Dub Specialist being Coxsone Dodd, or at least at a guess one of his engineers/producers. I have a moody 18 track rip but the link is to the official Bandcamp download with two extra tracks. Fine stuff.
An oldie from emusic, now on bandcamp, have not revisited this in a long time, still sounds pretty great. In the same ballpark as, say, From the Mouth of the Sun, maybe some of A Winged Victory for the Sullen.
I was reading a Substack post on the unjustly neglected pianist Walter Bishop Jr and this album was one of the ones mentioned. Lots of other great players as you might guess, it being an Art Blakey joint. It's also a "fix-up" album made of tracks from two 10" album releases something I find fascinating in a nerdy fashion.
"The Eighty Six Years of Eubie Blake" by Eubie Blake, released in 1969. Not one of my normal listens but a great way to appreciate and enjoy Ragtime by one of the top early practitioners. He continued to perform well into his 90s.
Coral Keys is a classic that I first, er, acquired during the early days of sharity blogs - Black Jazz label albums being way too rare and fruity even in London. Keeper of My Soul I've never come across though I see it is on YouTube - so that's where I'm heading next this morning. Thanks for the heads up!
Just back from holiday and can't stop playing music!
This time it is "Altamont Diary", the 2004 album by Black Cab. This is a blend of Neo-Psychedelia and Shoegaze with the name of the album and the title of the first track ("Summer of Love"), giving a clue of where the album is heading. it is in fact a concept album based on the ill-fated 1969 free concert at Altamont Speedway in California headlined by the Rolling Stones.
Band programmer Andrew Coates said he came up with the idea while living in San Francisco. "In a collectors' shop I found the issue of Rolling Stone magazine that came out after Altamont with a 20-page special. The album grew from there, loosely inspired by the events of a day which ended so badly, the end of the summer of love."
Renowned critic David Fricke of Rolling Stone (US) gave the album high praise, writing:
“‘With bloodied-fuzz guitars, hellish electronics and sound bites from Gimme Shelter, the Australian duo Black Cab has created a riveting, album-length memorial to the fatal folly of the Rolling Stones' free concert at Altamont Speedway.’”
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https://studioone.bandcamp.com/album/version-dread
Dub Specialist being Coxsone Dodd, or at least at a guess one of his engineers/producers. I have a moody 18 track rip but the link is to the official Bandcamp download with two extra tracks. Fine stuff.
RETURN OF LIGHT OF NO RETURN
by hwy51
https://hwy51.bandcamp.com/album/return-of-light-of-no-return
I was reading a Substack post on the unjustly neglected pianist Walter Bishop Jr and this album was one of the ones mentioned. Lots of other great players as you might guess, it being an Art Blakey joint. It's also a "fix-up" album made of tracks from two 10" album releases something I find fascinating in a nerdy fashion.
https://electricmagiclabel.bandcamp.com/album/end-of-forever-emlp14
And very good it is too.
This time it is "Altamont Diary", the 2004 album by Black Cab. This is a blend of Neo-Psychedelia and Shoegaze with the name of the album and the title of the first track ("Summer of Love"), giving a clue of where the album is heading. it is in fact a concept album based on the ill-fated 1969 free concert at Altamont Speedway in California headlined by the Rolling Stones.
Band programmer Andrew Coates said he came up with the idea while living in San Francisco. "In a collectors' shop I found the issue of Rolling Stone magazine that came out after Altamont with a 20-page special. The album grew from there, loosely inspired by the events of a day which ended so badly, the end of the summer of love."
Renowned critic David Fricke of Rolling Stone (US) gave the album high praise, writing:
Try the "Summer of Love" track below.