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Underrated trio. A super group?
In retrospective Bob Welch was a great guitar player. Wasn't he a very important influence for Fleetwood Mac after Peter Green?
Underrated LP. Interesting songwriting. Glenn Cornick was the bass player in early Jethro Tull.
Listen to A2 "Big Towne, 2061".

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One of the most underrated guitarists.
Look at the crazy guitar model!
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisc NYC.
Listen to instrumental version of "When a man loves a woman" A4.
A masterpiece!

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Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
(1971, Deram/London)





great stuff, I don't listen to this enough. With the original lineup. A softer edge to the music than contemporary work by King Crimson or Soft Machine, but the same quirks and musical brilliance.

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​A bright spot in the darkness off the 80ies rock-pop-synthies-new wave music business.
Listen to the driving hypnotic "Get it on" A1.

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Feat. Jasper Van't Hof kb, Nicola Fiszman b, Fredy Studer dr.
Recorded June 25.-27., 1985 at Soundville Luzern, Switzerland by Rene Zingg. It was mixed before it was recorded......by those quick Germans at Tonstudio Bauer!
Listen to the beautiful tune "Plum Island" A1.

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Underrated. Superb piano playing by Paul Harris (Manassas/SoutherHillmanFuray Band).
Somebody stupid has punched a hole into Dave....
Listen to the perfect vocal harmonies and a Hammond in Procol Harum-style in "Sit and wonder" B1.

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Enjoyable pop history in mono!
This is the starting point of the psychedelic blues of Robin Trower and Gary Brooker. The 1964 Songs on side A are still in typical beat genre.
But the side B marks the take off of Procol Harum.
Listen to the guitar fills and soloing by Robin Trower in 1965 blues "Cuttin' in" B2. Superb Brooker vocals plus big orchestra and choir.
Listen to the powerful vocals by Gary in "You never had it so good" B3.
B4: Brooker as James Brown-shouter in R&B "Don't ya like my love?"
B5: Brooker sings Beatles-harmonies on "Draw me closer". Previously only available on French 1965 EP "Les Paramounts".
B6: Robin Trower plays Buddy Holly-rhythms on "Turn on your lovelight".
Funny psychedelic soul following after the famous Clapton/Cream (and of sure "Hard days night"!!) intro-chord, everybody knows:
B8 Mingus' "Freedom". This one was previously unissued. A nearly forgotten gem of Trower jamming with Brooker in Led Zeppelin-style at the swinging end of this great track. You may meet this sequence 4 years later in the middle of "Whole lotta love". Who has invented it???
Don't forget to remember the great B.J.Wilson!

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Feat. Jasper Van't Hof kb, Nicola Fiszman b, Fredy Studer dr.
Recorded June 25.-27., 1985 at Soundville Luzern, Switzerland by Rene Zingg. It was mixed before it was recorded......by those quick Germans at Tonstudio Bauer!
Listen to the beautiful tune "Plum Island" A1.

recorded in Luzern around the time of my first visit to that beautiful part of the world. I didn't know there was a recording studio in that town.

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Newport 1958
(1958, Columbia/Coronet) MONO, Australian pressing




killer sound quality on this live recording. breakfast with Brubeck.

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Freddie Hubbard - Here To Stay
(1963, Blue Note) '85 issue, Promo stamped cover




notes from discogs:
Recorded on December 27, 1962 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Digitally re-mastered at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood.
This album was scheduled for release as BST 84135 in 1963 but was never issued.
It first appeared as part of a Hubbard double album (BNLA 496-2) in 1976.
It is issued here for the first time with the original Reid Miles cover from 1963.

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Moby Grape - Moby Grape '69
(1969, Columbia) -1A/-1A XSM Santa Maria plant

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The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
(1971, RCA)

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Produced by Bill Wyman. Recorded with the Rolling Stone's mobile unit.
The blind spot: the weak lead vocals. Why didn't Bill Wyman notice it?
Too many bottles.....

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Beautiful vocal harmonies. Elaborate guitars. All winners no fillers.
Listen to majestic song A2 "Don't look back". Is it CSN&Y or BJH?
No, the cover foto tells us: this must be Charlie!
Superb dynamics. Good German pressing.
Underrated and forgotten.

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Thelonious Monk - Underground
(1968, Columbia) -1C / -1D Columbia Santa Maria pressing