Fresh Grabs

Selaws said:
Huge haul of bits over the past week or so. I will start with the big ones!

The New Jazz Orchestra – Le Déjeuner Sur L'Herbe (Verve Records, 1969 First Stereo Pressing)

A huge score that I have been working on back and forth for a while now. The group was incredibly important for British jazz and included the creme of the crop, such as Ian Carr, Harry Beckett, Henry Lowther, Michael Gibbs, Barbara Thompson, Jon Hiseman, Neil Ardley, etc. Mike Taylor also contributed a couple of tracks (as did Michael Garrick). Such incredible music.

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Norma Winstone – Edge Of Time (Argo, 1972 First Pressing)

Norma Winstone's debut as lead. It's an incredible avant-garde album that once again features some of the greatest British jazz musicians of the era (Mike Osborne, John Surman, Alan Skidmore, Henry Lowther and Kenny Wheeler, etc). Another biggie that I was able to luck out on!

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Joe Harriott Quintet – Free Form (Jazzland, 1961 First US Promo Pressing)

Continuing on with the free-jazz theme is this belter from Joe Harriott. This is often cited as being THE album that defined British free-jazz and I was able to get this promo white label pressing for a steal.

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The Jazz Couriers Featuring Tubby Hayes And Ronnie Scott – The Jazz Couriers (Tempo, 1958 First 7" Pressing)

I have been hunting down a few Tempo 7" releases lately as in most cases they never made it on a full album. I passed up on an extremely expensive copy of this a couple of years ago and am glad I waited as I was able to get this at a killer price! Its in pretty decent shape, the disc itself is super clean and with the triangle inner.

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Muriel Grossmann – Natural Time (Dreamlandrecords, 2021 First Pressing)
Muriel Grossmann – Union (RRGEMS, 2021 First Pressing)
Graham Collier – British Conversations (My Only Desire Records, 2021 First Pressing)
Nat Birchall – Cosmic Language (Jazzman, 2018 First Pressing)
Nat Birchall – Invocations (Jazzman, 2018 First Pressing)

A great haul of 'recent' releases! Muriel Grossmann continues to release stunning albums, with these 2 being fantastic! I haven't heard the full album yet but the Graham Collier looks to be fantastic, with Harry Beckett featuring on trumpet! I had a look around the record shops in central London for the first time in forever (might have been the first time since COVID!) and came away with the 2 Nat Birchall's which have been out of print and tricky to find for a while now!

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The Dudley Moore Trio - The Dudley Moore Trio (Decca, 1969 First Stereo Pressing)
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite (Philips, 1953 First UK 10" Pressing)

I have to admit to being shocked when I saw this Dudley Moore record when searching through the racks in a shop in Nottingham last weeked. I didn't realise that Moore had any connection to jazz (he was quite a famous actor and comedian) and for a couple of quid I thought it was worth picking this out. At the same time I found this really cool looking Ellington 10" which also looks great!

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The Jazz Couriers Discography by Tony Middleton
Down Beak Yearbook 1956
Newport Jazz Festival 1971

Whilst in central London I popped into Ray's Jazz in Foyles and while there weren't any records that took my fancy, the Jazz Couriers Discography and Newport programme was a steal at just £2.50 each! I was also able to get this Downbeat yearbook on eBay for cheap and I spent quite a while digging into it the other day, it's a fantastic timemachine!

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that's a hell of a haul
 
ranbalam said:
Me too! I lost my OG copy decades ago, so I have the 2nd pressing, the one without Sleepwalkin and a different song order. I was happy to grab this repress with the original cover.
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I found an OP for like $15 a few years ago, knew who they were but didn't know that album. Ended up loving it more than I thought I would. Good to know they reissued it the proper way.
 
The Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (VMP)
Snail Mail - Valentine (In my Top 5 of the year)
Peter Rosenberg - Real Late
Sierra Ferrell - Long Time Coming (Signed) [Bummed that she played in Burlington the day before I arrived)
RHCP - By The Way
RHCP - Woodstock 1994 (Got this at Burlington Records on Sunday)
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