Billy Cobham - Total Eclipse - VINYL LP

On his aptly titled 1973 solo debut, Spectrum, Billy Cobham revealed his interest and aptitude for the rock, jazz and funk genres. Cobham's impressive list of collaborators here include keyboardist Jan Hammer, guitarist Tommy Bolin, electric bassist Lee Sklar and Ray Barretto on congas. Cobham was fresh off his success with the Mahavishnu Orchestra when he recorded Spectrum.The guitar licks from Bolin (Zephyr, James Gang, Deep Purple), who overdosed three years later, are particularly memorable and he merges beautifully with Cobham's Mahavishnu band mate Hammer. Spectrum reached No. 1 on the jazz charts around the world and became a crossover phenomenon, serving as a big influence on the burgeoning funk/jazz and fusion movements.All the hallmarks of a top-notch Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) reissue are here for you to savor Mastered directly from the original master tape by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and cut at 45 RPM. Pressed on 180-gram 2LP at Quality Record Pressings, and housed in a tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing.Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series)Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!No. 1 jazz charting worldwide!180-gram 45 RPM double LPMastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tapePressed at Quality Record PressingsTip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton PrintingTracklist LP 1 Side A1. Quadrant 4LP 1 Side B1. Searching For The Right Door2. Spectrum3. Anxiety4. Taurian MatadorLP 2 Side A1. StratusLP 2 Side B1. To The Women In My Life2. Le Lis3. Snoopy's Search4. Red Baron

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in gatefold tip-on jacket. Bobby Hutcherson's 1968 album Total Eclipse was the vibraphonist's first recording to feature saxophonist Harold Land who would become a key collaborator for years to come. Rounding out the band were pianist Chick Corea, bassist Reggie Johnson, and drummer Joe Chambers on this impassioned post-bop set. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes.

Miles Davis 'I could definitely hear right away that this was going to be one of the baddest motherfuckers who had ever played a set of drums.Inch The Tony Williams Lifetime's Emergency! Is a furious, stunning, seminal album. In 1969, it's explosive sound divided critics in both jazz and rock but is now rightly regarded as groundbreaking. A musical statement so bold and irreverent that it was revolutionary, it's one of the most important records you will ever hear. With Emergency!, provocative percussionist Tony Williams unified the most vital sounds of the era and galvanised the creation of jazz fusion. A sprawling double LP that shattered the boundaries between jazz and rock, it forged fresh frontiers by unleashing dense, courageous and fantastically mysterious music. The group was founded by Tony Williams, a member of Miles Davis' radical 1960s quintet, out of his desire to fuse the influences of modern jazz and rock music. To effectively meld the scorching bop of Coltrane with the raging rock of Hendrix, in the process crafting, as Mojo put it, 'jazz-rock's equivalent of Are You Experienced?'. The album's urgent title was profoundly significant for Williams InchIt was an emergency for me to leave Miles and put that band together (...) and I wanted to play an emerging music that was my own.' The band he formed was one hell of a power trio, comprising nothing but raw virtuosity Williams's colossal drumming, John McLaughlin's pioneering, aggressive guitar playing and Larry Young's freeform organ work. The album's sound is incredibly fierce and inordinately intense. Indeed, the group were famed for playing Inchlouder than rock'n'rollInch, as Herbie Hancock said of going to hear them live in 1969 'This is something new... It was exciting and very arresting. It snatched you. It yanked you out of your seat.Inch Ian Carr, of Nucleus, was equally impressed