Horace Tapscott Conducting The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra: The Call – Pure Pleasure Records
There are certain albums you hear something new every time you revisit the music and this is one of those albums. An important part of Afro-American history; the politics and art which surrounded the album. If you get a chance check out the film ‘Horace Tapscott, Musical Griot’, by filmmaker Barbara McCullough, or buy the book ‘Songs Of The Unsung’: The Musical & Social Journey of Horace Tapscott’
UK VIBE Mark Jones
Horace Tapscott: Dial ‘B’ For Barbra – 2 x LP Pure Pleasure Vinyl
“The best of pianist Horace Tapscott’s recordings for the tiny Nimbus label is this 1981 LP which features him in a sextet with trumpeter Reggie Bullen, altoist Gary Bias, tenor saxophonist Sabir Matteen, bassist Roberto Miranda and drummer Everett Brown, Jr. The group stretches out on a couple of Tapscott’s originals plus a 19½-minute version of Linda Hill’s”Dem Folks.” Although the music could be called avant-garde, its use of rhythms and repetition keep the results from being forbidding and the performances have a momentum of their own.”
Scott Yanow/AMG
Howard McGhee – Maggie’s Back In Town! – Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) 180g Vinyl
Just in time for summer comes this reissue featuring the criminally unsung Howard McGhee, the dexterous bebop trumpeter who’s frequently compared to greats such as Dizzy Gillespie and Fats Navarro. Maggie’s Back in Town!! (Maggie was McGhee’s nickname), captures the musician’s triumphant return to music in 1961. AllMusicrates the album as, “McGhee’s finest recording of the period.” He overachieves in rhythmic fluidity, a through line that’s particularly potent in seemingly carefree songs such as “Sunset Eyes” and the title track.
This new edition, released as part of the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series, features (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP, and presented in a Stoughton Printing tip-on jacket.
Ike & Tina Turner – Feel Good – Pure Pleasure Records 180g Vinyl LP
“Feel Good” is quintessentially ’70s – the fuzztoned funk practically conjures up platform shoes and mile-wide collars – but it doesn’t belong to any one sound, it casually draws from Southern soul, James Brown funk, black pride, “Superfly” style and juke joint R&B, a sound that is uniquely identified with Ike & Tina. And while this contains no flat-out classics like “Nutbush City Limits” or “Proud Mary” as an album “Feel Good” undoubtedly ranks among their very best: it’s a non-stop party.
IKEDA 9TS MC CARTRIDGE
Output Voltage: 0.35mVrms (1kHz 35.4mm/sec., at 45°peak)
Coil Impedance: 6.0 ohms (1kHz)
Appropriate Stylus Force: 2.0grams ±0.2 grams
Frequency Response: 10Hz ～ 45kHz
Channel Separation: over 27dB (1kHz)
Channel Balance: within 1.0dB (1kHz)
Stylus Chip: Oval-shaped solid Diamond
Cantilever: Double layered duralumin pipe.
Weight: 10 grams
Compliance: 7 x 10-6cm/dyne
IKEDA 9TT MC CARTRIDGE
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Coil Impedance: 2.0 ohms (1kHz)
Appropriate Stylus Force: 1.8 grams ±0.2 grams
Frequency Response: 10Hz – 45kHz
Channel Separation: Over 27dB (1kHz)
Channel Balance: Within 1.0dB (1kHz)
Stylus Chip: Solid Diamond, Line Contact
Cantilever: Double layered duralumin pipe
Weight: 10 Grams
Ikeda HBC-MS-5000DR Tonearm Cable
The HBC-MS-5000 series, which is the product of many years of basic research and has excellent transmission efficiency, is a high-quality cable that uses a hybrid structure made of high-purity 6N copper and OFC material.
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The plug is machined with high precision, and the surface treatment is rhodium plating.
The structure of each connector is assembled using Teflon resin with good insulating properties.
The shield is braided with over 90% polyurethane (black).
IKEDA IS-2T HEADSHELL
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Net weight : 20 grams.
Attached lead wire : 6N copper.
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Adjustment of balance to left and right: Adjustable.
Lock pin: 2 pieces.
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Lead wire terminal: Brilliant Rhodium plating. (10 times costly to gold.)
Connector: Made of Titanium Alloy by cutting from a solid piece.
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IKEDA IT-407 PRECISION TONEARM
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IKEDA KAI MC CARTRIDGE
Product Specifications:
Electromagnetic Generator : Moving Coil (MC)
Output Voltage : 0.19mVrms (1kHz 35.4mm/sec. at 45° peak)
Coil Impedance : 2.5 ohms.(1kHz)
Appropriate Stylus Force : 1.8 grams ± 0.2 grams
Frequency Response Range: 10Hz ~ 45kHz.
Channel Separation : over 27dB (1kHz)
Channel Balance: within 1.0dB (1kHz)
Stylus Chip : Micro-ridge sold pure diamond.
Cantilever: made of Boron
Weight : 11.5 grams
Compliance : 7 x 10-6 cm/dyne
IKEDA SAI MC CARTRIDGE
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Output Voltage: 0.3 mVrms (1kHz 35.4mm/sec., at 45°peak)
Coil Impedance: 2.5 ohms (1kHz)
Appropriate Stylus Force: 2.0grams ±0.2 grams
Frequency Response: 10Hz ～ 45kHz
Channel Separation: over 30dB (1kHz)
Channel Balance: within 0.5dB (1kHz)
Stylus Chip: Micro-ridge solid Diamond
Cantilever: made of Boron.
Weight: 30 grams
Compliance: 7 x 10-6cm/dyne
