Ain’t nothing but a jazz thing here at eil Towers with some top jazz rare vinyl and CDs coming through the doors over the past week, here’s a few to whet your jazz whistle, see them all here.
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Original pressed jazz rarities…
LONNIE SMITH Afro-Desia: 1975 US 5-track stereo LP produced by Sonny Lester, pasted gatefold picture sleeve – more info here
Classic jazz, original and high end audio reissues……
JOHNNY GRIFFIN SEXTET The Little Giant: 1959 US first issue 6-track deep groove mono LP on the blue & silver ‘reel & mic’ Riverside label, also starring Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones & Albert Heath, pasted picture sleeve with historic tape reinforced corner edges, more info here
Jazz reissues, new releases and vintage pressings with prices to suit all…
QUINCY JONES Listen Up – The Lives Of Quincy Jones:Superb 1990 German box set which features a 19-track CD album, housed inside jewel case with picture sleeve which is the first compilation of Quincy’s greatest music. Mounted inside an 11″ square corrugated card mount with full track listing. This set also includes a colour poster and 194-page 11″ square book. All housed inside a stickered plastic outer! More info here
High end audio CDs….
MILES DAVIS Bitches Brew: 1999 Austrian 7-track 2CD including bonus track Feio, not on the original 1970 album. 28-bit digital remastered version featuring musicians Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Dave Holland, Jack DeJonette, Joe Zawinul and many others. Included is a 28-page booklet picture sleeve containing extensive notes on the making of the album all inside a hype stickered slipcase, more info here
Ultimate Jazz, rare originals…..
HANK MOBLEY SEXTET Hank Mobley With Donald Byrd And Lee Morgan:Extremely rare 1957 US first press 4-track mono LP on the ‘Lexington Avenue’ deep groove Blue Note label with Rudy Van Gelder ‘RVG’ and ‘ear’ etched into the run off area, pastedpicture sleeve with tape reinforced bottom edge, more info here
…..Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Jack Your Body’, the first ‘House’ record to top the UK chart. From the Guardian Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley only made his 1986 track to amuse his friends – then it burst out of Chicago’s clubs and became a […]
Dick’s Picks: This week our resident vinyl guru ‘Dick’ has decided to get a little metaphysical on yo’ ass with a selection of French poetry anthologies, ‘wot no rock, metal, prog or psych’ I hear you ask, what’s that got to do with music and why should we care? […]
From the Guardian More and more musicians are throwing their own festivals – is this the future of live performance or a cynical fad? Once, musicians were just workshy, financially illiterate types who were quite happy to turn up to a festival, make their quota of onstage welly bants […]
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