JRR 6 Sept 14

[Serial_Apologist]

Thanks for finding that, Bluesie.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

I've been listening to the album all afternoon on Utube...at least to the tracks that are up and am really impressed. Graham Collier is someone I always paid lip service to but never really took on board. So good I'm buying the album! And really taken with Nick's playing on this...esp on Danish Blue. I can remember him trying to master basic Chris Barberisms. Well, he was about 14.

BN

[Serial_Apologist]

I've been listening to the album all afternoon on Utube...at least to the tracks that are up and am really impressed. Graham Collier is someone I always paid lip service to but never really took on board. So good I'm buying the album! And really taken with Nick's playing on this...esp on Danish Blue. I can remember him trying to master basic Chris Barberisms. Well, he was about 14.

BN

If it's not too late a few years back I picked up the triple re-release of "Down Another Road", "Songs for My Father" from 1970 which includes Tony Roberts and Alan Skidmore, and John Taylor, which is even better, possibly his best ever; and "Mosaics", which is a rather introspective though fine live session of the new end-1970 group with Beckett, Alan Wakeman and Bob Sydor (sometimes locking saxes), Geoff Castle on joanna (afterwards with Nucleus) and on drums John Webb, also with Harry Beckett's amazing band at this time, and recommended by John Marshall as his own replacement on joining Nukilass. The re-release was on BGO records.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

If it's not too late a few years back I picked up the triple re-release of "Down Another Road", "Songs for My Father" from 1970 which includes Tony Roberts and Alan Skidmore, and John Taylor, which is even better, possibly his best ever; and "Mosaics", which is a rather introspective though fine live session of the new end-1970 group with Beckett, Alan Wakeman and Bob Sydor (sometimes locking saxes), Geoff Castle on joanna (afterwards with Nucleus) and on drums John Webb, also with Harry Beckett's amazing band at this time, and recommended by John Marshall as his own replacement on joining Nukilass. The re-release was on BGO records.

MANY thanks. Time I parted with some money. There's some mid 60s Swedish jazz I been after for a while so will do a bulk order.

BN.

British jass attitudes to rock..."twangers"

Marty Wilde recording "Endless Sleep" in 58 to the session drummer..."I think it might sound better if you used sticks and not brushes?" Drummer (Phil Seamen) with total contempt, "Go fk yourself". I have heard "Marty" laughing as he tells this story.

[Alyn_Shipton]

There are I think at least three BGO reissues of Graham's stuff from the 60s and 70s. I did the notes for "Down Another Road" / "Songs for My Father" and "Mosaics" on one set, and then there's "Deep Dark Blue Centre" / "Portraits" and "The Alternative Mosaics" on which I also collaborated with GC on the notes. Plus they'd already brought out "Midnight Blue" and "New Conditions". Although Graham vehemently disagreed with me, I think this set of eight albums is his best work. You can hear some of our fizzing discussion on the Jazz Library we did together: click on "Clip" and it will stream http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p66k7

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

thanks Alyn i think those sets are on emusic and are scheduled for this month's scoop!


speaking El Senor of Swedish has any one a view on the Fire Orchestra?

[Serial_Apologist]

There are I think at least three BGO reissues of Graham's stuff from the 60s and 70s. I did the notes for "Down Another Road" / "Songs for My Father" and "Mosaics" on one set, and then there's "Deep Dark Blue Centre" / "Portraits" and "The Alternative Mosaics" on which I also collaborated with GC on the notes. Plus they'd already brought out "Midnight Blue" and "New Conditions". Although Graham vehemently disagreed with me, I think this set of eight albums is his best work. You can hear some of our fizzing discussion on the Jazz Library we did together: click on "Clip" and it will stream http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p66k7

SO you did, Alyn; and iimss very good notes indeed they are! - very remiss of me not to have read on when sending my recommender to Bluesnik. Thanks for the link - I may have missed that particular JL: will listen tomorrow.

[BLUESNIK'S REVOX]

SO you did, Alyn; and iimss very good notes indeed they are! - very remiss of me not to have read on when sending my recommender to Bluesnik. Thanks for the link - I may have missed that particular JL: will listen tomorrow.

Thanks to all for the suggestions.

This from a Collier interview....


"How did your work get the attention of
major labels like Deram/London and
Fontana/Philips so early on?

In that particular case there was a contract
with Philips for three records that lapsed, and
all of us – Mike Gibbs, Mike Westbrook, and
the others got short-term contracts and tried
their hand until the companies realized they
couldn't sell this stuff. When BGO wanted to
do these reissues, they did it without my
knowledge. I had gotten the rights back from
Philips in the 1990s for my own music and
had a tremendous argument with Universal and
got my money, and they did it again with the
Gilles Peterson compilation and with the
Japanese reissues. My contract has been
flouted three times – a lawyer friend of mine
in London said that you couldn't find a music
lawyer in England who isn't connected to
Universal. I started Mosaic Records in the early
1970s to get over the fact that the music was
piling up and it was hard to find an interested
label – they still didn't sell very well, but the
fact that BGO wants to re-release the music
and that some people find it pleasurable is
quite flattering. The new one I couldn't find
any label to put it out, so I did it myself again
and it's not easy to sell but it has gotten some
good PR from the critics and the radio.
Hopefully that will eat up some of the debt –
it's a record, it's there, and it's a calling card.
I think this is what we have to do in the jazz
business such as it is, is to do your own thing
and be your own promoter, and I'm lucky that
I can do it."


BN.