Really Good Not-So Common Records Under $20
Skip Drinkwater
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This thread is dedicated to really good records that don't turn up that often, and are usually priced/sold at under 20 bucks when they do. Terry Plumeri - He Who Lives In Many PlacesRecorded in '71, Herbie Hancock on Rhodes, Eric Gravatt on drums, and I forget who else. Such a good electric jazz record with great compositions, arrangements, musicians, and solos. Turns up in LA quite often, usually for under $10...Mal Waldron - The Call Waldron plays electric piano (his only such recording, I believe), along with electric bass, organ, and drums. From 1971 on the Japo, which I believe is a subsidiary of ECM. Obviously "Bitches Brew" inspired, with some lovely textures, tones, and solos on both of the side-long tracks. Boring letters on a white backdrop cover, really good music.Howard Robers - Equinox Express ElevatorReleased on ABC/Impulse in 1975, the music was recorded in '72/'73, and has a real cool psychedelic jazz feel to it throughout. Not really sought after for whatever reason, but a great record nonetheless.
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c.a. quintet - trip thru hell (2nd issue)
cecil mcbee - enja release
ultimate spinach - behold & see
wolfgang dauner - output
I have this at home and have never once listened to it. Guess I will now.
Hmm, I just started looking for this (Penuma) after reading The House That Trane Built recently. Thought it might generally go for more... good to know!
yes under $20 but plase to add $18 for shipping.
all of The Fourth Way's albums..
High-C banger from WAY back.....
Someone posted The Call by Mal Waldron earlier. That record ain't leaving my collection.
Score by the LA 4 is killer.
Maybe people look at that cover and think Blue Ash were just another early-seventies hard-rock band, but in reality this Youngstown, OH band brought the power-pop as well as the Raspberries or Big Star.[/b]
its got that ill bassline. was it rivers lament?
It's always been the frustrating thing
with Monk Higgins' production work.
I seek it out because he has a very lo-fi,
almost live sounding style of recording, but
he also leans towards heavy-handed strings
that sound tacked on to the tracks, or some
flowery horn work.
"River's Invitation?"
Yeah, it does have a cool bassline, but there's other good stuff on that LP besides that...
There was also At The Drive-In, also on Enterprise, and you could call it uncommon-but-cheap...but I don't like that one as much. This time, the blues and the jazz appear on different sides. I like the blues side better. The jazz side is like a dull knife that just ain't cuttin'.
Seriously, I've never seen this in the field but it's not like it's a really $$$ record.
I found a single from this ("Honey Pot") that actually got airplay on a Chicago soul station when it was released in 1967.
It sounds like Hugh Masekela & the Tijuana Brass. Think I'll pass.
They're not exactly all over the place - not even the one with "Polk Salad Annie" - but can usually be had reasonably when they turn up.
are familiar with the De La Soul or not, though.
The "Soul of the Horn" LP is pretty decent, I mean, as far
as Al Hirt albums go - it has a cool vibe through alot of the
tunes, but HH is the only one that really stands out ...
... or stands up to repeat play.
"over-rated" thread; I was ready to defend Tony Joe White -
"He is not over-rated!"
I just saw him live this weekend and he killed it. Yes, he did "Polk Salad Annie," but with an extended psychedelic wah-wah guitar ending...
Yeah, that's his schtick.