Label:
Denon Jazz – YX-7508-ND
Format:
Vinyl, LP / Country: Japan / Released: 1977
Style:
Free Jazz, Post Bop, Free Improvisation
Recorded live at
Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, January 21, 1977.
Cover
Design – SIGN. Satoshi Saitoh
Cover
Photo – Tadayuki Naitoh
Engineer
by – Kaoru Iida
PCM
Operator – Hideki Kaukizaki, Kaoro Yamamoto
Produced
by – Tsutomu Ueno and Yoshiharu Kawaguchi
A - Calvary
....................................................................................
18:40
B1
- 'Round Midnight ......................................................................
11:42
B2
- It's Time ....................................................................................
8:50
Max
Roach – drums, percussion
Cecil
Bridgewater – trumpet
Billy
Harper – tenor saxophone
Reggie
Workman – bass
Beautiful
sounds from the ultra-hip Max Roach Quartet of the mid 70s. Tracks are long –
very much in the Harper style of the time – and titles include "It's
Time", "Calvary", and "Round Midnight".
Product
Description:
MAX
ROACH QUARTET Live In Tokyo Vol. 1 (1977 Japanese, 3-track Denon Jazz label,
vinyl LP featuring a great live recording from the Yubin Chokin Hall in Tokyo
Japan recorded on the 21st January 1977 featuring Cecil Bridgewater, Billy
Harper, Reggie Workman with Max Roach. Housed in a picture sleeve complete with
the original Japanese insert and wide obi-strip, YX-7508-ND)
MAX
ROACH QUARTET – Live In Tokyo Vol.2
(LP-DenonJazz-1977)
(LP-DenonJazz-1977)
Label:
Denon Jazz – YX-7509-ND
Format:
Vinyl, LP / Country: Japan / Released: 1977
Style:
Free Jazz, Post Bop, Free Improvisation
Recorded live at
Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, January 21, 1977.
Cover
Ilustration – Atsushi Yoshioka
Cover
Design – SIGN. Satoshi Saitoh
Cover
Photo – Tadayuki Naitoh
Engineer
by – Kaoru Iida
PCM
Operator – Hideki Kaukizaki, Kaoro Yamamoto
Produced
by – Tsutomu Ueno and Yoshiharu Kawaguchi
A1
- Mr. Papa Jo ...............................................................................
3:05
A2
- Scott Free Part 1
..................................................................... 16:22
B - Scott
Free Part 2 .....................................................................
17:10
Max
Roach – drums, percussion
Cecil
Bridgewater – trumpet
Billy
Harper – tenor saxophone
Reggie
Workman – bass
Product
Description:
MAX
ROACH QUARTET Live In Tokyo Vol. 2 (1977 Japanese, 3-track live Denon Jazz
label, vinyl LP, starring Cecil Bridgewater [trumpet], Billy Harper [tenor sax]
& Reggie Workman [bass] recorded at the Yubin Chokin Hall that year. Pasted
picture sleeve with Japanese insert & picture obi, YX-7509-ND).
Note:
Nearly
all Japanese LPs were issued with an ‘obi’ - literally translated this means
‘sash’ and is derived from the obi (sash) worn around the traditional kimono
dress. This delicate paper strip, usually wrapped around the left side of the
album cover, often contains marketing information and album content details,
all printed in Japanese kanji and ~kana script. Obi designs can be as varied as
the LPs they adorn, and some series’ of obi designs can be as collectable as
the artists’ albums they decorate. However, not all promotional LPs were issued
with the obi - the LP was often distributed before the obi was produced - it is
rarer to find a promo with an obi than it is without one, especially on first
pressings. They are more common on promo copies of reissue albums as the timing
is not quite so important as for a brand new release so there was more time to
put the whole package together. The rarest Japanese promotional LPs are those
designed with exclusive custom picture sleeves, often compilations of
previously released tracks issued to the media as a reminder of back catalogue
success prior to the launch of new material, or an impending Japanese tour.
These retrospective LPs can be the crowning glory of any collection and they
rarely come up for sale. They are often some of the most expensive LPs to
obtain, with prices ranging from £50 to £1500 for the extreme rarities...!
If
you find them, buy these albums!
