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  • Deluxe Quintuple Heavyweight Vinyl Album
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    The radical discovery by Amir Abdullah of 5 two-track master tapes in the care of Hermine Brooks ­– widow of innovative Detroit drummer Roy Brooks – of the Charles Mingus Quintet recorded live in Detroit at Strata Concert Gallery is cause for some serious celebration.
    These electrifying recordings took place during Mingus’ week-long residency in February 1973. They were broadcast live by drummer/producer and broadcaster Robert “Bud” Spangler for WDET FM – a public radio station dedicated to jazz – from Kenny and Barbara Cox’s multi-purpose home for Strata Records at 46 Selden.

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    5CD boxset includes poster, CD booklet, 5 CDs in cardboard wallets, housed all together in a clamshell box.

    CD Tracklisting:

    CD 1
    1. Pithecanthropus Erectus
    2. The Man Who Never Sleeps
    3. Peggy's Blue Skylight
    CD 2
    1. Introduction by Bud Spangler / Celia
    2. Bud Spangler Interview with Roy Brooks and Commentary
    CD 3
    1. C Jam Blues
    2. Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk
    3. Dizzy Profile
    CD 4
    1. Noddin' Ya Head Blues
    2. Celia (Alternate Take)
    CD 5
    1. Dizzy Profile (Alternate Take)
    2. Strata Gallery Announcement by Bud Spangler / Radio Broadcast WDET FM

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Sometime after the Universal Robot Band and sometime before where we are now, a pair of DJ/promoter/whatevers, Pete Adarkwah and Ben Jolly, ran a successful club night named after our eponymous song, playing a joyful mix of all they considered good. 'Wouldn't it be fun,' they mused, 'To release some of these tunes?' And so BBE (Barely Breaking Even) was born. ... more

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