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Harvey Mandel - Snake Box (2015) {6CD Box Set Purple Pyramid Records CLP-2100-2 rec 1968-1972}
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© 1968-72, 2015 Purple Pyramid Records / Cleopatra Records | CLP-2100-2
Rock / Blues / Guitar Virtuoso / Blues-Rock / Boogie Rock / Jazz-Rock / Rock & Roll

Legendary blues guitarist from Canned Heat, Harvey The Snake Mandel, presents this deluxe limited edition 6CD box set that includes 5 classic solo albums from 1968-1972 plus a bonus vintage concert recording from 1968 that features guests Jerry Garcia & Elvin Bishop! Each of these albums showcase Mandels innovative, hugely influential playing that earned him a place alongside not just the Heat but also The Rolling Stones, John Mayall and others! All 6 CDs come individually packaged in its own cardboard sleeve reproducing the artwork from the vinyl jackets.

Iron Butterfly - Live At The Galaxy 1967 (2014) {Purple Pyramid Records CLP 1812}
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© 1967, 2014 Purple Pyramid Records / Cleopatra Records | CLP 1812
Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Acid Rock / Hard Rock

This grainy live recording captures psychedelic wrecking crew Iron Butterfly in a particularly sharp club performance from early in their career. Still months away from the release of their 1968 debut Heavy, Live at the Galaxy captures the band in their earliest, roughest form, working out songs heavy on organ stabs and blues riffing. The bootleg quality of the album is on par with other obscure, audience-recorded artifacts of its era by psych bands like the Electric Prunes and others, but the band transcends the lo-fi cloudiness of the album with spirited jamming that all but wrote the acid rock rule book, especially on high points such as "Iron Butterfly Theme."

Cannonball Adderley - Pyramid (1974) {Fantasy OJCCD-952-2 rel 1997}
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© 1974, 1997 Fantasy Records | OJCCD-952-2
Jazz / Soul Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Funk / Saxophone

Cannonball Adderley is in generally good form on this 1974 recording. His Quintet at the time featured cornetist Nat Adderley, keyboardist Hal Galper, bassist Walter Booker and drummer Roy McCurdy. Guests on some selections include guitarist Phil Upchurch, keyboardist George Duke and (on "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess") veteran pianist Jimmy Jones. The emphasis is on recent group originals including the three part "Suite Cannon," two Galper compositions and Cannonball's "Pyramid." Nothing too earthshattering occurs but this is an improvement over many of Adderley's Capitol recordings.

See The Pyramid marks only the third occasion in Walt Weiskopf’s eleven-album relationship with Criss Cross (it began with the 1992 date Simplicity Criss 1075) on which the tenor saxophonist-composer presents his musical vision in the quartet format. ~ CrissCrossJazz