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Reuben Wilson - Blue Mode (1970)
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Type.................: Music
Platform.............: any
Compression Format...: RAR
File Validation......: SFV
Audio Format.........: Lossless
Encoder..............: .wav > .flac
Hz...................: 48,000
Channels.............: Stereo
Source...............: Tidal Music Service
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Posted to............: a.b.sounds.lossless.jazz
News Server..........: Supernews
Posted on............: 2/15/2021
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4-1/2 stars on Allmusic. Here's one to plug into the 8-track player in your
father's Plymouth Belvedere station wagon. An earlier work here from a guy who
had a long career in the biz. This thing straddles several generas and
demonstrates why Wilson would have many productive years after this was
recorded. As soulful and funky as he was at times, Wilson had the chops to
accomodate a wide variety of styles and players. I like this guy's stuff;
might post another one or two from him.
This is another one of those lossless audio stream rips from a Tidal music
service subscription of mine. The stream was CD quality, according to Tidal
service. Rip was done using an Asus Xonar DG sound card. Wave editor was Cool
Edit Pro using 48k/16 bit settings. No other alterations were performed, other
than what follows.
I totally silenced any system noise between tracks with the editor. The track
timings will be fairly close to match that of the original release, but they
are by no means perfect. Since this is a rip from an audio stream (and not a
CD), no .cue or .log files are available. Because of this, it is probably not
a release a hard core collector will want in their library. Certainly good
enough for the average listener, though. Tracks are tagged and I have info in
the comments section about the source and .wav gathering, just to keep the
digital gene pool organized. If possible I'll try to include some artwork with
it.
Here's my way of paying it forward after leeching more stuff than I can count
from the binaries over the years. Enjoy it, it's a great old time-warper. - mm
Here's the Wiki on it:
Released 1970
Recorded December 12, 1969
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Soul jazz
Length 41:34
Label Blue Note BST 84343
Producer Francis Wolff
Blue Mode is the third album by American organist Reuben Wilson recorded in
1969 and released by the Blue Note label the following year. The album was also
released by Vee-Jay Records as Organ Talk in 1974.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4╜ stars and
stated "If Love Bug skirted the edges of free jazz and black power, Blue Mode
embraces soul-jazz and Memphis funk in no uncertain terms... they know how to
work a groove, and that's what makes Blue Mode a winner".
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
Track listing:
All compositions by Reuben Wilson except where noted
"Bambu" (Melvin Sparks) - 8:03
"Knock on Wood" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd) - 6:09
"Bus Ride" - 6:19
"Orange Peel" - 6:36
"Twenty-Five Miles" (Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Edwin Starr) - 7:11
"Blue Mode" - 7:26
Personnel
Reuben Wilson - organ
John Manning - tenor saxophone
Melvin Sparks - guitar
Tommy Derrick - drums
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