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[Fritz The Cat]

Mono. Maximum sound and dynamics.
Listen to the "Congo Train" wailing through the night, the oriental jangle of "Cairo Bazaar" and the smoke-filled nightclub in "Mombasa After Midnight".
Look at this very very beautiful cover art!!!
Africa still echoes with the primitive beat. Thrilling adventure in exotic sounds. Somebody has written "erotic" with pencil below "exotic".
Yesssss!

[Fritz The Cat]

Plas Johnson saxophone.
The jungle is exciting and Les Baxter's music matches perfectly.
Very old but perfect US vinyl.
Superb dynamics.

[Fritz The Cat]

Sixty years old german vinyl. Nonbreakable!!! Mono.
It sound's still superb though there are many scratches on the surface. But in the groove there are the rich dynamics of the jungle preserved.
Since 3 weeks we have tropical weather in Switzerland. Everyday much rain. The Rhein is full and overflowing the riverside. They say, the Bodensee will also be overflowing tomorrow.
So this is the appropriate jazz music for the contemporary tropical weather in Switzerland.

[SpeakerLabFan]

It's still more than a month before I visit Switzerland - hopefully all that rain will be finished by then and back to summer sunshine!

stay dry, cause if it keeps on raining you know what's going to happen...









Procol Harum - Historia De La Musica Rock
(1981, Polydor) Spanish issue




volume 15 in the series of rock compilations put out by Polydor.

[Fritz The Cat]

It's still more than a month before I visit Switzerland - hopefully all that rain will be finished by then and back to summer sunshine!

stay dry, cause if it keeps on raining you know what's going to happen...









Procol Harum - Historia De La Musica Rock
(1981, Polydor) Spanish issue




volume 15 in the series of rock compilations put out by Polydor.

This was my favorite band and music in the seventies. Gary Brooker was the mastermind. I bought EVERY album of PH. In the next days there will be much sunshine in Switzerland. Summer is here at last. So listen to "Salad days are here again" of Procol Harum's debut album.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Bo Grumpus - Before The War
(1968, Atco) -1D/-2B




produced by Felix Pappalardi. mostly spacey folk psych - even a harpsichord on one song - with a punchy bass backing by Pappalardi.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Lou Reed - Legendary Hearts
(1983, RCA) STERLING in the deadwax, mastered by Greg Calbi





another great LP from Lou Reed singing straight from the heart. a $1 find on the way home today in NM- shape. The cassette tape is a recent 10 cent find, Reed & John Cale - Songs For Drella.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Pink Floyd - More
(1969, Harvest)

[SpeakerLabFan]

Booker T. & The MGs - Soul Dressing
(1965, Stax) MONO




scorching guitar and organ solos from Steve Cropper and Booker T.

[Fritz The Cat]

Thriftstore find last week for 2 SFr.
Very good german Bellaphon pressing. Bellaphon always had high standard of quality. "Soul Limbo" still has this certain funfair feeling: roundabout music.

[Fritz The Cat]

Pink Floyd - More
(1969, Harvest)

The german original issue looks like this. Album cover by Hipgnosis looks slightly different to the US issue.
Soundtrack for a French hippie movie nobody has ever seen. Anybody did?
The plot of the movie is about a German student who meets a beautiful girl in Paris who is into drugs. After falling in love with her, he gets addicted to heroin and eventually dies of an overdose. Interesting theme????
Listen to the blues: track B3, Gilmour's "More Blues". Simple and pure!

[SpeakerLabFan]

Cal Collins - Milestones
(1984, PAUSA)




Straight ahead jazz guitar, recorded at a 1974 performance.

[Fritz The Cat]

Thriftstore find today for 4 SFr. Dirty!!!!! After washing this dirty one during half an hour: what great fat dynamics! 45 years old superb US vinyl.
Tennie Hodges guitar. Charles Hodges organ and piano. Leroy Hodges bass. Al Jackson drums.
"The Memphis Sound" recorded at Royal Recording Studio.
A discovery. Listen loud. And don't forget to dance!

[Fritz The Cat]

Thriftstore find 3 hours ago. Since years i was searching for this book. Found for 10 SFr. in the children's book bin. Thanks to the children who mainly play with their play stations. They don't know about the LPs of Yes, Uriah Heep, Osibisa, Budgie and........

[Fritz The Cat]

Thriftstore find this afternoon for 4 SFr. Very very dirty. After washing for half an hour: what a big surprise! Superb dynamics. Some slightly audible scratches. A sound full of life, conserved in 2 grooves on a 56 years old american vinyl LP.
Notice on back cover: A fine record deserves an RCA Victor Stereo High Fidelity "Victrola".
Anybody who knows "Victrola"?????