tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78867092206527370372024-03-12T22:26:56.806-04:00soundological investimigationsDustin' off sounds that are out of print, out of sight, out of mind or just plain out.cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-58687098744207414242010-04-25T04:20:00.004-04:002010-04-25T04:51:50.282-04:00Gene Estes - Westful: Jazz In HollywoodGENE ESTES BAND Westful: Jazz In Hollywod 1976256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Nocturne NRS-701Preview clip:Big "P"Besame MuchoAlthough the name may not jump out at you right away, first-call LA percussionist Gene Estes has played a part in many classic recordings, including some of my best-loved soul faves like Willie Hutch's The Mack, Eddie Kendrick's The Hit Man (c/o Flabbergasted cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-54519718750788745222010-04-20T16:20:00.045-04:002010-04-23T12:29:49.208-04:00Moe Koffman - Museum PiecesMOE KOFFMAN Museum Pieces1978256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Janus JXS-7073Preview clip:Digs (Archaeology)What's the direct connection to the previous post featuring Hank Crawford? Since Moe avoids the sax entirely, it's the fact Crawford and Koffman regular Doug Riley were past musical directors for Ray Charles; Hank for an extended stint at the start of the 60s and RIley for a cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-68655942696033977242010-04-16T16:20:00.002-04:002010-04-16T21:52:17.878-04:00Hank Crawford - Tico RicoHANK CRAWFORD Tico Rico 1977256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Kudu KU-35Although this popped up on the essential and now-defunct The CTI Never Sleeps blog a while ago, I thought I'd offer up another rip from my clean copy of this fairly rare OOP session Hank Crawford recorded for Creed Taylor's Kudu imprint. There was also an issue with the tracks on that version being wrongly named andcheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-24344228280868751622010-04-11T16:20:00.003-04:002010-04-12T16:38:35.895-04:00Jeannie Trevor - Sings!!JEANNIE TREVOR Jeannie Trevor Sings!!1965256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Mainstream 56075Preview clips:FourVisit MeCould any record be better suited to current predilections of Soundological? We have here a lesser-known chanteuse supported by the Quartette Trés Bien recording for the first incarnation of Bob Shad's Mainstream records, wrapped in a wonderful Jack Lonshein pop-art cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-23182906936952699972010-04-04T16:20:00.005-04:002013-05-24T18:42:21.256-04:00Les McCann - Les McCann Plays The Hits
LES McCANN Les McCann Plays The Hits 1966256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Limelight LS 86041Another of Les McCann's unabashed stabs at the mainstream market for Quincy Jones' Limelight during the mid-60s, Les McCann Plays The Hits is exactly what the title advertises. Although enjoyable on the whole, it's generally a luke-warm affair for the most part as Les sounds less eager tocheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-12710950734293483212010-03-19T04:20:00.001-04:002010-03-19T13:36:47.220-04:00Willie Mitchell - Solid SoulWILLIE MITCHELLSolid Soul1968256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Hi SH-32045San-Ho-ZayIn a city populated by multiple generations of musical goliaths, WIllie Mitchell was somehow still able to stand head and shoulders above most Memphians. Since his passing this January, there have been many tributes made and obits written, so we'll keep it short and sweet here at SI. I'm throwing this cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-4207114122363933212010-03-11T16:20:00.004-05:002013-04-04T18:10:28.765-04:00Karel Bogard & Co. - Blues From Over The Border
KAREL BOGARD & CO.Blues From Over The Border1971224+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Barclay 90017 Since the last few posts featuring Mainstream MRL recordings were predominately of the blues persuasion, there's one more album of the genre to squeeze in before Soundological gets back in the swing of the jazz/funk/soul thing. To that end, this here write-up is a heapin' helpin' ofcheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-34241478590518350802010-02-17T04:20:00.008-05:002010-02-19T02:13:01.743-05:00Ray Charles-Arbee Stidham-Lil Son Jackson-James WayneVARIOUS ARTISTSRay Charles-Arbee Stidham-Lil Son Jackson-James Wayne1971256+ VBR mp3Vinyl rip & scans from MRL 310Junco PartnerShad made good use of his Sittin' In With catalogue both in the original Mainstream run and in the MRL series and this offering bears witness to two major aspects of Shad's career: his knack for "discovering" (or being one of the first to record) what would become cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-8514151471839208492010-02-11T16:20:00.003-05:002010-02-12T00:42:51.465-05:00Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee with Peppermint Harris - Going Down SlowSONNY TERRY & BROWNIE McGHEE with PEPPERMINT HARRISGoing Down Slow1952256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from MRL 407Key To The HighwayShad pulls out some old chestnuts from his Sittin' In catalogue by premier bluesmen Sonny & Terry and slaps on some Peppermint Harris (whom he discovered) to round things out. No surprises here, just some juke-joint country blues from some of the best cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-19764731757069309412010-02-10T16:20:00.002-05:002010-02-12T00:45:45.772-05:00Frank Turba - Frank TurbaFRANK TURBAFrank Turba1974256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from MRL 411DuettFrank Turba was an active participant in the heady German music scene during the 70s, mostly as a songwriter of pop songs. He has quite a few credits in the first half of the decade and a few of the earlier ones were collaborative efforts that included Giorgio Moroder prior to his breakthrough in global popularity cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-80161245330248935022010-02-06T04:20:00.002-05:002010-02-06T04:20:00.489-05:00Various Artists - The Guitar PlayersVARIOUS ARTISTSThe Guitar Players256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from MRL 410Ernie Wilkins & His Orchestra - Thank YouShad gets pretty desperate for product placement on this one, even more so than with some of the other compilations released at the tail-end of Mainstream's run. This one's culled haphazardly from previously available material (whereas Jazz and Booty featured session cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-84534417701710521982010-02-05T04:20:00.000-05:002010-02-05T04:20:00.195-05:00Joe Scott - A Symphony of Our TimeJOE SCOTTA Symphony of Our Time1970256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from MRL 307Movement 1 (excerpt)This is the second of two albums Joe Scott put together for Bob Shad's newly revamped Mainstream imprint, Mainstream Red Lion. The first, Motion Pictures: The NOW Generation, was a pretty straight-forward orchestral take on the hits of the day with some dope guitar fuzz by Jay Berliner (who cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-41801512028510370272010-02-01T04:20:00.009-05:002013-02-04T16:59:05.989-05:00Paul Jeffrey - Watershed
PAUL JEFFREYWatershed1973256+ VBR mp3Vinyl rip & scans from MRL 390Paul Henley Jeffrey is one of post-war jazz's brighter flames, a light who remains burning and is widely regarded as a prime participant in passing the torch to younger generations. Although he's better known for his stint as professor of Jazz Studies at Rutgers starting in 1977 then as Artist in Residence and Director ofcheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-3599039562544977602010-01-26T16:20:00.003-05:002010-01-26T16:20:00.331-05:00Carmen McRae - I Want YouCARMEN McRAEI Want You1964256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from MRL 387Here's the last of the Carmen McRae releases on the Mainstream MRL to be shared in the blogosphere. As usual with her MRL reissues, this one was compiled from various sources and tracks are culled from the same session used for Alfie [Mainstream S-6084] & Haven't We Met? [Mainstream 56044], except for #8 which is cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-43943348218323407552009-12-22T16:20:00.011-05:002012-07-27T13:57:49.347-04:00VA - Orishas Across The OceanVARIOUS ARTISTS Orishas Across The Ocean320 CBR mp3CD rip & scans from Ryko RCD 10405As winter progresses, long after its foliage has been shed, the tree loses most of the moisture in its trunk and must rely more than ever on the sap stored in its roots. In this spirit, Soundological would like to share with you a healthy helping of the musical equivalent of sap from said roots and the cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-10418573754885015702009-12-06T16:20:00.004-05:002009-12-16T16:11:31.192-05:00Jack Marshall & Shelly Manne - Sounds!JACK MARSHALL & SHELLY MANNESounds!1966256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Capitol ST-2610The Girls of Sao PauloThis is the final effort in the Sounds! series of duet albums Manne & Marshall did together during the early 60s. Manne was a drummer who always followed a different beat and was quite a bit more experimental than contemporaries like Buddy Rich and Louis Bellson. It wascheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-48864180351111167502009-11-25T04:20:00.006-05:002009-11-27T15:39:43.188-05:00Eddie Cano - The Latin Magic Of Eddie Cano & His OrchestraEDDIE CANOThe Latin Magic Of Eddie Cano & His Orchestra 196? 256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Hurrah H-1053Medley 4Eddie Cano was a gifted LA-born Latino pianist from a musical family who played a considerable role in the creation and popularisation of Latin jazz. His early work with Tito Puente, Machito and Noro Morales in the late 40s led to stints with Les Baxter, Cal Tjader, cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-70025110361685392502009-11-16T04:20:00.023-05:002010-04-11T16:23:43.764-04:00Quartette Trés Bien - KilimanjaroQUARTETTE TRÉS BIENKilimanjaro 1964256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from DL 74548KilimanjaroMy Favorite Things Often compared to the Ramsey Lewis/Young-Holt Trio, Billy Larkin & The Delegates, Odell Brown & the Organ-izers and The Three Sounds to name a few, this soulful piano-fronted St. Louis combo set themselves apart by adding a percussionist into the mix and notching up the cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-90984597137509390752009-11-15T04:20:00.001-05:002009-11-15T19:19:26.523-05:00Moe Koffman - Back To BachMOE KOFFMAN Back To Bach 1979256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Anthem ANR-1-1023Canned DaddyNursury Rhyme DancerThis is widely acknowledged as the worst set from the entire Moe Koffman catalogue and that truly says something, don't it? Frankly, it encapsulates everything wrong with discofied jazz and much of music in general at the end of the 70s (or is that the start of the 80s?): cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-64869022019528407782009-11-11T04:20:00.002-05:002009-11-12T15:03:39.161-05:00Moe Koffman - Solar ExplorationsMOE KOFFMAN Solar Explorations1974256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from GRT 9230-1050 VenusSince the previous Herbie Mann post included a cover of Moe's signature tune, Swingin' Shepherd Blues, I thought I'd bump this one up in the rotation. I'd have to say the fact the world's premiere jazz flautist chose to include one of Moe's compositions along with heavy hitters such as The Beatles, cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-31428667112633348632009-11-04T16:20:00.003-05:002009-11-04T21:31:04.971-05:00Herbie Mann - ReggaeHERBIE MANNReggae 1974256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Atlantic SD 1655Shortly after recording London Underground with Mick Taylor and Albert Lee, Mann had them join himself and the Tommy McCook band for a set of reggae interpretations covering pop and R&B hits of the day. One of those rare occasions when I agree with Mr. Yanow, although it's an enjoyable outing, mostly of interestcheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-18488217897447328892009-10-25T16:20:00.002-04:002009-11-15T04:01:19.955-05:00Dollar Daze: Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll & The Trinity - OpenBRIAN AUGER, JULIE DRISCOLL & THE TRINITYOpen1969Black CatAt the end of August I scored 400 LPs for $400 from the yard sale of a veteran collector/record fair trader. He was liquidating after buying a Harley and a cottage and there were a few dozen boxes laid out with a handful of people picking through them. It was a lot of superb psych, surf, freakbeat, garage rock and other goodies of the cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-34722129071378324522009-10-01T04:20:00.001-04:002013-05-24T20:28:26.985-04:00Baretta - Great Adventures
WONDERLAND PLAYERSBaretta: Great Adventures1976256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from Wonderland WLP 309
And now for something completely different...I ripped this one before checking to see if it had been posted and, to my double-delight, it had not plus I found my way to the Franklin Mint Blog, a super awesome compendium of 70s kiddie pop culture where I picked up a load of these coolcheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-23335516033236354452009-09-27T04:20:00.002-04:002009-10-01T11:07:09.711-04:00Mel Dancy - Guest Post at Arkadin's ArkStill serving up the Mainstream Red Lion records in September, this time with the help of Arkadin. In case you haven't noticed, he's also provided a few excellent sets for the shad shack this week and he's asked me to do a guest write-up for today's post at the Ark, Mel Dancy's Just A Little Lovin'. Check it out!cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886709220652737037.post-79159341760957382602009-09-23T04:20:00.013-04:002009-09-26T15:29:46.944-04:00Sonny Red - Sonny RedSONNY REDSonny Red 1971256+ VBR LAME mp3Vinyl rip & scans from MRL 324And Then AgainAs a bit of a birthday gift for the shad shack, which celebrates its first anniversary today, we've saved the best for last. In fact, some folk even speculate this lesser-known set from vet Sonny Red may even be the best of entire MRL run. Whther they're right or wrong is strictly a matter of personal taste cheebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047641086794356222noreply@blogger.com38