A few stellar pick-ups from todays carboot, plus a delayed birthday gift, a fantastic 2lp set, and some books.
Grant Green - Slick! - Live at Oil Can Harry’s (Resonance Records, 2018 Limited Pressing)
Art Taylor - A.T.'s Delight (Blue Note, 2020 BN80 Pressing)
Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium by John Corbett with Limited Sun Ra Flexidisc (Duke University Press, 2017, 260 Pages)
Downbeat Jazz Record Reviews Vol 3 (Downbeat, 1959, 226 pages)
The Grant Green is one I have been hunting down for a while. Resonance Records are fantastic and this 2lp set looks great. Art Taylor was a present which arrived slightly after my birthday, but that's not an issue and I can't wait to spin it. I mentioned on the Jazz & Blue Note threads that I have been trying to collect all volumes of the Downbeat Jazz Record Reviews but they tend to be quite allusive. I stumbled across a second copy of vol 3 (I thought I had the 4th vol and didn't realise I was doubling up) for a price cheaper than new books cost so I had to grab it. At the same time, I saw this 'Vinyl Freak' book which looks at out of print records which were never released on CD, it also includes a limited flexi disc of a Sun Ra recording (which rather crazily sold for £70 on its own through Discogs).
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Count Basie And His Orchestra - Basie's Best (Brunswick, 1953 First Mono 10")
Fats Waller - Young Fats Waller - Early Piano Solos (His Master's Voice, 1956 First Mono 10")
"Fats" Waller And His Rhythm - "Fats" Waller Plays And Sings (His Master's Voice, 1954 First Mono 10")
Erskine Hawkins / Charlie Barnet / Bud Freeman - Vol. 34 (Curcio, 1981 Compilation)
We went to the carboot sale again today and picked up a small assortment of records. Nothing too fancy here, but I always find that the Curcio releases are absolute hidden gems at fantastic prices (this cost me 50p and I believe these are previously unreleased live sessions). I got a kick out of the Count Basie liner notes which open ups with "Probably the most outstanding new artist...".
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