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Records are yer' best entertainment value, always!

47.147.56.52

Got this gold-stamped promo copy for $1 buck, minty, and a beautiful pressing to boot! [CBS 36799, 1980] Jeez- The Brecker brothers, Blue Lou Marini, Joe Beck, Sal Nistico, Michal Urbaniak... the list goes on. Giant coastal session cats, the cr�me de la cr�me!

I somehow find big band recordings of the most recent few decade's (!) a little lacking in soul or conviction- a little too slick. Maybe its the increase in the number of electric instruments, maybe its a facet of big bands not really being *needed* any more to make a big sound (like in the days before monster P.A. equipment), or maybe I'm an old fart. I'm only sure of the latter. But being in my superb high-school big band for 5 years I know what it takes to kick some ass with 100% acoustic instruments- you gotta pull those big bass strings really HARD!

But these cats cut it. Sweet sound from Columbia- great engineering throughout.

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There's one KILLER track on that LP... - musetap 17:42:03 12/02/16 (0)
been over 30 years since I heard it or owned that LP, but that track... damn!

Have to YT to find it.

ENJOY!

"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
RE: Records are yer' best entertainment value, always! - Dave Pogue 12:55:54 12/02/16 (1)
Takes things up a whole nother notch, that record does, when you realize that the guiding soul behind it, David Chesky, was 18 years old at the time.

Edits: 12/02/16
- RE: He was a force of nature... - mr.bear 11:38:02 12/03/16 (0)
  I could really play like hell when I was 18 FWIW... Must have been Chesky's peak.
  
  The Rush Hour LP seems it was recorded around '78 and released in '80 and he was born in '56-- math check! Nevertheless, putting a band together like that-- that took vision and guts for a young feller! He was all over the map as an artist and record-company guy wasn't he?

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