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Jerry Jeff Walker - Ridin' High
(1975, MCA) FW NYC in the deadwax, mastered at Frankford Wayne, NYC




"Texas country drunk n' roll"

[Fritz The Cat]

Drunk'n'roll? Why?

[SpeakerLabFan]

Drunk'n'roll? Why?

I agree with the allmusic review impressions:

The album feels like a solid stream of hippie cowboy music fed by cold Lone Star, lots of pot, and the occasional line. To listen closely is to miss the point. This is an album to be experienced with the senses, entering into the free flow of Walker's good-time world even for the 40 minutes it takes to listen to the album. But that's far better than nothin', ain't it?

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Michael Doucet & Cajun Brew - s/t
(1988, Rounder)




with Richard Thompson on electric guitar, and he also contributes Liner Notes.

[Fritz The Cat]

Swiss made pressing.
Recorded for King Jazz Records in New York and Chicago, July-December 1945.
Sidney Bechet on soprano sax. Sammy Price piano. Oran "Lips" Page and Wesley "Sox" Wilson (superb!) vocals.
Interesting because Sidney Bechet does not play clarinette as usual.
Listen to bass playing by George "Pops" Foster on track A7 "Funky Butt".

[Fritz The Cat]

Swiss made pressing.
Listen to these 3 great Blues singers on this one:
1.) Wesley "Sox" Wilson eschews exaggerated vocal expressiveness in favour of clear and precise diction (cit. notice by Humphrey Lyttleton on inner fold cover). Listen to her on tracks A4 "Evil Gal Blues" and B5 "Groovin' The Minor".
2.) New Orleans born Pleasant Joe's trademark was a voice full of rough dissonance and frequently punctuated by the gasp, half chuckle and half sob (cit. dito). Listen to him on track B6 "Levee Blues".
3.) Oran "Hot Lips" Page was a genuine blues singer who expressed his own thoughts without reference to any formal lyric. Listen to his across-the-beat phrasing on track B2 "Blood on the moon"(cit. dito).

[Fritz The Cat]

33 or 45 rpm? This is the question.
Interesting comparison: side A plays in 33rpm, B in 45rpm. All compositions by Frank Egli, kb. Fantastic dynamics.
Swiss JazzRock, recorded Jan. 1983 at Magnetix Studio, Küsnacht, Switzerland. They still are on the road with "Sofa reloaded 2016".
My choice is 45!

[Fritz The Cat]

Ecuador-Switzerland connection, rich in variety.
Listen to superb guitar playing/flutes/vocals and rock music rhythms.
Very interesting influences of 45 years of rock/latinrock/jazzrock/cantautore rock and many many Jethro Tull reminiscences.
A characteristic powerful voice. Superb dynamics.
No vinyl available?

[Fritz The Cat]

Recorded 1984 at Magnetix Studio, Küsnacht, Switzerland.
Notice on back cover: Thanks to our psychiatrist who saved us from further mental disaster....
Let the music speak! You don't need any help by psychiatrists. Listen to this one....

[Fritz The Cat]

Swiss JazzRock recorded 1985 at Artag Studio, Zürich.
Superb sax by Florian Egli.

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2 LP. Recorded live in California 1983. Listen to C3 "Slat Key Soquel Rag".

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Bossa Nova USA
(1963, Columbia) MONO, WLP -1F / -1E




Nice mellow Brubeck and Paul Desmond for a Monday.

[Fritz The Cat]

Back to the roots. No more keep on running.
Some calm folky bluesy tunes.
Listen to Barney Kessels guitar on track A4 "Balkan Blues" with many many wild violins.

[Fritz The Cat]

US reissue of a year nobody knows, probably 70ies. Deadwax inscription: ST-A-59 192-T sf/atl
Very good dynamics.
The 4 musicians on front cover foto are not very amused because they all had to put on the same ties and jackets.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South
(1970, Atco) Monarch symbol in the deadwax




RIP Butch Trucks