On the Bob James thing, I'm going through my stuff and talk about slow on my part, but I didn't realize the buffalo nickel on the cover of Heads[/b] was a reference to 5, as in "5th album", and Touchdown[/b] refers to 6, as in 6th album, since a touchdown is 6 points. H[/b] (with the hot dog cover) is the 8th letter, so it's his 8th album. Hands Down[/b] has an X-ray photo of two hands, thus 10 fingers = 10th album. His 13th album happened to be his last under his then-current contract, thus The Swan[/b], as in "swan song". Back luck = 13. Goodbye.
How come I only know about this now? I remember thinking years ago "some of his albums are numbered, others are not". They were fricken numbered the entire time.
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I wouldn't canonize those samples.
I would add these as well:
-"Hydra"-Grover Washington, Jr.
-"Daylight"-RAMP.
-"Bitches Brew"-Miles Davis.
-"Spinning Wheel"-Lonnie Smith (break-wise, anyway).
-"Think Twice"-Donald Byrd.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
hmmmm... sure explains the odd cover choices