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[Fritz The Cat]

First record by an American Jazz group in Japan, as Cannonball introduces at the beginning of this LP. I always liked his introductions. Joe Zawinul was the future of Jazz then. Recorded in concert in Tokyo July 14 and 15, 1963. US 1990 reissue. Superb pressing. Pete Townsend was deeply impressed by the short track B1 "Tengo Tango", as he writes in his autobiography.

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Vince Guaraldi - Jazz Impressions
(1964, Fantasy) late 70's reissue




Nice music to ease into the weekend.

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Osibisa - s/t
(1971, Decca)




smoking R&B/afro pop. a nice debut followed by Woyaya, released the same year. inner gatefold:

[Fritz The Cat]

Vince Guaraldi - Jazz Impressions
(1964, Fantasy) late 70's reissue




Nice music to ease into the weekend.

Calming one. US 1987 reissue. Eddie Duran guitar. Interesting cool guitar playing. These 1987 reissues had superb dynamics. Your US pressing is probably from 1978: i can see the picture of 1975 Cannonball Adderley's "Phenix" on inner sleeve. (See my post of January 25, 2016)

[Fritz The Cat]

Osibisa - s/t
(1971, Decca)




smoking R&B/afro pop. a nice debut followed by Woyaya, released the same year. inner gatefold:

The producer was Tony Visconti. Engineer Roy Thomas Baker. Art work by Roger Dean. This one is an italian MCA pressing. Good dynamics though it's a little bit mistreated. Not by me.....

[Fritz The Cat]

Sides A and B were recorded at the Jazz Workshop San Francisco, 1959. Quintet with Bobby Timmons on piano. This was a bestseller.
Sides C and D were recorded at the Village Vanguard, New York, 1962. Sextet with Joe Zawinul on piano. This is an essential one.
Remastered 1977 by David Turner. Listen to the informative and funny introductions by Julian Adderley. Extensive liner notes by Dick Katz.
Two milestones of 20th century music.....

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About The Beatles
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CCR is similar to The Beatles I guess they mean number of members ? number of stereo channels ? other than that I can't see too many similarities
CCR is similar, but Ringo isn't ?

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Beck Bogert Appice - s/t
(1973, Epic) -1A/-1B, STERLING RL in the deadwax, mastered by Robert Ludwig




nice sound quality/low frequency ....and quite a cover of Stevie Wonder's Superstition.

[Fritz The Cat]

Beck Bogert Appice - s/t
(1973, Epic) -1A/-1B, STERLING RL in the deadwax, mastered by Robert Ludwig




nice sound quality/low frequency ....and quite a cover of Stevie Wonder's Superstition.

English original 1973 pressing looks like this. 3 tracks produced by Don Nix. Beck definitively not in best form. Overrated?

[Fritz The Cat]

45rpm maxi single. 2 tracks from LP "Exit O" and one track from "Guitar Town". Listen to track B2 "My old friend the blues". Listen loud. Great sound. Great poet: read his impressive book "I'll never get out of this world alive" and remember Jim Morrison: No one gets here out alive.

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Rory Gallagher - Top Priority
(1979, Chrysalis)




According with Wikipedia was titled Top Priority because Chrysalis promised RG to make it their top priority for marketing. Killer blues guitar rock, turn it up!

[Fritz The Cat]

Rory Gallagher - Top Priority
(1979, Chrysalis)




According with Wikipedia was titled Top Priority because Chrysalis promised RG to make it their top priority for marketing. Killer blues guitar rock, turn it up!

The german pressing. The problem of this one: there was not really any song on this LP. Do you recall any song? Which one do you recommend? A tragedy: the master of stratocaster without any songs......

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The german pressing. The problem of this one: there was not really any song on this LP. Do you recall any song? Which one do you recommend? A tragedy: the master of stratocaster without any songs......

I like the record, but I like most of his records and his earlier work with Taste. I think it's full of songs with great hooks and guitar licks - Follow Me and Bad Penny, for example. Impressive songwriting - he was able to write so many interesting songs right after coming off a tour and an earlier record.

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Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
(1973, Harvest) WLY in the deadwax, both sides - mastered by Wally Traugott




a classic that I can remember buying new in 1973. I can enjoy a few passages now but unfortunately 43+ years of repeated listening = over-exposure. My college-age son enjoys the music and it has been fun comparing notes on the record with him.

[Fritz The Cat]

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
(1973, Harvest) WLY in the deadwax, both sides - mastered by Wally Traugott




a classic that I can remember buying new in 1973. I can enjoy a few passages now but unfortunately 43+ years of repeated listening = over-exposure. My college-age son enjoys the music and it has been fun comparing notes on the record with him.

So did i. Finally there are 6 copies and 2 CD's in my collection: diverse pressings from England, Germany, Italy, Japan (CD), America (CD). Interesting comparisons are possible. But IMHO there's no doubt about it: vinyl is not approachable by CD. Perhaps i'm not the right person to be objective enough for this statement. I have to confess, that my ears are somewhat calibrated to vinyl sounds: since 1970, when i bought my first Pink Floyd LP "Atom heart mother". This is a german Quadrophonie version. SQ standards: anybody may explain SQ?