Dawn Landes - Bluebird
CD|2014
Folk, Country
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Steely Dan Katy Lied / 2012 Geffen / Japan SHM CD / UICY25038
Where the days and nights are not the same
Captured happy in a picture frame
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Back in the mid seventies Robert Schoenfeld & Leroy Pierson founded Nighthawk Records in Missouri USA, the label was mainly dedicated to Blues music but by the early eighties for some reason turned solely to producing Roots Reggae.
Nighthawk was a superb label and one of the first to treat the music with the seriousness it deserves and properly present and document it.
I have a few original records including the essential compilations Wiser Dread, Knotty Vision & Calling Rastafari which I discovered from London specialist Dub Vendor, these were among the first albums to inspire me to dig deeper into the roots of the music and learn more about it. I’ve previously posted about those on The Reggae Thread.
Nighthawk founders put their money where their mouths were and travelled to JA holding recording sessions with the cream of JA artists, musicians, studios and producers building a fine catalogue of quality roots music, including Gladiators, Itals, Morwells, Junior Byles, Justin Hinds, Ethiopian, Ronnie Davis, Winston Jarrett…
This was the early eighties and traditional roots was on the wane as the nascent Dance Hall style was starting to carry the swing. Against this backdrop its remarkable that Nighhawk seemed to secure the trust and love of the artists and produce such lovely music, theres a real palpable vibe and spirit thats captured and shines through.
Long before the internet and easy worldwide access to music, those Nighhawk records werent easy to come by in the UK and rarely seen except the occasional title that cropped up in specialists like Dub Vendor and then promptly vanished.
I thought the Nighthawk label was long out of print…fast forward nearly 40 years to the present and I’m really heartened to accidentally discover that Omnivore Music US (new name to me) is remastering and reissuing the Nighthawk label on LP, CD and Digital streaming.
I’ve not yet heard any of the reissued physical releases yet but I’ve streamed a few including this beautiful gem from the great Leonard Dillon AKA Ethiopian forthcoming on a gatefold 2LP
Ethiopian & His All Stars - The Return Of Jack Sparrow
Are you loving me like I’m loving you? Leonard asks on the track Are You Loving Me.
Absolutely!.. respect due!
http://omnivorerecordings.com/?s=Nighthawk&post_type=product
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Robert Finley - Sharecropper’s Son
Singer, songwriter and guitarist making great gritty blues soul music. Produced by Dan Auerbach
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Overheard some discussion of the Lizard King on the Today prog this morn so before I go out and to drown out the building work next door the Doors Absolutely Live on Elektra Red Label vinyl. “Out here on the perimeter there are no stars we are stoned … immaculate” . Great stuff.
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My Parker self-education continues with this yellow vinyl Bird’s Nest Centennial edition of this classic concert from 1953. That’s quite some linep: Parker, Gillespie, Roach, Powell and Mingus…
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Bobby Hutcherson Happenings / 1986 Blue Note / Japan CD No Obi / CP325217
Vibraphone Bobby Hutcherson
Piano Herbie Hancock
Bass Bob Cranshaw
Drums Joe Chambers
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What’s it like Kev, I dont have any CCR vinyl, all on beer mat
Have a listen to the early Royal Roost recordings, live radio broadcasts so SQ is what it is but great music with Dizzy, Miles et el
Vinyl soon come, on pre order, looking forward to it!
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Very good Dread, up to Craft’s usual high standards.
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