What's Playing Now

[JeffW]

Trio Music, a collaboration of Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous, and Roy Haynes.

The first album is just improv jazz, as if these 3 guys' improv could be labeled as "just".

Second album is their homage to Thelonious Monk.

Just bad ass, both albums, ECM GmbH

Bought used, one (..two) of the best albums I have bought, condition-wise. Killer.

[SpeakerLabFan]

John McLaughlin with The One Truth Band - Electric Dreams
(1979, Columbia) WLP Promo/NFS; STERLING GC in the deadwax; mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound

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Mountain - Avalanche
(1974, Windfall/Columbia)



A reunion record after the band had broken up in '72. Their original compositions/lyrics leave something to be desired but Leslie West plays a screaming guitar, with good backing from Corky Laing and Felix Pappalardi on drums and bass. They do a cover of "Satisfaction" - West puts his own (substantial) weight behind it.

[SpeakerLabFan]

The Incredible String Band - I Looked Up
(1970, Elektra) STERLING RL in the deadwax; mastered by Robert Ludwig at Sterling Sound

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The United States Of America - self titled
(1968, Columbia)

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Max Roach + 4 - Moon Faced And Starry Eyed
(1960, Mercury) WLP Promo/NFS



with Julian Priester, Stanley Turrentine, Ray Bryant, Bob Boswell, Abbey Lincoln. Another GW find this week, appears and sounds unplayed.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Ramatam - self titled
(1972, Atlantic)




April Lawton on Lead guitar; Mitch Mitchell from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, drums; Mike Pinera from Blues Image and Iron Butterfly, guitar and vocals. The songwriting is pretty generic, bland early 70s blues rock but with strong distinctive lead guitar playing from Lawton.

[SpeakerLabFan]

John Entwistle - Rigor Mortis Sets In
(1973, Track)



recorded November 1972, some pretty lame Sha Na Na-style covers of classic 50's rock n' roll songs plus originals. a solo version of Entwistle's "My Wife" leads off side 2. interesting to have as an Entwistle compleatist, but disappointing otherwise.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Smoke - self titled
(1969, Uni)




Electrified obscure Texas biker hippie band; psychedelic blues boogie with organ & guitar. Unipak gatefold with a cool Alice in Wonderland drawing on the inner gatefold. Not a lot of information on this band, found this description:

Smoke is best described as the Grateful Dead's backwoods cousins after sitting at the feet of the Maharishi. Led by 300 pound Brother John Orvis, a man a spiritually gentle as he was physically imposing, the band made its way up and down the Pacific coast, singing about peace, love, and self realization.

A $2 flea market find this afternoon. I'm guessing Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper would have fit right in with this crowd.

[SEAWOLF97]

picked this one up today on SLF's recommendation ...still sealed ....38 cents

[SEAWOLF97]

yesterday was near 70 , sunny and beautiful....so dusted off the Fuji summer bike , finally de-escalated from winter jacket/gloves/helmet and went for the long ride down to 42nd & Powell ....hauled these back + the 5 LP set of Chicago at Carnegie Hall ...I'm really picky anymore and most finds do not pass vinyl condition inspection ..

[JeffW]

Coryell-Khan

Two For the Road

Some more great picking, Arista recording sounds superb. This system just excels at acoustic guitar.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Bob Seger -Smokin' O.P.'s
(1972, Capitol) MASTERED BY CAPITAL in the deadwax; 1978 reissue - the first pressing was on the Palladium label



includes a cover of Love The One You're With, also covers of Bo Diddley, Tim Hardin, Leon Russell, and Chuck Berry.



Richard Torrance and Eureka - Belle Of The Ball

picked this one up today on SLF's recommendation ...still sealed ....38 cents

Nice, it's been awhile since I threw that on, but I recall that it's a good one. I saw a later Torrance record at a local GW last week but decided to pass. It has a striking cover...

[SpeakerLabFan]

Family - Fearless
(1971, United Artists)



UK psychedelic/progressive band; a cool layered-page gatefold cover. another excellent condition $2 flea market find yesterday, I saw this one first when flipping through the box, then other really interesting titles. I was expecting to find them trashed, but they are pristine, the seller said that he recorded them to reel to reel back in the day, and put away the records.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Fever Tree - For Sale
(1970, Ampex)



includes a cover of Arthur Lee's She Comes In Colors, and side 2 is a nearly 13 minute version of Hey Joe.