJohnette are solid and inventive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLP pressed on black vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecorded live at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium in 1967\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHailed as “the first psychedelic jazz group\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[[Catalog Number]]PPAN-SD11481[[Artist]]Charles Lloyd\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"Love-In \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959653761269,"sku":"PPAN-SD11481","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/5060149622834.jpg?v=1754688691"},{"product_id":"vibes-from-the-tribe-trcd4008","title":"Vibes from the Tribe","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhil Ranelin was a session trombonist recording with the likes of Steve Wonder before setting up the Tribe label with Wendell Harrison in Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike other contemporary artist run labels like Strata East and Black Jazz, Tribe releases were characterised by a heady mix of post Coltrane free jazz, soul and funk, all informed by a strong political conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVibes From the Tribe is a fine record. The title track is lusciously, greasily funky and stands in pretty stark contrast to the kind of airbrushed fusion that was in vogue at the time. “Sounds from the Village” is even better (and dirtier), showcasing Ranelin’s oily trombone gymnastics and a viciously fuzzed guitar solo. “Wife” features Phil’s singing and is oddly reminiscent of Frank Zappa’s writing on Sleep Dirt; an affecting, snaking melody topped off with a beautiful solo from the leader, whose playing here has the grace of Bob Brookmeyer coupled with the agility of George Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“He The One We All Knew” is the obligatory Coltrane tribute and is a trip into the kind of groove based free playing typical of Pharoah Sanders, though only really picks up when the band launch into post bop swing mode in the last six minutes or so, provoking another fine Ranelin solo. Bassist Ralph Armstrong is particularly strong here; his brief solo passages are a wonder of agility and tough lyricism that make me wonder why he’s not better known. Other highlights come from the mellifluous flute of Wendell Harrison. Beautiful stuff, and it’s good to know that Ranelin is still at work even now. Essential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCharacterised by a heady mix of post Coltrane free jazz, soul and funk, all informed by a strong political conscience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eColtrane tribute, performance of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“He The One We All Knew”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePhil Ranelin, leader of Detroit jazz label Tribe Records and session trombonist for Steve Wonder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]TRCD4008[[Artist]]Phil Ranelin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"Vibes from the Tribe \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959653859573,"sku":"TRCD4008","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/5060149622803.jpg?v=1755042615"},{"product_id":"oasis","title":"Oasis","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/520381623\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\" height=\"450\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTime Capsule is a reissue label that unites the record collectors and DJs of the brilliant corners and Beauty \u0026amp; The Beat communities in London. For each release, Kay Suzuki works alongside one co-curator to reinstate and repackage the music they hold dear into perfectly restored historic artifacts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first release, brilliant corners regular and Meda Fury signing Ryota \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eOPP\u003c\/span\u003e curates the reissue of Il Guardiano Del Faro’s 1978 album Oasis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn 1940 in Milan, Federico Monti Arduini was a child prodigy who studied piano and was already performing at concerts from the age of eight. He composed pop songs for other artists which sold millions of copies, but his own solo success came after he encountered synthesizers in the early 70s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViewed as a precursor of New Age sound art, Arduini was one of the first producers in Italy to use the Moog synthesizer and a meeting with Bob Moog in New York only added to this obsession. 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Kelly’s vibes are really great – sparkling underneath solos by Komolafe that remind me a lot of Gary Bartz’s earliest work.\u003c\/p\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eRe-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eRecorded in Los Angeles in October 1983\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eProduced by Tom Albach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e[[Catalog Number]]NS-3035[[Artist]]Dadisi Komolahe","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"Hassan’s Walk \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959665950965,"sku":"NS-3035","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/5060149622940_b187ec50-62e1-41c5-ab4f-4f1a896358ae.jpg?v=1758313398"},{"product_id":"public-pressure-standard-vinyl-edition","title":"Public Pressure (Standard Vinyl Edition)","description":"[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 1980, Public Pressure is Yellow Magic Orchestra’s third release and their first live album. 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Incorporating minimal and ethno elements to their signature mix of techno pop, electro and dub, Technodelic stands alongside \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eBGM\u003c\/span\u003e as their most fully realized album in their discography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eYMO\u003c\/span\u003e 40th Anniversary Reissue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemastered by Bob Ludwig\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVinyl cutting by Bernie Grundman Mastering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlating at \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eRTI\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePressed at Sony \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eDADC\u003c\/span\u003e Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLimited edition import Japanese press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]MHJL-00080[[Artist]]Yellow Magic Orchestra\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Tracks \/ Sony Japan","offers":[{"title":"Technodelic (Standard Vinyl Edition) \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959691739381,"sku":"MHJL-00080","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/tmp_2F1560358341749-vqrpkb2sov-3a7149ec51a6ef7c8fb63294efbc43b1_2F07-technodelic.jpg?v=1690526257"},{"product_id":"the-boss-of-the-blues","title":"The Boss of the Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBesides helping to invent rock ‘n roll with his hit “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” Big Joe Turner was one of the most soulful blues shouters of all time. His best albums married the boogie-woogie piano stylings of the great Pete Johnson with a jazzy jumpin’ horn section. Boss Of The Blues is arguably Joe’s best recording, in part because he sang with particular gusto during these 1956 sessions. At the time, Boss of the Blues marked a nostalgic return to the jump-blues style that Turner helped pioneer in the ‘40s. Besides Johnson, Boss featured some of Kansas City’s finest ever jazzmen and various members of Count Basie’s band, including Joe Newman (trumpet), Pete Brown (alto sax), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Frank Wess (tenor sax) and Freddie Green (guitar). The bawdy “Cherry Red” and the rollicking “Roll ’Em Pete” are my favorite Turner-Johnson collaborations. Both feature some incredible playing by the piano master. Turner’s versions of “I Want a Little Girl,” “Low Down Dog,” “You’re Driving Me Crazy,” and “Morning Glories” are definitive. If I had to compile a list of my 10 favorite albums, Boss of the Blues would be there. 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In early 1958, for a recording session, he formed a new trio without a rhythm section. For the album “Trav’lin’ Light”, his new trio included Hall on guitar and the underrated trombone giant Bob Brookmeyer. For a year, they gigged together up and down the West Coast and played summer festivals, recorded, and even played clubs in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey became a trio of adventurous musicians for whom form was not an obstacle to creativity. As the year wound down, Giuffre wanted to document the trio once more, sensing its life was coming to an end. He composed the four-movement “Western Suite” with the trio’s strengths in mind, as a way of documenting how they had come together as a band during that year. The piece itself stands as a crowning achievement in a career that included discovering the talents of Steve Swallow and Paul Bley and making the truly revolutionary recording “Free Fall” for Columbia three years later. The roots of that thinking lie in this set. Jim Hall’s playing was dark, funky, ambiguous, sounding like drums and voices all at the same time — particularly in the fourth movement. Brookmeyer became the pace setter. His lines were played as stage settings for the other two players to dialogue and narrate against. Giuffre, ever the storyteller, advanced the improvisation angle and wrote his score so that each player had to stand on his own as part of the group; there were no comfort zones. Without a rhythm section, notions of interval, extensions, interludes, and so on were out the window. He himself played some of his most restrained yet adventurous solos in the confines of this trio and within the form of this suite. It swung like West Coast jazz, but felt as ambitious as Copland’s “Billy The Kid”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record is filled out with two other tunes, one of Eddie Durham’s, “Topsy”, and the final moment of mastery this band ever recorded, the already classic “Blue Monk”. The easy stroll of the front line with Brookmeyer’s trombone strutting New Orleans’ style is in sharp contrast to Giuffre’s clarinet playing. Which carries the bluesy melody through three harmonic changes before he solos and then plays three more. Hall keeps it all on track, and somehow the piece sounds very natural this way, though unlike “Monk”, there are no edges here — everything is rounded off. 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It all mattered. As did getting his music to the people. In fact he did just that for over 20 years as the \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eMJQ\u003c\/span\u003e rarely left the road. You can also add scoring for film which included titles such as Odds Against Tomorrow, No Sun in Venice and A Milanese Story, Where he found the time to release a series of solo albums, I do not know. Nevertheless, he did and the Atlantic label (which is where this LP initially resided) was his principle home. Frankly, its a superb album and benefits continued listening because you will hear and understand more with each play. In conjunction with guitarist Jim Hall, bassist George Duvivier and drummer Connie Kay, Lewis offers an array of styles and variations including a trio of piano-heavy tracks plus the superb Body and Soul which not only roams for over 15 minutes but includes a quite delicious solo from tenor sax man, Paul Gonsalves. 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First came Europe, which was just getting the disc as the band was tearing up its stages. While the live dates are now the stuff of legend, it’s easy to overlook the recordings, but to do so would be a mistake. Dream Weaver is a fully realized project by a band — a real band — in which each member has a unique part of the whole to contribute. Jarrett’s unusual piano style fits musically with Lloyd’s lyricism in a way that it shouldn’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJarrett was even then an iconoclast, playing harmonic figures from the inside out and relying on counterpoint to create new spaces, not fill them in. (Just listen to “Autumn Sequence,” where his solos and his backing harmonics are equally strident and inventive as Lloyd’s Eastern explorations of mood and mode.) And then there’s the rhythm section of McBee and DeJohnette, whose modal inventions on the intervals make the “Dream Weaver” suite an exercise in open time, allowing all players to wander around inside it and take what they want out. The set closes with a group party jam on “Sombrero Sam,” with Lloyd and Jarrett trading eights on a Cuban variation on a fantasia. There were no records like this one by new groups in 1966. 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The groove referred to is funk and soul. Funk itself was mutating at the time, so Lateef’s interpolation at the crossroads of all ports in the musical journey was not only valid in 1976, but also necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this recording, he utilized an absolutely huge group of musicians, bringing them in for this or that part, or a sound, or a particular vamp. Some of those present were Kenny Barron, Ron Carter, Dom Um Romao, Al Foster, Billy Butler, Anthony Jackson, a five-piece brass section, and a synth player. 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The double album Bright Moments is a near-definitive document of the Kirk live experience, and his greatest album of the ‘70s. The extroverted Kirk was in his element in front of an audience, always chatting, explaining his concepts, and recounting bits of jazz history. Even if some of his long, jive-talking intros can sound a little dated today, it’s clear in the outcome of the music that Kirk fed voraciously off the energy of the room. Most of the tracks are long (seven minutes or more), demonstrating Kirk’s wealth of soloing ideas in a variety of styles (and, naturally, on a variety of instruments). “Pedal Up” is a jaw-dropping demonstration of Kirk’s never-duplicated three-horns-at-once technique, including plenty of unaccompanied passages that simply sound impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s more quintessential Kirk weirdness on “Fly Town Nose Blues,” which heavily features an instrument called the nose flute, and the title track has a healthy dose of Kirk singing through his (traditional) flute. His repertoire is typically eclectic: Ellington’s “Prelude to a Kiss”; a groovy Bacharach pop tune in “You’ll Never Get to Heaven”; a lovely version of Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Waltz”; and a stomping, exultant New Orleans-style original, “Dem Red Beans and Rice.” Perhaps the best, however, is an impassioned rendition of the ballad standard “If I Loved You,” where Kirk’s viscerally raw, honking tone hints in a roundabout way at the avant-garde without ever losing its melodic foundation. Bright Moments empties all the major items out of Kirk’s bag of tricks, providing a neat microcosm of his talents and displaying a consummate and knowledgeable showman. In short, it’s nothing less than a tour de force. 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But boogie-woogie piano music has little or no collector value. The same cannot be said for Dupree Lps, which have always fetched healthy good prices in record bin and on eBay. While you can’t give away LPs from such accomplished boogie-woogie piano players such as Albert Ammons or Meade Lux Lewis, Dupree’s style of mixing boogie-woogie and the blues seems more modern and hip, attracting music lovers and record collectors alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile just about anything on Atlantic or Blue Horizon is worth searching out, the real goods are to be found on Dupree’s very first LP released in 1958 on Atlantic- Blues From The Gutter; the title says it all and the lyrics rarely stray from sex and drugs. Dupree’s delivery simply ooze rock and roll, and I’m not talking about music. If the proverbial fire struck and I had to choose five blues LPs to save, this would make the cut. The mono original has a deeper soundstage and more immediacy, which has been traded off for a wider stage with this stereo issue. That quibble aside, this is essential music that should not be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChampion Jack Dupree's very first LP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginally released in 1958\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemastered at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]PPAN SD8019[[Artist]]Champion Jack Dupree\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"Blues From The Gutter \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959694688501,"sku":"PPAN SD8019","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/5060149622223.jpg?v=1751067318"},{"product_id":"in-person","title":"In Person","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI bought this LP, of the Atlanta concert, in 1960. It knocked me out then, and it knocks me out now. For me, this IS Ray Charles. In the intro to ‘Night Time is the Right Time’ Ray says, ‘…and Miss Marjorie Hendricks will help us out on vocals…’, and boy, does she help out! Turn up the volume and strap yourself down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe greatness of this album. Ray was touring with his band in the 50’s, and they played at a concert in Herndon Stadium, Atlanta. An engineer at radio station \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eWAOK\u003c\/span\u003e recorded the occasion on a one track tape recorder using a single microphone. The recording was later played over the air. The response of the radio audience was overwhelming, resulting in the ultimate release of the Atlantic album. It is one of the most extraordinary albums of all time. First, the recording is amazing considering how it was recorded. The band is heard with perfect clarity and balance, and the audience is also picked up, and you can hear the shouting, whooping, the give and take with the audience, and the extraordinary energy in what was a typical concert of Ray Charles playing to his own audience. Many of the tunes were or became classics, known to every funk and blues musician in the country and to most of the population at large. Ray Charles was revered like no other musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the most cathartic of all Ray Charles’ recordings. On two tracks, “The Right Time” and “Tell The Truth”—both shared with the Raelettes’ lead singer, Marjorie Hendricks—the music transcends art to become powerfully shamanistic. It remains one of the greatest rhythm and blues albums of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecorded 28th, May 1959 at Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePressed on standard black vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]PPAN SD8039[[Artist]]Ray Charles\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"In Person \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959694786805,"sku":"PPAN SD8039","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/tmp_2F1563571945893-ozi794efple-ba640753639875a95f7539526acfba70_2FMI0003593094.jpg?v=1690526384"},{"product_id":"east-coasting","title":"East Coasting","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Mingus is usually known for his wild, soulful and avant-garde compositions. “East Coasting” is mellow by comparison, but it still cooks on a musical level. The Mingus touches are there; the trombone, drummer Danny Richmond and of course the dark emotional undercurrent looms large, too. The personnel are all Mingus regulars, except for pianist Bill Evans, who would not be described as “soulful” in the traditional sense, but his introverted and sensitive style works well with Mingus’s music. His playing on “West Coast Ghost” (the album’s stand-out track) and “Celia” are two examples of Evans’ ability to understand an artist’s musical vision and play accordingly in his own beautifully original style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“East Coasting” sounds like the prototypical 1950s jazz recording. It’s something one would hear in an attic converted to a bedroom where an artist or lonely soul might live. It’s what a lot of people might believe Jazz would or should sound like. Highly recommended to Jazz lovers and perhaps more importantly- to young people who have just been blown away by Kerouac’s novel “On the Road” and have become interested in exploring Jazz. “East Coasting” will allow them to get a taste of lost creative America. S. Wynn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180 gram LP x 1 standard sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMono Recording\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecorded August 1957, in New York City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]PPAN P6019[[Artist]]Charles Mingus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"East Coasting \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959695180021,"sku":"PPAN P6019","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/5060149621974.jpg?v=1755042973"},{"product_id":"get-back-home-in-the-usa","title":"Get Back Home In The USA","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded when Hooker was well into his ’60s “comeback,” Get Back Home features the bluesman in a solo performance (a mode that best reveals the subtleties of his work). The session was recorded in France, and Hooker must have been feeling a bit homesick, as the first song is “Get Back Home In The \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eUSA\u003c\/span\u003e,” where he describes in detail, over his trademark boogie rhythm, his return to his homeland and the joy he knows he will feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter this momentary ray of sunshine, though, things soon return to more familiar climes, with the bleakness of the slow blues “T.B. Is Killing Me” and the unbridled despair of “When My First Wife Left Me.” Hooker recorded this tune many times over the years, but this is one of the finest versions, plumbing the depths of shame and regret. Hooker’s raw, biting guitar work is at its best here. Even the umpteenth recording of the Hooker chestnut “Boogie Chillen” is invested with uncommon verve. With the addition of six powerful bonus cuts, Get Back Home is both an excellent introduction into the sultry, menacing world of Hooker and a vital addition to the collections of his hardcore fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g double LP set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures the bluesman in a solo performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecorded on November 30th, 1969 in Pau, France at Monsestier-Lemay Studio\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]PPAN003[[Artist]]John Lee Hooker\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"Get Back Home In The USA \/ Vinyl \/ 2LP Black","offer_id":43959695409397,"sku":"PPAN003","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/GetBackHomeInTheUSA.jpg?v=1782327934"},{"product_id":"7936-south-rhodes","title":"7936 South Rhodes","description":"\u003cp\u003e[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCBS\u003c\/span\u003e Studios in New Bond Street by Mike Ross, who had the previous year recorded The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?, this album is a must own for the sound quality alone. It was recorded “live” in the studio, straight to stereo without any overdubs or post mixing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original Blue Horizon issue LP was for some peculiar reason issued as mono although the master tapes are stereo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe music in the grooves is equal to the sound with Peter Green playing at his usual impeccable best behind Eddie Boyd’s solid piano and vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Selling Points]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandard sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecorded at New Bond Street in 1968\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter Green playing at his usual impeccable best behind Eddie Boyd’s solid piano and vocals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[Catalog Number]]7-63202[[Artist]]Eddie Boyd with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pure Pleasure","offers":[{"title":"7936 South Rhodes \/ Vinyl \/ LP Black","offer_id":43959695573237,"sku":"7-63202","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/tmp_2F1563583353900-4rgomg7y6eq-7211e7dfa1de8d071b17b5419c6635f9_2F3877_foto1_product_xl.jpg?v=1690526411"}],"url":"https:\/\/lightintheattic.net\/collections\/featured-preorders.oembed?page=42","provider":"Light in the Attic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}