Joe Bataan – Gypsy Woman Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz |Latin, Boogaloo, Soul 2022 Craft Recordings CR00552|| Original release – Fania 1967 So it’s another holiday weekend in the land of my birth. Actually, the holiday is Tuesday, July 4th, Independence Day, but in spite of the insidious Protestant Work Ethic, many Americans will make…
Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite: We Insist feat. Abbey Lincoln (1961)
Max Roach – Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite: We Insist Vinyl trasnsfer in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi + web scans | Bebop, Hard Bop Candid CLP 30021 | Record Store Day 2022 | Orig.rel. 1961 “The Beat has a rich and magnificent history…” We could do worse than to commemorate Juneteenth with…
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Cosmic Funk (1974) (2022 RGM)
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Cosmic Funk Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | 300 dpi scans | Jazz, Spiritual jazz 2022 Real Gone Music || 1974 Orig. Flying Dutchman So I actually crafted a new, short write-up of this record without remembering that I posted about it once before, 13…
Larry Coryell – Live At The Village Gate (1971)
Larry Coryell – At The Village Gate (1971) Vanguard VSD-6573 – Vinyl transferred at 192 khz 32-bit floating point Most of the Vanguard material that Larry Coryell recorded is pretty distinct from the kind of music he would later become known for. More raw, psychedelic, and bluesy than his later shred-it-to-bits fusion flexing, and with…
Tito Puente – Mucho Puente (1957) (1986 Venezuela)
Tito Puente – Mucho Puente Vinyl transfer in 24-bit/192 kHz || Latin, Salsa 1957 RCA Victor || This pressing 1986 Venezuela RCA 102-02019 || Mono An interesting late 50’s record from Tito Puente, this may not be the best record to inaugurate what (I hope) will be a small series of posts I will do…
Quarteto Novo – Quarteto Novo (1967)
Quarteto Novo – Quarteto Novo 1967 Odeon (S)MFOB 3505 EU Reissue 2008 EMI – 5099921674624 Holy hell somebody grab a fire extinguisher because this record cooks so much it started a grease fire and may burn your whole house down. Don’t believe me? Yes, the record starts out gently with acoustic treatments playing Northeastern musical…