Vinyl Freak: Love Letters to a Dying Medium
- Author: Corbett, John
one of the most readable books about the arcane magic of hunting down and listening to rare and unusual albums, or even rediscovering them from your own collection." -- Jon Newey — More…
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$132.00Contents
- Track One / Formation of a Freak 1
- Track Two / "News of My Death, Greatly Exaggerated," Quoth the Record 5
- Column One / 2000-2003
- Philly Joe Jones, Philly Joe Jones 15
- Paul Gonsalves, Cookin' 16
- Takashi Furuya with the Freshmen, Fanky Drivin' 18
- Carsten Meinert Kvartet, To You 20
- Melvin Jackson, Funky Skull 21
- Gloria Coleman Quartet featuring Pola Roberts, Soul Sisters 23
- Elmo Hope Ensemble, Sounds from Rikers Island 24
- Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Brotherhood 26
- Morris Grants Presents J.U.N.K. 28
- Tom Stewart, Sexette / Quintette 30
- Kenny Graham and His Satellites, Moondog and Suncat Suites 31
- John Coltrane, Cosmic Music 33
- Andre Hodeir, Jazz et Jazz: Jazz Experiments; Triple Play Stereo, Pop+Jazz=Swing; Bill Russo Orchestra, Stereophony 35
- George Davis Sextet, various acetates 37
- Staffan Harde, Staffan Harde 39
- Art Pepper, Chile Pepper 42
- Jack Wilson, The Jazz Organs 43
- Craig Harris, Tributes 45
- Quintet Moderne, The Strange and the Commonplace 46
- A. K. Salim, Afro-Soul / Drum Orgy 48
- Tristan Meinecke, home recordings, 1939-43 50
- Chico Hamilton Quintet, Sweet Smell of Success 52
- Lehn-Strid, Here There; Klapper-Kuchen, Irregular 54
- Bill Leslie, Diggin' the Chicks; Thornel Schwartz with Bill Leslie, Soul Cookin' 55
- Tony Scott and His Buddies, Gypsy 57
- Herbie Mann, Great Ideas of Western Mann 58
- Track Three / Freek, Not Snob 61
- Column Two . 2004-2006
- Afreaka!, Demon Fuzz 69
- Contemporary Sound Series 70
- Beaver Harris / Don Pullen 360-Degree Experience, A Well-Kept Secret 72
- Mike Osborne Trio, Border Crossing 73
- The Three Souls, Dangerous Dan Express 75
- Steve Lacy, Raps 77
- Halki Collective, Halki Collective 79
- The Amran-Barrow Quartet, The Eastern Scene 80
- Charlie Parke acetates 82
- Tommy "Madman" Jones, A Different Sound and Just Friends 84
- New York Art Quartet, Mohawk 86
- Paul Gonsalves / Tubby Hayes, Just Friends; Paul Gonsalves All Stars Featuring Tubby Hayes, Change of Setting 88
- Anthony Braxton, New York, Fall 1974 90
- Herbie Fields Sextet, A Night at Kitty's 91
- Air, 80 Degrees Below '82 93
- Guy Warren with Red Saunders Orchestra, Africa Speaks-American Answers! 94
- Barry Altschul, Another Time, Another Place 96
- The Korean Black Eyes, "Higher" 97
- Rufus Jones, Five on Eight 99
- Johnny Shacklett Trio, At the Hoffman House 100
- The Mad-Hatters, The Mad-Hatters at Midnight 102
- Klaus Doldinger, Doldinger Goes On 103
- Max Roach, Solos 105
- Dick Johnson, Most Likely . . . 106
- Phil Seaman, The Phil Seamen Story 108
- Paul Smoker Trio, QB 109
- Khan Jamal, Drumdance to the Motherland; Franz Koglmann, For Franz / Opium 111
- Track Four / Brand New Secondhand: Record Collector Subcultures 113
- Column Three / 2006-2012
- Walt Dunn, seven-inch singles 123
- Leonard Feather, The Night Blooming Jazzmen 125
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Modern Jazz Expressions 126
- Archie Shepp, Plays the Music of James Brown; Cozy Eggleston, Grand Slam 128
- Black Grass, Black Grass 129
- Yoke & Yohs seven-inch 45
- The Bill Dixon Orchestra, Intents and Purposes 132
- Orchestre Regional de Mopti, Orchestre Regional de Mopti 134
- The Jihad, Black & Beautiful . . . Soul & Madness 136
- Milford Graves / Don Pullen, Milford Graves & Don Pullen at Yale University 137
- Heikki Sarmanto Sextet, Flowers in the Water; G.L. Unit, Orangutang! 139
- Ernie and Emilio Caceres, Ernie & Emilio Caceres 141
- Maarten Altena, Papa Oewa 142
- London Experimental Jazz Quartet, Invisible Roots 144
- Sunny Murray, Big Chief; Solidarity Unit, Inc., Red, Black, and Green 146
- Dick Wetmore, Dick Wetmore 147
- United Front, Path with a Heart 149
- Joseph Scianni, Man Running 150
- The Residents, The Beatles Play the Residents and the Residents Play the Beatles 152
- John Carter / Bobby Bradford Quartet, Flight for Four and Self Determination Music 153
- Johnny Lytle Trio, Blue Vibes 155
- Orchid Spangiafora, Flee Pasts Ape Elf 156
- Noah Howard, Space Dimension 158
- Baikida Carroll, The Spoken Word 159
- Randy Weston, Blues 161
- Charles Bobo Shaw Human Arts Ensemble Concere Ntasiah 163
- Lee "Scratch" Perry, Double-7 164
- Eddie Shu / Joe Roland / Wild Bill Davis, New Stars-New Sounds 166
- Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley, Ailanthus / Altissima 167
- Unidentified Kenyan Highlife Band, seven-inch test pressing 169
- Track Five / Specialty of the House 173
- Track Six / Anything Can Happen Day: Sun Ra, Alton Abraham, and the Taming of the Freak 221
- Column Four / 2016
- Le Sun-Ra and his Arkistra, "Saturn" seven-inch single; Tom Prehn Quartet, Axiom 243
- Track Seven / Run-Off Groove 247
- Acknowledgements 249