Quintet 1979

This Concord release was tenor saxophonist Harold Land's first as a leader in a decade, although he had co-led many sessions in the interim with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Starting in 1975, Land and trumpeter Blue Mitchell worked regularly in a quintet up until Mitchell's death in 1979, but this album was just about their only joint recording. With keyboardist Kirk Lightsey, bassist Reggie Johnson, and drummer Al "Tootie" Heath offering solid support, the group performs four originals by Land (including the title cut and "Rapture"), two songs by Lightsey, and Mitchell's "Blue Silver." Fusion may have been the dominant force at the time, but despite Lightsey doubling on electric piano, this is an excellent example of 1977 hard bop.

Ramon Zupko - Music of Ramon Zupko - Phyllis Rappeport, Abraham Stokman (1979) {Composers Recordings NWCRL425 rel 2017}
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© 1979, 2017 Composers Recordings, Inc. | NWCRL 425
Classical / Modern Classical / Experimental / Avant-Garde

This disc is part of an ongoing series of re-issues of the Lp catalog of the CRI (Composer's Recordings Inc.) label. These important documents of 20th c. compositions have been out of print since the advent of the CD, but have now been transferred to digital files from the original master tapes in order to make them available once again.

Stiff Little Fingers - Original Album Series (2014) {5CD Parlophone 2564636166 rec 1979-1982}
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© 1979-82, 2014 Parlophone Records / Warner | 2564636166
Rock / Punk Rock / British Punk

UK five CD box set containing a quintet of original albums packaged in mini LP sleeves and housed in a slipcase. This set from the seminal Irish Punk band includes the albums Inflammable Material, Nobody's Heroes, Hanx!, Go for It and Now Then. How can you go wrong with each of the SLF classic album packaged in a nice slipcase box? A must for any true punk rock fan! Clear mastering and these have never sounded better - esp. Flammable Material.

Herbie Hancock's V.S.O.P. project with his former bandmates from the Miles Davis Quintet – Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams – and trumpeter Freddie Hubbard was a band that almost single-handedly tried to re-establish acoustic jazz in the United States. And though they made three recordings, all of which were favorably reviewed and heralded by true jazz fans, none of them sold very well, and the band could find few gigs in the United States. The 1978 tour of major cities was thought to be a triumph at the time, but the unit could find few gigs afterward, and so its various members all went back to their other projects. In 1979, they got the opportunity to tour Japan and jumped at the chance. Sony, Hancock's Japanese label, recorded the two evenings, and the first, which took place during a furious rainstorm, was broadcast live on national television! Live Under the Sky marks the first time that this album has been available in the United States in any form.